Trees Fall Hard

Below is the crash that took out Tree Farm at 'cross nats in KC. If you are the woman in my life, you are better off skipping this:



Ouch.

"Separate but equal is inherently unequal"

US Mountain Biker Georgia Gould has petitioned the UCI to offer equal prize money for men and women in the top 5 spots. There is an article on Velonews about it and also a link below if you'd like to sign the petition for equality.

Click here to sign.

Cover Boy

So back at the Mountain Bike Nationals I took this shot:


Being part of the Twin Six Tribe, I rooted for the only T6'er in the pro mens field. Upon returning back to the 'hood, I sent Brent at T6 (waaaaayyyyy cool guy) and e-mail with the photos for their enjoyment.

We got the '08 Twin Six catalog at the shop today and I'm checking out the 50 or so little pictures that make up the cover.
"holyshit, thats my photo!"

Racer superstar, expert potato masher, pro dog walker, swiffer vac wonder kid and now I got the cover shot!

I leave in the morning for the Milian fashion show; I'm shooting for Vogue.

Picture stolen from Pez Cycling News:


Forget the screaming people, check out the mountains in the view. This is whats so cool about cycling. You ride your little ass up huge mountain passes, through valleys, down alpine descents, to the liquor store, on a set of rollers...those pedals, your legs, some wheels; they take you places. You see things. Experiences are different, life is had, enjoyment mingles with pure sweet pain.

For the love of the ride. For what lies around the next bend.

Oh Snap!

Flemish is the only way to watch 'cross.

Oh snap:

(I cleaned that messy work area today btw)


outtie

Words are overrated, lets photo dump:

been racing. been sucking. what can you do? I have the handling skills, I just need the power. But next year right? Looks like I've snapped.

saw this guy during a race and my thoughts went something like this:
"oh shit jay, what the fuck did you do to yourself? your seeing things"
"maybe I didn't see that"
"shoot. shit. uh, uhm.... mary had a little lamb...."

I got to see that guy. He's pretty rad. Good to warm up with a friend just shooting the shit. 'sept for the fact that you can't see who the hell he is:


I stole all of those pictures from different places on the internet.
If you have good eyes, you can see me at the start someplace in the middle of the pack, right side.

Like I said, good eyes.

Also, check this out:
http://www.crosstube.net
pretty cool site for cx vids in super low, grainy resolution. just the way i like.

this was too many words.

I've spent the morning looking a pictures like this:

and watching videos like this, looking out the window at whats left of the hurricane that is dumping on us.
Sigh.
I should have gone and raced the Chainbiter 9.0. Would have been sweet to ride in 50mph winds, rain and 40 degrees. It is the place i met a certain someone....

Tomorrow is the Cycle-Smart International, the country's oldest UCI race. That course is so awesomely dope. Seems like most of the big guns are out west so it should be a good day. I'll be able to hang on the back and if the legs are good and the luck is right, maybe even pick up a point or two.

My head is fully healed from last weekend debacle. I dropped my chain twice and my seat slipped twice. I melted down four times but got myself together again another four times and passed people. I even out kicked someone at the line. I'm getting there, its just gotta come together some more. Focus on the good.

I can't get over how awesome my industry nine wheels are. They hold speed sooooo well. There were a few short, steep risers that I was gapping people on because the the wheels were so fast.

I guess thats it. To Sparta.