Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Like A Sherman Tank.

Got out for the last ride before the Arrowhead 135. I loaded the bike up as it will be on race day morning. I have not weighed the bike but it must be 55lbs or more. I was a bit worried how it would handle in the snow, but I had no need to worry. The bike seemed to handle better than it does without being loaded down, like a true touring bike. It was awesome. I am super stoked for the race to start.

The posed bike shot.

The required self portrait, missing snot.


Panniers and sleeping pad.




The cockpit.
I had met Tom at the trail head in St. Joe but he was on a regular mtn bike. So I guess I left him in my snow dust. He did tell me to go on without him, but that wasn't my intention. I got zoned out and just went. When I realized he wasn't behind me I took the above shots to wait for him to catch up. Still no sign of Tom I retraced my tracks to make sure he wasn't laying in the ditch somewhere with a broken collar bone or something. Found his turn around tracks but decided I should just head back. I ended with 1.5 hours of easy riding.
Not much planned for the rest of the week. I do want to repack my gear so I will play around with that I guess.
Later.



4 comments:

tman said...

No need to worry Ben, I had I great ride just couldn't do the snowmobile trails today. When I decided to punt on the trails you were around a corner and out of sight. Rode a combination of trails, gravel, pavement etc and ended up back at the trail head with about 2:15 of excellent riding. It was a very good example of what a pugsley can do that a MB (even one set up for winter riding) can't on semi-soft trails. I'll ride the trails again with you when there rock hard.

Eric said...

yo' shit looks dope! best of luck to you, my friend!

oh, and the L5 arrived on monday. you guys did a great job...

that goofy fucking thing...

could use some murdered-out velocity deep-section wheels, though. put the rasta tape on since I'm so close to the islands. need to scare up some pedals and I'm rollin'

chance said...

looks good man! I wish you the best! I hope you finish, can't wait to hear your crazy stories!

the schad family said...

Good luck man, soak it all in.