Short track race #5.

Sara and Elan stole our STP berths and rode down this weekend. They both had a great time and enjoyed Por Que No and some of Ingrid’s cookies back at our house.

Short track race #4. Ingrid still likes her hardtail bike.

Short track race #3. I took many incorrectly exposed and out of focus photos of Ingrid, these are the few I didn’t munge in the name of ‘art’.

This was the second Portland Mountain Bike Short Track race. The first has no pictures as I don’t have a cable to get the internal memory photos to the computer. In any event, Ingrid had a great time scooting around the track.

Ingrid, Matt, Karen and their buddy rode in the Six Hours of Mt. Hood Mountain Bike Race.

Race pictures

After years of being let down by Crank Brothers Eggbeaters I have finally been broken by their failure. I would always tout their awesome design and tell anyone who would listen how simple they are and therefore are bulletproof. I broke a new pair in under 500 miles of easy riding, this time it was the ’simple’ part of the pedal. When I went to the garage for a replacement pair I saw the 5 boxes of used pedals that I have gone through. That is beyond ridiculous and it’s time to move on.

This weekend Ingrid and I went up to Mt. St. Helens and rode with our buddies Sara and Kevin. After getting crushed by the Plains of Abraham we took showers at the van and then rolled over to the Lewis River to impose on Vince and his family camping there. After I got us lost we showed up in time to eat their brownies and go to sleep. The next day we rode the Lewis River trail, which seemed more up than last time. But the quesadillas at the end made it ok.

Mt. St. Helens

Lewis River