Happy Birthday Rastus!! my little riding buddy is 11, and still rockin'. we've been having excellent weather/conditions for riding lately. not so good for snow sports though. we'll probably pay for this awesome weather in may and june when it will rain every day! thanks to Ryan for putting on the Cascade Cross series here in b'ham. rad courses, and good conditions for each race. lots of mud, but the skies were dry. the series finale was last saturday. good turnout for a race in january.

well, here's the first post to the new year. nothing too crazy so far. except we're getting a mild winter. not so good for the mountain, but freakin' rad for bike riding! yea! here are some pics to share. the bike is not new, at all. but the super neato fenders are. they are all wood fenders, handmade here in bellingham by tom anderson. fashionable as well as functional. these fenders are round. the ones on the tandem are a selection of birch, cherry, ash, and a layer of bamboo, which every fender has for strength. they are beautiful, and make any bike look great. there are tons of options of color/wood type. if you're interested, contact me and i can point you in the right direction.
this saturday is race #3 in the cascade cross series. chilly cross will be at cornwall park in b'ham. fun course, and there will be mud! i don't think we'll have snow that day though.

if you're reading this, you probably tried to go to the web site. the blog will be the new site. we're making some changes around here. on the web anyway. so stay tuned for more action. this is a good time for this kind of thing. the weather has turned horrible here. more soon, g

OREGON MANIFEST CONSTRUCTOR’S DESIGN CHALLENGE from oregon manifest on Vimeo.

The folks at the Oregon Manifest posted this video of the constructors challenge. It's super cool! You can even see Raz in it. That dog is a super star.

i've been in austin, texass for the last few days. it feels like i'm still in washington though. minus the mountains. cool and rainy. what the hell? how am i supposed to shred the bmx in this weather? well, i went to the ramp ranch yesterday. super bmx friendly indoor park. fun. but i can tell i haven't ridden since before the sswc in durango. rusty and sketchy. go pack go!!

it's been damn wet around here lately. lots of good mud racing. the one downside to spectacular cross conditions is loads of double wash laundry, and bike maintenance. sscxwc was completely off the hook. epic weekend. we had a rental house for a large portion of the washington/hodala crew. needless to say, no deposit was returned. lots of rain, mud, beer, bikes, and mayhem. if you weren't there, you really missed out. off camber, muddy downhills, a pond to ride through, stripper shortcut, thunderdome, a sabbath cover band called "rat salad", and a metal rock out with this cat nick and his freakin' sweet long bike w/sound system!! hell yeah, now i'm motivated to build something like that. oh, and the washington crew brought the sscxwc 2010 to seattle!! so start makin' plans now. it'll be good. this past weekend was the last mfg series race at woodland park. right in seattle. killer course and turnout. then an after party at brouwer's. one of my fave drinking establishments. man fall rules.

it's finally here, sscxwc!! should be an unbelievable time. flag...check, cowbell...check, brews...check, bike...check. ready for some cross action. if you're not going, you are definitely missing out. but there will be lots of internet jive keeping everyone up to date with the carnage. i will also be picking up the oregon manifest bike i built/raced for that event. it's the last weekend of the celebration. so now everyone up here can check it out. next weekend is a cross double header north of seattle. saturday there's a race at squalicom park. new venue, so it should be good. then sunday is a scx series race in sedro woolley. so come on out and make some noise at some good events in our backyard.