The Middle Ring http://themiddlering.wordpress.com Faster than some, slower than others. Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:28:25 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ en hourly 1 http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/888cbe0e23cea3311eeea537280f4c2f?s=96&d=http://s.wordpress.com/i/buttonw-com.png The Middle Ring http://themiddlering.wordpress.com Rainy Day Video Stoke http://themiddlering.wordpress.com/2009/12/07/rainy-day-video-stoke/ http://themiddlering.wordpress.com/2009/12/07/rainy-day-video-stoke/#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:22:56 +0000 themiddlering http://themiddlering.wordpress.com/?p=960 ]]>
Great video excerpt.  Amazing riding, amazing scenery, great music.  Good for a little rainy day stoke. (let it load / buffer, its HD)

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Well, the rain is here, Monday December 7th. We need it, and the trails need it. I only hope mother nature can get it so it rains on Monday’s and Tuesday’s, giving it time to dry by the weekends.

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New video using our new GoPro camera (we’ll have the new HD one in our hot little hands in a few weeks).

Click on Photographs & Video on the menu bar and check out the Sycamore Canyon October 2009.

Or give a click here to go directly to the Vimeo page.

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Well, its on.  Something that I’ve wanted to do for a very long time, climb the Horseshoe Meadow road from Lone Pine.  This road starts out heading up the Whitney Portal road (the way you’d drive to Mt. Whitney, the highest peak in the lower 48.), but then hooks a left turn towards these giant switchbacks.  Its 22 miles of relentless climbing (44 mile ride total as an out-and-back).  The gain is just over 6k feet, topping out at more than 9,600′ elevation.  I will say that I’m not in my best ever of shape, but for me its not about getting up there in any record time, its just about getting there.  Anyone that’s ever driven Hwy 395 (going to Mammoth or Tahoe) has seen this road, you can not miss it.  You’ve got to wonder “why”.  It is not a through road, it just climbs up and over the front of the eastern Sierras, stopping at the top for hiking trails and camping.  A massive undertaking to get this road up this mountain.  Looks like D Day will be October 10th.  I don’t have a huge “bucket list”, but this thing is on it.
Pushed back by a week to October 17th, ’cause Lone Pine is sold out!  Film Fest going on that weekend.  Only problem is weather, its getting really cold up there!
 
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Well I must have done something right, maybe saved a kitten from a tree, or smiled at an old lady, ’cause we’re going to Interbike!  Right now I need to keep the details under wraps, but the guy / shop that’s hooken’ us up is a saint.

READ THE FULL REPORT HERE

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I know http://www.socalmtb.com/ has pretty much fallen off the planet, but its still pretty cool that two pix of Lori still show up on their page.
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Have a few coming up from SoCal, and a few friends from NCal meeting in Mammoth for 4 days of fun. Looks like there is still snow on the upper half of the mountain, but Mammoth is hoping to have at least a few trails from the top, and most from mid mountain open.

READ THE FULL REVIEW HERE

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Mid April we’ll be taking ten days and hitting up a few of the classics.  First stop is Fruita, CO for a couple of days.  Next, Moab and then on the way home Hurricane, UT.

READ THE FULL REVIEW HERE

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March 6th 2009

Great interview posted on MTB Bikes.  Read it HERE!

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Saturday, February 21, 2009 three of us headed out to catch stage 7 of the Tour of California.  This stage would bring riders into Pasadena.  They’d have to cross the mountains between the high desert and the city to do it.  We planned to watch them about two-thirds of the way on a small climb just past Big Tujunga Canyon on Angeles Forest Highway.  When we arrived, about 3 hours before the first riders, we had the place to ourselves.  Soon more spectators arrived, but it never got too crazy.  And, besides one CHP motor officer, everyone was well behaved.
 
Here are a few photographs:
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