The Bacon Strip

The Bacon Strip (sizzletitts!)

2007-02-06T16:11:00.000-08:00

Hello!

The Bacon Strip has moved. Don't worry! The disgusto-shred-venturing you love is still going on at the link below.

www.TeamBaconStrip.com

Love and kisses, Wolfy

Saline Valley Road

2007-02-06T08:11:00.000-08:00

The Saline Valley Road/Superbowl Challenge, was awesome!

It was a late night for us, but we managed to be riding by 11:00 AM on Saturday. Here's Smithers loading up the pig.

That thing yanked his chain pretty good on the way down the washboarded bomber into the valley. There was a fair amount of snow over the road that was dificult to negotiate at speed too.

We thought briefly about hitching a ride out for more beer.

In the pic below you can see the aluvial fan that rises out of the valley just to the right of Mark's head. We could see the road cutting up it as we were bombing down.

Smithers took a beating on the way down from that Sibex fork in the front and the Bob in the back. When he got to the turnoff to the Springs he'd found his happy place and wasn't leaving. It was a nice camp. A little kit fox left us chicolate kisses around in echange for the drippings from our cans of turkey chili.

The first hour on Sunday was killer with smooth roads and a fast pace. You can find good conditions on the shoulder that last for miles at a time down there. not as bad as your would think driving it in a car.

Riding past the Saline Dunes.

After riding up the fan for an hour or so we were pretty high above the valley. The cool thing about riding in the desert is that you can see how far you've come. The perspective of distance over time is a trip when you're going maybe 5 MPH.

Grapevine Canyon.

And then we were at the top and celebration became necessary.

It was a pretty mellow ride from the top of grapevine canyon out to 190. Rolling hills and nice smooth DH. A Joshua tree forest and some nice streches of pavement. I'd driven the broken pavement the night before, and again I noticed that what is rough and crappy with 4 wheels, can be nice and smooth with only two.

Great touring with McD and Smithers. Thanks! What's the Superbowl Challenge going to be next year?

-M

ps here's that pic I promised:

See Japhy Rider's Blog for his write-up and his smugmug for his pics.

Tenacious D

2007-02-06T07:34:00.000-08:00

This is the greatest, and best, song in the world.

-M

ps stay tuned for the SVR tirp report featuriny photos of the great Wolfy stewing naked in a tub with several dirty hippies...

2007-02-03T08:45:00.000-08:00

Circle Jerks - Wild in the street

i would think this to be much more insperational! doctor shredmor

Watch the little daisies grow

2007-02-02T14:34:00.000-08:00

Japhy Rider, Smithers and I are about to go down and tear a new A-hole in the Saline Valley Road. This cheerful ditty should make the hours of bowel-inverting washboard twiddle by like a pack of brownies sewing on their merit badges for yammering, gossiping and gum chewing.

-M

2007-02-01T07:51:00.000-08:00

TAKE THAT, RENO!

Daily Gross-Out

2007-01-31T11:34:00.000-08:00

During my last sesh as the Midnight Bathroom Remodeler, I removed the tub drain and associated hardware, the better to protect it from the caustic rain of mortar while I was tiling the showerhead area. I was prepared to find the overflow drain covered in hard water deposits, etc. but what I wasn't prepared for was the fact that it was nearly clogged with 55 years worth of sludge, undifferentiated glottz, toxic funk, and 5.8 million of the previous residents' PUBES. I found an old cooking pot in the attic disinfected the whole works by boiling it in 5% bleach.

Just thought you'd all like to know that.

AZ RoadTrippin'!!!

2007-01-31T09:00:00.000-08:00

After meeting El Garro I can understand why Fed Ex would be reluctant to insure his packages against damage. Steve’s opening technique is to bludgeon the box with his knuckles until it submits. Chris King has to wrap his headsets in bags of coffee beans to protect them from his awesome power.

Here he is truing some wheels. I observed closely. Here’s his process: lace, true, dish, tension; true, dish, tension... He uses the Spokekey with four sided contact, and tensions right with right hand, left with left hand; checks tension by squeezing four spokes at once. No tensiometer. He said you want the crosses hard to separate (with his hand strength that means a lot hard to separate). (correct me on any of this)

After a while Dr. Shredmor wandered out of the woods where he hibernates for various interminable lengths and proceeded to prepare us some killer tacos made out of a strange other-worldly carnage that tasted vaguely like chicken can't recall what exactly he called it. It was delish. Dogs were walloped, cats were tortured with a makeshift riding crop, pictures were viewed. Thanks Steve, and Dr. Shredmor! Sorry we didn't get to meet Denise. Hopefully you have to stop by on your way to/from the handmade bike show.Would have posted a photo of Dr. S, but they all had this freaky lens flare in them…

Saturday we rolled down to Sedona to investigate the alleged “shredding” there. Reports are completely accurate! Perfect dirt, rolling trails, tough rock ledges, and tiny bits of mud. We rode the Bell Rock path to the Little Horse Trail, to The Llama trail back to Bell Rock. It was perfect.

Camped near the Desert museum that night near Tucson. I was going to get up at the butt crack and ride up Tucson MTN, but about 12:00 AM I woke up from a dream… WITH AMAZING STOMACHE CRAMPS. Started walking the ¼ mile to the toilet. About half way I started wondering if I’d make it. Couldn’t walk faster due to the pressure. Stopping and doubling over didn’t help. The light on the side of the outhouse seemed to me moving farther away, but it was just my vision getting blury and vague. I made it. It wasn’t pretty. I made Smella drive me the next time. By the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th trips I was able to drive myself.

But I’m ok now.

When I got back to RTO my bike was right where I’d left it, with enough air in the tires to get me home.

-M

Making the best of it

2007-01-30T18:38:00.000-08:00

Sooo, since old man winter has barely risen from his slumber and not given us anything snowboard/ski on. I say F*^k him! I will ride my bike. I've done some pretty good rides as of late. Lee, Smithers, J. Walker and I joined Mark The Shark on his quest to conquer both sides of Gieger on his fixie Saturday. Lee & Smithers are still finding their legs so they cut out somewhere on the ride up to the summit. Walker and I paced Mark down the other side(truck route), we all suffered on the way back up the steep way to VC. Mark averaged 30mph on the way back down Gieger and topped out at 35mph. I can't remember how many gear inches he's running, but he had 'em spinning fast.
Today I crested Peavine and looked over the other side and said "what the hell". I dropped down and headed for Cow Canyon. The top part through the aspens was a little sketchy. I had to tri-pod a couple times over the ice, but came out unscathed. Now this is when things get worrysome. I'm sure everybody knows about Peavine mud, that sticky, nasty shit that will stop you dead in your tracks. To this point the mud was either to wet to stick bad or a little frozen, sometimes both. When I hit the big access road down to the top of the single track I had to pick my lines very carefully. Shoot for the puddles and snow/ice and avoid anything brown at all cost. I got lucky and only had to a short bushwhack to avoid disaster. Plowing through 3''-4" of slush and goop took up more time and energy than I anticipated, but it was all worth it when I finally made it to the top of Cow Canyon. I hadn't been there since the burn, but I have to admit it was kind of cool. It's this black lunerscape with a black twisty ribbon made of tire tracks. The trail was in awsome condition! The moisture and amount of traffic created this high traction loam that was an absolute gas to ride. I don't know what the normal climb up to the trail is like with the mud, ice and construction, but if you get a chance to do this trail, DO IT! By the time I hit pavement the bike and I were pretty covered in muck and the gears wre making wierd noises. I stopped into Sinclare Imports and tracked down Monty to bum a rag and chain lube. I spun home from Verdi tired and happy!

