mountain biking
Awesome mountain biking
Oct. 07, 2008 Filed in: Personal
Courtesy of SoCalCycling, they posted this video of a recent Red Bull sponsored challenge in the dirt. This video is awesome! Makes me think twice when I complain about my ribs hurting from my recent crash.
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Ouch!!
This morning I went for my weekly Sunday mountain bike ride at El Morro Park in Laguna. Since the off-season’s upon us, I’m now doing this ride on Sunday’s to have a little fun and ride the single speed.
Well, today I crashed. I think I looked something like the picture above but I don’t think it was that bad. We were coming down a singletrack trail that was pretty steep in places. Coming down, I locked up my front brake and in a very nice slow motion, flew over the handlebars. My friend Joe applauded (while asking if I was okay of course) and then told me it looked pretty cool. My handlebars went into my side and I think I bruised my rib. Oh well...time to recover for Tuesday nights ride!
The Cactus Cup is in Las Vegas!
If you ever raced mountain bikes in the 90’s, you’ve got to remember The Cactus Cup that took place every year in Arizona. I have fond memories of going to that race and sleeping in my car because I was broke. It was a great time!
I just read on CyclingNews that the race is returning....to Las Vegas! This is great and I hope it has the same feel as the Arizona original. The article on CyclingNews brought back alot of memories of that time for me. Reading names like John Tomac, Ned Overend, Tinker, Missy Giove and Juli Furtado who were mountain biking greats while I was racing, definitely makes me miss that time.
Head over here for details about the Las Vegas event. If you’re not racing but in the area, stop by and check it out!
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