anoher wednesday night ride

3 flats in the fist fifteen minutes... i was responsible for two of them.ferns looking pretty...

golf & Wednesday night ride

Wednesday night ride...

Golf cross training with Jeff Dickey...

ride, sticker patches

rode with Jay, Doug and Joe... Joe showed me some new trails i haven't seen before in the watershed.





sticker patches seem to work well about half the time the other half of the time they go flat again within a couple of weeks... you live you learn then you get luvs ( i mean glue patches)

Sammy and Me

I’ve been plagued with flat tires… If I had to guess I would say I’ve had one flat a week on average (including winter months) since moving to Frederick… this week alone I’ve had five and I’ve only rode about 5 hours… a thorn, a nail, 2 pinch flats (w/ 35lbs of pressure in my tube) and a slow leak that I have yet to investigate.

I could ride a bit slower through rocky sections... that would probbly help cut down on my # of flats... but I can’t force myself to do that … Sammy Hagar knows exactly what I am going through… he deals with a similar situation where he can’t drive 55… he wants to but he just can’t.


I purchased some continental mountain king 2.4” tires… which are listed as all mountain tires and I plan to set the rear up tubeless… hopefully that will solve my flat problems.

On the Rocks At French Creek

On the Rocks At French Creek
Elverson, PA
Saturday, May 08, 2010

A two lap (each lap 10 mile) race. same as last weekend’s MASS series race (@ the granogue estate) this race is the only time that bikes are allowed on the property. So I felt fortunate to have the opportunity to ride these sweet trails on the only day every year that it is legal to do so.

About half way through my first lap I get a flat tire and was passed by all riders in my category. Flat tires during races are pretty demotivating. But seeing as money goes 15 deep I knew I still stood a chance to rake in some cash so I resorted to plan B which was finish top 15.

I pulled it off, finishing 13th.

All results

Several others on the scott rc crew were there…

Scott Wilson finished 2nd in cat 1


Jay Dodge finished 1st in the maters cat 1

Cam Dodge was riding strong in the pro/open until he got a mechanical

-Mike Joos

Weekend riding and Andrew Mein's Excellent Adventure at Granogue race

Friday I did a ride with Anna...

Saturday I did a ride with Joe...

Wile riding with Joe I saw my fist rattlesnake… I guess there are a lot of them in the area...

How to treat a rattlesnake bite

Granogue race…

The course ended up being really fun… it was a pretty fast with some hilly sections and only a few rocky sections… Teammate Aaron Snyder took an easy victory today with no real challengers …

I came in 5^th

Some horse and buggies that where passing through the race venue...