Moving On ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

As I said yesterday I hadn't ridden the 26in mountain bike since July. Honestly I hadn't even thought about the bike since the last time I had ridden it. Then I moved it and decided to ride it.

I had ridden the 29er for the last few months, and I kinda quite fussing about it. I felt like every time I rode the 26 I was faster. Last night I rode it and I was slow. I couldn't carry my momentum and it just seemed like I was riding in quick sand!

It was terrible!  I think I am now a 29er convert. It happened over night and without me even realizing it. One day I am happy and feel fast on the 26, the next day I am happy and fast on the 29. How that happened I am not sure. I bought the bike right at 2 years ago and I swear I never really liked it.

Until last night! 

Again, I have been on it and nothing else for the last 2 months. Before I would always ride it one day and then the 26 the next. I guess I never gave it a good chance. For the last few months I have been riding Cane Creek so much and it being so wide open. I take the 29er every time.

Well last night I found I was missing it. The 26 sucked!

Now for the big problem!

Yes this has created a problem...

If I am now converted, 1st what do I do with my 26.. 2nd do I now want a nicer 29er hard tail, and of course am I gonna buy a full suspension 29er?

This sucks...............

Might As Well ,,,,,,,,,,,,,

I guess you could call it a good problem to have. My problem, I have 2 mountain bikes. Of course you probably knew that from the amount of whining I have done over the course of the last year. One day I like my 29er the next I can't stand it.

Which brings us to a quandrum. Do I like my 29er better than the 26in? I have noticed lately I am riding the 29er all the time and I have pretty much quite bitching about it. The last time I rode the 26 was back in July. It's been sitting in the corner of the shop every since.

It even had cob webs all over it!

So I had to move it last night to get something I needed so I decided to ride it. I pumped up the tires and loaded it up. I wonder how I will like it. Believe it or not I have pretty much forgot how it rides. Tomorrow I will let ya know.

Perfect Weather !!!!!!!!!!

That pretty much describes the weekend we had. If you live in my area and you didn't enjoy the last two days you missed out! I spent the better part of Saturday in the woods at my new favorite trail. Cane Creek!

I ended up riding everything twice and by the time I left I had 32 miles in! All in the woods. There aren't many places you can ride that many miles in the woods. Just another reason why I like the place.

Again I saw 8 horses and zero cyclist! Seems like 6 or 8 is the magic number for horses. Every time I go that is about what I see.

Then yesterday I hit Sherman Branch for a good ride. I knocked out a couple of laps and rode a few sections twice. For an easy ride you really can't beat Sherman. The flow is just about perfect!

Now I need to slip in a ride this week...........

A Star Is Born !!!!

News 14 on Time Warner Cable here in Charlotte always does a segment called "Friday Night Finals". It's all about the local high school football games.

Well Piedmont has been playing well so they sent the film crew to the game Friday night. They only stay for a little while and then head to another Union county game. They just want to get a little footage they can use on the 11 0'clock show.

So guess what they open the segment with none other than the world famous Piedmont mascot! Also known as my son Cody! Yep, he made the news!

It was on Friday night and aired several times yesterday! We laughed every time it came on!

All In One..........

"All In One" That would describe my night. I left work about 15 minutes early and went straight to the trail. Scott met me there and we knocked out a quick lap!

55 minutes later I was changing clothes and headed for the soccer game. I got there about 5 minutes after the start. That my friends is called a perfect day! I got my ride in and made the soccer game.

Although my legs where covered in dirt and I was still sweating like a pig. Plus I had forgot my shoes so it was either wear my dress shoes or my bike shoes. I didn't want to get my dress shoes all dirty so I had to wear my bike shoes to the game.

That didn't work very well. I seemed like I had to walk about a mile from the car to get to the stands. So I ended up walking out of there barefoot. Then to top it off, the game got called early because of lightning! So home we went.

Now we have the football game tonight. Yes the kid is gonna be the mascot! We have both grandma's coming tonight so it's gonna be fun.

A family affair!

Then, as I have already said I think I am gonna do Cane creek again tomorrow. I like the place and it's in the best shape it's been in all summer. I hate to pass on it now. Plus I have come to enjoy my Saturday morning quite rides.

Me and my horse buddies have the place all to ourselves!!

I clear all the spiderwebs from the 5 ft down mark and they clear all the ones above 5ft.......

Fall Already !!!!!!!!!!!!!

My favorite time of the year!        Fall!!

The temps get just right and the leaves change colors. It's the one season that was made with mountain biking in mind.

Next Saturday the 22nd it will be official. I just thought I would let ya know.....

So now that it's Thursday I am gonna hit the trails on my way to the soccer game. I have time for a quick lap and that's about it. But I do have a weekend coming. Every week about this time I start making my plans.

So far this week the weather has been fantastic! Sooner or later with fall coming we are gonna have some rain. But until we do I am gonna keep wearing Cane Creek out. Then after it rains I will probably stay down there anyway. I am kinda attached to the place again.

What goes around comes around... What's old is new again........

Soccer..............

Today we are gonna talk about soccer. This makes my 4th year of going to soccer games and watching my kid play.

Guess what, I still don't understand what's going on! I can tell when someone scores and I can tell when they are playing rough. Besides that, I have no ideal.

Why? Because I have come to realize I just don't care. I am there because my kid plays and he enjoys it. He grew up with soccer. When I was in school we never had a soccer team. The rec. league never had soccer, I was never around soccer.

I know my old high school has soccer now but I have no ideal when they got it. It wasn't there in the late 80's when I graduated.

So for that reason I just go and support him.

The reason I am bringing this up, Cody's knee is bothering him right now so he didn't hardly play last night. I sat there for the better part of 2 hours and was bored out of my mind! During that time I had time to think about what I was watching and that's when I finally realized I was never gonna be a soccer fan.

I am a Cody and Chase fan but soccer just ain't gonna cut it..............