Lance Armstrong posted some pics of his brand new Trek Top Fuel he used racing in this year’s Leadville 100. Equipped with SRAM XX and Bontrager wheels and bits, it looks fast. Yes, it’s a new 2010 model.
Superhuman Magazine has a great video of this year’s Leadville 100.
If you mountain bike, this is a must see Video – enjoy!
My son Caleb Called tonight to inform me that his camping gear is now complete.
His Marmont “pounder Plus” sleeping bag had just arrived.
There is something about getting a new peice of gear to rev you up for a new camping adventure in the mountains of Northren Zona.
Here is a pic of the bag that gets dad and son thinking and preparing for another adventure in the wild.
I am really looking forward to pushing up mount Elden labor day weekend and camping with the lad.
Also, just going to have to get a lttle single speed mtn biking in while the flagstaff area.
Here is a link from mountain bike bill and the trails on mount Elden.
http://www.mountainbikebill.com/AZ06Flagstaff.htm
Marmot pounder plus stats:
| Weight: | 2 lb 5 ozs / 1.49 kgs |
| Main Material: | Astral Rip N-100 DWR |
| Lining Material: | Omni140
N-WR |
| Insulation Material: | Primaloft® SB |
| Size for stre: | 183 cm |
| Size on shoulder: | 152 cm |
| Size on hip: | 145 cm |
| Size on foot: | 102 cm |
Lance Armstrong of Aspen, Colo., navigates a trail on his way to winning the Leadville Trail 100 mountain bike cycling race in Leadville, Colo., on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2009.Also, (note to self) take a look at at the vitical climb and think next time you feel like whinning during or before a climb Steve.
THAT IS 12, 500 FEET TO THE TOP.
Here is a great link that covers the story.
http://singletrack.competitor.com/
Great video from the 2008 match up.
THE EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED – RESCHEDULED IN 2010
Greg Ooley has been working on getting the Prescott Blue Ribbon Mountain bike race together and I wanted to post his event on this blog.
Here you go.
Posted in Uncategorized on August 11, 2009 by Raven Singletrack
We’re finally fleshing out details for the first Prescott Blue Ribbon singlespeed race. It’s actually starting to resemble a mountain bike race. Weird. 
Here’s what we have so far:
– October 3, 2009 (Saturday)
– 10:00 AM start time
– Start/Finish @ Schoolhouse Gulch Trailhead (White Spar Campground, S Hwy 89A)
– $35 donation to benefit local trails, includes sexy t-shirt
– Limited to 74 participants, so RSVP early to get in
– Singlespeed Only (sorry Lance- you won’t be able to do the Peeber)
We agonized (no, seriously) over how to include our derailleur-laden friends in the PBR… but in the end we got tired of talking and decided it would be easier for people to beg, borrow or steal a SS bike than it would be for us to figure out how to keep the geared bikes from slowing down all the singlespeeders on race day. (Kidding!)
But we do have good news to accompany the bad, so listen up.
Ed Furbush, resident rastacycleon at Southwest Sounds & Cyclery, has vowed to do whatever possible to get people on a singlespeed bike for the race. He’s building a few loaner rear wheels, stocking a few SS conversion kits, and will work with people to make the conversion as low-cost as humanly possible. So if your bottom lip starts to quiver at the mere thought of missing the 2009 PBR, just email us (ravensingletrack@gmail.com) or call Ed at SWSC and we’ll hook you up!
– Men’s A /Women’s A… 22 miles.
– Men’s B/Women’s B… 15 miles.
– CASH primes up for grabs at the top of The Wall, for those who aren’t afraid to puke trailside.
– Schwaggy prizes TBA
– Post-race rally hosted by The Raven Café.
Limited to 74 riders! RSVP by email to ravensingletrack@gmail.com with your (a) name, (b) race category, (c) t-shirt size and (d) hometown.
To pre-register (so we have money in advance to pay for event insurance, t-shirts and a honeywagon), zap your $35 via PayPal to ravensingletrack@gmail.com.
More info, directions and course maps available at www.ravensingletrack.com/PBR. (Give us a week on that one.)
I am really looking forward to the event and meeting a bunch of folks from the single speed tribe ! thanks Greg and company for putting this event together.
I have always said that Brenda is the best gift God has given me.
I have also said,
Thanks Brenda for 29 years of amazing marriage!
As I attempted to catch the bird that was caught in the trap she attempted to keep away from me by going around a bush for cover. After about five around the thicket, I finally caught the trapped bird that was trying to get away from me.
As I lifted the clamp that had the birds leg the bird immediately fluttered away.
After the episode was over I noticed the little sparrow was following me. Maybe to say thanks or maybe not.
