What Happened in July?

If you are mildly interested; following is a partial pictorial account of the first half of July (incomplete and not in its entirety):

Most importantly; A new Bike!


The 'Little Man' trying out his new Early Rider balance bike. More on this bike later.




A ride at Sewanee with Cory, a pre-med student at The University of Auburn. Cory grew up a few blocks from my current domicile and returns to Huntsville on occassion to help meet outlandish sales quotas at Bicycles Etc. and to torment our local talent with his worldly cycling skills.


Roots, rocks and singletrack, the main ingredients for making mountain biking taste like it should.


An early AM drive to Raccoon Mountain.


And upon arrival, a ride with Big Ring John Eighmee at aforementioned Raccoon Mountain.

The first half of July as you now know through this painstaking update was comprised of a new bike for 'The Little Man', a nice Independence Eve ride at Sewanee, some more riding on Monte Sano and on the road, and a visit to Raccoon Mountain to get dragged around by the Big Ring John Eighmee from Hawley USA.

The second half of July (which will be up soon) will tell of my trip to Asheville to ride with Rich Extreme. Rich and Becky have been doing some big riding this year in places like Costa Rica, Snowshoe and a little known place called Whistler, I think that's in Canada, or somewhere. They are living the life.

Check back soon and often! Oh yeah, Black Bear Rampage coming up.

Sorry for the blurry pic, apparently I was going so fast at the top of the climb the photographers shutter speed was not set appropriately and there fore could only catch this blurry glimpse of my cycling ability.