Gris,

Today's Martial Arts Feature

2007-01-28T22:08:00.000-08:00

Here we have a classic battle between East and West. I hope to bust out some of these moves next time I'm at the Rose terrain park.

Fabulous Floyd's

2007-01-23T20:50:00.000-08:00

So a few years back Smella and I were at this weird little junk shop in Hazen Station NV, which is on alt 95 between Ferntucky, NV and Fallabamma, NV. We were poking around and talking to the owner and his little 10 year old son was running around.

These two strange older gentlemen came in and poked around and chatted a bit. One was extra strange wearing super short cut-offs and running shoes w/o socks. We bought some stupid piece of junk and moved on.

Got a call from the sherif when we got back after we'd gone to bed and had been asleep for an hour or so. Seems old-weird-cut-off dude was having a little private personal artifact showing with the owner's 10 year old son while no one was looking. Aparently he hadn't anything on under those cut-offs...

Long story short: as Soma was leaving after we had Paninis this afternoon at Michael's Deli next to College Cyclery, old-weird-cut-off dude sat down at the next table.

Floyd's not feeling so fabulous right about now.

-M

How's this Suckas?!!!

2007-01-23T08:34:00.000-08:00

Just laziness I suppose...(sizzletits)!

The Bacon Strip

2007-01-22T18:44:00.000-08:00

Well, Well, Well

This hombre might be goin legit...I might have a ski patrol position at one of the Tahoe locals! I put in an app. for a volunteer position a few months back...they actually want to give some duckets, you know green backs, currency, cashola, pesos, or whatever you wanna call it. Takin that chump change to the bank biaaaatches! Anyway, I have to do a ski test with the higher ups, the brass. They asked me if I can ski the 58's - the Pallisades, I said, "if you magically put some snow on those bithces, then I'll drop the knee down those f---ers." Just kiding, didn't speak the mind, but I wanted to!
So the benifits for me - I get a free ski pass, which I already have - I think I'll get one for a friend or family memeber next season if I so choose to do it again, which I will - I get to ride a mobile, which I've never done(no comments from the peanut gallery McD) - I get promotional points for the fire service (CDF), f--ya - I get to ski the mountain and be cool with a white cross on my back, respect fools, you dig - the best reason for last, I'll get to blooooow shiiiit uuuuup! Legitimately of course...I hope this blog doesn't get my Brown Ass in trouble.
Needless to say I've been doin laps, tunin up the skills to impress those guys...they all seem pretty cool so far - wish me luck compadres!
-Nooner

Bacon Strip Balderdash

2007-01-20T17:59:00.000-08:00

This game kicks ass.

-M

2007-01-19T18:14:00.000-08:00

Dead Kennedys/ Rawhide

this, in my opinion, was the hight of human culture!

60-Hz Hum

2007-01-19T16:27:00.000-08:00

Disclaimer: The following post has nothing to do with cycling, skiing, climbing, or any other outdoor pursuit, and has everything to do with the poster being an incurable, 7075-alloy, four-star geek.

This is a 1947 model General Electric clock-radio, poached from the House ofWoe in suburban Denver (a.k.a. my late and not especially lamented grandfather's house). The clock is completely functional, including the annoying buzz alarm, but the radio hadn't worked for years. I took it upon myself a few weeks ago to see if I could get the radio working, took the back off the thing, and lo and behold, there resided no less than four (count 'em) glass vacuum tubes. I felt like I'd just walked through a time machine. I removed the tubes and took them down to the local electronics supply store, which, for some reason, had a tube-testing machine. One of the tubes proved faulty, and to my unending surprise, the shop had a replacement for sale. $12.95 later, I reinstalled the tubes and powered up. The tubes glowed a faint, warm red-orange, and a moment later, the soft, nostalgic background hum of 60-Hz AC power issued from the speaker. A flip of the tuner, and -- shazam-- KCOL, broadcasting at 610 kilocycles, was heard through faint static.

There is no reason save geekiness to have fixed this thing--there's absolutely nothing on AM radio that's worth listening to, unless the Broncos ever make the playoffs again. But--ya gotta admit, having a vacuum tube AM radio that works is pretty damn cool.

SphincterBoy

my beautiful new podlings!

2007-01-19T16:12:00.000-08:00

view, mutants, my lovely little podlings! after a gestation of the equivalent of roughly ten thousand years on your dimension's time scale, mrs. shredmor has delivered me this threesome of fine podlings! how lovely they are! pity you will not live to see even their pupae stage, as your world will be gone by that time at the rate at which humans are wrecking it. if only you had stuck to the bicycle, as you had been instructed! how i long for the day i see the third eye open upon their foreheads and start their adult diet of beer and bacon! remember, mutation is not an end, but merely a means by which to glimse the beginning! dr. shredmor.

A Scanner got me

2007-01-18T17:59:00.000-08:00

i was reprimanded by my supervisor and it's been a rough day here in the Lab. good thing I've got the fix-gear urban shredder to spin the angst out with...

on a lighter note, we did make an effort to watch A Scanner Darkly, twice for me now. i'm ready to go into hermitage.

Japhy rider

ps- if this no-snow pattern doesn't break, the TBS header is misleading. verbage could read " '06-'07 the winter that wasn't"

Letter to the editor

2007-01-18T13:36:00.000-08:00

Once again the RGJ pisses me off. I'm writing an article next month on alternative commuting, so I gess that's what they call "put-up or shut-up" (piss of get off the pot?).

I guess I'll post the letter I wrote. You should also note how one of the proposed routes looks like it goes right through Hidden Valley park!!

-M

NOTE: I just got an email saying that I can't submit more than one letter every two months. So one of you needs to get something in too! Maybe we can meet at the GB on tuesday and scratch something out.

Dear RGJ,

Once again the you fail to dig deep enough to see the real story behind your story. Your cover article today on the North/South connector claims that more roads (automobile-centric commuter routes) are needed to avoid “southern California style gridlock.”

