In one week from today, we're going to the Pisgah Stage Race. Or Pig Saw, as my dad reads it.
PIG SAAWWW.
Anyway, after riding the Ohiopyle Super-D course with Dahn Pahrs on Saturday, Rob and I are heading down to Brad the Birdman of Charleston's nest.
We'll leave the Birdman's Sunday morning, and try to win some lunch money at the WVMBA Series Championship. After the race, (hopefully with lunch money in hand), we'll return to the Bird's Nest and eat all his food. I assume there will be worm smoothies.
Then Monday morning, we'll fly out of the Bird's Nest again, and begin the long journey to PIG SAAWWW. Garth Prosser, the Crazy Australian Chick, and the Guy I Don't Know, should all be arriving to Grandma's House in Brevard at the same time as us.
I haven't talked to the Blue Ridge adventure guys yet to see where my blog posts are going to be published. But they'll up after every stage. I'll try to figure out where this week.
And it looks like Cory Rimmer isn't on the blogger page anymore. I'm not sure what happened there. But it makes me the only blogger.
If he's not going to the race, I'm not sure why he went through all the trouble of winning the blog contest. Without him in that contest, Dicky and I would have probably been the ones with free entries. And I would have had the chance to beat up on a short, squeaky, older dude all week. But maybe something came up for the Rimmer that I don't know about.
I wanted to get my bike setup posted on the Blue Ridge Adventures facebook page a few weeks ago, but it still isn't set up. My new 15mm Reba has some play between the stanchions and the lowers already.
I called SRAM yesterday, and they're going to send me a new Reba RLT Ti 120 with a 20mm thru-axle. Score.
That's awesome customer service. They didn't even need to see the old fork to confirm it was broken. I'm pretty sure they would have sent me a new fork if I would have told them that the white wasn't an exact match for my grips.
So the fork will be in on Tuesday, I have to switch the tapered uppers on it to a set with a straight steerer, convert my front hub to 20mm, and then I should be ready to go.
XXC has a sweet preview of the race.
*all plans subject to approval by Brad the Birdman of Charleston
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Should be awesome!
Good luck yinz guys. Can't wait to hear about the new birds nest, and how Pig Saw goes. That pic is going on the blog for sure. Love it!
I saw you racing at a local race a few weeks back and really admired your bike until I heard it in operation. Have you checked the frame for cracks? My GF Rig was as loud as your Niner and I ended up having a crack near the bottom bracket shell/downtube junction. Your bottom bracket shell could be slightly off thus causing that horrific noise. My buddy has an older One 9 that gets rode hard and put away wet without as much as a peep. That would drive me nuts. Anyways, you are so fast that it doesn't matter. Good luck at Pigsah, they'll certainly hear you coming.
Good luck at Pig-Saw Tan-man. Blow them mountain mens away!!!
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