05/25/07-post canyon

post was nice yesterday! not too dry, but the ball bearing are starting to come out. got up there early with darren and aaron and we got one fast run in before meeting up with terry and casey. we shuttled back up for a long run of sessioning and hitting new jumps. i finally hit all the new stuff on 2 chair and upper chorus. hip jumps are fun, just a bit weird and don't have full control in them yet.

chorus kickers left line is all torn down right now and not sure exactly what they are doing. they've made the gaps really small but the jumps are made steeper with some rhythm roller type mounds just before each jump? who knows, but they usually know what they are doing out there when it comes to cool building.

next ride is timber dh trail.

rabbit

05/20/07-work and ride

did some building on sictar lars on sunday the 20th. there was a great turn out for the build. weather was alright, but it started to rain just as we finished the post build ride. johnny thunder and i did a loop on sictar lars.

got the totem back on the bike for this ride and it's feeling nice. a bit too much air in the negative air chamber making the ride a bit rough, but i'll do some tuning to get it back how i want it.

gotta ride more!

05/18/07-the totem

got the totem back from rock shox today. it looks like it has full travel and is ready to go back on the shore. i should get it back on tomorrow for the ride on sunday the 20th!!!

more reviews to come on the totem after the next couple rides.

05/16/07-timber

rode some local dh trails today. i was on the back up z150 fork that darren let me use. the bike is still light, but it sure worked me to ride that trail on such little travel.

this trail we rode was awesome. lots of rocks and roots on the upper section then it went into some smooth flowy single track with a few racer style jumps on it. end of the trails was also very cool. step ups and step downs and whatever possible other stunts could be on a dh trail. one of the best trails i've ever ridden! can't wait to get back out there and ride more. sorry no pics, i'll get some next time.

goocher

05/06 & 05/07/07-Mt. Bike Area #1

Had some free time on Saturday so i went up with jake and built a step down on the sictar lars trail. we worked on this thing for about six hours straight. the stump removal was about three hours of it alone. after building, jake hit the jump on his hardtail. it seemed a bit rough watching him jump it on a bike with no rear suspension. i went back that evening with ryan and dave and hit the jump on my demo...well steven's brothers demo and the stunt felt like nothing. about a six foot drop to a smooth landing. we then rode the 2.3 mile trail back into gales creek. very fast and fun, saw no other riders and trail conditions were awesome.

still don't have the new totem back from rock shox. crazy eh, one ride and it's off to the factory for repair. if it weren't for how nice this fork worked when it was here, i would have told them to stick it and i want my $ back. we'll see how it goes. so this weekend i'm going to borrow a fork from darren and stick it on the norco temporarily.

until the next ride!

04/29/07-falls city

went to falls this past weekend. had the first ride on the new shore I with the Totem. This fork is AWESOME! feels as stiff as the monster t i've ridden on with better damping that any of the 888's or 66's i've ridden. only little goocher with this fork was that it was losing a bit of the travel...only getting like 140-150mm of travel instead of the alleged 180. expensive xc fork i guess? actually rock shox is going to be fixing it free of charge. apparently they had a problem with the manufacturing of the stansions, small scratch or flaw causes air to get by a seal every time the fork cycles. can't wait to get it back. i guess i have to slum it for a couple weeks on the demo 8 till the totem gets back! On this same ride, mormon craig killed his back wheel on the causey canyon jump just a few minutes after he crashed off the wall ride. not the greatest day for craig. everybody else was having an awesome ride, jake hit most of dual slalom, darren liked the new black bottle rocket and jon and ryan were their normal selves hitting all jumps. can't wait to get back out there!