not exactly riding

Well the Maing Bus (A.K.A 1994 Chevy Astro Van) has been a staple of our groups riding trips, jokes and slow drives by elementary schools for the past year....just kidding.

The past few rides the noise coming from the front of the van has been getting worse and worse. Finally figure out that it was a worn out or broken engine mount.

This first image is what the motor mount is supposed to look like.

This is what the motor mount looks like after 14 years of hard driving.

This thing was not fun to replace. The drive side mount was easily accessible and was actually changed by somebody prior to me. I know why the didn't change the mount on the passenger side.....because it took me and Ross 12 hours to change the damn thing. Not fun...pay a mechanic to do work on cars other than changing air filter.

but she runs smooth now!

the day of riding

we rode long time on saturday the 22nd. just check out hack's blog...link is on the right side of the screen. He sums it up pretty well. Here are a few shots from the day.

blackrock 03-09-08

went to blackrock yesterday and trails were great. no mud, just sun and great riding to be had.

jake is getting ready to hit the trails. danners and knee pads. that's all you need right?

it was round.....I don't know how many of "Jakehatesracks.com" he says that all bikes he buys fits his car rack, just the bikes other people buy don't fit his rack? Go figure?

It was a great day of riding. The usual rob talking all day and only hitting one jump...i guess it's better than rob talking all day and hitting no jumps??? The day was so good that i didn't really take any action shots, just took post ride shots. I worked on the video so much that i've just felt like riding lately. My Saturday night drinking antics didn't help the ride all day cause though. I was hurting.

is it just me, or does dirk look like he's not quite sure how to work that bottle? Hmmm?

not exactly sure what darren is wearing or doing in this picture? only he knows.

the sky was also pretty cool looking on the way home.

Post Canyon should be drying out soon. Blackrock is cool, but post is awesome...shuttling is way better than pushing to the top!

It's going to be a great season!!!