cars suck

So pretty much the drive back from Tucson sucked. We left Tucson at around 1 and were making some pretty good time until we hit the reservation. To make a long story short we got stuck behind an accident for 3 hours. It was awful. After that we started cruising again and sure enough the roads turn to an ice rink and Trevor slides off the road into a ditch. Luckily everyone was ok and his car wasn't damaged. He was even able to drive out of the ditch. It was pretty wild. Our drive back ended up taking us 13 hours. It was ridiculous. I think I have some more pictures from our last days in Tucson but I dunno. Today I colored my single speed worlds entry form. It was pretty awesome. I felt like an 8 year old and my coloring abilities reflected the skills of a 5 year old. Im out peace

we had nothing better to do

This is what happens when it rains and we can't go riding

new years ect

We have settled into a pretty nice routine down here in Tucson. We pretty much just wake up, eat breakfast, go on a fatty ride, eat more food, relax, eat some more food, relax some more and sleep. I dig it. Its going to be pretty brutal to go back to cold ass Durango but Im looking forward to it. I'll be done with base and hopefully the snow will be real good for some skiing. New years was pretty fun even though we didn't do too much exciting. We just enjoyed some beverages and popped bottles champagne at midnight. It would have been more fun back in Durango but it was still a good time.


At one point Trevor and Soller got in a epic wrestling match resulting in Kevin eating a shoe. It was entertaining. Yesterday we rode Mt Lemon wich was pretty sweet. Its not often that you can find a 30 mile climb to pedal your bike up. Here are some pictures from Lemon.

Tucson

Tucson has been really nice lately. It been really warm and we have been doing a ton of riding. The past two days have been the sickest days of riding. We have been tagging along with the Colorado Premier Training base camp and its been great. One of the highlights of the past two days was being able to ride with Tour de France participant Danny Pate. He's a really chill dude and fun to ride with. Today we are taking an easier day because we have ridden 15 hours in the past 3 days. We will probably just cruise out towards Collossal Caves. We have been doing pretty much nothing but riding and relaxing. Our post ride activities usually consist of playing uno and drinking beer. Its a pretty good combo. Here are some pictures from yesterday.

Dylan got sunburned

Trevor is a mutant

The group heading out to the middle of nowhere

Trev and Himalaya Howie gettin their swell on

Rotem from Israel

Crawford

long time no post

Well its been a while since I last updated this thing. Right now im down in Tucson for three weeks to get my suffer on. Its pretty sweet. We went on a sick ride today and got in over 5 hours. Sweet! It feels real good to be training again. I took a long time off after mtb season and pretty much did nothing. It was nice but Im definitely back into bike mode. Here are some random pictures from my adventures since my last post. Enjoy

RALLY OF THE DEAD

Himalaya Howie lookin super fly


Good ol' bike derby bike toss

My new cats

Nerf Basketball

Man was I suffering this morning.  I had to wake up all early and go teach bike camp and we decided to ride Animas Mountain of all places.  Ouch.  The night before we had ourselves an intense game of nerf basketball and it got intense.  Im surprised there weren't and injuries. Check out the action shots.

I raced the Crested Butte Mountain States Cup last weekend.  It went Awful.  I had a good start and lead for the first 10ish minutes and then my chest exploded.  It hurt bad.  I could taste blood in my mouth and my whole chest burned really bad and I was forced to pull over and try to catch my breath.  I think it was asthma related because I have a history of exercise induced asthma and when I got back to the car I took a hit of Trevor's inhaler and within seconds I could breathe alot better.  Overall the weekend was fun.  Me and trevor entered a beanbag throwing contest and won some sick prizes and then I won a a sick set of xt hydraulic disc brakes.  It was sick!  and to top it off there was free beer. 

Tomorrow me and Trevor are packing up and heading down to Sandy, Utah for the Deer Valley NORBA.  Its gunna be sweeeeeet.  Well im sufferin and feel like watching a movie so Im OUT.  

bennny

bikes and blood

Well not much has been going on lately. I finally built up my new carbon anthem and I love it.  It rides really smooth.  I cant wait to race it out east.

In other news Howard almost lost an eye riding Chads Secret Trail.  He was walking up the hike-a-bike section and a branch dominated his face.  Luckily it only thrashed his eyelid and not his eyeball.  It was soooo gnarly when it happened.  Me and Trevor were up the trail and we heard him yelling at us so we went back and found him standing there with blood seeping out of his eye and dripping down his face.  It was pretty scary.  An emergency room visit and some stitches made him all better.

The Junior MTB Worlds were today.  My teammate rob pulled a solid 23rd place finish but besides that the U.S. got pretty dominated.  I think it's funny how USA Cycling says they only pick riders who they think are medal capable yet three of the four juniors finished two laps down and in the bottom 1/3 of the field.  Awesome.  USA Cycling obviously has the whole team selection thing down.  

I have alot of racing coming up in the next 5 weeks.  Im going to Crested Butte tomorrow and then going to Deer Valley the weekend after that, and then I fly out to the east coast where I will be racing Fitchburg, the New York NORBA, and the Mountain Bike National Championships.  It should be a good time.