Metropolitan Southern California is gridlocked because of sprawling low-density development and a lack of effective public transportation or commuting alternatives to the automobile, i.e. bicycles or trains. That means that people live a long way from work and have to drive to get there. If we want to avoid the same fate here more roads and the influx of automobiles are not the answer.

Driving is a choice. Our freedom to choose alternatives to cars is being curtailed by our own inability to plan beyond our current tank of gas.

-M

What's the plan?

2007-01-17T07:56:00.000-08:00

I know I missed all barley soda meetings this week, my bad. My question is anybody still thinking of doing Keysville and I'm definately putting at least one if not two teams together for the Coolest 24 hours. For Cool everything is free except for the entrance and it's the only 24 hour race close to us. I know the course well, it would be great for SS's. Then again, what isn't? If the ski/snowboard season continues to SUCK, I'll probably do the Cool race in March too.

Gris,

Extra Large Nipples

2007-01-13T22:43:00.000-08:00

There'e no delicate way to put that...

So I got my wheel built thanks to Shawn's suggestion to get the longer nipples. It was still a challenge. Here's why:

If I built one side first completely there were two problems, 1) threading the spokes down from the other side was a PITA becasue the 36 spokes on the other side almost made it impossible to get them down and seated and swiveled into position, and 2) having one side fully built pulled that side so far to the center that the other flange was too far for the spokes to reach. even with the long nipples.

So I took it all apart and threaded the leading spokes on one side and the trailing spokes on the other. then one trailing on the first side, then two leading on the other side, then two on the first side, and so on until it was done. As it stands now all the spokes are threaded on so that the end of each spoke is prettymuch right at the inside face of the rim 3 cross.

I also dropped spokes first so I wouldn't have to bend them all crazy to get them through again. I'm super stoked I got this to work! I even have the valve hole spokes right too.

sweetness. Can't wait to build another set! If I can get this trued maybe I'll test it on another SS canyon ride tomorrow?

-M

Nuner_patrol

2007-01-13T20:56:00.000-08:00

today was one of those days (that seem to be pretty common these days) that the alpine start deslumber results in a shuffle downstairs, a pat on the dogs' heads, a quart of water and a peek outside the garden window over the kitchen sink. humph. still dark. snowy. warm, warm bed and tooo f_ckin' cold to do much. shuffle back upstairs and... R.E.M.

now it's like 8 or 9 and i'm hungry and the caffiene burning blast furnace is running on reserve. outta bed, joe's a cookin' but whup, whoa. only one stiff pour of .5 and .5 in the first pot of coffee and into the rig and off to the market. a full cart of produce later and i've got a real load of raw materials to sustain another few days of creative living. i'm home by 10ish. soonthereafter The Shredder is upandatem and i've got a mess of eggs, peppers, salsa, mushrooms, and Bacon. and coffee. Peet's F.R.a while later there's a flurry of telephone activity and sort of plans have been kinda arranged. Huck Turn-er-on-er is virtually done dressing out his 1x1 & the Nuninator is ready to take a rest day from being an ice pirate up in the Sierra no snowpack. he jumps on the offer to ride The Shredder's Old Bridgestone MB-4 or -5 (?) {now w/ horizontal rear d.o.'s -thanks Vulture!- and a rigid-rigid, an old school single speed mountain bike} and we head for the Keystone Canyon. collie/huskie dogs and wolf/dog mutants are stiding along and the cold squeeky snow reminds us we should've worn more socks. somewhere out in the trail we encounter Huck, who has apparently been de-burdened of his cellular telephone [blessing in disguise?] on his new 1x and all toothy. apparently he's also abandoned all those gears! let's see, his Blurr has like 8 or 9 speeds in the rear and 3 in the front? now he's on just 1 in the front and 1 in the rear... that makes like 10 something orphaned gears? he should get his $50 bucks back!!!

for a short trail ride it was Fly. not many users out there on a <0 January afternoon, but the trails were perfect. too bad, as it was a sort of harmonic convergence of 4 1-speeders in the sagebrush. if this hi pressure pattern holds, i'll probably go for it again tomorrow. maybe earlier though, or after tearing up the cord on the groomers. i haven't even used the lifteo thing yet this year. Umm, corduroy...

Japhy rider

The Kippered Herring

2007-01-11T20:15:00.000-08:00

Late 1900s artifact retrieved from the archives of SAS.

(JR has been infiltrated for the greater good, "mutate to win!" -SAS)

Bacon Bits

2007-01-11T16:36:00.001-08:00

DP ALERT!!!!!

The Kangdiggity (aka out silent partner in whateverthefuckitiswedohere, Tongaroo.) and I are going up in the morning. Maybe BC, but I want to hit Rose and get to work at a reasonable hour so I don't have to work all evening(see next bit).

Strategic planning session: Dessert Epics

i.e. You'll go, and you'll like it! The ESL? Smella, Juni and I will be there. (The Bungalow is also open(and closer to the UNIDROME)).

Noticias:

All contributors have access to the template for this website, so please add links to the noticias (and other sidebars) section as you see fit. If you need help with the code and are too drunk to figure it out, email me or JR.

That is all.

-M

ps how do i know when i'm finished mutating?

Keyesville clASSic

2007-01-10T09:37:00.000-08:00

Well, upon updating their website for the 2007 race it appeared that they weren’t offering the 8 hour enduro or the observed trials. I emailed the race director and he said that was the case. Only the XC, DH and classic bike thing. That’s disappointing. I’m going down anyway to see my Granny in Bako. I’ll race if others are going. It would still be fun to watch the DH and camp out and stuff…

Anyway, maybe we’ll have to do J.R.’s Death Valley ride instead. Or make a team effort at the Coolest 24 hour race.

-M

Update:Team Bigfoot's 12 hours of Weaverville
Update:Cool Course Description.

do not attempt to adjust your dials.

2007-01-09T15:57:00.000-08:00

do not attempt to adjust your dials. your computer is working flawlessly. this is a public service announcement: with guitars! dr. shredmor has wormed his way into your little slice of the web! like a twinkie with a halo storm in it, the true way of the worm shall be revealed to those who do not seek. i am a symtom of the moral decay that is gnawing at the heart of the country! embrace the infection! stay tuned for more broadcasts from the bowels! as proof of the dis cord i offer you proof: dogs and cats - SLEEPING TOGETHER!!! mutate now to win! dr. shredmor.

Weekend roundup

2007-01-08T14:15:00.000-08:00

Glad everyone had a good weekend! I left my cam in the car when I skied Incline peak with the CareBear Sat, so here’s a photo of her there last season.

We got a good run down the trees on the northeast side, then got some great freshie in the northern (skier's left) eastfacing bowl above the lake. Not a usual spot we hit, as it's hidden between the south and north approaches, but definately one I'm going to remember.

