You got to want it!

It's nice to have a few good riders to feed off when developing skills on the bike. It's just like they say, "To get better, ride with someone better then yourself". The beauty of MTB is that there is so many aspects to it and there is always something to work on. Unfortunately one of my weak points is being in the air. However, it is one skill that I have definite interest in developing (of course with modest limitations.) Here is one of my favorites so far. As I was told: "You got to want it!", which makes sense because hesitation is the pre-cursor to failure.

This is a mess!

Living in SoCal is GREAT! Just not next week, it looks like crap!

OBAMAME Posters

Found a link to pretty cool website that you can OBAMA poster yourself with.
Here's the link: http://obamiconme.pastemagazine.com

Here's a couple samples:

History has been made

America has spoken, history had been made. Here's to hope and change! Progression is never a bad thing and possibilities have been opened up! Excitement in our country has been sparked - expectations need to be met. There is work to be done and we have a new leader to guide us through, even with failure still in reach I am proud to follow diligently.

Creating a Remedy Slopestyle

After riding Whistler on a Slopestyle bike, it occured to me why not make my bike a Slopestyle? Intense, Rocky Mountain, Jamis, Norco, and other manufactures have thier own Slopestyle bikes, why not a Trek. So what would the modifications would be required? Simple, change the 8.0 X 2.25 air shock to a 7.875X2.25 coil shock. What would the effects be? A slackened Head Angle of about 66.5 degrees (from 67 degrees) and a lowered Bottom Bracket hieght of about 13.6 inches. (from 13.8 inches). So the parts are on order and we will see if this mod dishes out what I hope it does. Here is what I got coming in:

1) Fox DHX Coil 4.0 7.875X2.25 (Source: RockyMountain Cycles) (Push is still a possibility right now, TBD)
2) Fox rear shock mounting hardware (Source: Fox Racing Shocks)
3) Fox Steele 350lbsX2.45 Coil Spring (Source: Cambria Bicycle Outfitters)

Here is what the bike should look like when completed:


BTW, the Remedy is already fully capable out the box. The only reason for the conversion is aftermarket improvements. If you can tune something to make it better, stronger, faster.... why not?