Just for the D.O.G.

http://www.trimbleoutdoors.com/ViewTrip/1957728

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OMMB

What's a Satori?

Since my bike is still broke, Bob being Bob, allowed me to use a "shop" bike.  I assumed he meant the usual shop bike, Denny's old Gary Fisher.  So when he said, "go get the Satori near the full suspension bikes" when I arrived at the shop, I assumed that the GF must be a Satori, since there is no model name marked on it.  I strolled right by the full suspension bikes and grabbed the GF, put my pedals on, adjusted the seat and headed out the door.  Bob comes out and says, "why the heck do you have that?, I said the Satori."  Okay.  So I'm like..."What's a Satori?" 





This is a "Satori"!!



It's brand new 2013 Kona 29er full suspension!     And it's details... Click On


Well I gotta say...I was VERY impressed with this bike.  For me, the fit and comfort of the 18 inch frame was perfect.  Although the suspension felt squishy when bouncing on the bike, it was NOT felt while riding.  Front and rear shocks had 3 position adjustments which, for me, felt best in the middle setting. Great handling bike, and the adjust-on-the-fly seat adjustment actually served a purpose.   LOVED this bike.  Oh, good ride too...

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OMMB

Just a morning bike path ride...

...very windy, 8+ miles, lots of healthy people out running and biking today.  Although the runners don't smile at all...the bikers do. :)

Tidbits: Wanted to do the yearly Big River Fun Ride this morning...but wanted to give my back another rest day.  Oh and there's that whole broken frame thing!

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OMMB

Friday's Road Ride

Nursing a sore back...

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Tuesday's Ride

Notes: Just me and dogface for a nice quick ride.  Trails are nice and compact...fast.  So fast that I broke my frame, again.  Bikeworks setting me up with the warranty.

Clean break rear of the crank!

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OMMB

Monday's Ride

It was kinda cold this morning...went out riding too early I guess.

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OMMB

No Bike Hike

Notes:  A rare occurance...went to Big River without a bike.  Joined some two legged friends with four legged friends to go for a nice hike to Allen's Cliff.   Beautiful weather for hiking, very well behaved dogs, chatty wifes, a fun time.



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A sixer around Village Park...

...with Bob and Jesse.  Nice easy old man pace.  I even threw in an old man tumble off one of the skinny bridges...comical.

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BBB...

...is Bike to Bristol and Back.   We decided to light up and inhale...I mean go for a night ride down the East Bay Bike Path.  6.5 bug-less miles or so.  Beautiful night, great company, quite fun. 

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OMMB

First chilly morning...yay!

Just a 7 miler with Jesse...

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OMMB

Missed it by THAT much! (Big River)

• Place: Big River Carr Pond Side
• Trailhead: Hopkin's Hill Parking Lot
• Miles: 5.7
• Trail Conditions: good, no adverse affects from the rain
• Whoops, Yikes, and Oh Sheets: just a little flop on a hill...little rusty from a week off
• GPS Track:

Notes: Goal was to meet up for the "old guys" ride at 0830, but the traffic through Providence caused me to miss the start.  So I used my apparantly not-so-good Mohegan tracking skills to follow the bike tracks in hopes of catching the group.  Lost the trail.  But got a nice loop on mostly technical single track around the pond.

Tidbits: I stumbled on some previously unmapped (by me) single track on the west side of Carr.  See track below.  Looks like the trails crews have been busy since I was here last.  Good stuff.

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OMMB

Hike up, Hobble down

• Place: Mt Washington
• Trailhead: Pinkham Notch
• Miles: 6-ish
• Trail Conditions: Rocks, rocks, and rocks, very worn trail
• Technical Level: Pretty tough hike given the lack of switchbacks
• GPS Track:

Notes: Teri lead this hike up to the Hermit Lake Shelter, near the base of Tuckerman Ravine.  Sore legs and all we made it up in good time. Great views of Tuckerman and other ravines. Coming down was another story...Teri had to keep the knee straight while descending the whole way.  Watching the youngin's sprint down the rocky trail made us both think of days gone by...

Tidbits: Can't imagine hiking up here in the winter to ski Tuckerman's...just crazy.

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OMMB

Hiking Ouch

• Place: North Moat Mountain, North Conway, NH
• Trailhead: Diana's Baths
• Route: North Moat Mountain Loop (down Red Ridge)
• Hikers: T and OMMB
• Miles: 10.66
• Weather: perfect
• Technical Level: categorized as "strenuous" hike (duh)
• Wildlife: Red Squirrels, Chipmunks. a Hummingbird (not an hallucination!), a Peregrine Falcon, some butterflies, and a fully tattooed man who told us to watch for the falcon.

