Chainsaw heads to Honey Stinger training camp

Rose and her new rig will be battling it out with the (mostly) pro roster of the Honey Stinger Team in Fruita this weekend, getting to know her new teammates and getting many, many miles in under the desert sun.  Ride Friday, 2 rides Sat, 2 rides Sunday...THAT should kick off the bike season with some gusto, and good thing too as she has some ambitious races on the calendar in 2011.  Go Chainsaw!

Sucker Punch Mar 25th...be there!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrIiYSdEe4E

Weather window

The clearing weather on Sunday suckered Chainsaw out onto the Marshall Mesa trails to test out her brand spanking new rig, the Superfly 100 29er.  Trail was nice and tacky and Chainsaw soon grew accustomed to the new wheels.  She is super psyched to have new race worthy steed for 2011, lots of big rides on the horizon, including the Leadville 100!

Black, white and tight!  Great to celebrate briefly Matty A's odometer rolling over and see some of the old (and new) crew!  See ya out on the trails, friends

Chainsaw in for Leadville 100

Hmmm, she's gonna need a new bike for that one...bam! Whomp, there it is!  White, black and shred all over Superfly 100 for Chainsaw to grind unsuspecting Cat 1 women into grist with.  I'd pity them but the Uber-Ancestors bred all such weaker emotions out of me (and you) many generations ago, it takes all my willpower to even type the word "pity" now.  "Putty", "panty", "party"...no problem.  "Pity" I can barely even manage it.  

Really?!?

http://glidecycle.com/videos

This was too ridiculous not to share with you all... Happy Monday Eve.

Italian Chainsaw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=or8hDNZm26Y

Still the gnarliest rally car ever!  From the golden days when motorsports had a bit more fuck it and a bit less engineering.  Stick a 280 HP Ferrari V6 into a wedge of provolone on wheels?...sure!  Let's make the back tires twice as wide as the front too.  Homologation (there's your vocab word for today) was a joke too with only about 400 ever made and complete lack of rear visibility. Note windows rolled down halfway, that's as far as they went and reportedly the Stratos was hot as shit inside for the driver and co.  Also listen to the engine sounds, these guys had to coast half the time since the "go" was about three times too much for the "stop" and "turn".  Oh, for just one run up Magnolia in one of these bad boys...

It's OK because I wasn't the only one, right?

http://www.christinakiffney.com/OIWC/

Right?

#109 & 195 are my favorites.

Hitting our stride!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXFceu9KmKQ

Beautiful sunny day in Das Boot

Firstly Highroller and Chainsaw ripped up Emerald in a TTT, finishing time?  1:03.  Well I'm nothing if not consistent.  Did stop for a layer adjustment and throttled back a few times so I think we'll be crackin' and hour soon.  Crazy clear and crisp from the top looking over the upper Yampa Valley, Stagecoach and the Flattops and great conditions in the trees on the way down.  Best part of the descent were the two wide open meadows on Emerald, both of which were glittering with hoar-frost and perfect powder on top of a slightly firmer layer (didn't really snow here this week) that allowed fast powder turns across the low angle meadows.  Fun!

Then Trout got to show off his skills on the big Magic Carpet as Jen and Momma watched.  He has really picked up some snow pow and turning techniques from his ski classes.  Guess how many turns he can make in the length of this run?  I don't know either 'cuz he straightlined it five times in a row, note leash!  IF I had to guess I'd say we have two more days on this run before hitting it from the top.  Take pity on me now as the top of Howelson is accessed by probably the steepest poma in the country...gonna be interesting.

Cross Dressing Sean Strikes Again

You guys may not tweet, and may not follow Leisure Trends Group. But I do, and look who i found down at SIA. F-ing cross dressers!