Kingston Death Enduro- Part 1

This idea came to be when I found out I had 7 weeks on my own. So came up with a plan to put as much bike mileage as possible in one day. The bad idea part was doing this after 3 years of mediocre training.

The very bad idea part was starting at 2pm on a hot July Sunday. But one has to work first.

Had all the stuff prepared... half camelbak and water bottle of water in freezer that would add water to for later, bug juice, sunscreen, tools and tube, money, and camera. So it was off. First destination being Roger's Trails. After about 45 minutes as it was hot and humid so kept that pace easier as it was going to be a long afternoon.


Road past the base to Roger's Trails. Nothing special other then a out and back ride section.

Bug juice... to keep the bug bites to a minimum. Especially since this year was so damp and the bugs where in large quantities.




Somewhere in Rogers still looking and feeling good.


Dry dry dry would be the general flavour of the day.


Some sections where way more overgrown then this and impassable when factor in time and effort. Which under the days heat and humidity would be a bad idea to try and basically drag a bke through.

After riding what was rideable at Roger's it was back down Highway 2 towards the base. To ride around Fort Henry on some trails there.

Cranium Cover

Today at Team NFI home office we recived this in the mail.



Nothing fancy. Just a new Buff... specifically from Singletrack Mag. Who are celebrating 10 years now.

Nothing special about it. Other then protects back of neck from sunburn and decreeases nasty helmet stink.

Murphy's Laws of Mountain Biking

1. Every mountain biker is God’s gift to the trail, at least in his own mind.

2. If you can’t make it up the hill, it’s not because your bike sucks it’s because you’re fat & lazy.

3. Retrogrouches are pessimistic, stingy, and nostalgic.

4. Technoweenies are status grabbing, snobbish, yuppie wannabe squids.

5. Land developers are filthy, greedy, blood-sucking, no-good rotten son-of-a-bitchen-bastards.

6. Number of people who will show up for a ride = number of people who said they’d come -6.

7. Tube Math: tubes needed for any given ride = the number of tubes you have + one.

8. Helmets don’t protect collarbones or rear derailleurs.

9. Mail order catalogues undercut wholesale prices and drive local bike shops out of buisiness.

10. Local Bike shops charge a lot more than mail order for rear derailleurs.

11. How Shtickmano changes a light bulb: First, they redesign the light, then they design a new tool to install the redesigned bulb in the redesigned light, then they repeat the process over & over.

12. It doesn’t have to work better so long as it looks different and is incompatible with everything else.

13. Magazine product tests are all done in California.

14. Just because it costs more doesn’t mean it works better.

15. You get what you pay for.

16. The more you hear the term "freeride" the more it will cost you to ride.

17. That brand new top of the line bike you just bought is already obsolete.

18. You had just as much fun on your old beater bike as your new rig, maybe more.

19. Reason your bike broke; you were just riding along and …..

20. When not doing something stupid, bike mechanics are nearly gods.

21. Hydration packs take all the weight off your bike and put it on your back.

22. The amount of ride left to get home is inversely proportional to how hungry you are.

23. Cheese is a meal in and of itself.

24. After ride pizza math: 3 mountain bikers x 2 slices/rider = 2 trays.

25. After ride beer math: 5 mountain bikers x 3 beers per rider = 2 cases.

26. If you got hungry enough, you’d eat a puppy.

27. Easy rides can be hard.

28. Hard rides can be fun.

29. If the main trail looks like a dead end it probably is.

30. Whenever someone says the trail has got to come out somewhere, it doesn’t.

31. When the ride leader points vaguely at some distant peak as your destination, check your water.

32. When someone says the trail you’re on is a deer-path, remind them that deer don’t have wheels.

33. Trip math: Number of miles actually ridden +4 ½.

34. Murphy’s bike had Suntour components.

Just shut-up and ride.

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