FINALLY

Blogger has had me on the ropes since Sunday trying to load pics.
Taking nice pictures is not easy. Many more duds than decent ones.
Tosacrosser looking good while feelin' s#1tty.

Looks like a dance move to me.

Smokin' camels

Check out the look on The Goats face when I suggested he cash in his chips and take a "quick right".

Benderrrrrrrrrrrrrr........................

THUGS IN WASHINGTON PARK


Scout master Creepy taking Gary-Gameface and a few of the kids out for their cycling merit badge.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JULIE.....................................

PUNK

Meg told me she'd never speak to me again if I posted these pictures. She's sooo mad that if I'm lucky, I bought 48 hours until she asks me for money.

PRE-BANQUET RECOGNITION

The girls in my office made a trophy for me all on thier own. They're so good to me.

REMEMBERING MY HIGH SCHOOL HOMECOMMING

I was thinking about bustin' this out for the awards banquet. The suit.......not the date.

Meg went to her homecomming with TFBBOWA (The Future Beer Baron of West Allis). They both cleaned up pretty well and had a nice time. Meg tried to tell me that the late night social activities on Saturday contributed to her lack-luster results at Sheboygan on Sunday. I don't buy it.

Tough bloggin' lately....I really got nuthin', but I figured I need to post something 'cause Mountaingoat will drop you like a fart in a mexican resturant if you don't keep your blog fresh. It doesn't have to be any good.....just updated.

Anybody doing the Birchwwod race this weekend? I lost the flyer and need some info.

If you think this blog is bad.

LIVIN' LARGE

Ladies and gents....Your Wisconsin night race champion. Congrats to Mike for adding another win to his stellar 06 season.

Thanks to Russell and crew (Marty, Al Brunner, etc.) for putting together the first night race in the area. It should become a tradition as a fund raiser for the development of trails in the Milwaukee area.

MORE TRAILS...GOOOOOD.

I'M THINKING ABOUT A NEW HAIR STYLE

I think it would look better on this guy. Or, how about my 2nd choice?

SNOOOOOOP-DOGG

Jack-shit wanted y'all to know.

KEITH WAS ROCKIN'

I finally won a race..........................and not a minute too soon.

As Sheboygan is in the books, so is the 06 WORS season. The weather was perfect and the race course, even better. The absence of big hills combined with the rooty sections and flowing singletrack suit my style of riding just fine. Hell...I even got some dispatch work done on the climbs, so I must have been feeling pretty good. *I also put my worries to rest that I would be the only loser at Casa de Bubba, since Jamie, Meg, and finally me have now locked up our series overalls. I even picked up tickets to the awards banquet. Havn't been to one of those yet.

Hoist a cold one to all the sport clydes in both age groups for making the race season a total blast.What fun John Holcomb and I had sluggin' the crap out of each other all season and taking it right down to the wire...you-da-man John.

If you're just not ready to quit racin' yet, don't forget The Friday -the 13th night race at Crystal Ridge put on by Tool Fool Productions. Show up and have fun 'cause there ain't no complaint department or suggestion box.

* Another freebie......I'm makin' it easy on you guys.

ARE THESE MADE IN TAIWAN??

I've demolished 2 of these on my single speed this summer. *Cheezzzy spindle or BIG TIME power??? You tell me.

* Another freebie

POISON IVY UP THE ASS

Not literally, but I've got the shit just about everywhere else. What a drag.... I can't sleep..... THIS SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!

The good news (for all of you) is......I got this wilst putting in some really cool new stuff on the trails in front of La Casa. Some re-routing has been done to higher ground and will insure the trails dry faster after wet weather. It's a work in progress, but should provide some new fun when the night rides get under way soon.

NEW RIDE

I must admit.....I'm really liking the feel of steel. This baby should prove to be quite a versatile ride. Heck...I may even try a cross race or two.

KEITH COULD USE A LITTLE HELP

If I've done the math correctly, my opponent must finish in the top 2 spots at Sheboygan to be the champ. If he does, then I must beat him to win the overall. This will be the first time I have ever had to race for anything. Not that it is a huge deal......but I guess it is........not really.......but kinda. I'm more worried about ruining the"hat trick" for Casa de Bubba as these two will be winning thier series age groups.
Either way it ends, John is a great guy and we will surely drink beer afterward knowing we pushed eachother pretty hard this season(winner buys John??). He knows the course as well as anyone and has the support of this powerhouse. However, I too know a few fast guys like you, you, you, especially you and others. So, wadda ya' say boys???? It could be your racing tip that puts me over the top.

ANOTHER IMPOSTER

I put this clown into the ditch lickity-split. My truck was bigger than his...GIT-R-DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

IF THIS IS YOUR VIEW, YOUR DAY CAN ONLY GET BETTER

Good news.... I was only 45 seconds away from winning the whole sport clyde race(both age groups) riding the rigid singlespeed.


Bad news......As this guy says, That makes me the first loser.....I was edged out by the only guy I could not afford to lose to.

Now I must battle with Holcomb for the series overall on his home course. He has had input on the layout of the course as well........Should be interesting.

IMPOSTER!!!!

I can assure you if this were my party, you all would have been invited.

DA-SUG HAS A FUNNY WAY OF DOIN' STUFF

PRODUCT TESTING

So I break my frame and the Fisher folks send me a new frame, eccentric (ik-sen-trik) and one of these "fancy-shmancy" carbon forks. I just assumed they needed a crash test dummy for some product testing. Now...I'm quite sure these two can put the Switchblade fork through the paces big-time, but unless they are riding with one on the others shoulders or have a full keg strapped to their backs(I think example 2 is more likely) they are not leaning as much tonnage on it as I can. So it was off to Chequamegon for my first real "taste" of rigid singlespeeding.

Thursday was my first ride on the new set up. We rode the Ojibwa trail right next to the Hayes guy's condo. I must agree with Jay ......This is quality singletrack...Pretty darn bumpy, and the fork was really cool. Friday was a short easy pre-ride on a section of the 40 course and an early crash(bed that is)to prepare for Saturday's events.

The 40 came and went in 03:23:40.8 shaving 5 minutes off last year's time. Da Monsta and The Darkness(congrats to both) finished just a few minutes ahead of me robbing me of my podium spot, but I'll live............and I am happy to report that the bike,the fork and the Bubba are all in one piece and no worse for the wear.

I'm still trying to find out if these forks have a weight limit and I'm just lucky to be alive,or are they rated "Bubba-tough"??

Thanks to the Hayes guys for the post-race beers and hospitality.

Killn' it