Anyway it makes me think of the traps we get ourselves into from time to time and how someone bigger, someone greater comes along to free us.
getting loose from the feeling of being trapped and powerless must feel something like that little bird experienced last Monday. Free and very grateful!
“God made…all the creatures.” Genesis 1:25 NIV
Here is a great story about pets.
In his 45 years as proprietor of Cooke’s Funeral Home Fred Cooke comforted thousands of bereaved people. But when his wife died of cancer Cooke needed comforting himself. So he adopted a golden retriever named Abigail. Cooke lived in an apartment above the funeral home. “Most days I’d take Abigail downstairs with me and let her play in my office while I worked.” But one day Abigail got out and went looking for new friends to play with. When he went looking for her Cooke discovered her in the chapel, curled at the feet of a woman seated near her husband’s casket. Cooke apologized profusely and tried to lead Abigail away. “Does she have to go?” the grieving woman asked him. “It’s such a comfort having her here.” Soon Abigail was sneaking out of Cooke’s office regularly, heading for one of the funeral home’s visitation rooms. “She seems to sense who’s most distraught and that’s the person she’ll go to first,” says Cooke. “She’ll sit at their feet and gaze up at them with those compassionate brown eyes, and within minutes they’ve stopped crying and started stroking her fur. Off duty, you won’t find a more playful pup. But the moment she steps into that chapel she turns into a completely different dog,” says Cooke. Abigail’s only mishap occurred when she was still a pup, and even that turned out well. She ate somebody’s carnations. Cooke rushed out to replace the flowers, but the family wouldn’t let him. “Mabel was a real dog-lover,” they told him. “You can’t imagine how it would make her smile to see those chewed-up flowers.” No doubt about it, pets are a gift from God! So enjoy yours!
I just love this dog.
Real name: “Courtois” (pronounced “coda way”) a stream in Southern Missouri ( named after the Coutois Indians) This was the first river Codes floated with us when he was a pup 13 years ago in my old town canoe.
Nick names: “Chinka boy “, “Curley Bill”, “Esau”, “Moosehead” , or more simply we call him “Codes”. He his a real retriever and a great friend.
Bella was brought to us from Rescue Golden. She had been bitten by a rattle snake and survived to be our second golden retreiver.
Both of our dogs go every where we go. Loyal Labs for sure.
July and August are the two months out of the year when the people of Prescott get the most amounts of liquid from the sky.
Since May 1st of 1898 someone has been keeping a record as to how much rain we get each month.
Our average rain amounts for the month of July for the past 100 plus years is, 2.90 inches of the wet stuff.
Because we only get 19.04 inches anually it is kind of a big deal for us here in this part of the country to get a good rain.
I think we got most of our July amounts of H2o these last two days.
While out in the out skirts of town I grabbed this pic of a great gift to the Southwest – H20.
This past week I had some trainning in the heart of downtown Phoenix.
I wanted to post some pics of the hottest city in the United States.
My brother Gary and I visited Chase field.
Gary is a Phoenician.
Residents of the city are known as Phoenicians.
Located in the northeastern reaches of the Sonoran Desert, Phoenix has the hottest climate of any major city in the United States. The average high temperatures are over 100 °F (38 °C) for three months out of the year, and have spiked over 120 °F (49 °C) on occasion.
It is kinda of neat to be 90 miles away from the nations fifth largest city. But man It is even greater to drive up the hill to the mile high town of Prescott with it’s cool pines. The three days I was there it was around 111 degrees during the afternoon.
I love this picture of an old gate from an old homestead here in Arizona.
Gates are interesting. They are there to keep things in or keep thing out.
Here are some thoughts about gates that are good to think about.
You can learn a lot from the crippled man at the temple gate:
(1) A weakness in one area can cripple you in others – like a habit you can’t break, a lustful spirit, a bad temper or a self-pitying attitude. Apart from lacking strength in his ankles this man was normal, but one weakness stopped him from living that way. We all struggle with something. “The temptations that come into your life are no different from what others experience” (1Co 10:13 NLT). That’s why James writes, “Pray for each other so God can heal you” (Jas 5:16 NCV). So, how are you handling your weakness? Through denial? By having a pity-party? By walking past others who are struggling? This man was “at the temple gate to beg” – why are you there? You need to know that before you can get up and move on. Don’t settle there; determine “This may be who I am now, but it’s not who I’m going to be!”
(2) What are you looking for? A crutch to help you live with your problem? A way to avoid doing what’s necessary to become whole? This man was looking for handouts, not healing. Now, handouts are okay but they won’t get you back on your feet. Furthermore, when your interest in others is limited to what they can do for you, it causes you to miss what God can do for you. This man ended up walking, leaping, and praising God because that day he experienced God’s power – and you can too!
Don’t let man made gates keep you out of God’s best …
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