MR. evil
New member
- Joined
- Nov 29, 2007
- Messages
- 3,547
- Points
- 0
Was supposed to hook up with Trev & Paul this morning for some fun at Case MT. Unfortunately Trev had a last minute baby sitting problem and couldn’t make it. But my buddy Jamie (aka crazy trials guy) had some things clear up and gave me a call early in the morning to let me know that he was in. Met Jamie and at the bike shop and we drove down together. Arrived at the Line street lot at 9:00 where we met a couple of guys from CR that joined us. Paul arrived a few minutes later extremely hung over and we were eventually on our way. We headed straight for the stunt trail and the fun began. Made it up the first big up and over on the first try which made me happy. On the next stunt Jamie work his usual magic, and then one of the CF guys (Aaron) also killed it. This guy could really ride. The rest of the morning was really fun watching him and Jamie do really stupid / impressive things on their bikes. I really wished I brought a video camera because these two guys were killing it all morning. This was also Paul’s first time watching these crazy antics in person and he was thoroughly entertained.
I was able to hit some new stuff today, and clear things that have given me problems in the past. But I also duffed some stunts I have made several times. Win some loose some. I even managed to ride off the side of a fairly wide bridge by accident, about 30” high above lots of rocks. Have no idea what happened, one minute I was in the center, the next I am watching my front wheel about to go off the edge and I see lots of big rocks. I some how managed to pull a wheelie drop out from no where. My rear tire landed on dirt with my front tire elevated on a large rock in sort of a track stand. If I did it intentionally it would have been really bad ass, almost trials like. But it wasn’t intentional, and for a second I though I was going to get really hurt. After I changes my shorts we pressed on.
Last year when Brian and I rode with Jamie an company, we played a this one stunt on particular that gave me loads of problems, and all the down / drop options scared the crap out of me. This was the one that we caught on video where Jamie took a bad fall from a 5 foot ledge attempting a pedal kick drop. The up is a steep log pile, then when you get onto the ledge there is a rock pile you have to ride up to the second tier. Off the rock pile you take a hard left to stay on the upper level and then there are several off options. A couple of crazy drops and an uber steep roller with a sketchy tranny. I was able to make the up, and also hit the roller down. But the slippery leave kept me from cleaning it. Paul got a picture of me hitting the roller, and it is much steeper in person than it looks in the picture………. And it looks pretty steep in the pic.
After this roller we came across some really crazy shit that Jamie and Aaron were killing. We just sat back and watched those two get stupid. Soon after we finished up and got back to the lot around 1:00pm. I also think I blew my new fork in the middle of the ride as it was leaking oil from the compression knob. Looks like my old fork that I just got back from warranty service will go on the bike while the new ones heads out for service.
I was able to hit some new stuff today, and clear things that have given me problems in the past. But I also duffed some stunts I have made several times. Win some loose some. I even managed to ride off the side of a fairly wide bridge by accident, about 30” high above lots of rocks. Have no idea what happened, one minute I was in the center, the next I am watching my front wheel about to go off the edge and I see lots of big rocks. I some how managed to pull a wheelie drop out from no where. My rear tire landed on dirt with my front tire elevated on a large rock in sort of a track stand. If I did it intentionally it would have been really bad ass, almost trials like. But it wasn’t intentional, and for a second I though I was going to get really hurt. After I changes my shorts we pressed on.
Last year when Brian and I rode with Jamie an company, we played a this one stunt on particular that gave me loads of problems, and all the down / drop options scared the crap out of me. This was the one that we caught on video where Jamie took a bad fall from a 5 foot ledge attempting a pedal kick drop. The up is a steep log pile, then when you get onto the ledge there is a rock pile you have to ride up to the second tier. Off the rock pile you take a hard left to stay on the upper level and then there are several off options. A couple of crazy drops and an uber steep roller with a sketchy tranny. I was able to make the up, and also hit the roller down. But the slippery leave kept me from cleaning it. Paul got a picture of me hitting the roller, and it is much steeper in person than it looks in the picture………. And it looks pretty steep in the pic.
After this roller we came across some really crazy shit that Jamie and Aaron were killing. We just sat back and watched those two get stupid. Soon after we finished up and got back to the lot around 1:00pm. I also think I blew my new fork in the middle of the ride as it was leaking oil from the compression knob. Looks like my old fork that I just got back from warranty service will go on the bike while the new ones heads out for service.
