07-21-07-WTF fundraiser at Sictar Lars Trailhead

We finally got the Sictar Lars trail finished and the ODF guys gave us to go ahead to have our fundraiser. Jake volunteered the use of his stereo equipment. he did start out the loading of the van wearind his pajamas. Jake also found a new little buddy, this cat was in his neighborhood and followed us everywhere.

Bernie, Eveth and Jon from Trailhead Cycles brought out some demo bikes for everybody to check out. They had bikes from Norco, Ironhorse and Diamondback. They and a few others also did some shuttle runs on the trail back into Gales Creek Campground. they all came back wet!

once we got all of the stereo equipment and generators in the van, we headed out to the trailhead. Sweet Septic out of Tillamook had donated the use of the porta potty for the day, so that made the even much more enjoyable. Ryan was up at the trailhead setting up his map and tent.

joe and andy showed up next. andy had a very impressive collection of music on his laptop .

He's always to happy looking also. Craig and his brother Tom came out to rock the forest with their metallica cover band. they were awesome. i'm not deaf in my right ear which was facing the speaker when they played as i worked the barbegue, but they were great.

I was pretty bummed initially about this event, I think maybe ten people rsvp'd. i didn't think hardly anybody was going to show up. Randy from ODF & Ryan from the PUMP Club.

The other Simmons brother, Dad and Roger from ODFThe ugly van war rages on! That's not my van, that is an imposter that belongs to a guy named guy.

My view from the grill.

The Causey family showed their trail and eating skills.Things turned out well, I think at one time I counted 36 people in the parking lot and tent area. I think it went awesome for a first time fundraiser. So many people did so much to make things go smooth. All the local riders are great people and i think it is going to make this trail system something great and something that all our kids will be able to enjoy! I know it made Jake happy!

07-20-07-post canyon

rode post canyon after work this past friday. paul and jon were like two hours late, so we had some time to mess around on the lower trails. I picked up adam from his hotel in gresham and we headed out to post in the van. darren and ryan were just a few minutes behind me.

this is adams bottlerocket. we all like him bash guard. we tried talking him into hitting some jumps, but i don't think the big jumps is his thing. damn so cal people. these were about the only pictures i took this day because oh yeah...my batteries died in the camera and i didn't have extras.

i'll give the lowdown on the ride anyway. we started at the normal spot just above where two chair drop in. we were hitting the wood to wood gap then flowing into the new section where they have a step up right out of a berm. this was a tricky one, you have to really rail this berm and get into the right line for hitting the step up. i got this picture from darren. this thing looks pretty easy, but it is much more difficult to get into than it looks. once i got the berm figured out, it was a piece of cake. we stayed here and waited for jon and paul...once they got there we headed out. paul sure goes big, he just monster tucks every landing and every jump...he goes big and lands hard. this ride took us forever due to the late boys, but it was still fun. to top off the ride, paul thought it would be a good idea to leave his keys in his pack at the bottom of the hill. he didn't notice till we pulled up next to his truck...at the top of the hill. darren was nice enough to take him back up, i was already very late. until next time.

07/15/07-Falls City

Rode Falls City this past weekend with Jake, Fat Larry, April, Darren, Josh K, Ryan, Chad, Steven, Jon Y0ung and Adam and Ryan. Ryan is from Utah and rips pretty well. Adam is from Southern California and seems to have felt a bit out of his element. I think Adam is a racer and doesn't feel comfortable with the big hucks yet. We are going to take him to post on Friday to get him used to air time.

ride was good. darren had his one big tree crash of the day, steven ate it good on the dual slalom step down over the stump, but all was good other wise. it was hot.

post here we come on friday.

went out and rode brad's trail this afternoon. did two runs, the first was fast and flowy. the second run i was tired....hard day at work! everybody else but me stayed and did a second run...i hope all went well with them. i'll ride more soon!

j

07/08/07-Sictar Lars

jake and i rode sictar lars today. conditions were awesome. traction was great and not a lot of dust till the step down. we met a couple guys from hillsboro; mike and bob. bob seemed like he was a better rider than mike. he tried most things when ole mike was just walking around them. we met them just after our first lap, so we showed them the trail on our second lap. two runs on sictar lars makes for a good workout. i climbed everything on the big bike the first run, second run was not as bueno.

when finished with the second run, we ran into another guy at the bottom of the trail and said that he loved the trail. we told all the people we met today about the barbeque/grand opening of the trail on the 21st.

good times!

Glade to Pioneer Bridal 2007

We started out bright and early this year, left my house at about 4:15 to find this on the back window. Boy dave is so funny! I then headed to Fat Larry's house and was there just after 4:30a.m. we all piled in the larry mobile and met josh at starbucks in beaverton.

From Starbucks we headed out to the flying j truckstop in troutdale to meet up with the rest of the shuttle vehicles. We also saw that the weather was going to be awesome while driving across the bridge.

There was a huge caravan of cars, vans and trucks headed up to the mountain. When we got to Campcreek campground it was crazy. Like 30-40 people on bikes with cars...i've never seen so many people there in my life. Hack was in his normal fine form as this old guy tried to tell a bunch of A.D.D. mountain bikers where to park. I think i just said, "Let's go to the top" and walked away. On the way up to the top of the mountain there were even more riders parked along side the road ready to follow us to the top and join in on the madness!

This was the scene as we got to the top of the mountain. We also had a few European guests and some rednecks from down south.

I am just amazed at Sebastian, he is in awesome shape but still smokes...he's definately a freak of nature!

We all headed up to the huge rock at the top of the glade trail for a group photo.

After a few picture moments up here, we headed down the trail. I can always remember this trail being totally rocky and nargly for the first couple miles. However after doing some riding in Canada, this place seems pretty smooth and flat in comparison. Here is a shot of the the middle section of trail and a shot of Dirk rockin out! The ride was great, no major crashes. There were a ton of flat tires. I think at first count in the first part of the trail there had to be at least five flat tires. No fun for those guys! Most of us only did one run, I think there were six or seven people that did the second run and guess what...they had no flat tires. This ride has been a great tradition for the past five years and I can't wait for the next one. Jamie

07/01/07-post canyon

Rode post canyon yesterday and it was dusty. no big crashes and no dogs to run into. we rode with fat larry's friends from southern California...very decked out with the bling bikes and the blin gear. they looked very fast and i'm sure they are fast, but the only guy that jumped his bike was this guy aaron....his girlfriend jill was also throwing down fairly well for a girl.

I am finally starting to feel comfortable on the new shore frame. Seemed like every ride out I was on a different fork or different frame. I don't think I could be the type that own and rides multiple big bikes, there are too many small differences in the way the bikes feel both on and off the ground. The 888RC2X is feeling like it's almost broke in, two rides on it now. I just need to replace the garbage FSA Pig headset that is in the bike right now. It creeks and moans like a stinkin you know what.

I know I always say this every summer out at post canyon, but we need a little bit of rain during the week to calm down the dust and ball bearings that cover all the trails. There was nine of us total, one of the girls in the group had to wait down at the bottom with all their bikes on the first run...like four hours!!! yikes, she was pretty pissed when we got to the bottom of the hill. I think she was happy when she saw all the trails and stunts once she got out on the second run. After riding all day at post these guys were heading up to Seattle area to stay the night and hit up Whistler first thing Monday morning. I bet Whistler conditions are awesome right now!

Until the next ride.....Basura Manyana!