It was hot, very hot and I was soaked! The heat was bearing down so hard, that I felt like I was in a pressure cooker. Sopping wet from sweat and covered in dirt kicked up by my tires, I was completely grimy and I could taste the salt in the sweat running down my [...]
Read full post...Don’t let the topic fool you… yea this is about a turd in the campsite, but it’s a story about our dog that should be told.
About 7 years ago my wife and I decided to go backpacking at Mill Springs in Pisgah, NC. We loaded up our backpacks, took Alex (our golden retriever) and headed [...]
Francis Beatty Night Ride & Owl
Night Ride, Nov 19th, 2008
Got in my first winter night ride… well it still might be fall, but it sure as hell felt like winter! Froze my butt off! Okay, it was around 36.8 degrees, for the most part I didn’t get too cold except for my hands and feet. [...]
Chain Suck… Sucks!
I have a Ventana El Padrino an within weeks of building her up I started getting chain suck. I checked it out, run through the gears, it had no issues and shifted perfectly on the bike stand. Back out on the trail I got the chain suck again.
Most of my chain suck happened [...]