If you don’t get the tree-edition of the Draino Gazzette-Urinal, here’s the article from today on the Sierra Avalanche Center. Andy, the new forecaster has been putting up some great reports that have been very easy for lay-persons to understand and have been much apreciated. I spoke with him briefly at the Rose Ski day and he seems to be a cool hombre despite his free-heeling lifestyle.

Anyway, Let’s all go to Kirkwood and say thanks to the SAC!

Other items: I spoke with Griss this morning and he, and I, are trying to get some riding in despite it being ski season. So let’s try to coordinate on some saddle time. Maybe a snow-ride Tuesday AM, if not a Fixie Ride after work to the end of the bike path in sparks, I’ll snag a sixer of PBR for whomever meets me out there…

Hopefully Saturday will be a good day to get up BEFORE 10 and log some vertical, somewhere, on snow, sans rocks (forcrissakes)! Maybe even FRESHIE FRIDAY!!!!!!

-M

Photo of Andy by Scott Sady of the RGJ, used without permission.

The Bacon Strip

2007-01-08T08:26:00.000-08:00

Sweet Redemption!!!
Rough Rider's, mount up...I believe is what I herd McD mumbling.
Shallow but no rock jibbing...not a single one! Just a nice high speed kicker in the middle of the run that a few saddled up too...Good times with good people on Sunday!
We missed you Wolfy! Next time?
-Nooner

The Bacon Strip

2007-01-06T20:56:00.000-08:00

BACKCOUNTRY
Japhy Rider! Japhy Rider! Japhy Rider...Should be Japhy (Rough) Rider! Leave it up to McD to put a hurtin on everyone in the backcountry. Not only was the climbing rough(about three grand) but skiing down, as Smithers put it, "did you guys here and see all those rocks I was jibbin?" Even though he wasn't on Teles, the beast was shredding! Made me wanna break out my board again...wait a minute, tele love, right J (rough) R!!!
So our first 216.71 feet of verticle lost was combined with exquisite powder turns, acrobatics, devilish laughter, and barking dogs(Oso) who seemed to share in the shenanigans of the fine day! The last 2783.290000 feet of verticle was skiing and riding rock slalom gates, rock hopin, rock jibbin, rock grindin, bush slidin, bush wackin(mind out of the gutter), and...ever seen that survival show on TV with that English dude...that ain't shizzzit compared to what we lived through today!
Don't get me wrong, I had a wonderful, beautiful, glorious, and adventurous day out there with with the fellas(canines included)!
Can't wait to do it again McD
Oh yeah, stay the hell away from the Mt. Rose Proper area everyone, at least for now!
PS - The pic on the left is pic I promised earlier, nothin special, just good ridin!
The other pic is after sharing Tecates with the felleas and Solomon - before the big drop in!
-Nooner

Snowblaster

2007-01-05T23:10:00.000-08:00

Kind of like a sandblaster this morning on top of Tamarack. No complaints 'bout being on skis instead of working or changing diapers - Wolfy had some sweet turns in the pockets of fresh, and I had fun despite leaving my poles at home. Hopefully this is the first of an unbroken set of Friday mornings until April that the D.P. crew will be represented in the b/c (this is a call to arms for all you 'strippers).
Check out Wolfy here trying to stand against 60 mph wind on Tamarack Ridge -

The Bacon Strip

2007-01-04T20:25:00.000-08:00

Sorry for the ooops - with the biking Grass Valley(that's a town not a weed farm) thing! I'll get the picture up soon. I was finally able to shimmy an account(I had to lie, cheat, and thieve to make it happen - I always prevail)...First, I've been busy with the holidays. Second, I had serious trouble trying to create my account. And third, I'm a bit challenged when it comes to technology! Maybe I shouldn't let that be known since I was invited to be a contributor?!
Enough explanations! The tecate toten Bandito is here in the Sierra Nevadas, and it's dumping out...I believe the resorts reported 4"-6" this morning and were expecting another 12"-18" by tonight...I must say it came with a vengence. So wax those skis and boards and head into the backcountry...don't wanna here any excuses from the peons(grislybikedork I mean geek) who have to work...call in sick or quit - it's really that simple. keep praying to the snow gods because right now it's jiving...if the snow ceases then all ya'lls ladies have to strip down to thier b-day uniforms and dance and frolic while I drink my wine and stroke my belly - at my abode of course - no peeping Mcds, geeks, or wolfs either - otherwise it won't work - seriously!!! Ya'll dig?! No bull, it really works! Then it cums(sorry for the typo) with a vengence again - the snow that is!
Have a great night everyone, see ya'll on the mountain...I'll be on telemark skis...that's what men do! Ha Ha Ha
-Nooner(singlespeedlessnooninator)

feelin' frisky?

2007-01-03T15:30:00.000-08:00

The Cascade Cream Puff 100 is coming together for 2007. For you Strippers interested in the funnest 100 mile mtb race, with excellent support, best be on the game for registration. It fills up mighty quick. Date's also pushed back till July 8, probably to try and break last year's high temp record. That's ok by me, but I may not wear the long sleeve woolie this time...

http://www.cascadecreampuff.com/

Word on the street is that the colossal task of organizing the event has changed hands this year. Lookin' forward to it nonetheless. Thanks for the prior's, Shiggy.

Japhy rider

Best of 2006

2006-12-31T09:11:00.000-08:00

well, i supposed that'd be the Grand View Trail mtb tour that Amanda and I attempted on our Coconino's last Memorial Day weekend.

actually, we started at the Thunder Mountain trail and descended the 11-ish mile singletrack through some rad hoo-doos and crazy switchbacks to the western end of the GVT. from there it's ~70 miles of supposedly nonmotorized trail that tours the Sunset Cliffs, wraps around the Paunsaugunt Plateau, skirting along it's base on some pretty damn remote trail, climbing to the the crest of the plateau on gravel roads, dropping crazy fast on sandy trails probably once used by stockmen and hunters, and terminates at the Sheep Ck TH east of the "fish hook" of Bryce C. National Park.

it wasn't all fun and games though. a fair bit of the trail gets very little use and is just plain hard to find. trail crews hadn't been through in ages, so rock slides and down trees were a constant presence. obtaining drinking water was also a reality of the trip, since it was generally only present in major drainages. that kinda limited where we camped and how much riding we'd committ to in a day. after the 3+ days of riding, slogging, and carrying our loaded touring bikes we took a "bail out" UP Mill Ck to the rim of the plateau, then rode 30 miles of gravel roads back to our vehicle at the Thunder Mtn TH.
it was a bit of a shock emerging from one of the gnarliest and remote trail bike tours i'd tried to a beautiful plateau, completely infested with RV's parked all over meadows (probably 60 different trailers or vehicles along 20 miles of dirt road), OHV galore (the only person we saw on foot was one fella fishing) and dusty roads. oh well, next time, we'll make sure we finish at a trailhead.

the Grand View Trail is completely open to nonmotorized travel and is an EPIC of a trail bike tour. go light, allow 4 days to ride the trail and arrange a car shuttle or a day to ride the roads back and spread the word. this route is awesome and entirely underused - by nonmoto folks. anyone game for another attempt next spring? contact the USFS and search out some info if you like, but here's the beta i travelled with... water and trailheads are indicated. special thanks got to Greg G. for motivating me to explore this route, and apologies for not actually riding it with him. i'd like to make another attempt this spring and would welcome anyone that want's to go on a vision quest. any takers out there???

