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Dynomite – Day 3

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If I ever manage to strike it rich (highly unlikely given my chosen field…), this is one car I’d be pretty interested in having.  Coincidentally, it happens to be owned by my pal Don, who struck it rich via a Dairy Queen franchise.  Don is also a kickass mountain bike racer from the 90’s that kept Barb company at the World Masters a few years back.

But enough reminiscing.  Lets bust out some airs on the Bog….

Our warmup lap was all 3700 vertical feet of Carmi, from Code 4 right to the lake.

That’s enough to wake up anyone.

Unfortunately for Joe, it was also enough to cause a good strain of his Achilles on this aborted DJ.   You can see him about to bail out here.  Killer shot though.

He’s pretty tough, he kept riding all day anyway.  Round two was a full height Beer Run.  Haven’t been doing the upper section that often, but Gabe went out and cleared the top for us last week so we called him up to show us around.

Can’t believe that guy is going to be a dad too.  They’ll let just about anyone into that gig.

The other brothers had to step up and do some road gaps now that Joe is taking it easy.

Fruity portrait shots in Ivy League…

Whoa…who’s that handsome devil?

We also got a bonus lap on Drops-A-Lot.  No pics, as we were BANGIN’ on that lap.  Seriously, bumper to bumper action all the way down.  So ggod that we had to chill on the beach with some beers until…

..the sun set. 

Can it get any better?  Well, there’s always tomorrow.

UFB Challenge – Day 3

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Almost time to go home, and we haven’t even ridden in Naramata yet?  Time to change that.

With a somewhat diminished crew, we went over to the other side of the lake today.  I think we might have been a bit tired after the big sesh yesterday.

the creek crossing was a lot mellower than last year, too.  Only knee deep, not b***s deep.

Of course, ofr Dorothy that would be somewhat irrelevant.

We did the traditional Rusty Muffler run for round two, and Brian did it without a drivetrain.  Not bad for a trail that we commonly refer to as “mostly downhill, almost all the time”.

Ken considers drinking the spit bucket.

UFB tie breaker: see how far your baby can fly.

I kid.  Really.  You gotta wait until they’re at least a year old before you start chucking ‘em in the lake.

Nuggets

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An all star cast of thousands today. While we wait (and wait…and wait…) for Barb to pop, some random friends have been dropping by for rides. This time it’s our old pal Gabe (aka, the Nugget, Bobby Hill, Eddie Munster, Corky, etc., etc. You may know him from Cove Bikes), along with some girliy frieds of his, Super T and his girl, Brant, and my cousin from Vanderhoof.

Told ya it was a lot of folks.

Super gettin’ his drop on.

Good to see that he’s not going to go this big, at least on his hardtail.

Gabe checkin’ out a drop.

Yo coz, how’s this compare to the ‘Hoof?

Tyler hangin’ on to some steeps.

Aja lettin’ go on the same one.

Where’d she go?

Brant taking a little break. Actually, he broke his hand pretty good a month or so ago, and this probably wasn’t the best move in his bag of tricks. He STILL can’t play the piano, but his hand is OK.

Yeah Nugget.

Kristen…

…and Aja hanging on to the marbles at the top of Ivy League.

Yeah, you know you want to click it…

Sucka…you shold know better by now.

Just because I like you, enjoy this pic of rad Canadian girls on bikes. They can probably kick yer ass, and you wish they would.

Carly hanging on to the biggest and best ride of her life.

:Just when this ride gets to be a bit much, we end up at a winery. Anyone for a taste?

The Nugget, top down, laid back…

Anyone for a dip…

..and some refreshments? This is going to stay in the brochure I think.

Yeah, bikes, babes, beach, and some local vino. We’re livin’ it.

Todays nature pics include a June Bug…

…and a Praying Mantis. See ya soon.

**Yes, I’m behind on the updates, and yes, Barb did pop last night. I’ll have full details in a couple of days, just be patient. We have a daughter, she’s quite lovely and healthy.