MORE THANKS GIVEN'ER PHOTOS (MOSTLY OF ME)

Area Man descending the Flyover.

Up the hill.

After the race I tried to garner sympathy for my gradually flatting rear tire. Glenn Gervais and Bryan Smith aren't offering any. 

Me. The above shot and the Flyover photo at the top are thanks to nice guy Eric Malsbary, whom I just happened to park next to before the race. We got to talking and realized we climbed Mount Baker together some 14 years ago. See below photo of us, along with Steve Moberg, at the summit. Eric is the strong young guy in the middle. Small world! 

How do I look?

CROSS BORDER CLASH PHOTOS - Day 1

Please enjoy some pics from the Men's Master C race on Day 1 of Cross Border Clash in Ferndale, WA. Tomorrow is Day 2! Same course, opposite direction.

(Just heard that Tyler Farrar showed up and raced in the afternoon ... and was out-sprinted by local mega-He-man Jeff Cummings!)

The flyover. 

The sandy pump track.

The evil sand. 

The rotating surfboard of death. 

The pump track redux.

The time I bit it on the sandy pump track. 

The Lake District.

Approaching the Lake District. 

Bryan Smith bites it on the sandy pump track. 

Before the start with Craig Eubank, Eric Strommerson, Charlie VanZandt, among others.  

Moments before the start. Notice presence of a rear shifter.

Midway through the race. Notice absence of rear shifter, which snapped off sometime during the second lap. Thus, I raced mostly single-speed. Albeit, against my wishes.

More pump track. 

Some fun single-track.

EARLY MORNING GALBRAITH MOUNTAIN RIDE

Super cool, super fun, super early MTB ride up on Galby this a.m. w/ Glenn G., Bryan S. and Asa K. (the Logos Crew). Glenn's partaking in some Strava contest and wants to climb a bizillion feet this week so we essentially climbed the Tower Road to the top of Unemployment Line, rode down it, then climbed the Tower Road back up again. Four times, I think. Finished off with some Mullet, Cheech 'n' Chong, Not Shawn's action. And then I dropped down and did the Padden upper loop. So much darn crazy-arsed fun it's almost not to be believed! (Bryan above, Glenn below.)

Glenn and I (me rocking a pair of ill-fitting and not-too-comfortable Lowe's safety glasses) on the Tower Road climb.

In other news, the book ("75 Classic Rides: Washington") has been getting some cool press this week. Yesterday, the Seattle Times ran a Q & A interview that I did with the very nice Mary Ann Gwinn. (Who, btw, is a past Pulitzer Prize winner!) And Biking Bis wrote a review of both my Classic Rides Washington book and Jim Moore's "75 Classic Rides: Oregon". Thanks a lot Mary Ann and Biking Bis! Much appreciated.

Oh, and here's our route: