Today was the day…I had been semi-training for this long mountain bike ride for about a month now…and I am not going. Sometimes, as mountain bikers and obsessed cyclists, we have to make the decision to skip a large ride in favor of what we have going on at home. The decision to ride or not to ride is a tough one as we weigh the preparation vs. other obligations....

I am going to use this Monday morning to tell on myself a little bit. Two weekends ago, after my great road ride in the mountains Saturday morning, I hit the lake for some watercraft and wake boarding action. Now…it had been YEARS since I had strapped in behind a boat, but I hit it balls to the wall without a care in sight. The result…fell hard several times...

In my attempt to populate the world with more mountain bikers, I thought I would start at home! Most of you have probably already seen the thread on Johnny’s girlfriend aka. my future wife’s new bike. Yesterday we got the change to get it dirty for the first time at in Woodstock, GA.  Blankets Creek is probably the best beginner trail that I am aware of....

The winter riding season has ended for the 07/08 season, so I thought I would share my favorite picture from the year. This one was taken at Rich Mountain during the last of the cold rides. We started off the ride in the low 30’s with several inches of snow that was left over from several days before. It really made for a beautiful landscape to start the climb...