Ho hum. Another day, another epic set of rides. Today it was Chip from North Carolina. He was a little late as he accidentally took out the rear window on his rental car while trying to park it downtown (oops). We did the overlander approach to the Big I on Cypress. Not too many folks qualify for this one. It’s the longest continuous single track on the Shore, and it’s a full on techno-grind root fest. Lots of power moves and lunges on mainly natural terrain and lots of short climbs which are barely rideable. A true classic. The rain last night made it a lot tougher, so we couldn’t hit all the climbs clean, but it made for better root and rock reggae, if you know what I mean.

Anyway, Chip stomped the whole thing, including the Fleshy Wound and the Bonus Rounds.

And he’s 45 years old. All of you guys out there who think you are too old to learn how to ride the hard shit should take notice. I won’t be accepting any excuses from now on.

Halfway into the ride my phone rang. Dave at Pathways ( http://nspathways.com/ ) called me up with a couple of German tourists that wanted to go for a little ride. Sure! Can we make it three o’clock? Great!

Had lunch with Chip and said a teary goodbye, then picked up the Germans and trucked over to the Cove. We saddled up at my house and hit the climb. Ecki and Susi are full on fit folks. Man can they climb. And they are on their honeymoon too. Imagine what they are like when they are rested. Oh well, I got some payback on the descent. I was nice to them, we went down Pangor (which has been fully dialed in by Chris and his Dad this year). Ecki had no problems, but Susi was a little over her head. What does “Scheizen” mean? She sure said it a lot. I think she felt much better when we had a beer at the end.

Another day, another three people blown away by BC riding. I love my life.

Big party tomorrow. I’ll see if I can get the webcam up for it.

I’m out.

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