Alex Morgan blog about bcd and where it takes me

7-09-07 drve to hitlers place, "the eagles nest". it has been raining all day and was socked in up there so we didn't get any cool views like the glacier, but i was cool to see none the less. you went into the arched entrence then up a tunnle to a big brass elivator into the "nest". not much up there really and it was a dissapointment to us b/c there was no english translation for the movie or history posters. Then drove to just out side salzburg and got a room. it was a lot cheeper here. ate some good pork MIT spekzle and a bier. d had bier and coke, i guess they sell jack and coke in a can too? O, we also hit a fleemarket thing in this tiny town on the way to eagles nest. d had fun shopping for handmade stuff, we ate at this rad bier garden and had some great wurst mit kraut.

7-08-07 had a crap morning of practice run. almost ate it 3x, then stopped to get ahold of myself, then slidout on a low berm into a tree with my arm, it hurts bad, but i am still racing. its dewy slick in the trees but should burn off. i thought the work they did to the track would have helped, still super deep brake bumps. other americans luke S is riding good. riffle is steady. still having fun but for me its just get down clean now. no attacking. i am staying here tonight and will watch and shoot the final, ill have some pics. HERE are some pics i posted on ridemonkey.

RACE RUN: i never really got all my lines down. the track was that hard and ruff i didn't have the energy to ride it 4x fast. i hiked some to keep trying lines. My arm was sore my race run but i put it out of my mind and was going fast 1/3 the way down, thru all the steep trees to the exit and then relaxed. then i went down and rolled under the tape. the track is so tech one laps of perfect mind thought or 4'' of missed line put you on some roots or a blown out dead end rut that takes you down. lost 10 secs. got up going and road a fine to the end and finished 159th of 208. not the top 100 like i was wanting, that was 18 secs away. 80th place the last spot to qual was 4:29, i was a 4:53. fast guys over here for sure.

7-07-07 rolling the dice today! off to practice, nice sunshine and its should dry out today. my pic links are messed up i now. formula gave me some 200mm rotors b/c with the extra 2lbs of mude on my tires!, i need them.

had a good practice. hitting lines and gainning speed. i o off 135th @ 11:42:30. 205 total riders going for top 80, its going

7-06-07 off to reg and walk the track. i am taking my camera for pics. partlly cloudy@10am.

tracks looked easy till i saw the new fresh cut trees. real WC stuff. steep and loam/roots. i haven't raced on this stuff since old VT tracks, but steeper like yard sale w/o the rocks and 3x as long. went OTB once, not bad. every 4th rider crashed or stopped. no spikes, everyone is on them, my 29 wheels weight a ton when muddy! wish i had spikes. but sunday its dry we hope. its cold and snowed last night way up high on the peeks.

7-05-07 day 3 Had a hard time getting up but that morning. then ate a REAL continental breakfast, fast.then walked down to the rental and got a 4 door hatch focus. not what we wanted and yet again the passat TDI was gone b/c our late start back in amarillo. guess i have to drop it now. i let D drive out onto A1 toward schladming. stopped in at this lake where there was a palace on a island. it rianed half the time and d's feet were blistered and wet. back in the ford :( and down the road to schladming. rad drive on the autobahn. had the ford pinned @ 4.5k 160km. we were still getting passed. then HALT to a 2hr 2to1 lane for 200m of small construction, gheesh. we got into schladming to our cool old hotel across the street from the big church and with in sound of the finish anouncer. haven't been over there yet. Got my bike out of its box's and everything was there, poof i have a bike, manana.

