Tuesday, March 29, 2011

2113

something new
2113
21 people day on 1
13 today

might be some more curve tweaking as the trail settles in and speeds up
why hit those brakes if u don't have to.
a long elevated nonequine rockway alt line to come later



Friday, March 04, 2011

new track in the works?

An article in today's Public Opinion, none of the typical snarky comments yet.
Started a Facebook page for the meeting and track since we only have a month to mobilize. Facebook still confuses me, I set this up as a Community page. If you're a user, see if you can Like it or Friend it, or somehow show it love, if this link even works....


the park manager sketched this in 2005


south end of Michaux
Pine Hill Park
Waynesboro, PA

the Township Managers and Supervisors seem more charged up than the Chambersburg folk 3 years ago. One of the Supers races downhill with his kid.
They want it riding by July (we'll see...)
I'm not quite as optimistic/ambitious as they are, but it's their park, so they can really make it happen if they want it

Public Meeting for all interested bikers of all wheel sizes.
April 7th, 7:00
If you have ideas or opinions, or want to help choose the design, show up and be heard.
Pass along to interested parties, and I'll be pinging peeps directly too. Will be interesting to see how this progresses. Could it really be this easy?

for scale reference, the Chambersburg Pump Track would easily fit inside the skatepark shown.

Thursday, February 24, 2011

more, please

check out that speedy crust
good flow on the few downs we found


a surprisingly good run this week
a powdah morning at Whitetail w/ the grom
bluebird day turns to blackbird night - solo track skiing in the local beloved
sky full of bright stars, no wind, fast tracks;
an after work singletrack schwack with Wrenchy & SSO, seeking the very kinds of Shed lines that bikers abhor

Sunday, February 13, 2011

WG v.4

far better than expected
about 11" during the week
surprise cold smoke lake effect overnight


our host leads the way to a cool descent
thanks M & D


Hey, let's go ski Driftland next weekend

Wednesday, February 09, 2011

Philadelphia Pump Track

Nice work Harlan, Heidi, and Kenn
http://www.phillypumptrack.org
Go to their Facebook site and like them. The powers are watching the interest

Monday, January 31, 2011

WG v.3

Todd gettin' his first White Grass turns in

Cheryl & Julie at the bottom of what I thought was Snaggletooth.
whatever it's called, it was cool, and it looks like there's more like it nearby

untouched and untried
why??

Huge thanks again to the Buchness'!

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Saturday, December 25, 2010

not a bad place to ski
I left the Nikon in the car or coulda brought back some decent pixels of how much snow was away from the parking lot
glad i finally got there and checked that box. it was a good day for a quicky, and now I know what could be there


don't know what this is
but I expect it's going viral



Saturday, November 20, 2010

what's this, a trail ride?

Todd finds his boost after a few laps

Colin, the first person I've seen do the Jersey ramp.

trying to launch/double from the berm over the next roller.

Sunday, October 24, 2010

I always feel like I got away with something when leaving this place unscathed.

Monday, October 04, 2010

a 1 x pain in the ass

Last chance for this 1x8 idea to work. I'm one part away from shelving this bike until next Labor Day, taking the Reba and putting it on my single-speed, then ordering a double or triple setup for the front of the EWR for next year.

3 different chain guides
nylon homemade custom spacers
many sizes of chainring bolts
a very destructible alloy ring
and an indestructible TomiRing

the funky angled downtube on the EWR prevents the pricey Paul chain guide from reaching the correct spot, and the Paul is designed for a narrow chain and no bashguard. I like bashguards and want to make this work with one. The cheapie Third-Eye seemed like it should work, but for some reason it still let the chain dive through an invisible gap. The funky EWR downtube also made it hard to get screwdriver and fingers in there to adjust it and move it clear after the chain did what it wasn't supposed to do. Dive and suck.


my new ride looks a lot less problematic
gotta get this thing over to Buck's soon...

Tuesday, September 21, 2010