Best of the Baconstrip: Pancakes

2006-12-29T13:38:00.000-08:00

So the trend is to do a best of list. Everyone is doing it, though they usually involve music and books and other stuff. We're going a different route. I'm doing a personal best of on i am indisposed, but this is the place to post your bacon strip related best of's!

Best Pancakes:

It was May 19th of 2006. Olaf was in my driveway @ 5 or 5:30 or some insane hour as planned. We loaded up to the towers in his truck and met The Grissly One. Waited a few minutes for J.R. but proceeded as it wasn't totally clear he was comming.

It was dark for the first few miles. McD cought up to us pre Poeville, just in time to see me faceplant into a ditch. Too early for bunnyhopping. We proceeded up the road past the pond and to the intersection with the main road.

Near the top of peavine we cought the waft of coffee and maple syrup. We were met by Matt and Mike from Patagonia who proceeded to grill us some killer cakes. Those guys rode up the night before and camped out. That's love.

We never managed to get another PancakeRide on, but I feel it coming in 2007!

-M

X-Mas Unicycling

2006-12-25T14:22:00.000-08:00

Greasons Seetings!

Smella, The Bean and I went down to the unidrome and freeride park this AM to have a little sun and warm winter air. I had a perticularly good sessh on the uni. 10 or so trips across the court and all the way across the field twice!

Hope you're all having a fine day!

-M

Is Santa a Pagan?

2006-12-21T15:11:00.000-08:00

This is all stuff I found on the web a few years ago when I was wonerdering what putting a pine tree in the living room had to do with Christianity....long live the Pagans....and the capitalists.

Should Christians Celebrate Christmas?
What the Encyclopedias are saying:

The word "Christmas" is derived from "Mass of Christ" or "Christ-Mass". The Christmas festival came to the Protestants and the secular world from the Roman Catholic church. However, the Roman Catholic church did NOT get Christmas from the original Apostles. It's not even in the Bible!!!

Now just in case you may think I just have something personally against Christmas, or as the psychologists saying, I just had a bad childhood so I feel bad about Christmas, or worse, I belong to a religious cult!!.... let us see what the Catholic and secular Encyclopedias themselves are saying about Christmas!!

"Christmas was not among the earliest festivals of the Church...the first evidence of the feast is from Egypt."
"Pagan customs centering around the January calends gravitated to Christmas."
"...In the Scriptures, no one is recorded to have kept a feast or held a great banquet on his [Jesus] birthday. It is only sinners who make great rejoicings over the day in which they were born into this world"Catholic Encyclopedia, 1911 Edition,published by the Roman Catholic Church

"...Christmas was not among the earliest festivals of the church...."Encyclopedia Britannica, 1946 edition

"Christmas... It was, according to many authorities, not celebrated in the first centuries of the Christian church, as the Christian usage in general was to celebrate the death of remarkable persons [eg Communion - death of Christ] rather than their birth...""...A feast was established in memory of this event [the birth of Jesus] in the fourth century. In the fifth century the Western Church ordered it to be celebrated forever ON THE DAY OF THE OLD ROMAN FEAST OF THE BIRTH OF SOL [SUN], as no certain knowledge of the day of Christ's birth existed." EMPHASIS MINEEncyclopedia Americana, 1944 Edition

Christmas was not celebrated by the Church UNTIL the FOURTH CENTURY. Christians did NOT celebrate Christmas for the first 300 years - longer than the entire history of the United States of America!!

Jesus was not born on December 25th
Christmas Day - December 25th - is near to the middle of winter in the Northerm Hemisphere - including the Palestine region or Judaea.Was Jesus born during the winter? Let's see what the Scriptures has to say...

"And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night."LUKE 2:8

The shepherds did NOT keep their sheep in the fields during December! The sheep were brought in under cover before mid-October to protect them from the cold rainy season that would follow.

The "ninth month" corresponds roughly to December today. You see this time of year was characterised by winter rains in Judaea. The sheep were not in the fields at that time!!Here's what the Adam Clarke Commentary (Vol 5, page 370, New York ed) has to say about the date of Christ's birth....

"It was an ancient custom among Jews of those days to send out their sheep to the fields and deserts about the Passover (early spring), and bring them home at commencement of the first rain,...""During the time they were out, the shepherds watched them night and day. As...the first rain began early in the month of Marchesvan, which answers to part of our October and November, we find that the sheep were kept out in the open country during the whole summer. And, as these shepherds had not yet brought home their flocks, it is a presumptive argument that October had not yet commenced, and that, consequently, our Lord was not born on the 25th of December, when no flocks were out in the fields; nor could He have even been born later than September, as the flocks were still in the fields by night. On this very ground, the nativity in December should be given up. The feeding of the flocks by night in the fields is a chronological fact..."

The exact date of Jesus' birth is entirely unknown, though evidently He was born sometime during September which is six months after the Passover. If God had intended for us to celebrate the birthday of Jesus, why then didn't God reveal the exact date to us in the Scriptures???

The true origins of Christmas

So where did it all begin??The concept of Christmas originated in ancient Egypt in the days of King Osiris and Queen Isis around about 3000 B.C. - long before the Christian faith was even thought of!! After the untimely death of King Osiris, his wife, Isis, propogated the demonic doctrine of the survival of Osiris as a spirit. She claimed a full grown evergreen tree sprang overnight from a dead stump, symbolising the new life of the Osiris spirit from his death. On each anniversary of Osiris birth, which was the date we now know as December 25th, Isis would leave gifts around this tree. Isis became the "Queen of Heaven", and Osiris became the reborn "divine son of heaven". Osiris later became, through the later Phoenicans, Baal the Sun-god. The "mother and child" became chief objects of worship by the Babylonians, from which it spread over the world under various names, such as, Cybel & Deoius in Asia, Fortuna & Jupiter in pagan Rome. Then during the fourth and fifth century, the Romans under the new popular "Christianity" popularised the "mother and child" concept especially around Christmas time - from which we have many of the Christmas carols such as "Silent Night Holy Night" with it's familiar "mother and child" theme.