7-04-07 So we finally took of from dallas 2hrs late, b/c it was rainning so hard they could not pull the plane up to the gate. 4th of july in London, great. not a USA flag in site, i guess thats my problem should have got one b/f i left. Being as we missed our first flight our all out cool window seats were different so we were stuck in the middle of our 777. there was an open seat next to me which i used thoroughly for all my junk and to lay down in. after getting off the plane in london we got in the EU passport line only to get put in the back of the line for all BUT EU. freek'in took like 2hrs to get thru, so now we missed our next flight to munich. see how it works? one cancelled flight in little only amarillo = crap down the line. We got thru no problems to get to Heathrow via bus. So we check in with british air for the trip to munich 2 hours later than our first flight. Danged if the brit chineese chic didn'thook us up to BIZ class! We strutted our was into the wide seats and masive leg space and wipped our faces with hot towels! dadburn! You know what they say about biz class, once you do it you might never go back. So props to Kate @ Brit air! back the the swank. snack came 1hr b/f we arived at munich. it was salmon, cheese, greens. white wine, bread and apple tart. flew right over normandy and then near munich the nuraburgring. landed at munich and both my bike box's came to me down the convayor, good deal. by now we are 6 hrs late and have missed the rental pickup. so we just trained near to the rental and with a little walking and a small tram ride we had a room. Next dinner, we went into a pub and d got beer and jay and i got water, sat a while them realized they didn't serve food, we drank up and went down to a bistro and had fish and steak to the tune of €80! crap we got snaked. it was good but not $110! after that we learned to order "leit su wassa" tap water. on to day 3 drive to schladming!

Day One - Already the adventure has begun. Jackie Smith, our travel partner Jacobs dad, was not even out of the airport parking lot when we learned that our flight to Dallas had been cancelled. We stood at the AA counter for about 30 minutes trying to get things straightened out. We had to buy tickets to Dallas on Southwest to the tune of $150 each. Then, we had to taxi from LUV to DFW. AA gave us a voucher for the taxi and for a bite to eat as well as the price of their own one-way fare from AMA to DFW. This changed every other flight in our plan, as well. Instead of flying from DFW to Frankfurt, we are going to London. In London we have to transfer from Gatwick to Heathrow via the train. Planes, trains, and automobiles! In the end this puts us into Munich about three hours later than our original itinerary. It's all working out. We should even have a couple of hours in London. That'll be fun!.

Right now, we are having Munich/supper at 4:22 PM at DFW's Reata Grill. Jacob said it was one of the best burgers he has ever had! my flat encaladas were VERY mild and would not even be mexican in my book. We headed to the gate to find out our jet was 4 gates down and was parked just shy of the ramp because it is pouring rain and lighting. No telling when we get out of here but there is no doubt about it when we get in london to get o Heathrow we will be rushed.

So, with the new itenarary i need to get 100lbs of bike boxs on the train and across london with my carry-on in tow. Luckily my carry on has a backpack built in and with a painfully $70 purchase of a roller luggage add-on at brookstone in DFW i now will be able to make the transfer in london.

6-30-07 MSA race report . getting ready for austria world cup. i leave tuesday. i am putting in a new main pivots bearings size and fitting a fox 40 for 29 wheels.

5-29-07 lots of news! rebuild my inedible 29er to the geometry that will be on the new bikes to give it a try at angel fire NMBS.I was flatting my 29er tubes so i went to 26 DH tubes and was able to go to 30psi fine. so the bike was race ready, and that is what i did. 19th place my new BAR @ a nat. The bike was MADE for angel fires high speeds and huge rock gardens! worked flawless and gave me the edge to break out of the mid pack to top 20.

I am selling my WB inverted DH fork with from 120x20 wheel - perfect condition - 6'' - lightened and lowered - wtb rim - custom 120x20 WIDE front hub. $600 NOW! email me

I9 came on board as my sponsor and i could not be happier with the wheels! If you know me at all i only run stuff that works. I9's are how wheels should have been made from the start! they are perfect.

4-26-07 Well, i finally got most all my material in. Still waiting on a few pieces. I hope to get some molds started next week.

Also am doing a dirt jam on may 5th then a park jam on the 6th right here in amarillo, hot spot! i'll have some video and pics.

3-30-07 time sure fly's. the inevitable is all drawn to its final design and i am ordering hold material to start cutting them out next week. I got tickets to Austria for the World cup there after i do MSA. We will see how it goes if i am getting some top 50's i am going to Slovenia in the fall too. Here is the race schedule i have planed for bcd this year.

2-07-07 LOL get is 2x07......anyway the UCI team decline is going off. here is the rider list. This has to be THE coolest shot i have ever seen and its real! I cracked Baaaaaa and got a Baaaa ipod during the superbowl off EBAY, get stuff cheap each year! lots of syncing to do.

1-25-07 Looks like the UCI team i started is going to happen with the help of Scott Hart at DECLINE. Should be fun racing the Alien again!

