I have Been Xc racing this spring. My body type is much better suited to that than Dh racing. I Won TMBRA Bar-h SS race. Last weekend i won Hills of Hells. It used to be the 12 Miles of Hell. A race i have always wanted to do since my mentor Brent Chote, in red jersey, me in red sweats, talked about how hard it was. I owe Brent a lot to my racing and This win was for him!

I did some machining on my Alfine hub. Dh bike work has been slow.

My alfine hub is in. Now its time to get some detailed drawings done. Its hard to be motivated right now for DH, I have been riding my XC bike and park bike. Here is a little lubbock indoor park vid i did with my new HD mini cam.

Got a Alfine shifter in from holland b/c you can't get them in the usa yet. Working on getting a hub for a good price next.

Raced the G3 in angel fire new mexico. I had a fun weekend but didn't race well. still flatting my 29 single ply tires. even with a thick road tire cut in half and a tube wrapped around another tube @ 45 psi. man i hope dh 29 tires come around b/f next year.

bcd is holding a xc race at where my brother and i started riding mountain bikes @ canadian river OHV area. right click save as, then open with google earth KML

Shimano alfine hub i though had very quick engagement with its two roller clutches. It shifted real smooth and i can't wait to get one to try. thursday, tires, tires, tires. best IMO for serious trail and DH the WTB stout. nice big tall knobs that have lots of stiff buttresses. not the thick side walls we were all looking for but a great step. Salsa had a fat 35mm rim that was light, i'll be trying them out. Niners big bike looked real nice. cool to see the response of a big travel bike. schwable's tires knobs were small and not impressive. I was at fox and had a funny thing overhearing a fox shirt talking to some people about my fork dremeling, saying how retarted it was i was taking things into my own hands thinking i could make something better than they do. i love being so incognito!

I'm off to interbike,.... PA is coming on saying we are flying out 45 min late, let the fury begin! I am racing this sunday single speed @ Palo Duro Canyon TMBRA race. This will be my first SS race. Gearing is a little hard for this track. I road it with a 19-18-17-16 cassette and liked the 16 best. I walked a few climbs but there are so many momentum rollers and flat fast single track i need the gear. Dusti and me are going to Vegas. It will be her first time to interbike. I am on watch for some FAT 29er tires, with BIG knobs. Also looking forward to feeling the some geared hubs. I am looking to use one next year inboard. I have a shimano nexus trigger shifter coming from Holland, isn't that WEIRD? I'll get some pics up of cool stuff I see tomorrow night. Alex out.