First XC race!

Jeez its been a while since I posted. Its been a busy month, with exams coming up and lots of biking.

Anyway, the awesome folks at Budu Racing host the race, and it was great. The weekend the race was held was a beautiful day, a rarity in winter Pacific northwest. I was feeling good about my result, and stayed to watch the expert race. I'm still jealous of their bikes and skills.

And here comes my version of a banana bike...

It was a little muddy... but a good time. I look forward to their next race on the 6th.

Building junk.

When Im, bored, also know as when im not biking or doing homework, I think of dumb stuff to build. Such as this "truing stand". I saw a block of wood and a broken fork and decided, hmm, let me try this. and then it fell on the floor and broke. So I moved on past my grief to bigger and better projects. Such as my ladder. Not a ladder ladder. A mountain biking ladder. I practice falling off, and occasionally, balancing on it. This time, my project worked! wooooo!! Then a bigger project. My submarine. Built in school, it is my second favorite item, after my bike. A max range of 20 feet, turtle-like speed and sloth-like reflexes. But i love it, i drive it around and go up and down. My type of meditation. Well, I'm off to make some other random thing.

                                                                Sam

                                                                 The submarine

                                                               Bottom of my Ladder!

The "truing stand"