Archive for March, 2008

31
Mar

del.icio.us ba.con for March 24th through March 31st

Sizzling hot bacon for March 24th through March 31st:

31
Mar

Three passes ride sunday

April 6, 2008

Tour de FatWhile Nooner and the McDeez R rocking Downieville and The Yuba, Barrett and I are planning on riding Geiger, Spooner and Mt. Rose on the road. Sound’s fucking miserable if you ask me. But it also sounds like it might be helpful if I plan to not suckdonkeyballs @ the Cascade Cream Puff in June. You never know…

I know Gris had mentioned wanting to do this ride. So if you think you can ride slow enough, please join us!

-M

28
Mar

North Yuba Trail buzz

nunes on the north yuba trail

i’m gettin fired up to do a nice longish trail ride on the Yuba trails in a week or so. may bring skis and/or some climbing gear.  spring conditions are up on us- it’s multisport season!

27
Mar

Tbs banner by oner buttons

This shit is tight as fucking fuck!!! Made by Daryl Oner (oner buttons) reno NV, $65.

-m

27
Mar

Rock Creek Hut Trip

Went hut-skiing with a crew from Reno / Tahoe for 4 days in Rock Creek, between Mammoth and Bishop (exit 395 at Tom’s Place to be specific). We stayed in a truly basic hut - canvas over a cylindrical frame, wood stove set on cinder blocks in the middle, coleman stove for cooking and turf on the floor. It was probably about 20 feet x 12 feet, about 7 feet high. We used sleds to tow up our food & gear (and 2 5-gallon kegs of IPA) about 1000 feet elevation over 5 miles on a x-country ski trail, set up camp in a hut, then spent the days climbing a few mtns and skiing. Since we had a good camp and towed the supplies, we were able to eat pretty well (steak, plenty of sausage, pork burritos, BACON….I’m sure we burned all the calories).

This photo shows the start of our tour on Saturday - we made it up to the ridge between the peak on the left (Bear Creek Spire) and the one in the center (Mt. Dade), and skied a good combo of variability, powder and corn for a really long descent.

More photos of the hut, towable party and other peaks skied to come.

27
Mar

A Grisly Day in Auburn

All this talk about chuck norris blah blah blah, Let me tell you this: Chuck can come or go, but you DON’T want the Grisly Bike Geek dropping a bomb in your shitter @ 5 in the morning. That’s why I was ready and waiting in the driveway when he pulled up yesterday.
Grisly Ride
It was a simple plan and a plan that would end in disaster. Well, not really. Gris, Nooner, Huck Tater, JohnS and I started riding from the Confluence around 8 or so. 30 min later we hit the connector trail. Badda Bing Badda Boom, we ride and ride and climb and climb. Nooner and Gris are way off the front. John and Lee are riding my ass like a $5 whore. WTF! I’m gonna quit MY job, throw in a 2000 flushes blue, quit drinking coffee and ride and ski until the water turns clear again!

Grisly Ride
Nothing eventful on the first lap, but the sighting of this strange sticker on the Foresthill Divide trail. Weather was perfect, dirt was perfect (as if dirt could be anything but perfect) and the GBG seemed to be riding spry despite his advanced age.

Popping out from the Tunnel Trail I hear the sweet sweet call of my lovely-but-taken, look-but-can’t-touch (or so you believe..) Bustigator! He brought with him the DogIsNuts, Icandy, and Matty themack daddy, smokedthefatty from cincinatti Larson of The stable Quiver. Almost EVERYONE on singlespeeds! (including Nate on the Maverick with the Paul Melvin!)
Grisly Ride
We all started back up the connector trail. GBG, Nooner, Huck and John blasting it the fuck off with Matty riding them like they were $20 whores. Icandy had some issues with, of all things, getting his tires to seal. Pretty bike dude. Maybe some dirt on those tires would help thicken the sidewalls. Anyway, he and Bustigator and Schuster and I rallied pretty good around the course.
Grisly Ride
GBG said he pushed it hard as he could and didn’t cramp or bonk. I did the same, though a third lap would have pushed it too far.
Grisly Ride
Nate’s says: ”
23.2 mile lap. 2970′ of climbing per lap. 6.7 miles each way on the connector trail, + or -. The down hill to the confluence is .3 mi longer than the climb. So that puts the final leg at about 13.7 miles with ~1300′ of climbing. A-squad total of 60.1 miles you crazy bastards.”

Grisly Ride
We had a frame fatality, and a near rider fatality when John hit a kicker and went off the trail @ the end of the Tunnel Trail down by the American River. GBG can chime in with the description. Here’s the aftermath.

Then we hit Maria’s in Auburn for some Carnitas. Matty’s not a huge fan of Mexican, but he suckeditthefuck up for the good of the team. Thanks Bro!!

Good riding with all you fuckfaces! And on a WEDNESDAY!?!???!?!!!!!

-M

26
Mar

Grislybikegeek day




Grislybikegeek day

Originally uploaded by i am indisposed

A happy b day to gris!!! Heading out for lap number two!!!

26
Mar

Power tart




Power tart

Originally uploaded by i am indisposed

Fueling up on the forresthill divide trail. Running about mid pack. Icanberry, schuster and the bustigator wust be back playing grabass…

26
Mar

limited supply

A limited supply of tbs emblems you can stitch anywhere! Coming to a barrio near you.Embroyidered Oval

25
Mar

when pigs float

i’m testing a hypothesis, that at the proper scale, and in a high enough ABV solution of Imperial Stout… um, or was that about flying? well, if Scraps hangs out in that beverage long enough, she’ll be hi as a kite!

pigs float

i hear there’s a village called “Hell” in Norway too. that just may have to be my next myth busting expedition.

i spent a short part of this evening watching a young woman sing a gypsys’ song about stabbing a crossed lover and another gal sing a custom version of a Janis Joplin song, “Lord won’t you buy me a new cadiallac,” acapella. pretty enjoyable.

still havin’ fun,

Japhy rider




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