splat
December 24th, 2005, 02:44 PM
The last 4 years I have donea Mt bike ride on Christmass eve
This year wuld be no differnt.
Earlier in the Week I ran into HarryHood in the LBS.
he told me Christmass eve 12:00. so I decided to meet them , after I broughtthe kids home and ate some lunch ( and posted pics of me dragging kids across the ice ) I hopped on the bike and into the woods to meet up with the group on the other side.
well I quickly began to wonder if this was a bad Idea , the snow was very mushy and and about 3 -6 inches thick. riding up hill for the most part was imposible. flat was very tough and down hill you had no control , you sort of gave the bike the suggestion of where you wanted to go. anyway I finally go over there and met them on the trail , It was only HarryHood no one else was brave ( or stupid ) enough.
anyway He hit this Little rock right after We joined up
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/jgoeller/img_9031.jpg
and here he is trying to pedal though this stuff
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/jgoeller/img_9032.jpg
About this time he relized that he forgot his helmet , it was sitting nicly in his car.
Was riding with studded tires , but they are only 2.0 great on the icy stuff , but didn't quite havethe bite . he had 2.35's but no studs but a Much better bite. I think his tire choice was the better one for the conditions .
This was a lot of fun coming down , we bot said staight line straight down as you can see , we didnexactly go striagt. but it was fun!!!!
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/jgoeller/img_9036.jpg
It was a lot of work , and a great workout , now I can eat an extra slice of pie tonight.
and finally , a little wheelie in to fresh snow
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/jgoeller/img_9037.jpg
This year wuld be no differnt.
Earlier in the Week I ran into HarryHood in the LBS.
he told me Christmass eve 12:00. so I decided to meet them , after I broughtthe kids home and ate some lunch ( and posted pics of me dragging kids across the ice ) I hopped on the bike and into the woods to meet up with the group on the other side.
well I quickly began to wonder if this was a bad Idea , the snow was very mushy and and about 3 -6 inches thick. riding up hill for the most part was imposible. flat was very tough and down hill you had no control , you sort of gave the bike the suggestion of where you wanted to go. anyway I finally go over there and met them on the trail , It was only HarryHood no one else was brave ( or stupid ) enough.
anyway He hit this Little rock right after We joined up
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/jgoeller/img_9031.jpg
and here he is trying to pedal though this stuff
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/jgoeller/img_9032.jpg
About this time he relized that he forgot his helmet , it was sitting nicly in his car.
Was riding with studded tires , but they are only 2.0 great on the icy stuff , but didn't quite havethe bite . he had 2.35's but no studs but a Much better bite. I think his tire choice was the better one for the conditions .
This was a lot of fun coming down , we bot said staight line straight down as you can see , we didnexactly go striagt. but it was fun!!!!
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/jgoeller/img_9036.jpg
It was a lot of work , and a great workout , now I can eat an extra slice of pie tonight.
and finally , a little wheelie in to fresh snow
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/jgoeller/img_9037.jpg