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yep thats a helicopter.  don't ask me why but a few weeks ago he hovered right at canopy level over mandi and i for a few seconds.  we were heading out for ride on south haddix trail.  strange.  oh yea it was US military.

the ss's posing.   i have really been enjoying my ss lately, maybe to much.  

my new super prototype 27 spoke front wheel.  been testing it like this for a good three months.  gotta love disc brakes.   

peace.  joey. 

Sorry about the blogging lapse it won't bloggin happen again.   So we have been pretty busy lately.  ridin, workin, eatin, ridin, workin, eatin, ridin, workin, eatin, you get the drift.  mandi has had 3 different jobs in the last three weeks!  i think she may have found a keeper though.  so race season has definantly begun.  quick break down so far:  mt wood rainy, cold, muddy,cold, good for joey not so good for mandi ( broken freehub=5 miles of running). big bear lake, warm sunny, flat, fast, bumpy, good for everybody else.   mandi and i have been rippin around on our ss alot lately.  there hard to ride but lots of fun and very little maintenance.   next up is a weekend off from racing and the promise of good weather from the weather guessers.  hopefully a couple epic rides fall into place this weekend, but no plans.  next race will be middle mountain mamma in douthat st park va.  some of best trails i have ever ridden.  here are some pics, enjoy.   or maybe not.  seems the picture function is not working.  look at this for the time being.

 peace.  joey.

In case some of you are wondering......Yes Jewlie made it back and looks great.  Here is the after picture.

Our garage is looking really orange with two complete mountain bikes and two singlespeeds also.  My cross bike needs to be sent back for a new team paint real soon. 

Here is a pic of Jewelie and ?  Joey still hasn't named his bike yet.

Joey and I did our first race on sunday in Virginia.  The Dirty Dawg.  It wasn't such a great memory.  I placed second but felt horrible, Joey took a wrong turn and lost quite a few minutes to finish fourth.  Not such a great race, no cash, or food.  Just a $30 dollar entry fee and I got a tire.  Probably won't attend this one again.  Oh well, the first race is always a shock to the body.  I'm sure mountwood will be much better.  What is going on with this weather?  80* 2 days ago! Now its only 31* and very windy.   oh yeah and now it is snowing.  I hate this!!!!!!!!!!!! 

Hey Scott how is that new trail coming?  If you haven't rode at Watters Smith State Park any time soon, YOU ARE MISSING OUT!  BE SURE to check out the WVMBA race there this year.

mandi