First MTB ride of the year.

[mynameismud]

Well have not written or ridden in quite a while  I was notified or a really good deal on  frame and fork combination around Christmas time so I went ahead and pulled the trigger.  I had test rode this frame a half dozen times and it seemed like one of the funnest bikes I had ever ridden.  So here it is.  Just a short shake down ride after putting it together.

Rode with my favorite ridding partner.  She was busy working on projects so was a bit reluctant.

But we really had to do this one thing

The freshly built ride

An old trusty steed.

All to soon we are feeling like this!

A rest at the top of the hill

Love the trails

Spring tackiness.

Maiden Voyage

A bit of Mud

A good day for a ride with my favorite riding partner.  Like the way the new bike rides will have to see how this works out.  Have not ridden since October hopefully we get on the trails more in the next few months.

Here's to sweat in your eye

[mudworm]

Reluctant? That's an understatement. It took quite some coercing and even threatening from Mr. Mud to get me out the door. The truth is I was skeered.

All the riding clothes have shrunk. Thankfully, the knee and elbow pads could still slide on, despite being tight.

A good ride indeed!

[ratpick]

So very happy to see this post   Knowing you two, you'll be ready for a Coe epic in about 2 weeks, right?

[squiddo]

Nice looking frame and ride.

[mudworm]

So very happy to see this post   Knowing you two, you'll be ready for a Coe epic in about 2 weeks, right?

Epic-ness is subjective! (Thank god!) The ride was not even an hour, and Mr. Mud worked on the ride report until midnight. That, I'll say, was epic! Been so long we forgot how to upload GPS and photos and how to write blog posts!

[mynameismud]

Ratpick in two weeks Coe will definitely be epic.

[Skyline35]

I rode at Soquel Demo yesterday, I think you'd have fun there with that bike.

[mudworm]

Skyline35, at this point, Mud would have fun riding anywhere. 

[mynameismud]

I test rode the RIP at Demo when I was looking at bikes a while back.  That is what made want to go back.  Perhaps Skegs or Coe this weekend.  Freakin nuts this week.  Had VM hang a host server, did everything to get it back.  Had to boot the host which had another production vm on it.  Los ta ton of time, ready to lose it.