TBS was out in force at the 8 & 24 hours of Cool. Only Nooner and Huck Tater actually stepped up for the 24 hour event, the rest of us wimps went for the 8 hour. WTF? Ok, so I shot very little video on account of the fact that I rode some too. Here’s what I got:

Overall, fun day. Lots of mud, but nothing like last year. I do recall thinking that the taste of the mud made me think that they must run cattle there sometimes. Mmmmm.

Ok, everyone jump in!

well, that happened a little later in the afternoon.  prior to that, a snow shower (hurray!) trail ride was in order.

quiet afternoon on Peavine

conditions were soupy at the put-in, but coverage improved and underlying mud quickly turned to frozen earth at higher elevations.

huck tater

needless to say, we didn’t run into many other trail users.  later in the afternoon we caught up with lots of friends happy to celebrate Shawn and Tennile’s new adventure in parenting.

Congrats Shawn and Tennile!

backpacking, enduro mtb rides, and 24 hour bike races are great cross training for becoming brand new parents!

Some of you know about the Website Twitter and that is is what they call a “microblog.” Since The Bacon Strip is a blog i have been trying to find a way to incorporate microblogging into what we do here. And until now i haven’t figured out how to add this content to what i post on Twitter.

That’s where identi.ca comes in. identi.ca is identi.cal to twitter is most ways, but it has better functionality and is more stable because fewer people are using it. I don’t know anyone on it in Reno for example.

Twitter is for techgeeks, identi.ca is for dirtbags

So here’s the way I see this working. You post a message through the web or text message, and the whole team gets it. We can then coordinate Dawn Patrols, set up rides, and line up beer sessions. I’d use this exclusively for TBS related communications. Otherwise I have no use for it at all. Also if you remember the spate of txt messages from the 24 hours in old pueblo last year, this will be far easier and more fun.

Any questions? You can post by text message, IM or web, and you can turn it on and off from your phone by sending a text message. You can send private messages and replies. Sign up, then go to my profile and subscribe to my updates and the rest of the team. Badda Bing Badda Boom…

What do you think?

-M

Current bacon related events:

Bacon Stripper and all around amusing shred-Tard,The Bustigator, did the unthinkable Saturday. He got married! Hopefully you can keep your stones, but barring that, hopefully you can keep your prized collection of TBS stickers…

It was a fine Ceremony at the Tannenbaum on Mt. Rose Highway. Followed by beer drinking, dancing (holycrap can Gris move that scrawney tush!) lewd behavior (my GOD T-Money!) and falling down (T-Money’s mom and Bustigator’s Groomsman). Smella and I made it out ok, though Icandy (that’s the handle I’m giving to RI) seemed a tad on the sheets-to-the-wind side.

Here we have Dale checking out the new singletrack that went in on Peavine yesterday. It’ll be done by the end of the week and then on the 6th of October it’ll all be polished up. Read more at Poedunk.com. Final details are still fuzzy, but I predict a pancake (and bacon) breakfast delivered by bike for the brave and hearty volunteers…

Also: Going to try to ride after work tomorrow. Hopefully be on the dirt by 5:30. Maybe Galena. Anyone in?

That’s about it. Stay Tuned for the conclusion of JR and Flux Burner’s adventure @ the Vapor Trail 125…

-M

Why are these people so happy?

It’s because the hand crafted tradition of TBS Champagne, bottled in the basement of a genuine Craftsman Bungalow in historic down town Reno Nevada, with it’s pristine clarity, effervescent complexity and nascent cache, delivered by a fixed gear bike messenger, brings warmth to ones heart and salutes (with more than one finger) the relaxing urban professional within each and every one of us.

-M