Getting warmer.....

Framing the Horsethief Drop-in, Photo: Nancy Morlock

The weather has changed for the better and it's time to return to the lifestyle I love, riding bikes, getting dirty, and occasionally getting hurt! My shoulder injury ended up be just a slight separation (self diagnosis). I'm already riding again after just a week and a half off; sore but steady.

Photo: Nancy Morlock

Last weekend I attended a great tradeshow/expo in Minneapolis put on by QBP (the biggest bicycle supply company in the country). Minneapolis is a great city with a tremendous cycling community, but gosh-darn its COLD. I visited the famous One-on-one Bike Studio - right down the street from Deja-Vu gentleman's club and right next to Sexworld. Needless to say, its a great neighborhood! The scene was great, a cacophony of shared interests (mostly involving music, drink, and bikes).

Yesterday, I cleared the cobwebs and dust off my gear and headed to Kokopelli. Horsetheif was as good as it gets. I filmed a good chunk of it for a video project I'm doing. Cleaned the drop-in for the first time of the year - 1 for 1...I think I should keep a log of attempts (I'm probably at about 50% lifetime - it's an ever-changing doozy!)

Today I awoke in Moab -the product of some sort of alien abduction I'm sure. Making the best of a strange situation, I got with my gal Nancy and my manfriend Tyson (the chosen one). We slayed Porcupine Rim and I again logged over an hour of footage. I've known Tyson to be one of the best riders around for awhile and I think I at least captured a glimpse of that on video.

;Rider: Tyson Swayze, Photo: Nancy Morlock

I've got cake to eat, so I'm Audi 5000. Tomorrow Jackson's is waiting.....

Mob n' the Mojave 2009

Just returned from the Mob n' the Mojave race this past weekend in Bootleg Canyon. I placed 3rd in Saturdays Super-D race and somewhere mid-pack in the DH. In my DH race run I crashed within the first 100 yds. and did quite a number on my shoulder, I jumped back on and managed to finish just ~20 secs back from 1st. Would have been an exceptional run without the pile-up, but I'm pleased with my performance anyhow. Hopefully my shoulder isn't too badly banged up, I'll be seeing the doctor this evening.

More to come....

Winter Fun Vol. 2

Winter Fun Vol. 2 - OTE Shop Trip 2009 from NoahColorado on Vimeo.

Man, I suck at updates lately...

I'm at LAX right now. LAX is the loudest airport ever. The loudspeaker system is entirely too loud. When it finally quiets down, the steady drone of people talking on cell phones fills the air. I'm huddled down against the wall poaching the scarce outlets with a couple other geeks - they are probably doing powerpoint presentations about TPS reports.

I left Tokyo at 4:50pm on Tuesday, it's now 10:57am on Tuesday and I've already been on a plane for 9 hours today....or was I on the plane tomorrow? Tuesday will be ~40 hours long for me by the time the clock strikes 12:00 am in Fruita tonight. That is as long as most peoples work week - all crunched into one day. It'd be kinda cool if you could do this every week and then have the remaining 6 days off.

Before I flew out Nancy and I got to throw beans at a demon - I'm tired and a little loopy but that did happen, I've got the pictures to prove it. It's the first day of spring today in Japan (Setsuban) apparently and they like to throw beans at guys dressed up like demons to keep them away and have good luck. It's called Kutan day, google it. It seems like you can find someone dressed up in a big ornate, cartoonish costume everyday in Japan - it's always some kind of holiday or celebration.

Anyway, I'll post more when I get back to homebase. Til' then enjoy this picture of a rotor burn...