Month: March 2005

Return of the Real

Posted on by Smoke

The really wet that is. The long absent moisture has returned. I must have a new bike or something.

Anyway, Saturday I went and atoned for my sins by diggin in the rain for a few hours. I drove up into the pea soup fog and parked behind the concrete barrier at the top of CBC, then went and mixed up some sweet mud When I do trail maintenance, I like to listen to a little ACDC, so you can imagine my surprise when I heard a big THUMP over the wailin’ strains of Angus’ blistered fingers.

Some guy managed to park his Pontiac on top of the barrier, breaking off both front wheels in the process and showering my van with debris. His hood was about four feet from the roof of my van, actually. Stupid me, no camera. Oh well, I got lucky. Driver of the car got a ripped up lip ( I’d say around 8-10 stitches ) and a concussion. I felt sorry for his dog, stuck with an idiot like that for an owner……

Sunday I got a ride in with Brentomatic. He’s definitely getting faster. He brought these two guys along….

We all got introduced, but I forget the names in light of the past couple of days. The guy on the Brodie is pretty solid ( he stomped the new jump on CBC in the wet on sight), but the guy on the Kona was killing it all day. These shots are the new hip line below the PileDriver.

If you see this, put your names down in the comments will ya?

Good Friday

Posted on by Smoke

Oh yeah. It’s a holiday. I kind of forget about stuff like that. Not that it makes a ton of difference on how busy the trails are. It seems like there are always people are out there no matter what day it is.

Seth came back for another round today, so we beat the hell outta the place. Three runs, and the last one was a full around the world old school lap of Seymour.

He really picked up the pace from the first day too. Here’s the Boogie Man drop:

Harley was still chasing him though.

Cruising the Pangor log.

This was the last dry day we’re gonna see for a while. It sure was sweet.

Spring is Here

Posted on by Smoke

The first full day of spring. Bring it on. It’s also spring break, which explains why Seth is being chased down this bridge by Harley instead of sitting in a classroom in that frozen wasteland known as Ontario right now.

He’s getting away! Faster Harley, faster!

On our second lap we ran into Colin from TossGear. He’d just finished putting the finishing touches on a new line around the PileDriver.

Lucky for this guy, the tranny has been fully revamped, so if you are going big you’ve got a buffed out LZ to catch you.