November Milage

November was a rough biking month. I got sick and lazy. I only logged 63 miles.

I did have a good ride last week with the Cave Run Group. We road 17 miles in the blowing wet snow with lights on the road and fire road 16. It is so quiet in the woods when there is snow on the ground. Pretty fun stuff!

Alaura's Halloween Costume

This is not bike related but I couldn't resist. Alaura went trick or treating as a pumpkin.

She is soooooooo cute.

Easy Walker II with Amy and Alaura

Well I forgot the camera and the video camera so here is a pic of Alaura in the Kid Carriage from August.

Amy, Alaura and I went to Easy Walker Park II for a family joy ride. We rode about 4 miles in about 35 minutes and had a good time. It was sunny and in the 70's so the weather was great!

Amy pulled Alaura in the Kid Carriage so she got a pretty good work out. We look forward to doing it again.

October Mileage

I fell a little short of my goal for October. I was shooting for 100 miles for the month and ended with 82 miles. I fell ill to a cold and all was good until it moved into my chest. I chose to skip last Thursday's Cave Run ride to rest and I'm glad I did because I'm feeling much better now.

Capital View Park with Scott

Scott and I played hookie today from work and went to Frankfort for a ride at Capital View Park. The weather was a bit cool at 40 degrees but it made for great riding weather after we got going.

We rode 10 miles in 3 hours. Talk about a slow pace but we had a great time. We rode many of the technical trails several times and got some cool videos.


In this video Scott starts off demonstrating the technical nature of the trails.


Music by Van Halen

My New (used) Bike

Meet the newest addition to the family. My 2005 Turner Flux with the full XTR package. It weighs 26 pounds and has 4 inches of travel in the rear and 5 inches in the front.

It has taken me a few weeks to get used to how it rides and shifts. The new stuff is so smooth and crisp in the shifts. The disc brakes are out of this world. Just watch the front one. The 180 mm disc can stop the bike on a dime!

I seem to be holding the bike back when the trail gets sketchy. It's like hanging onto a rocket when you head over a rocky rooty hill. The bike just wants to go but I'm not ready for that. However, the faster you go the more stable the bike gets. It kinda gets up on top of the rough stuff and really smooths out.


It's a fun bike to ride and I'm glad I picked an American made frame with top of the line components. We should have many years of fun together.

Online Mountain Biking Game

Try your skill at this online Mountain Biking game...how well did you do?

http://games.fungadgets.org/bike/mountainbikebig.htm

September Mileage

I rode 60 miles in September. Most of the miles are from riding every Thursday with the Cave Run Group at Caney Loop in Morehead. It's a 10 mile loop in the woods but we start and finish at the bike shop which makes it about 13 miles round trip. It takes about 1-1/2 hours if there are no break downs. This time of year lights are a must. Warmer clothes are in the near future too.

Mountain Bike Videos of WNC

Check out this site for some very cool videos and pictures of Mountain Biking in North Carolina.

www.SirBikesAlot.com

Scott and I were planning on trekking down to North Carolina and camping in the Davidson River Camp ground on Friday and Saturday but the rain is moving in so we scratched those plans. We are going to hit is when the weather eases up.

There are some sweet trails in that area.

Caney Loop with Scott

Oct 18, 2008
Scott and I rode about 8 miles on Caney Loop. It wasn't a race but a fun trail ride in the woods with my brother. The sun was out and it was in the low 50's, great riding weather.

The only downer was the countless horses. There was some kind of fund raiser going on and we encountered about 20 horses on the trail. Most were polite but some of the horses scared Scott's bike and he had a time keeping it under control. After talking to his bike to calm it down we fixed the saddle that was about to fall off and we were on our way.

We stopped to see John at the bike shop and loaded up on energy bars. All in all it was a great day of Mountain Biking with my favorite brother.

Capital View Ride

Oct 4, 2008
Amy, Jennifer and I rode Capital View Park in Frankfort, KY. It's been about three years since we rode this and it's still a fun and rolling single track trail. Amy thinks the sinkholes are the coolest part.

Thursday Night Mountain Bike Ride

Sept 4, 2008
Mountain Bike ride starts at the Cave Run Bike shop every Thursday night at 6pm.