Night riden in the cold!!

Just did a night ride last night at brayleys in the ice covered trails. It was'nt to bad, but as I found out the creek crossings are very cold. The trail was totally different than I remember from my daylight rides there and add the ice in the turns and it made for an exciting night. Got to test my new NR headlight and it works great but I think I'm going to need some other light before I do Lodi this year. James rode with the other member of our team the other morning at brayleys and things did'nt go as smoothly as he hit a rock at slow speed and buckeled his new salsa frame. Hope he can get a replacement before the Lodi race. We will be doing many more night rides in the coming months to get ready for Lodi and I hope some more riders can make it out its a great time.. See ya on the trail ...

Superbowl ride!!

This should have been called the Super cold ride instead of Superbowl ride!! I think the temps were about 24 when we started but I would guess by the time we reached the top of flag pole they were in the single digits. The wind was the killer it just cut through you. We all made it to the top and down and of course the only place where I wasn't in the back was on the descent on Red Diamond. I surprised myself. It really wasn't anything spectacular it just felt good for me not to be in the back and even with me in the front I don't think I was holding anyone up. Here's a few pics of the day I would have had more but I think the cold killed my batteries.. Even though I am still sore today I think the ride was a blast....

We have a team!

Rich Moore,James Burris and myself have formed our SingleSpeed team for the 12hrs of Lodi. It was sort of up in the air weather or not Rich would be doing the race with us due to the fact that he would be taking an already delayed Honeymoon and on top of that it is his wifes birthday the same weekend as the race.Well after some back-and-forth Rich will be doing the race!!! His wife must be very understanding. Now we have to come with a name for our team so if anyone has any ideas please post them. If things go well at this race I would like to do the 24hr race at big bear W.V. as a SS team again. Hopefully with the group of guys. Later....