The Pagan Origin of The Christmas Tree

The concept of the Christmas Tree originated around 3000 B.C. in ancient Egypt with King Osiris and Queen Isis. After the untimely death of King Osiris, his wife, Isis, propogated the demonic doctrine of the survival of Osiris as a spirit. She claimed a full grown evergreen tree sprang overnight from a dead stump, symbolising the new life of the Osiris spirit from his death. On each anniversary of Osiris birth, which was the date we now know as December 25th, Isis would leave gifts around this tree. During the Middle Ages, the Germans believed the evergreen trees were especially imbued with life since they remained green throughout all of winter. Greenery was prominent in pagan winter celebrations in honour of the tree spirit or spirit of fertility. The Romans trimmed the trees with trinkets and toys at that time of year. The Druids tied gilded apples to tree branches. For many, a tree decorated with orbs and fruit-like object symbolised the tree of life in the garden of Eden.

The Pagan Origin of The Holly WreathMistletoe and Yule Log

The mistletoe were used at the festival of the winter solstice by ancient pagans because it was considered sacred to the sun. The mistletoe supposedly had miraculous healing powers, probably due to the fact that not only the plant remained green throughout winter but it actually bore fruit during this time, a type for fertility spirits!! This led to the tradition of "kissing under the mistletoe" - occuring early in the night of revelry and drunken debauchery, celebrating the death of the "old sun" and birth of the "new sun" at the solstice. Holly berries were also considered sacred to the sun-god. Holly was revered along with the mistletoe, with decorations in those greeneries prominent in buildings and places of worship during the winter festival - leading to the holly wreath that we have today. The burning of the Yule Log originated with the Druids and their ritual burning of a carefully chosen log during the winter. The word "yule" is derived from the old Anglo-Saxon word "hweol" which means "wheel" - a pagan symbol of the sun. Indeed the "Yule Log" is in fact the "Sun Log"!!

The Pagan Origin of Exchanging Gifts at Christmas

The wonderful tradition of exchanging gifts during Christmas. That excitement of looking forward to seeing what your loved one buys for you for Christmas. Oh of course, it is "Christian" to be giving gifts to one another.... but is it?? Let us see what the Bibliotheca Sacra (vol 12 pp 153-155) says about the exchanging of gifts at Christmas...

"The interchange of presents between friends is alike characteristic of Christmas and the Saturnalia, and MUST HAVE BEEN ADOPTED BY CHRISTIANS FROM THE PAGANS, as the admonition of Tertullian plainly shows." Emphasis mine

The exchanging of gifts does not honour Christ at all. Suppose it is YOUR birthday and yet at your party, your friends and relatives exchange gifts among themselves and almost completely ignore you!! This is exactly what happens at Christmas - we exchange gifts among ourselves, but usually don't have enough money left over to continue our giving to our churches!! Just ask any pastor!! The giving to the church usually doesn't get back to normal until March next year!! In any case it's not Jesus' birthday anyway!! - His birthday is in September most probably and the exact date is not known.

The wise men gave Jesus gifts because He was a KING of the Jews - it was not because it was His birthday. It was customary to give gifts to someone who is a King, just as it is so in many cultures today. In any case, the wise men didn't give any gifts to Jesus until long after His birthday.

"Verse 11 (They presented unto him gifts) The people of the east never approached the presence of kings and great personages, without a present in their hands. The custom is often noticed in the Old Testament, and still prevails in the east, and in some of the newly discovered South Sea Islands."Adam Clarke Commentary, vol 5, page 46

The exchanging of gifts among friends and relatives at Christmas is not found in the Scriptures, it is derived from paganism.

-Restlessape

bienvenidos, Nooner

2006-12-20T15:21:00.000-08:00

The Bacon Strip grows thanks to our recent draft. Skid marks now stretch from the Continental Divide to the Pacific Crest with the addition of Nuninator, aka Nooner, or getoverheregoddamnit as our Pyramid Lake headwaters correspondent. Wildland fire fighter by profession, sawyer and trail builder by training, telenator and bikinator by day. Drinkinator by happy hour... bienvenidos. cuidado, piedra mojada, me gusto cerveza. Say, where's the pic of indian blanket wearing Tecate toting apres ski Nooner? Rock the house, my friend.

Japhy rider

Lawn Dart

2006-12-20T11:49:00.000-08:00

this what you meant by "neck deep powder," N.J.?

Nefarious J

2006-12-19T10:33:00.000-08:00

Dear Baconstrippers,

You may have noticed the new additions to our Team. Sphincterboy is our corespondent from the Rockies, chairman of the committee of redundancy committee, burner of the sacred relics, and fashion critic. His purpose is to goad us from afar and remind us of MontyPython lines we’d forgotten. Last words I heard from him were, “neck deep powder…” I’ll let J.R. introducs the Nooninator.

-M

If there are others who should be added to the team forward them on to me. (remember that our co-mission of providing dsigusting/funny content along with urban/dirtbag/hipster/pseudo-adventure)

Letter to the editor

2006-12-18T12:03:00.000-08:00

RGJ,

In your cover article today on the traffic problems on Pyramid Hwy you focused on ways to make the road accomodate increasing numbers of vehicles. Why were there no discussions of ways to decrease the numbers of vehicles on the road? If the stores are in a compact area why is it necessary to have everyone in their own vehicle?

Adding better opportunities for public transportation and non-motorized transportation is a much cheeper option that is better for the community. Focusing on them first will create incentive to utilize them rather than advocating construction projects that come at a great cost to our community and environment. What's that? you say you can't go shopping on a bicycle? www.xtracycle.com/, bakfietscargo.blogspot.com/, better put out the cigarette(in an ashtray) and guess again!

-M

10,000+ backcountry mutant

2006-12-13T22:23:00.000-08:00

This guy appears to have a twisted mission of skinning & skiing 10,000 ft/day. The thing that really gets me is that he has a new kid! I better change my ways...pronto!

More discussion here...

Keyesville

2006-12-12T11:49:00.000-08:00

I'm going to make my de-butt into endurance racing @ the Keyesville Classic this year. Smella has agreed to crew for me, JR and GBG have shown interest. Anyone else want to share camp, kitchen, and cooler? Forward on to extended family who may be interested and let's have a ball.

Keyesville Classic
Retro Race
MTBR Photos

Lots of other stuff to do in the area including, riding, climbing and hott tubbing.

-M

play it as it lies

2006-12-10T22:23:00.000-08:00

um, a few years ago, the Garros, B. Siebert (spelling?), and I were trail riding near Flagstaff when low & behold, a big dead tree was found to have layed itself across the trail. it was pretty freshly fallen with no easy ride around - the best line was right over the ~30" high log with the help of a rock or 2...
word on the street is that when a trail crew came through, rather than clear the rocks and cut the log, they bucked a section of log next to the rocks so you could roll up and over or ride right on by. perhaps they just didn't want to bother with moving those things out of the way!

stuff like this is a far cry from boardwalks and teeter totters that the FS is lashing out against, more like keeping things as primitive as possible. yet kinda spicy...

So high I think I got a nose bleed!

2006-12-10T17:15:00.000-08:00

She found it.

-M

"Women who don't like swallowing..."

