Another Perfect Fall Pedal

I got a good hard pedal in this afternoon after work.
no 5 year old riding pace.
no 8 year old riding pace.
don't get me wrong, i love riding with my children, but pushing myself sure felt great!!!
i even took a spill in a big old mud puddle, it was great fun!!! LOL

Thank you Cindi!!!

Here's some shots..............................

 i came in much much to hot for this section.
it was a quick touch and then a quicker back up!! lol

 it was very hard taking these pictures of myself!! lol
mud was where it shouldn't be, if you know what i mean!! Ha Ha
i guess i shouldn't have pushed so hard, hey?? yeah, what fun would that be??!!

All in all 15 miles in just under 90 minutes.............PERFECT!!!

Peace

Pedal On "The Series" Update

Well, it's been awhile since i've had time to make new hides.
Work, life, blah blah blah

today Zack and i went for a pedal and hid 3 new caches #39, #40 and #41.
all fairly easy finds, and it's not about making hard finds, it's about people enjoying the journey to said finds!!

don't get me wrong, i'll throw an evil hide out there sooner than later!!! :)

here was my pedaling partner today.......
he's kind of pooped out from our weekend of biking; but he's a trooper and didn't complain too much!!!! ;)
how could anyone not wanna pedal when it's 86 degrees on Oct. 4th!!??!!

i have a bunch of other hides ready, and it's just a matter of time before i find the time to hide them.

snow won't be a problem for me and my FatBike!!! LOL ;)

Peace

Legion Trails..... Grand Rapids, Mn.

What a great great day bombing around the woods!!!
Oh, it was take a kid mountain biking day too!!! ;)


Before we left town for the 35 min. drive to Rapids.

 Getting ready to hit up some single-track!!

 Stop #1....................................

Stop #2, and a bunching inbetween.......

We came across this cool bridge.

Z didn't want anything to do with it..... at 1st, but that soon changed in a matter of minutes!!

i couldn't get him off it!! 

Ok, these last two are blurry, and were taken by Zack, with my phone.
"i don't wanna use the camera!!"
lol
they kind of turned out pretty cool!!
Good job Z!!!

All and ALL................ A very fine day!!!
Thanks Zack................ I had fun!!!

Peace

Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day 10/1.......Really?

Funny, I have a couple hundred "Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day/s" under my belt already this year!! My kids should consider themselves lucky!! Ha ha

I dislike IMBA for many reasons, and I guess I should devote a blog post to those reason here soon.
Before you post "but they do so much for mountain biking," I couldn't agree more!!
I guess you would have had to be on the phone that day in late 1992, early 1993, and heard what a rep told me about mountain biking in the great state of Minnesota!!!

My IMBA how times change, HEY!!!??!!!

Anyway, Zack and I will be heading over to Grand Rapids in the a.m. To hit up the Legion Trail system there.. YEAH, just another day of biking for me and Z!! Yawn, ho hum!!! NOT!!!!

Everyday you take a child out for a pedal is a great...... Wait...... a GREAT GREAT DAY!!!!

I wish my father would have had taken me, but that's not what he was about; and that's cool!! he was still a great father!!

Peace.....

Late September Ride at Maple Hill

It's been to damn long!!!
It's been to damn nice outside!!!
Screw 12 hours days!!! 10 will do just fine!!!
Well, at least till it starts raining again!!! lol

Zack and i were suppose to go for a pedal after work today.
80 degrees meant some great weather for this time of year.
it also meant Papa Steven took the kids to the local park right after school.

so my buddy Mike F. and i went for a pedal at Maple Hill Park!!!
Thanks for calling Mike!!!

Lots of pedaling, and little photo's were taken. it's been awhile since i've ridden with anyone, and it felt kind of wierd saying.... hey, you mind if we stop so i can take some pictures??
so i didn't!! lol
it was all good, and plenty of leaf crunching to be had!!! ;)

The guys who've been building trail up here have really added the miles!!
Tight and technical, with big ass rocks to keep a guy on his toes!!
some nice additions of, what can i call them....... re-routes?? for a lack of a better term right now.
not so much downs followed by pushing up......nice touch, it really added to the ride!!!
One thing i do know, i need to pedal out here more!!!
Nice job guys!!!

Thank you Cindi!!
Love ya!!!

 The reason for the rope?? about a 20-30' drop!!! ouch!!

Peace..............................

FatPipe, Trumps FatBike, and Family, For Now??!!

Not that anyone cares, LOL
but this is what's been keeping me off the Pugs, and away from the family for 12 hours each day.
50' long x 24" diameter; with 1.75" of lining in them ; which brings the diameter to 19 1/4" headed for the oil sands of Canada.

I'm the last one in the building to touch these "FatPipe", and they need to look pretty, and be cleaned up, and capped...... and rolled out the door.
Every one you see in the pictures I've touched, with about 100 some odd more to go!! 
I guess working 12's isn't so bad, ya kinda get used to it after awhile.

I'd be foolish not to say to my better 1/2 Cindi..... I LOVE YOU DEAR, and you are the best!!! 

Peace

Working 12 Hours a Day.........

Doesn't leave time for much play....
For the time being....

There is no rest for the wicked, so come along and follow me!!!!
This'll have to do!!

Nice job Ben!!!
Enjoy!!!
Pedal on!!