The 6 Commandments of The Dirtbag

1.Never let your lack of cash get in the way of fun. Find a way.

2.Fun is the fiber of our lives. The more fun you get in life, the easier the shit will pass with regularity.

3.Hair is good. Leave the body shaving to women and porn stars.

4.Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's expensive gear. It starts a vicious cycle that ends with a loss of touch with the roots of your passion.

5.Buck the latest fashion trends in a big way. As rock climber Ron Kauk once said, "John Wayne never wore lycra."

6.Be happy with what you have. Humility is the path to true enlightenment.

Kingston Death Enduro

So after waiting what seemed like forever for it to dry enough. And after 3 years of putting it off. This year it will happen... a training ride to connect all the trails here in Kingston as best as possible.




More details will be revealed.

The Dirty Enduro

So... the date is set for the 2011 edition of Paul's Dirty Enduro- September 17h. so about 13 weeks till the day.

To go with this have a couple of projects that I have begun to go with this. Nothing to say about it at this time. Info will come out when it is done.

Motown

Friday drove down to Toronto. Headed into the East Don to ride Motown.


Under the DVP

Salad anyone?

Rest stop

It's a parking lot

June 8th Endo Race

After 3 weeks of every excuse for not showing up to the last 3 Endo races. Got the Mistress and I to the site for this weeks O2 debt location. The new place being Macintosh Mills which is an interesting place. Report on that later in the season.

Got a little lost finding the place. So of course had little time to get organized and ready. Nil for warm up which would come back to bite me later. Plus remind me that 3 years off equals lousy fitness. Especially when you add in Canadian Shield rock and hills. After a quick line up we where off.

It was to be a 4 lap course and never having ridden the area was riding blind. So took the first lap easy as per my usual plan. It was a good plan as the short but sharp hills showed that my climbing skills where rusty and leg strength was low. So despite the climbs sucking high on the suckage scale the course was fun. Technical and some downhill sections.

Since my climbing was not helping I simply set out to be consistent and ride well. To that end I achieved that. And it was hot and humid as well. I managed to drain 2.5 L of water no problem in the 4 laps. And after 40 minutes I was done. Then after the usuall post race milling around and putting bikes on cars. It was off to Brockville for food.

Post race analysis shows that I need to do more hill repeats. And have already begun getting that done.

Muddite

Went out to CB as I needed some ride time. And wet conditions practice. Mounted my DH wheels for this.

Yumm mud

Natural chain guide.

The present flat pedal shoes are on their last legs. Trying to get my hands on a pair of 5.10's cheap. Cheap as in Hello Pinkbike. Because people will sell stuff of they don't need or because they want the newest and greatest.

Orange Crush Fork

Ah, new fork. Well used fork for the Dirtbag Roadie. With a side of new brakes.