Mountaingoat news

Huckin' it

2009-09-10T12:03:00.001-05:00

Blackberry video doesn't do it justice. These guys were going big out at Pets last night.

Kyra's 18th

2009-09-08T08:18:00.001-05:00

Happy Birthday!

Champs

2009-08-31T16:41:00.003-05:00

Two of my favorite racers won this weekend. Lori took the win in the last lap up in Green Bay.Pic by AmyAnd George will be donning the Stars and Stripes for the next year.

Palos

2009-08-30T19:07:00.003-05:00

Expert start lineGage was 2nd in the 19 and under expert. Congrats to Kevin and Holly Klug for winning the men and women Expert overalls.More pics here.

The New Style

2009-08-20T17:28:00.002-05:00

I've noticed a new trend this summer at the races. Dudes in dresses. Or maybe they are just skirts, or skorts? I think some call them kilts. Here's the deal, we already look ridiculous enough with our full body lycra skinsuits, our shaved legs, the long black socks with white shoes (reminds me of my Grandpa doing yardwork), our mismatched jersey designs meant to stand out from the crowd. White

Mind your own business

2009-08-19T10:19:00.003-05:00

So last Thursday Gage was invited to do the Beat Down ride out of Hales Corners. I was a little hesitant at first. It's a fast ride and it's a drop ride. Thinking about it though, I know all the guys out there and wasn't really concerned with Gage getting dropped and lost. Enough of those guys are friends I didn't imagine he would get stuck out there on his own. But that's not what happened. Dest

Performance

2009-08-11T20:39:00.002-05:00

JuniorX

2009-08-05T12:35:00.000-05:00

24 Hours of Nine Mile, The Finish

2009-07-27T13:19:00.003-05:00

EXPO juniors.1st Place in Juniors and 3rd Place overall. Yes, overall. They beat all but one expert team and one dang fast old guys team. Pics are in the process of going up here. Results are here.Other race reports are here. And my whining is here.

24 Hours of Nine Mile

2009-07-24T13:14:00.001-05:00

I'll be twittering it all weekend. Check it yo!

EXPO Webcam

2009-07-15T18:49:00.002-05:00

We were able to get a pick of the EXPO Crew on the Sol Vista Webcam this afternoon. That's the whole crew standing in front of the podium waving.

Connector

2009-07-14T14:05:00.002-05:00

Hit up Kettle last weekend with Jerry, Kevin and The Baron. Rode the new entrance to the connector for the first time. Awesome stuff. Also have grown to love the climbing on the White loop and the entire Orange loop. It's July, so you know what that means. Most of my spare time is taken up with watching the Tour. Record on DVD the live version and then we pretty much keep the TV on Versus the

Expo Juniors at Nationals

2009-07-13T11:22:00.001-05:00

10 of the EXPO juniors are heading to Granby Colorado to race the Mountainbike National Championships. Follow their exploits Here and Here.

I'll admit it...

2009-07-03T15:25:00.002-05:00

I'm secretly pulling for Lance. Especially after reading stuff like this:The Coup

Le Tour

2009-06-30T11:35:00.001-05:00

I can't wait. Ain't nothing going to be sorted out.Lance and Contador will be going at each others throats.

9 miles

2009-06-07T19:53:00.000-05:00

1st in age and juniors. 11th overall.2nd singlespeeder.

The newest singlespeeder

2009-05-25T14:48:00.002-05:00

Dest hasn't been on a bike in 15 years. Yesterday she rode Rachael's Rigid 29er Singlespeed out at the Mesa, on trails that aren't beginner rated. I actually expected her to walk a lot more than she did but she rode a bunch of it just fine. And, let that be a lesson for you short people that think you can't go the way of the big wheel. She is 5'2" and handled the bike just fine. You have to go

Reclaimation Project

2009-05-20T17:44:00.002-05:00

The new/old trail is halfway finished. Added a new bridge today. One more bridge, 16 pavers and about 50 more yards of some serious bench cutting and we'll be done.

Expo Juniors at Iola

2009-05-18T18:29:00.003-05:00

Gage made it look easy at Iola. 1st place in age and 16 overall.He must be doing some secret training I don't know about. Brandon Led the way for the first part of the lap.You have to love it when a couple of 15 year olds on singlespeeds are killing the front of a sport race. Now they just have to learn to stay awake on the podium.Myles took third in the new Junior X category. He also would have

Track Night, New EXPO Junior Kits

2009-05-13T09:34:00.002-05:00

Stupid Quotes

2009-05-09T19:37:00.003-05:00

"There is still a force, there is a desire, there is still a dream: to win the Tour de France and, most importantly, to restore my good name and prove that one and a half years ago I did not use any banned substance. I want to prove that I can win without doping," Vinokourov told sports.kz.So in 2007 he won the first TT and he won stage 15 in the Tour. Now in the same sentence he says that he

It works

2009-05-07T17:59:00.001-05:00

Fresh Brewed Trail

2009-05-07T15:40:00.002-05:00

Actual riding has taken a back seat for now while I work on a trail project that I've been thinking about for a few years. There's been one section of trail on the side of a ridge out at Pets but it's never had a good entrance or exit to it. Mostly walk-a-bike kind of stuff. Plus the trail that is there has fallen into disrepair. This week Destiny, Zoe and I finished the exit to it. Brand new

A Sad State

2009-05-05T20:40:00.004-05:00

A couple weeks ago everyone was feeling all sorry for poor little Tyler Hamilton. "He didn't try to dope, he was just depressed." Blah, Blah, Blah. Let's not forget he won a medal in the Olympics by injecting the blood of another person into himself. He was also fired from Tinkoff after it was found he was storing doped up blood and his wife was paying for illegal substances from Dr. Eufemiano

Tour of the Gila

2009-04-28T16:46:00.002-05:00

Good luck to Mitch and Sandy in New Mexico this week. Mitch is racing the 3's and Sandy will have a full team in the Pro women's category.