Saturday, October 31, 2009

It's been a while...

The blog has been down. Moving, trade shows, and all that other crap that life throws your way. Luckily, mediocrity is resilient enough to survive a down period every now and then.

So, needless to say, I've done some riding since August. And some good ones, too. Rode in Utah with some Belgians, rode in Belgium, Seattle, and some other places. San Diego is already a distant memory now. So that means I'm back in time for Toertocht season here in Limburg.

There are a few memorable rides to post up, but because I'm lazy I'll post the newest first and go backwards. Or maybe just in the middle and keep going until I'm done. So that puts us at the Tapeworm trails in Seattle. I wrote about these trails over a year ago I guess. This time I was there with the king of Tapeworm, GG, rocking the belgian twenty-niner.

Tapeworm is an hour and a half of intense, technical, eyes glued to the trail, physical intensity. Cut into a small area of woods, the trail keeps wrapping back on itself, sometimes making you dizzy but always making sure you are alert. Some little baby stunts are thrown in to keep you on your toes, and the G rocks a couple of these in the vid.

A little shout out to my Belgian 29er, this bike is insanely good, Tachelet rocked it in the desert, I rode it in California and even at the Tapeworm it rode like a charm. A veritable jack of all trades.

Ok, here's a little video of Tapeworm, more to come.