Entries by leelikesbikes

Too smoky to see

We are at the hotel this morning, pushing late checkout as late as possible, placating the babies, planning our next move. The mountains are shrouded in smoke. Last night I could see our house was safe. This morning, not so sure. Reports say the fire line hasn’t spread east. Good news for us (maybe), terrible […]

Evacuated

The 200-acre fire is now over 3,000 acres. Homes are disappearing and the fire is still growing. We got out safely. Oscar Dog is cowering at the shelter. Ian is hanging with a friend. Finley, Fiona, The Wife and I are spending money at the Marriott in downtown Boulder. The babies are going ape shit. […]

Prepared to evacuate

A wildfire is burning in the hills near my house. We’re as ready as we can be: The kids and dog are ready. Mom is ready. Essential papers and laptop are in the van. The P.3, Tricross and Enduro are in the van (which bikes would you save?). The roof and rain gutters are clean. […]

Riding through V-shaped terrain

Hi Lee, I wrote a while back asking advice about hopping the dreaded bucking log. I’m still having some timing issues to get a solid bunny hop going, but after picking up MMBSii, I’ve realized there’s a ship load of pumping and cornering technique for me to master that are really improving my flow! I’ll […]

If you pre-ordered the book Pro BMX Skills …

… your copy is finally on its way! YES! This has been a long process, but all you patient souls are finally getting your books. While I’m waiting for a batch of traditionally printed books to come in, I pulled the trigger with CreateSpace, an Amazon affiliate. CreateSpace prints and ships the books on demand; […]