2006-12-07T16:13:00.000-08:00

I guess it takes all kinds.

-M

Bootleg Trails

2006-12-07T15:21:00.000-08:00

Check out the article in Moonshine Ink linked in the title. I can't believe those boogerheads don't understand. I wrote some articles for the Foundation For North American Wild Sheep a few years ago. The only reason that industry is so successfull politically is because of the money the throw at it and the taxes on hunting gear that go towards its regulation. Think of a 10% tax on MTB parts and how much we spend and how far that would go (and how much some of us save on gas not driving every day).

Good article, but clearly those guys still don't get it. I may be wrong, I know that I don't do enough to make it better.

-M

(edit: What I meant by that last statement is that while a good portion of that article talked about successes in trailbuilding within the system it seems strange that the comments would focus on going back out and building more bootleg trails that are just going to be torn down again.)
Further discussion: Is a wood ladder-drop in the national forrest any different than one in your back yard in town? Are constructed features, other than those necessary for building good trails, adding to or taking away from the natural environment we go out there to enjoy? i.e. peavine dirt, rim trail dirt, holeintheground rocks... Two-by-fours?

Snowboarder Smack

2006-12-06T10:56:00.000-08:00

These guys spray a little smacktalk, but Terje delivers with this first descent of 7601.

Plumas Freeride Park

2006-12-03T21:31:00.000-08:00

After a leisurely breakfast of coffee and French Toast @ my house J.R. and I proceeded with bikes and dogs to Plumas Park for some tomfoolery. My initial trepidation over the wall drop was no longer an issue. There was some trials'n'. Some jumpin' and some down-right hucking. Thanks to the nice landings McD was only marred with grass stains. He actually rolled the shortest point on the wall, amazingly, then made the mistake of trying that again...

The Nooninator joined us and immeadiately took up with the shenanagins. The rock kicker was perfect. Once we got a feel for it and started hitting it faster the landing was perfect.

There's more to be done there including a nice wall ride and some kind of engineered kicker to take advantage of the nice grassy slope of the terrace between the fields...

-M

And where was the Grisslybikegeek??? AT HOME washing his tights!

Note: We were mindful of the old stone and mortar work and avoided damaging it. No rail slides, no grinds, bashringing.

Link Dump

2006-11-29T11:51:00.000-08:00

For your reading pleasure

Bakfiets
Reno Rambler
Velorucion
iamindisposed

-M

It's something like this.

2006-11-24T18:37:00.000-08:00

Maybe this will psych you up enough.

Shawn,

Drop it like it's hott!

2006-11-23T09:28:00.000-08:00

It may shock the Bacon Strip readers who don't know me, but I am in fact a chicken shit. One of these days my mom will find the shot of me getting way more air than i ever wanted when I was 9 on the bike path in Denver. My dad built me a ramp, but I was too chicken to hit it.

Any way, this stone wall has been bugging me since we moved into the neighborhood some 8 months ago or so. For Turkey day, For the Bacon Strip, for the hellofit: The turkey challenge, redux...

Hope your day is tryptophantastic!!!

-M

RenoBikeProject

2006-11-19T10:30:00.000-08:00

Photos by the-cool ass bike geek Justin "Ubiquitous" Sullivan.(correction: on reviewing his blog, Justin is clearly a punk, possibly a punk-ass. Good photos though.)

Smella and I hit the Reno Bike Project party and alleycat Saturday. It was fun. Black Label was there with ther many monster bikes including a 5-high that was ridden superman no hands through the parking lot as a pretty fine exit. Then there was a mob-hotaugustnights-streetvibrators style ride after, that I bailed on for obvious reasons.

better than yard work that's for sure.

I bucked the trend by shredding the Vulture. Which proved a better choice when spinning down McCarran to 4th street. (yeah, we had to ride all the way to R@T board shop in the 6000 block og MaeFREAKINGAnn!) And on wheelie dropping on the mobride.

-M

Mad skills from the UK

2006-11-17T09:20:00.000-08:00

The Bacon Strip

Turkey Day Challenge

2006-11-14T14:28:00.000-08:00

My plan now is to ride to our thanksgiving dinner in Wellington (76 miles according to Google maps). From home. Here's the plan:

1)leave the house @ 6:00 AM.
2)bundle up best I can cause it'll be cold.
3)Ride my Bianchi in normal commuting mode (42:15, fixed, (17t back-up freewheel), 32mm tires)
4)stop at least once for coffee no sooner than Java Joes in Carson.
5)I should have 6 hours before my ride catches up.

I'm taking bets. Post in the comment your bet(non-monetary) and the point you think I'll make it. Asuming it's not raining/snowing when I wake up bets range from "you chicken out in your PJs, (1:1)" to "You ride all the way including the last two miles of dirt.(10:1)"

Happy holidays!

-M

Outlawcross Reno Edition

2006-11-09T11:56:00.000-08:00

Caption: "This is better than retarded monkey butt-sex!"

The Truckee crew come down to Reno (Mayberry Park)and met a sizeable reno crew for their 6th (7th?) "race" on a Grislybikegeek signature classic course. And you can see from the above photo we rallied McD for a double showing from team Wake. He was kind enough to hand me my ass about 3/4 of the way through.

Thanks to Shawn for setting up a SUPER fun course. Good flat straightaways for the roadies and good techy bumpies for the mounties.

Thanks to Kevin and Lucy for taking photos!

-M

Theory of Evolution

2006-11-08T10:41:00.000-08:00

For anyone who doesn't understand the theory of evolution, here is a quick synopsis of how it goes.

Downieville

2006-11-06T08:04:00.000-08:00

Sunday I rode with the DHReno crew. Hit Downieville DH and the shuttle. Above you see a shot of the Stately Pleasure Bike racked with not one bike that isn't a SC Nomad. Below you see a video of Don shredding a particularly rough section of trail. The only section I didn't ride. I might have tried it, but the rocks were wet and I was pretty sure I'd have recieved a generous smackdown.

I rolled one of the Nomads a little, but couldn't use the pedals so a full test wasn't possible. Super cush, but hard to pedal. The Vulture 29er got lots of creds once they saw I could hang. If they ever make a Fox Talas 100-150 I'm getting that 1 speed coconino. Down curved TT, 1.5 headtube, ST to TT crossbrace, 69 deg @ 150mm 71deg @ 100mm, ecc BB... Should be the ultimate freeride hardtail, no need for gears if you walking the hills.

They are planning on riding Dirty Harry Saturday. I might try to tag along to get pictures for the magazine. We should rally the TBS crew. I might have talked shit on your behalf yesterday...

-M

A strip O bacon

2006-11-03T18:23:00.000-08:00

This was tha race in Cool CA, 04'. Yes it is mostly blood with a little mud mixed in. 'Sportin the full beard too!

New header

2006-10-31T10:01:00.000-08:00

I made a graphic for the header.

