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Theo x 2 x 3

November 10, 2007 – 2:17 pm

The planets must have been in alignment as Slim, Andy, and I all found ourselves with a free Friday afternoon to get back out to Theodore Wirth Park. Slim and I having been out for a ride there this past Monday we got to show Andy around for his first visit to the trails. I’ve been burying my nose in my computer for the last few weeks working on a few different weddings so it really felt good to get out again and just clear the brain of anything computer related and just hear the sound of my tires zipping over the dirt trails.

I decided to bring along my point and shoot and it wasn’t long before I realized how much easier it is to take photos with a real camera as the shutter lag on my point and shoot is quite long. Anyway a few photos to share at least!

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Theodore Wirth Park

November 6, 2007 – 11:21 am

Slim and I made use of a nice chilly Monday afternoon to get out on our bikes at Theodore Wirth Park. Theo Wirth is a trail that is truly unique in that it almost falls in the shadow of downtown Minneapolis. I can’t imagine there are many trails that allow you to hit dirt so close to a major metropolitan area.

The weather was brisk and the first bits of snow we’ve seen this year fell upon us while riding. But the leaf strewn trails were fast and we only saw one other rider the entire time we were there. It was great to be out.

I also made use of my new remote camera trigger and took my first ever self portrait mountain bike shot (see the last image). Of course I set the shutter speed a bit to slow and I ended up with a blurry shot. I’m hoping to go out again on Friday and give it another shot. I’ll try and take some close-ups of my setup as well.
Theodore Wirth Park

Theodore Wirth Park

Theodore Wirth Park

Theodore Wirth Park

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“Night” Riding Murphy-Hanrahan

October 24, 2007 – 10:03 am

MikeyB:Sunrise is 7:36 AM’ish these days. Park opens @ 5am. This is the only way we will be able to get a “night” ride in at Murphy since the gates close at sunset.
Scott: Are you crazy? Keep me posted.
Pete:I am totally in. Do we drink before? I am confused…

And so it began. Up at 4 a.m with just a few grumbles to Laura as I got out of bed. Loaded the bike and gear and was in the car by 4:20. The forty minute trip to Savage, Mn turned into the one hour forty minute trip as my sense of direction is completely off once I head south of the cities and I couldn’t find the road to the trail head. Arriving at the trail head I meet up with Pete and MikeyB. Get the lights up and running and there is still plenty of darkness as we head off for a ten mile jaunt. The wind chills you to the bone as we all find our groove with only the occasional “branch, bridge, rock!” to break the silence. Three miles in and I’m hurting, my stomach is in knots and I pull over and out goes the blueberry muffin I ate in the car. Much better. Back in the saddle we continue our way along the trail and watch as the sunrises. The last few miles the legs start to complain about the time but they hold out and we make it back to the parking lot for beers and coffee.


Drinks consumed:

Peppermint Schnapps on the trail

One pint of Boddingtons Pub Ale

One bottle New Glarus Totally Naked

One mug of coffee and Irish whisky

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Holzinger Lodge - Winona, Mn

September 24, 2007 – 4:37 pm

It has been way to long since I last rode my mountain bike in Winona and my legs and lungs can attest to that.  On Saturday Laura, Slim, and I drove down to Winona to meet up with eleven other riders, including Pete Ryan.  The weather was absolutely gorgeous and those of us who went to school down in Winona, including Josh Leonard, had a blast showing off what used to be our local trails.

After hitting up the trails we all ventured downtown Winona for an All American Burger and a few pitchers of beer at Bub’s before heading our separate ways.

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24 Hours of Afton

August 26, 2007 – 3:31 pm

My friend Ben and I volunteered to photograph the 24 Hours of Afton this year to help support our local mountain bike club.  I think the whole day went off as quite a sucess and I had a lot of fun.  Even came up with some good photographs that hopefully a few will buy :)   The Stillwater Gazette was out covering the event and they asked if they could use one of my photos so here are the few that I picked out quick to send them for Monday’s edition.
24 Hours of Afton

24 Hours of Afton

24 Hours of Afton

24 Hours of Afton

24 Hours of Afton

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A Romp on the Trails

August 8, 2007 – 4:06 pm

Scott and Lucy

photo courtesy of Michael Boehnlein

I’ve been taking Lucy mountain biking this year at Salem Hills mountain bike trails in Inver Grove Heights. It’s a great trail because it allows dogs to be off leash, only runs in one direction, and is not as heavily used as other parks.

I wasn’t completely positive how Lucy would behave around my bicycle but from the first time out she dropped right in line and loves to hug my rear wheel. Just need to work on building up her strength so that she can go more than one lap.

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In with the new, out with the old.

July 31, 2007 – 1:35 pm

Surly 1x1

On-One Gimp

I haven’t been riding my little blue dirt jumper very much so I decided to switch things up and get myself a singlespeed cross country ride. Went from thinking about it, to checking ebay, to finding a sweet little deal, making a bid and it’s mine.

The Gimp has founds its way to Ebay as well and by the way things are looking it should be owned by someone else by the end of the week. Its a great little bike but I think I’m getting old!

Now I need to find a suspension fork for the Surly and get out and take some fun photographs of it.

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Salem Hills

July 1, 2007 – 1:57 pm

Despite some minor hang-over action, we took advantage of a free schedule and a gorgeous, dry day to hit the trails at Salem Hills Regional Park for some Sunday morning riding.

Laura’s first jump off a rock (which she couldn’t climb).

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Murphy Hanrehan

June 1, 2007 – 11:40 am

Slim and I drove down to Murphy-Hanrehan park on Thursday night to ride the newly opened trails there. The trail I think turned out great and is a big improvement on the old doubletrack trails that had been in place there and only open two months out of the year.

There was also a MORC group ride going on so we met up with them along the way as well to take a few photographs.

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