i'm back... whew, long weekend.
was out at the 'goat on saturday for some local trail riding and some photo shoots.
saturday morning i headed out early and got to the shop by 9am to head out on the trail with chris, dan the man, michal and the new guy. road easy tempo with the guys so as not to cook them over, and did an impromptu photo shoot on some of the connecting fire roads between the main trails. if you ever get to go out to the shop, i recomend going on saturday and calling ahead of time. the group goes out at about 9am and they can show you around. call the shop and they will hook u up with some sweeeeeeeeeet riding.
after about 2.5 hours (only 1.5 hours riding time due to the fact that we were stopping and i kept rambling on about some random indy movie), i parted ways with the group. they had to get to work, and so did i.
1.5 hours of race tempo climbing and single track. oh yes.
then, down to the shop to get some work done on the bikes, hang out at the shop and do a photo shoot thingy after hours for their bike fit system. michael was shooting with his super cool digital slr camera - the nikon d70. i've been checking them out forever as i am a huge fan of the slr body type. very nice stuff.
anyhoo, after chris/beth/michael had their laughs while i posed for some shots, off it was for mexican food. yummy.
sunday - up at the crack o' dawn for one more photo shoot. this one was in the trails with the sole purpose of getting some good action shots for the shop for later use (sometimes used for backgrounds/ads/etc) and for the sponsors (xpert, hammer gel, tifosi).
saw some of the photos' already - they look awesome.
soooooooooooooo.... i jump in the car after the photo's are done, and drive down to WV for some pre-riding at the big bear course.
and let's just say this - while some of the course is still being cut and they are making some slight changes to the course that is posted on the website, i think 24 hour racers will be plesantly surprised with the course. with the exception of one approximately 75 foot section of trail, it is completely ridable. i will further say that if it doesn't rain the week of the 24 hour race, it is going to be fast. soil is very adept to drying quickly according to the locals.
rocks are plentiful, course is rolling and there is only one decent climb. the climb comes late in the course and is substantionally long. enough details...
anyhoo, thanks to locals ed and frank - they knew the trail like the back of their hand and after talking to laird knight before we rode, they even knew where the new sections were.
well - that's it. have some unpacking and eating to do.
pics up tomorrow from the goat' - check their website for the fit photos.
later - sologoat out.
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