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Archives: June 2002

yooper!

Posted June 25, 2002 @ 6:06am

Marquette, Michigan is home to sick stunts, insane riders, and black flies. Thursday, I went down on 'yer mom. That is to say, I smacked my dome super hard and broke my helmet in two spots on a trail called "Yer Mom." But I got up, finished the ride and yesterday, rode more sick, rocky, technical trails, and then went "freeriding" off of Sugarloaf with Dave O, Mike B, and Ryan, three of Marquette's best riders. Essentially, it was hiking, or rather bushwacking, into no man's land, and then watching the 3 Marquette locals session like mad hooligans. I was getting pissed, hiking shit that I wouldn't usually hike even without a 32lb. bike. But by the end of the ride, it was easy to appreciate the intensity that these guys ride with. Totally smooth on stuff that I wouldn't even consider riding. Made me feel like a real nancy boy. Today was the DH finals, at Mount Marquette and day 1 of the Superior Bike Fest. 2+ minutes made this a longer course than last week's Alpine Valley NCS DH run....

 

On The Road

Posted June 19, 2002 @ 6:06am

And we're off. The first stop on the Heavy Pedal tour, Alpine Valley, has come and gone. Plenty of rain, lots of muddy singletrack, and not enough beer. Check bikemag.com for the Tour itinerary, but this one is not listed: We will be in Minneapolis next Wednesday (26th) for the Mpls.Mafia Night Ride, and also at Buck Hill (27th) for the Thursday night series. Get down to one or both events.CRC #11 update. After much dragging of feet, CRC #11, the Banjaxed issue, is done. Will head to Kinkos today, and if all goes to plan, will have copies ready by next week at Buck. No pushing, no shoving, please. Shit. Now the pressure's really on. -hurl

 

penicillin

Posted June 15, 2002 @ 6:06am

People of Earth...well, here you go, a looooooooooooong overdue update to the moldy CRC website. Actually, more of a debriefing as to what the hell I\'ve been up to since leaving Surly in January. Right now, I\'m slapping keys in beautiful downtown Colorado Springs --hey, look, there\'s Pike\'s Peak right outside the window! The new Soulcraft Plowboy is exceptionally smooth, like butter. Melted butter on a thick slab of sourdough toast. It\'s that good. In three days I\'m going on the road with Bike Magazine\'s Heavy Pedal tour. It\'ll be two months of vagabonding around the US and Canada, rollin\' a VW Eurovan, (VR6, natch) to various races, festivals, bike shops, dive bars and La Mars Donut shops, promoting Bike Mag. Check bikemag.com for the itinerary. That said, kit orders may be delayed a bit. On that topic, some of you may be wondering where the hell your stuff is? Well, I can assure you, it will all arrive in a nice little package asap. With the move to C.Springs, obviously...

 
 
 
 
 
 
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