Another pic of Clay tuning my bike

Clay bought a bunch of cool tools. I paid $30 for new cables and housing ... seemed expensive. Is it?
I posted pics on Hawkley blog but here's one more.

HI-C ...

You prefer the new system? ... w/ all the biking are you feelin' / lookin' fit?

Moab

Curt - were you able to get that time off for the Moab trip? Anthony - you should come too. May 16th-20th. I think this photo is doctored.

go All Weather High Performance!!!

we're thinking you're about finished right now ... cool that Mom and E and Laura are there to cheer you on. E was sayin' on the phone that he was worried you were over-expending early. Looking forward to the scoop.

Hall Ranch this morning

White Ranch

Good ride today. A little wet and slick. Still some snow in areas. Lots of rocks and waterbars, so there was a lot of wet back tire spinouts. Overall, it was more than either of us were ready for and the map was confusing at times, so we went the wrong way a few times. There's a network of trails there, so next time we can cut a few parts out and make it more manageable. The pic is of one of the rockier/root sections. Dan's camera ran out of memory. Otherwise there'd be one of me riding down it. Pretty straight forward. Hold on, use the brakes sparingly and keep your cool.

my bike

my entire bike isn't worth any of you guyses bikes' parts

We have surprisingly good weather - no snow as was the forecast - so we're going biking tomorrow AM.

bike stand

I bought this bike stand today. Park Tools PCS-10 - $150. I need to adjust my front derailer and don't wanna pay some guy $30 to do it for me. It's a nice stand, with quick release clamps for everything. Anyway, hopefully I can figure it out and learn how to do the regular maintenance on my own. Dan says he needs a front derailer adjustment too, so maybe the two of us can figure it out.

Heil Ranch pic

Loading the bikes up just after our ride. My heart rate monitor went outta control for a bit. Reported 223 bpm. It was good to be on the trail. Neither of us had bike problems or wrecks. Suppose to storm starting tomorrow night. Reports are 6"-12" between Thursday night and Friday. Maybe next week we'll be able to get more riding in.

Heil Ranch 1

I like the new egg-beater pedals. I think I need to put another shim beneath my left cleat - it seems a bit difficult to get into - but other than that they feel real secure once I'm clipped in, and they clip out w/ ease.

Heil Ranch is a super rocky trail. Most of the rocks are medium sized and embedded in the trail, but there are quite a few loose ones to pop up into your spokes and plenty of jagged ones to avoid. Probably not so bad if your driving some rich-boy full suspension get-up. There are a few smooth sections but they don't last quite long enough.

Tonight!

We're doing Hall Ranch as soon as Clay's off work. If All Weather High Performance gets to be "All Weather High Performance", I'm calling dibs on "Blogger Dan".

Together we shall ride

This post is more for Curt - I know I could just call him, but the chances of someone anwering are a lot lower than the chances that Curt will read this post. I guess I could just email him, but I already started the blog so...
We should try to go riding some evening this week. I need to go at least once a week if I want the pain in my seat to stop killing me half-way through rides.
For those who don't know, our last mountain biking trek sucked because everytime I started riding with any sort of speed down hill, my rear tire would go flat. I ended up walking a lot of prime riding terrain. I think I'll buy a tube to carry with me and a little pump for next time. My tire is holding air fine now, but who knows what will happen when I get to my next down hill.

Youtube skills

Go to Curt's page and give him 5 stars. (Click youtube icon at bottom of vid.)

Someday, We Shall Bike

Thanks again for the pedals, Curt. Now if the weather would only cooperate.