Notes: This was a long ass hike.  Too long an ass hike for our first day.  The vertical wasn't so bad...it was the distance.  Would we climb North Moat again?  Yep...but probably from a more direct route.  The views from 80% of this route are excellent and the summit offers a 360 degree unobstructed view that includes Mt Washington, Mt Chocorua, North Conway, and Cranmore Ski area.

Tidbits: Teri discovered that she has a knee problem...only when traveling downhill while bending the knee. She was in pain...but stuck it out the whole hike down...ouch!!  Both of us were sore for days!  The nightly visits to the hot tub helped...a little.

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OMMB

Post Dental Ride -or- Pre Ride Dental Appt?

• Place: Weetamoo Woods, Tiverton RI
• Trailhead: Lafayette Rd off Route 77
• Riders with OMMB: none
• Miles: 7.25
• Weather: perfect
• Trail Conditions: very dry, plenty of rock gardens, good workout
• GPS Track:  GPX File

Notes:  What's nice about my dental appointments is that my dentist is located very close to Weetamoo Woods, making it way to convenient to go for a post dental ride.  I suppose I could always plan to ride here, and schedule a pre-ride dental appointment, but that would be just weird.   Anyway, headed for the trails on the north end, where there's really only one decent track over some cool terrain, but finding your way out of there down the east side now lands you in a maze of new home developments. Not worth it.  Stick to the documented trails, maps can be found at several kiosks.

Tidbits: North Conway anyone?  Looking forward to hiking and checking out some of the new Moat Mountain Trail System.

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OMMB

Villagers Beware!

• Place: Village Park, Swansea MA
• Trailhead: Library
• Riders with OMMB: Jesse Dog Wallop 
• Miles: 5-ish
• Trail Conditions: very dry, dryest I've seen.  Several slide outs.
• Wildlife: Oh yeah...a large coyote, the largest I've seen. 

Notes: Only notable item was the coyote.  I spotted it heading up the trail, about the size of Jesse but with even longer legs.  Pretty freaky.  Jesse got the scent and took chase...he couldn't resist.  Thankfully he didn't catch the thing, but I know he got close when I heard lots of snarls!  Time to strap my knife to the camelback.

Tidbits: So sad...saw a Berkshire Brewing Company delivery truck broke down in the middle of Rte 6.  Maybe I should have offered a tow...       


...to my house!

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OMMB

The Week in Review, 17-24 Aug 2012

17: 5 miles just for the fun of it. T, Jesse, and me.


19: 21 miles with Teri -  http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/vVXpyRz0Wg0

21: 9 miles with Al, Bob, and Greg

22: 8 miles with Teri -  http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/i4KYpaDt5WA

23: 8 miles with Teri - An "Oh Sheet" for T on this one...slid out on Coaster and ended up with bruises, pricker pokes, and whiplash!  As a good trooper, continued on to be abused on the climb to Allen's Overlook!!

24: 6 miles with Bob on an introduction to some exit 7 trails

Tidbits:  42 total miles for T: (nice job!!)....57 for the old guy.

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OMMB

13-14 Aug 2012

13: just me for a spin... http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/pu84xguYqMo

14: ...then me and Jesse

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OMMB

Two Days, Too Hot, Too Dry (Not)

• Place: Sycamore Canyon, Point Mugu State Park, CA
• Weather: day 1 too hot for OMMB, day 2 nice (rode later in the day), although the dry weather was a welcome relief for the jungle like RI humidity
• Wildlife: something large, but dead ...oh and then there was that diamond back rattler that I almost ran over...just a baby one (sorry no picture)
• GPS Track:
• Day 1, Aug 7: http://www.trimbleoutdoors.com/ViewTrip/1853338
• Day 2, Aug 9: http://www.trimbleoutdoors.com/ViewTrip/1853403

Notes: Had the pleasure of riding West Coast again.  We didn't have the usual gang, for one reason or another, but thankfully Hector is always willing to kick my ass at Sycamore.  Day 1 was a jet lagged, super hot and tired, oven like dry heat of a day that killed me.  I actually felt a bit light-headed on the climb.  I was real slow and sluggish until I ran across this skeleton on the side of  the trail...

...inspired me to climb a lot faster because whatever dragged that down had to be pretty big (I should have put something next to it for relational aspect, but the skull was much larger than my hand).

In contrast, I felt great on Day 2, riding a hard tail Comp 29er...good quick bike.

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OMMB

Well That About Covers It

Tidbits:  That F-in bee or hornet nest is GONE!  YAY!

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OMMB

Aaa just a couple rides...

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OMMB