Turner

I recently mad a switch back to 26” wheels on the FS bike. I have to say it’s a very welcome change. I took the new ride down to Raccoon Mountain this weekend for a shakedown and was immensely pleased. The fit is perfect and the build choices seem to work together perfectly. It came in a little heavier than I had anticipated but the super solid feel of the bike on the trail is worth the added heft.

The new Turner 5.5Spot

Digg'n the Pink bits I picked up from John Magnusson



On this bike, the only times I missed the big wheels are the times they help compensate for poor skills. Steep climbing on the 29er required nothing but constant motoring whereas the 26” bike requires subtle weight shifts at times to keep everything hooking up just right. Similarly on the 29er you can really weight the front end hopping logs and stuff but the 26er needs a little more care as to where your COG is when planting the front tire. Rolling advantages are practically nil at this type of suspension travel. The high speed stability of the 29er is nice to loose; it’s a crutch that limits the maneuverability needed to really work the trail. The trails at Raccoon Mountain are pretty tight at times, lots of quick moves in rock gardens where a handful if not impossible on the 29er, these same super tight areas I hardly noticed on the new bike.

It sure is fun


All that said I’m still have no interest in 26” hardtails.

Shifthappens

I saw this video at a luncheon today and thought it was interesting and would pass it on.

Fair and Balanced?!?!

Watch this clip from Fox News’ coverage of the Nevada Caucus. Pay attention to the results at the bottom and the results as described at the top of the screen. I you get your new from main stream media, this is fine example of how reality is being twisted to achieve a goal by those in power.



Your country is being stolen from you. Educate yourself. Start by researching the presidential candidates, what their real positions are, what corporate boards they sit on, what their real voting and legislative records are. This information is easy to find on the internet with minimal effort. Most of the candidates are not at all what you are led to believe by television, radio, or newspapers.

BTW… this is the most watched and most discussed video on both Youtube and Google video this weekend.

If you care about your county at all you should also research the true issues our county faces not the “Gay Marriages” and other mindless “issues” you that are used as diversions. I suggest goggle searches of several topics including; North American Union, Amero, The Trilateral Commission, US Trade Deficit, US National Dept, and Fall of US Dollar. Look at news sources that are not tied to corporate media, find different viewpoints and formulate your own opinion. Do this enough and I guarantee the evening network news, CNN, FoxNews, MSNBC etc. will make you mad and feel duped.

Short update

Sorry no updates in a long time, things have been super crazy around here lately.


There has been a little riding going on.

Most of its just screwing around

On fixys more than anything


Noah is doing well, his musical talent abounds.



Levi is hanging in there as well, getting little bit of attention when he can.

Columns or Rows, You Decide

I have no intention of making this a political blog but, here is another video I ask people to watch and forward.



I promise to get back to bikes and Noah real soon.

Copenhagen

Oh, how I want to visit Scandinavia. Just to fuel the fire I stumbled across: copenhagengirlsonbikes.blogspot Check it out and see regular folks (albeit, female and attractive) using bikes in their everyday lives.

World Clock

Check this out.

They can’t all be great,

I went to Pisgah this weekend. Saturday’s ride turned south fast when the group split up mistakenly within the first half hour. I spent more time sitting around in the woods wondering where everybody went then actually riding. When I did ride I was confronted by yet another I9 failure. A hard day of not ridding and breaking stuff was topped off by a disgusting BBQ diner. At least the campfire was huge. Sunday it started raining the minute we broke camp, I had no mood to put up with riding in the rain all day so I packed it back home and did a little greenway fixy riding in the afternoon from home. It takes bad trip to help you appreciate the good ones.
Ride Log:
5th Greenway Fix – 3:00
8th Pisgah – 2:00 (3.5 hours in the woods resulted in 2 hours of riding)
9th Neighborhood fix -1:00

Jog log
5th 2 miles
6th 2 miles
Marathon training has taken a nose dive lately.

Stuff

I ask that everyone that visits this bog to please take 20 minutes of your time to watch the following video:

Click - Stuff

If you are willing, please forward a link for the video to others.

Lax on the posts

I haven’t posted anything since before Thanksgiving. I guess not much has been going on and I can’t find my camera so no pictures lately. Thanksgiving was great, Noah got to spend some good time with my mother and everyone ate too much.
I got a little riding in last week. Jeff and I went to Pisgah and had a grand day hitting up some of the best easy climb for maximum downhill thrill routes I know. Jeff tested out his new Nomad which is one of the best looking bicycles I have ever seen. We went to the Hatchery, road up the gravel road to the top of Long Branch and then did the full Longbranch/Cat gap descent then jumped back in the car and drove to the base of Black Mountain and road North Slope> Claw Hammer>Maxwell>Black Mountain>Grassy Road>Sycamore. The weather was perfect and trail conditions could not have been better.

Its neerly oficial now, I am going back to 26" wheels. Well at least for a while and on a longish travel bike. More details to come.

The weather is supposed to be supper nice this weekend and Tara is going out of town with the boy so I will probably go camp and ride in Pisgah all weekend. If anyone is interested in meeting up, shoot me an email. (Briannicholson at charter dot net)
Ride log:
25th Neighborhood fixy ride
28th Greenway fixy extravaganza 2:00
30th commute to work 2:00
2nd – Pisgah 4:30

Jog log:
22nd - 2miles
23rd - 7miles – ouch
27th - 3 miles
28th – 2 miles
29th – 5 miles