Thursday, June 25, 2009

Sike

Ha, I lied...I bought a White Brothers Fluid 29, should be here Monday as should the Avid Elixir CR brakes that are replacing the bunk ass Juicy 7's that the SOK had on it.

A note on hydraulic disc brakes: If you decide to go with Juicy 7's you will either A.) Fucking hate them because they lose pressure for no good reason at the worst possible time or B.) Love them because yours were not bunk like the last two sets I had and love how powerful and how great the modulation is...hope yours is situation B. At any rate...I hope to be on my 29er by next week.

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Rock Shox Reba SL

So I have decided to sell the Rock Shox Reba SL 29 fork off of the Bianchi SOK 29er that I recently bought. I was battling with the decision of whether I wanted to go the White Brothers Magic 29 route or the Fox F29 route. Well, it seems as though the Fox F29 has won me over....much mulling over and research led me to the decision. I have heard great things about the Magic fork (thanks Snakebite) but Fox seems to have won this round. With that said, anybody know anybody that could use a perfect condition Reba SL?? $300 takes it, as well as a 160mm avid rotor and the adaptor.

Monday, June 22, 2009

Audi Five Thousand

We made it out of the hospital on Sunday, finally.... At any rate, we had a group of people at the house and lunch ready when we got there. Felt to good to be away from the hospital, I heard "you should enjoy the help as much as you can" about 7.4 million times and yes I agree but...at some point WE (angie and I) have to quit crawling and learn how to walk as well. First night was a baby scream fest, but alas we have made it alive and well. Back to getting greasy at Harlans today, something I am looking forward to very much....as it turns out I REALLY enjoy my job and missed it these past 6 days. Well, thats about it for now...I'm sure there will be more harrowing tales of poop, pee and puke in a short while but until then I bid ye farwell.

Thursday, June 18, 2009

The Times They Are A Changin'


Not only an epic song from the past, but also a metaphor for the present circumstances surrounding my life. As it turns out my fiance Angie and I created a puny human and she decided to come into the world this morning at 12:20 a.m. The puny human is named Ainsley Aaron Muller and is (and already have actually) changing my life in a major way. I will still enjoy all of the things that make life great ie: full sus mountain bikes, hardtail mountain bikes...well bikes in general and beer of course. A great variable has been added and will make the above things even sweeter considering they will come a bit more "few and far between" nowadays. This little creature came into this world via Cessarian Section which was an awkward thing to witness but left me a 240 pound bawling baby....high five! I p0nder the future of this lifeform, like: is she going to dig Roxer the Boxer? is she going to be a funny pain in the ass like me? is she going to dig bikes? <---- duh...shes my offspring. I see this girl as a bad ass Rachael Atherton clone who rolls up on a Commencal with a huge Fox 40 on the front, will it happen...doubt it, but it would be awesome!

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

What the public wants..the public gets!

As it turns out the public would like to see the carnage of my recent ride down the Corp of Discovery trail. Here is what I have compiled:


Monday, June 8, 2009

Your Handlebars

A recent (and a first for us both) trip to Ponca State Park for Adam and I led me to one very evident fact...handlebars are really strong. What led me to this fact you may ask...the golf ball sized bump on my right cheek and the ugly purplish-reddish black eye that I have now. The story goes like this:

There happens to be a really sweet trail at Ponca called "Corps of Discovery", this particular trail has a few really nice "optional" routes that involve you dropping in pretty gnarly-like and make it fun. About 40 yards from the exit of this trail there is an optional route that leads you up to a large mound where you roll over two exposed tree roots and then down a steep decline...which I decided to take. Not only did I decide to take this optional route, but I figured I would take the part that is a sheer 8 foot drop instead of a steep ramp down....well, the Norco loved it but apparently the bars didnt like the idea and swatted me in the face.

This experience was that of a learning one actually. This is what I learned: Although it is imperitive to spot your landing, once you have it spotted do yourself a favor and get your weight over the saddle....not the bars. Also I learned that the digger didnt hurt near as much as I assumed it would, therefore....I will probably get hurt worse sometime in the future. At any rate, Ponca rules and I highly recommend this wonderland.