Why ?

This is the question I get asked quite regularly. Why do I ride mountain bikes? Why do I go bike packing? Why put yourself through that pain and discomfort?

Well, in the time honoured interweb tradition of ripping off someone else's idea, over at Grizzly Adam.net, he makes a fairly good fist of explaining the WHY of why we do it.

Well, one that resonates like a tweaked spoke with me anyway. Enjoy.

Tomorrow is Good Friday here in Oztraylia and it will certainly be GOOD once I have finished work for the day. After that, we will be packing up the family Truckster and heading out to Hidden Vale for the Kona 24 Hour at mid day on Saturday. 

Yep, 24 hours of riding around in circles, eating and drinking as much as I can suck down while pedalling rocky hillsides until my legs won't function or my arse rebels on me......

And they have to ask WHY....?!!

Cheers and have a great weekend.

Random Ramblings

There is still not much direction here at Flyboy HQ. Various rides have occurred which spawn some photographic opportunties, but nothing that really rates a post of it's own so here are some shots from these random days.

Starting from the latest, last weekend at Old Hidden Vale, the Merida 24hr.

Merida 24hr OHV. 14th May 2011

Merida 24hr.

Graham, Merida 24hr, on his way to 4th place in the distinguished gents class.

Lucy sharpening her skills, OHV.

Plane spotting.

Chillin'.

A work trip recently saw me strolling around Castle Hill, Townsville.

Magnetic Island from Castle Hill.

WWII pillbox, Castle Hill.

Digger's outlook.

Townsville.

The Goat Track.

The Eastern Escarpment ride returns, May 2011.

The cow shed stop.

The top, looking north east.

That last "burn" to the top.

That is the gist of what has been happening around here lately minus the pics of me digging holes, then filling them in. Now that it is drying out a bit and the building has finished I am looking forward to getting back into the bush and the riding. More soon...