-M

Coming soon...

2006-10-30T09:07:00.000-08:00

Sunday is Funday

2006-10-30T09:02:00.000-08:00

This guy took a pretty good smackdown. But he didn't have the added mass of a helmet or pads that would have increased the impact trauma. -M

Wipe that smile off your face boy!

2006-10-29T19:06:00.000-08:00

Our man griss was running on one good lung and one full of phlegm, but rode a good race today. Good mounts/dissmounts as you can see in the video. It was an MF of a course. I'm glad I was spectating and not riding. Those dudes looked like they were suffering.

-M

Outlaw #4

2006-10-26T11:35:00.000-07:00

Yo,

OutlawCross #4 was super fun! I was so far out in front I decided to stop and take pictures. GBG took advantage and powered forward to victory despite my best efforts at de-motivation from the start finish. The Restless Ape was a little dismayed at the last two laps, but the dirt coating his two front teeth showed how he really felt.

Thank's to the Truckee Crossophiles for setting this up. We'll pay you back with an outlaw race down here.

Love and kisses,

-M

Cross Pics

2006-10-24T08:29:00.000-07:00

Shawn: smiling like he knows something about chamois-butter the rest of us don't...
More pics HERE.

-M

Tunnel Creek Road

2006-10-23T08:35:00.000-07:00

Whiteout

2006-10-20T11:35:00.000-07:00

Others will attest to the fact that using whiteout in a laboratory is about as stupid as like, using testosterone in the middle of the Tour de France, or something.

-M

There's a new cross hounch!

2006-10-19T19:55:00.000-07:00

Wolfy kicked my ass today, did a show off bonus loop and his steed was a huge hit with the Truckee boys.

Licking my wounds and proping up my ego.

One Eye

smithers!

2006-10-19T14:56:00.000-07:00

Steve S. was down from the Lake last weekend to check out the local trails and see a bit of the town. Weather was perfect, trails were fun, and there was plenty a goin' on around the hood. Rode tracks on Peavine Saturday, then span straight into the neighborhood Pub for a recovery drink and some za. Gud times!
J.r.

fixed It

2006-10-19T13:29:00.000-07:00

in anticipation of a great ski season, and therefore a heinous mud season on the singletrack commute, i ressurected an old road/touring frame and prep'd it as a fixed gear bike for commuting and town riding. i replaced only what was toasted and purchased as little as possible, digging into the bin-o-parts to scavenge for "upgrades." the bike, from here on known as "Harlan," cleaned up nice. i've put about a hunerd miles on it commuting and running social calls in the last week plus and the legs are comfortably numb. riding a fixed gear bike might just be one of the best dry land training approaches for tele season! that, and to make a leaner, meaner one speeder! a few pics of the process...

initial conditions

boneyard

the original seatpost was a bit short, and an odd size. no prob, just take a few 1/1000th off a spare mtn post from the box-o-parts

readers, meet "Harlan."

happy trails,
J.r.

Fixed Gear Fury

2006-10-19T09:18:00.000-07:00

Hoping I can borrow McDee's single-wheel fixed 'cycle for some urban shredding like this guy:

The Debt Collector

2006-10-18T13:21:00.000-07:00

Think this thing could take a pit bull? Reportedly, an American kid let one of these into his tent while camping, and it proceeded to eat him. That's gotta just be bad luck though, I think that anything requiring a chain and Hannibal mask is a pet worth keeping.

This is sort of funny

2006-10-18T08:21:00.000-07:00

Overheard in Minneapolis

Be sure to check back in tomorrow for pics, report and commentary on the Outlaw Cross Race #3 from truckee. I'm going to make sure Shawn keeps his pants on this time.

-M

This is sort of gay.

2006-10-17T21:10:00.000-07:00

Faster Posting

2006-10-16T14:32:00.000-07:00

Post by email by going to your settings tab and email menu. Specify an email address, select publish and then let it fly.

Water is off at the lab. Fortunately I wasn't burdened by that knowledge until I tried to flush down a three coil steamer. Both men's rooms are now thusly occupied.

-M

Blast from the past and another rasberry.

2006-10-14T08:24:00.000-07:00

Thought you all would like to see a little old school Shawn. The cross up is circa '85. I'm especially proud of the trucker hat. Old school or way ahead of my time? The rasberry and broken hand are from Mammoth '97. All the assorted scabs just made it funnier.

wahahahoa

2006-10-13T16:05:00.000-07:00

this is trick

K'n A and T'n Names

2006-10-13T12:07:00.000-07:00

this is a man posessed! who knew? - ridin' heavy, squishy, slow mountian bikes was such good conditioning for xracing? Ol'1eye is cleaning house and leavin' everything out on the course, including some skin...

Freaking Norwegians

2006-10-11T10:34:00.000-07:00

What do a barnyard and a Danish Brothel have in common?

-M

He won't survive

2006-10-08T22:03:00.000-07:00

I thought this might have been John, right up until the end.

-M

Dia Del Muerte

2006-10-06T12:25:00.000-07:00

I'd like to say that it was skill that produced this result so fast, but in fact Illustrator has a new tool that just vectorizes images instantly. I still have to do the editing, but that will basically be easy.

-M

Bonktoberfest!

2006-10-04T12:58:00.000-07:00

Harvest Moon this Friday night, fullyfullon at 23:15. Let's go night ridin', see what color the aspens are in HID flood, then, tear into some recovery drinks and usher in the preskiseason. How about meetin' up 18:00 at the TRT trailhead north of 267, ride towards Martis Pk, and ononon...

Imitation Tent-like Substance

2006-10-04T08:36:00.000-07:00

Thems got stones.

-M

Critical Mass

2006-10-03T16:15:00.000-07:00

Burned Bacon

2006-10-03T10:54:00.000-07:00

Here's the clip that I referenced at our freestyle stop on the Hole in the Ground ride last Saturday. The guy apparently forgot that when you're scared, your sphincty tends to tighten up...

Alleycat

2006-10-02T13:50:00.000-07:00

This was fun. Had to bag the after party, though that sounded awesome. I learned a lot. Mostly that it's probably not good to be the first or the last into the intersection against a red. (you can see me just left of center (HA!!) in the black)
-M

Post, the first

2006-10-02T08:30:00.000-07:00

As discussed with Kevizizzle and the Kangdigity Saturday, here is the place to post your disgusting vids, links and musings to avoid the embarrassing scenerio when you're telling a car load of dudes about the donkey show you saw on youtube and laughing, then realizing that you forgot to send it to everyone (might also prevent you sending it to your aunt millie).

Also might as well use this for rallying troops for rides or pubcrawls. I don't forsee doing much pubcrawling, but you never know. Smella has a little friend coming over to play Thursday, so I'm open to options. Perhapse watching McD bust his face open falling off his new fixie... Here's a vid:

-M