Month: July 2005

Happy July 4th!

Posted on by Smoke

What a rousing way to start the American hoilday. A Tour stage with an American in yellow, and Hendrix ripping up the anthem.

And a houseful of ‘Mericans to boot.

Alright, time to get into the big stuff. Today we go to Fromme. I know Jimmie has been thinking about Diggers Cliff all year. Let’s see how he did, shall we?

That seemed to inspire the rest of the crew today. I think we pretty much cleaned Upper Oil Can today. Everybody really got off on Big Smooth.

Old Pete has been doing lots of patchup work too. The entrances to all the big stuff are getting really nice and it helps in keeping a good flow going.

Jimmie is at it again.

Barb had to make sure that she got a round in too. Ryan chased Jimmie off the drop with a headcam and got a sweet shot. When he gets that to me I’ll put it up.

After this the camera died, so I put it away for 7th and Espresso.

And the late run on Seymour.

Big, big day.

More Hicks?

Posted on by Smoke

Yup, more of them. Chip and Charles from Mock Orange Bikes, and Mike, Farris, Ed, and Andrew from Franklin St. Bikes. All in North Carolina.

…AND, Jim, Jimmy and Ryan from Pasadena. Big gang today.

Oh, and they all RIP. Yeee-haaaaaa…..

Charles, in his Super Dave Osborne helmet.

Ryan transferred the So-Cal BMX skills onto Seymour in solid fashion.

Still, he got into the local groove pretty quickly too.

Chip was on a mission today. He had a little epiphany a few years back on a wet day and has been a changed man ever since.

Anybody wanna buy a used bike?

…and I quote, “I’ve got a quarter for anyone who rides this log!”

Well, allow me to retort:

[Cartman Voice]See how shiny it is and how cool it looks in my hand? Don’t you miss it? I know I sure would if I ever lost this quarter, but I don’t because I have it and you don’t.[/Cartman Voice]

Ahhhh….good times. Enjoy the alpenglow.