Cue a Collective Sigh of Relief

What's Playing: You Won't Feel a Thing - The Evens

Nothing Like It!

Nothing like cutting new singletrack by hand....We had a Great turn out for the Sunday Issaqueena (Clemson) trail workday. we had 20+ people and we hand cut 1/3 maybe a 1/2 mile of new singletrack. connecting with the lower Tripple Creek Trail that heads over to the Anthill , Waterfall & Doyle Bottom sections of Issaqueena. i was cooked by the end of the 4 hours.

Thanks to Rocky and Derrick of Clemson Cyclery for organizing this work day. And thanks for the cookout afterwards, you guys rock.

Sorry for the lack of trail shots... the ones i did snap were crap...

What's Playing: Cut Some Slack - Soulwax

Whacky Weekend....

Friday was the Bikeville Critical Cruise... Great turn out, good ride through some sections of town i had never experienced.

Brian in front of the ArtBomb

Thanks to Meeker for organizing these things.

Last Friday of every month! Be There!

Post Ride Social @ Barley's Taproom

We split from Barley's to hit Casa de Chip. Good times... Good times... Thanks Chip for putting some food in my Belly... all that beer at Barley's on an empty stomach... i needed that Bad!

JD on the drum kit... sorry for the bad photo, but i was a little toasted at this point of the evening... made for an interesting midnight ride through town, so i decided to go stealth mode through Cleveland Park and behind the Y .... Then i cut through to the Cresent and McDaniel area to get back to Funkytown (where i live), instead of hitting the major roads.

Saturday was a 26 mile hungover spin on the Swamp Rabbit up to the end on the Swamp Rabbit trail had to buy a new Bodum Coffee press ( dropped the last one)

/\ /\ /\ Yeah, My Shirt is getting a little small /\ /\ /\

Sunday was waking up at the crack of dawn to get out to Issaqueena for the 8am trailwork day

pics coming later... (aint got time now) we had a Huge turn-out 20 -25 people, and we hand cut a half mile section re-routing Triple Creek Tr. going to be some great tight singletrack. By noon we were cooked, and Thanks to Rocky (Clemson U. Forest Dir.) and Derrick (Clemson Cyclery) for organizing the work day and for the post work cookout!

back to it.

L8r

What's Playing: Bhindi Bhagee - Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros

It's FFFFFRRRRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIDDDDDDDDAAAAAAAAAYYYY!

Yeah, Finally! what a shitty week.

Lots going on this weekend! Critical Mass ride tonight downtown G'Vegas

then post ride social at Barley's Taproom. Details HERE

having to miss out on the Save the Trails ride at DuPont ... just got too much going. they're hurting for volunteers so Details Here if interested in the Ride or just lending a hand. It's a good cause, so give till it hurts.

Sunday is Trail work out on Triple Creek Trail at Isaaqueena (Clemson) Details Here if interested

Congrats to Joe and Jean getting Married!

The Crowther's Friends from Ian Curcio on Vimeo.

L8r

What's Playing: Anemone - The Brian Jonestown Massacre

2 rides in 3 days? Inconceivable !

been a while since i had been up to Pisgah, so Friday i grabbed the bike, then over to BeatGraphic's to help Kev pack up all of the shirts for SEX (Suspension Experts)

then to drop off the printed goodies in Asheville. Good seeing MikeR and Shelley, sorry to hear about your dad Kevin.

Then from there it was down to Brevard to meet with Steve, and shoot some photos of his latest build.

man his bikes are sweet!

Then over to Hit Black mountain before losing daylight. Lower Black and Thrift Cove are both in the process of a facelift, in an effort to fix some of the water issues and damage. There has been a shitstorm of complaints on the MTBR forum HERE .

Good Seeing you WesD (been a while)

To tell you the truth; i rather enjoyed the work done to the trail, yeah there needs to be some finishing work done to clean up some spots, but i think the work was top notch. Sure there are some muddy spots, but i think that is to be expected; since it's rained nearly everyday for a month. I guess haters and just going to hate regardless... I had a blast coming down Black Mtn. the upper section of Thrift had just been worked on and was a little soft.

Got back from my ride and seems the Hoop Fairy left me a set of chrome Salsa Delgado's. thanks Hoop Fairy!

Saturday was spent in the back doing yard work, fuggin weeds... rain forced me inside so it was back to work.

Sunday i took a break from the grind and went out to enjoy the heat out at Paris Mountain... mid nineties, no breeze, enough humidity to just add to the suffering...

decided to do some exploring around the backside of the park (north) and to check on the work being done at the Buckhorn Lake.

The park is redoing the old Cabins and Bathhouse. This place is awesome and i can't wait to organize some kind of bike event here soon.

oh yeah, my condolences to Broussard for the loss of his bike... somewhere between Pisgah and Tryon (45 miles) his bike came off of the car (without him noticing it) ... Man i would be sick to death... best of luck Zack, hope it turns up soon (and in good shape), hopefully if someone does find it, it'll hit one of the local shops.

back to it!

L8r

What's Playing: Slow, Hot & Sweaty - JJ Grey & Mofro

You Feel Lucky Punk?

Well Do Ya?

last night was another installment of the UpstateSORBA saga...Where we going ? and how are we going to get there from Here?

Pic from the last Meeting at Chicora Alley; which i forgot to post. pretty much the same "players" at last nights meeting

Thanks to Kip for letting us trash your shop to hold a meeting...

Thanks to Chip Batson for stepping up as Chapter Prez. Thanks to Pat for all of the stuff you did for our club, for stepping up when no one else would, and we hope you will still be involved with the club.

our new VP ?

Lucky Dog... i think he'll grow into the position

here's a Non Bike, but Art Project i've been working on Comic Superheros wall art for a friend. I had done a few in the past for my son's room... Cut out of 1/8" birch plywood, they're cut out using a scroll saw and sanded then painted with acrylic paint. Other than the sanding they're super fun to do. I haven't painted anything in years!

storm on the Horizon

What's Playing: Black Rain - Soundgarden