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Yep, that's a phone line insulator.

One of the few things I miss about living on the Shore is riding with that madman. Ah well… that's the tradeoff for having thousands of km of virgin singletrack at yer door I guess.

Nice ass….

I dont really like the sequence as much, but here it is if you're interested…

> oh, and btw- it's SHIVER, not Shivers. There's one fork per bike, not two.

:nerd:

Ehxxxxcellent……the master plan is working……

SMITHERS! Release the hounds….

I like how the chick has gotten older since the contest started. She was only 11 the first couple of weeks.

Hasn't gotten any further down that boardwalk yet though.

OK, his name is Dean Tennant and he's from the other Deep Cove near Victoria….and he's a full on ripper.

He came out last winter for a little Groundhog Day session.

CHECK IT

Wow, does that look like the Okanagan or what?

The weird thing about this shot is that the flash isn't mine. I jsut happend to catch another flash in the shot. I've got a few like this kicking around, but the blur on this one kind of makes it for me.

I rode my mountain bike tonight with a bunch of my neighborhood bros. Full mooner, clear and dry. No watchers to be seen, nobody telling me I'm riding the wrong direction and importantly, nobody bitching.

Guess what? I get to wake up in 6hrs and ride again. And then again 10hrs after that. And plans are to go again 12hrs after that. There's lots of things that chap my @$$ but riding more is the focus. Right?

Watchers. They see you but you don't see them.

I'll be watching you in your sleep tonight…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_aycC3vsAE

Penticton, Kelowna, and I just had a request for Merritt.

Got four interested so far. Just gotta co-ordinate for dates.

Come ride the Interior…

I'm offering the low, low rate of $60 a day per person. The only catch is I need a minimum of 6 riders to make that work. We'd be starting early to take advantage of the daylight, and would be getting LOTS of riding.

Basically, ride 'till ya puke.

DH and AM style, just let me know beforehand so I can co-ordinate different riders.

Oh, and I've got all kinds of accommodation options available, from dirtbag squatting to full on luxury B[HTML_REMOVED]B's.

Get on it, the season is quickly fading.

More info at http://bushpilotbiking.com/fall-special-60day/ or just email me…

smoke@bushpilotbiking.com

The Bog is open with some pushing through snow.

The Mice is clear to the Reservoir. Watch for the occasional deadfall as the snow was a bit heavier this winter. Lots of tamarack leaning across the trail in less traveled areas.

Rock Oven is clear all the way, although there is a pretty good washout on the climb.

Snowline is now over 3k' above the lake, and it's melting fast. Kobau should be good to go in about 2 or 3 weeks!

Time to get this party started!

Campbell Mtn - 100% good to go, and has been for weeks
Jerry's/Separatist Mtn - 100% clear

3 Blind Mice - Some deadfall at higher elevations. Small snow patches at Cow's End. Reservoir is still snowed in, but we rode across Tripod to High Pony yesterday and no problems. I'm anticipating hitting Rainbow from the top either later this week or at the latest next week.

Carmi/Peat Bog. Lower sections are clear, with some new features. Upper Bog is still a couple of weeks from being clear.

Rock Oven - Good to go from the bottom, but the doubletrack climb has been badly washed out in a couple of spots. Ellis Canyon entrance is a good month from being clear.

Kobau - anticipate it being ready for the first ride on the May long weekend.

Harrrrumphhhh rhymes with thread digger bump.

Dear Old Guys of NSMB,

My groms are dropping me and telling me I'm uncool. My only recourse is to issue more chores, cut off their Internet, dock their allowance, refuse to fix their MTB's or moto's and padlock the fridge.

Any other sage wisdom from those who are closer to retirement than getting their driver's license? I'm heading out to the back 20 behind the house to continue digging berms into the horse trails…….. tell me what you know.

How about droppin' that bottle and cuttin' that throttle, Nardo? Might be all that twist in the wrist is impeding your performance levels.

Oh, time to resurrect an old thread.

Here's the Quiver Rock, about 3 minutes before it got it's name…

Some more shots and the story behind the guy with the big mustache and the tight pants over at:

http://bushpilotbiking.com/quiver-rock-origin-story/3965/