1-20-07 Well i spent the $250 to get my woodward video clips back, so here it is, Adam Hauck part 3 of 5!

1-18-07 Well this is the first time i have had to get my PC worked on by a pro. $250 later i have the contents of my 300gig drive back and BACKED up on DVD! do it now kids! get caught up i'll finish editing woodward stuff. I ordered a Doberman Pincher to dirt jump on, should be here next week. I am selling my red Yeti frame for $300. I have been watching the Dakar rally from a feed from this guy, such an endurance event! I would love to give it a go someday.

1-13-07 - I wanted to get more Woodward video stuff posted but i had my 300gig HD crash that had all my backup and video clips on it. I have such bad luck with hard drives. Well the meeting with the city went well and was well received and they will bring it up again the next meeting in six weeks. not that I am in a hurry. Its FEEK'in freezing here, i'm off today to buy some insulation so i can keep working in the cold. I don't know how people live where there is real winter for all the winter months!

1-01-07 - Here is PNUT part 1 of 5 atomlab super session videos from Woodward West. Happy New year!

12-26-06 - Thanks to all who have signed my petition. its great to see peoples names that i know from all over the nation. Eli Krahenbuhl, Joshua Prater, Luc Albert, Brian Buell, David Camp, Price Seliger, Taylor Rowlands and Dave Weagle just to name a few. I am headed out there today to post all the names on the bulletin board i have at the trail head so if anyone walks over there they can see the support we have. Thanks Alex and merry Christmas! O, Thor's new bike.

12.19.06 - OK, the dirt jumps i have worked on for around 800hrs on city land need your help to stay up.

Well, with the construction going on right next to the 9th st dirt jumps we need to make know the amount of people that use this area. Petitions have seen set in place and we need you help to make sure the jumps don't get torn down but turned into a legal area for WE the cycling community to ride. Please click this thread and then the red link to sign the petition.

We need numbers to make this work!

12.11.06 - New blog day one. Got back from SuperSession @ Woodward west. It was my first time there, lots of stuff to ride and some new weird transitions to hit. First day i road hard and was super sore for the rest of it My favorite area was the concrete park. It had a great layout and was super fun to get into a never ending loop. I shot about 2hrsr of video and have been slowly editing it down to 20 min. Here is a couple of screens.

10-2-06 Race vids page all cleaned up. check out the final descent! Now the bad news. Seth Harney long time bcd rider cut his index and middle finger off his left hand while on the saw making some cabinets. He can still ride but will need a special front brake lever.

8-27-06 I am taking $1000 deposits for 2007 inevitable race frames Get in line early to get the first ones out!

5-18-06 We got our cnc running and are buying some tooling now to make some new molds with.

4-22-06 Here is the video from Angel Fire dh. The wheels held up fine and were THE best thing ever over the rocks/roots. I did flat at the top rock garden @ 40 PSI. Need to get some real dh tires going for sure.

4-15-06 Alex will be at chilli chalenge in angel fire new mexico this weekend. ask how the 29ers are working and demo the bike.

3-21-06 The 32lb BCD Inedible 29er prototype is built up and will be raced in the Cloudcroft DH on 4-29.

3-20-06 One more race (5-2) added to Tuesday MTB series!!

3-10-06 An article about Alex and BCD just came out in Decline magazine. There is a picture of the article on ridemonkey.

2-28-06 Alex went to the 100 Acre Woods Rally. Pix and a cool video on ridemonkey.

2-3-06 We moved the carousel again in Coronado mall, assisted by a few bike racers. It seems like half the bike racers in NM, some of whom are now pros or semipros, have worked moving the carousel at one time or another.
Also Hawke is putting on a Tuesday Night MTB series in April in Alb.

1-9-06 While in Albuquerque to move one of the carousels, we went to Espanola to get BMW shell for future rally project. It had been there so long that a tree had grown against it. Getting it out turned into a major project.

12-4-05 Hawke got third at NM state CX.

11-15-05 Hawke is workng on a website for Tillamook Bay Gas Turbines, his former employer.

11-7-05 Alex got a little writeup on the DECLINE website.

11-6-05 We recently bought a CNC mill and a little lathe.