I know I was tempting fate by strapping a brand new helmet cam on Gris for it’s virgin run, but call it a trial by gristle. Fortunately the cam, and Gris, made it through unscathed.

I think it cam out pretty well!

Great race Gris! Thanks!

-M

Griss may have stomped us to the dirt @ Outlawcross this morning in Truckee, but he needs our help @ the Stead Cross Race next Saturday Nov 8th in Stead. He needs help setting up, taking registration, course marshalling, and teardown. So pony up some help and get your race on for FREE!

That’s right. Help out and he’ll waive the reg fee for the race. Plus you’ll get donuts, coffee, beer and he’ll let you take his truck for joy rides in the dirt parking lot. (that thing can pull some brodies like stink!)

Dorothy McAlinden Park is a new venue this year and will go down as a classic. It will feature fast paved path, GRASS, technical dismounts, dirt/gravel road. Take N. 395 to Stead exit Rt./East on Stead Blvd. 1/8th mile past Lear Blvd. on the Rt. Hand side is the entrance of the park. As parking fills use Norton Dr. which you will see right before the park.

Post up if you have a question or want to help out!

-Mike

Well, we found it this time! There was a small crowd, and they were all FAST! So I claimed my first DFL of my career. There’s no shame in loosing, it just means you’re a candyass. But at least I got 2nd singlespeed and 1st fixed. So all y’all’s sukkas!! (JR was in bed, another victim of timepiece dysfunction or I’d have been 3rd and 2nd…)
Anyway there it is. Next race, Thursday. Meet @ Walden’s @ 6:45, train sails @ 6:55. So if you have your watch set back 15 minutes for some reason, you get to drive yourself and then wonder if you can make it back to boomtown with the tank on empty…

-M

ps The adds are gone. All the feedback was negative. So I sold the movie rights. Too bad Don Knotts is dead…

First, prepare your gnarly scrawney asses for cyclocross. Even JR has committed to racing, and fixed no less! First off this month is Thursday, and presumably every following Thursday for the Outlaw series in Truckee and environs. Second is the Sagebrush series race on the 20th @ Hidden Valley. Our beloved Grisly Bike Geek is the triggerman for the series and says that if we get three fixtards racing he’ll get us the best prizes. As it should be. I say bring it. I’ve got nothing to loose!

Second, got this note from my buddy Jason re: the Keyesville Classic which Gris JR and Myself went to last year…

Team Bacon Strip,

I am Jason Smith and the new Keyesville Classic Race director. I was last
years assistant director and have the race from this year forward for
awhile.

We are becoming a part of the national calendar this year. For those that
race for point standings this will help.

We will have:
Downhill
Short Track
Cross-country

A non-uscf sanctioned stage race where all riders participating will have to
race the same class with the same bike. We are adding the one bike thing
this year. We really wanted to do it last year but since we had no real
time to execute it was pushed of to this year.

I saw on the blog you have that you fellows were disappointed with not
having the 8 hour race. Sorry. If we could logistically figure out how to
do everything in one two day period of time we would. We would love to add
it to the events if it were feasible.

I would like to invite your team to the race and enjoy another event with us
this coming year. It is only 162 days away. Come hang out, drink beer from
the brewery, eat spaghetti, and camp out…oh yeah, and race.

Thank you for all you support in the past.

Third, and blasts from the past seem to come in twos these days (My dad and I took Jason(from above) climbing for the first time a few years ago. I think I was 14…): My buddy Dustin from High School called the other day to talk about a new website he’s building to be a guide/wiki for adventurism in Kern County. The last guide book was published about 13 years ago. Before that, we had a laminated photocopy of the Stonemasher’s Guide to Kern River Climbing… Good work Dustin!

-M