BCBR

Made it back home following a super hard and exciting BCBR. This year Kris and I had a real challenge on our hands and for the first 5 days defended our title well, staying with in a minute of the Canadian Elders Shepard and Mcgrath, until it all went sideways on day 6 and we lost 6 minutes. Doh! Day 7 want much better, but we still managed 2nd over all with not to much trouble. This year BCBR was focused on delivering the true single track experiance and they delivered. Less total ride time, but about double the single track from last year and awesome fun. Battling the Canadian mafia was rad, and Sneddon took it to them in his home town trails a few days in a row earning us some stage wins and a few seconds, but in the end the battles took thier toll. In the next 5 weeks I will be doing US Nationals, two rounds of the World Cup in Quebec, then the next 2 US Cup MTB races in New York and Vermont. Then it will be time to load up the van and move east and then before we know it, it will be Cross season. If anyone has a sweet house near the U of I campus in Urbana for us to rent, hit me up.

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Some more of this

http://www.velonews.com/article/93700/barry-wicks-journal-dodging-rapid-roadies

Mt Hood

Last week I went and raced road bikes in Oregon. It was fun and hard and hopefully made me faster. This weekend I am going back to Oregon to make a guest appearance on my old S+M squad and race the 50 mile Test of Endurance. It should be good training for BCBR which starts next Sunday. Sarah has been busy writing her thesis, attending the graduation ceremony at UCSC and reading Harry Potter books. She caught the bug and burned through the last 3 books after we watched the first 5 movies. Now she cant make fun of my Harry Potter obsession any more and we can have lively debates about what certain clues mean. It gets exciting at our house around dinner time, let me tell you! Other than the usual bike riding and napping I have been looking for places to live in Urbana when we get out there. House hunting is not exactly highly stimulating. Kabush has been trash talking my new mix tape as of late, so I eagerly await his comeback mix. I am in the process of sending a few more copies out to my peeps before I release it online, but stay calm, it will be available here soon!

Posted some new photos on fliker too.


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Linkage

If you scan the links to the right, you will see a new one, which is a link to Vernors newest film project trailer, his ride across Africa. Also some new photos have been added to my flikr site from my trip to Africa last month. Check em out.

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Surprising the cat through the window did not require a strong intellect or even an intent to surprise. All it took was a pause from the task at hand, the peeling and slicing of a juicy orange mango, and a small, squeaked “meow kiss kiss” and a face suddenly thrust forward through the cobweb framed opening. Cats are not often surprised, and to pull of such a coup with so little effort was delightful. I didn’t even know I liked to surprise cats, but it turns out I do.

Back Home

I really like sleeping in my own bed. That was a pretty long trip i had going there, and it is nice to be back home. Pretty much all I have been doing in the last few weeks is Sleeping, eating, cooking and riding the shit out of my bike. I decided after getting killed in Europe it was time to come home and get in shape, so that has been what I have been attempting to do. I think i can pedal faster now, but we will see for sure in a week or so when I get out to Alabama for the Bump and Grind round of the US cup. After that, I am headed up to Hood Rivver to do Mt Hood Classic and then Back to CSprings to do another US cup race. This past weekend I did the SoNoMas 100, kinda. After about 30 miles we all got lost and rode around for a while before heading to the lake for a swim. I cant say I missed doing those last 30 miles in 100 degree heat... Thanks to Ramjet for letting us sleep in his castle and play in his pool. Sarah is almost done with shcool now, and things are getting exciting! Almost time to think about moving and all that. Time sure does fly.

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Waiting

Tried to sleep in today because our race is not until 2:30 but was still up and at 'em by 9am. Now Kris and I are sitting around the hotel staring at each other and trying to make time go by faster. It is like a huge hurry up and wait. After the race will be chaos because Dusty has to pack the van and drive to Geneva asap for his 6am flight tomorrow and Kris and I will pack all our stuff up and then get a ride to Frankfurt with Luna. I am excited to get the race underway though and then excited to get to go back to California and eat a burrito. Thats about all i have going o nthis morning. I have been working on a new mix tape that should "drop" in the next few weeks, so get excited for that.


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