Well - spent last night getting my ROAD bike ready. My MTN bike looked on with jealousy and disdain. I think it may plot to flatten the newly mounted tires - either that or I pinched the tube. The wind was out with some sun for a day or two and thought that the trails may actually get dry enough to have at least a 1/2 day to ride....to no avail - it rained again this afternoon. So the road bike will win out this weekend. The only thing keeping me sane is the planning of a solo trip from Chico to Montana with some trail rides in Oregon - hopefully McKenzie River / Washington - hopefully Mount St. Helens area (if she isn't grumblin') and Montana - Little Belt Mtns - already have some locals lined up for a ride. And possibly on the way back through Las Vegas - see what the outskirts has to offer - I believe Boulder City has some nice singletrack. Pretty sure all the areas have some bike clubs of some sort or at least a local bike shop (LBS) that can point me in the right direction and add some company. The new GPS bike computer - oh yes - the Edge 205 will make sure I stay headed in the right direction - or at least that I can backtrack out of needed. Might be able to entice some riders to let me tag along with the helmet cam as well - should be sweeeeet!

Let's get started

Well, as most everybody will say - this is my first time blogging...so the entire world will now know what I've been up to - that world will be limited to me and my wife (if she ever looks at this blog). So here goes - this is mostly to supplement my website www.chicomtnbikers.com which has been fun and has rewards of it's own. Love to ride when I can and have met some really great people and bought some fun toys....all for the sake of mtn biking. Looking forward to getting more riding in and in better shape. It's tough to be the guy with the camera or helmetcam and be the slowest rider. Most of the pictures are either from giving me time to go ahead or as I am frantically trying to catch up - but always with a smile. This will not be limited to mtn biking (I don't think) cause there are times like right now when the trails in Chico are closed and you can't singletrack ride. So, in those times there may be a bit of straying - but hey! This is a blog - what really are the rules? There are none.