Thursday, March 22, 2012

Gettin' some press...

Hey All,

Yep, still here, just being quiet, livin' life, pursuing other things not bike related. Little buddy Dicky pointed me to some press, looks like the samples made it the Rag ok, thanks for the write up Karl.

Do have plenty of rings also, all sorts of sizes if you're looking for something that takes a long time to wear out.

Other pursuits, if'n you're interested...well, the skiing was pretty lame this year with an abnormally warm winter....guess we were due after the last few epics. And with the warmth and the new digs I've finally settled into, been fishin' a good bit more than peddlin', but we'll find that balance soon enough with spring in the air and trails to be swooped upon.

Friday, October 14, 2011

big happenings..

dang, it's been sooo long,
time sure flies when you
move into a house.

Apologies to all if I've been
slow on feeding your
cogaliscious needs.

Never bought a house before,
quite the undertaking. But
workshop is moved, fixed tooth
inventory will be refreshed
shortly and we'll be back into
the rhythm pdq.

New place is pretty damn sweet,
I sure dig classic old stuff...love
these floors.

Saturday, April 9, 2011

Welll...

The end of ski season was good times. Got kinda warm locally in Feb, thought it would be an early spring, then March was the Lion it can be, with goofy bouncy roller coaster weather all up thru to the now. 39 & raining yesterday afternoon. Last WG session I made it to was fun fun fun for sure...

winter reprise from WVski on Vimeo.



Been a wknd warrior on the pedals recently, enjoying this retirement/sabbatical from number plated glories. Good times fixed and coasty style depending on the mood. And of course, have been sneaking out to the trout streams. Fishin' is still just a bit slow, but one more shot of warmth and the bugs should really start to turn on, which'll get those trouts looking up. April should be a good month!


see ya on the trail or the stream, or maybe 'round town, Carlisle is finally getting bike lanes, whoot!

Monday, January 31, 2011

yep, still here...

it's winter, been up the
usual winter stuff. working
in the basement as needed,
playing in the snowy hills
as much as possible. Yours
truely wearing the head cam
at ~3:00, WhiteGrass sure is
a lot of fun.

January Sunshine and Snow from WVski on Vimeo.



December was
good times also...

White Grass local powder hounds and rippers from WVski on Vimeo.

Saturday, September 25, 2010

catching up..

Hey all, yep, still here.
Still making up cogs and
rings as ya'll need 'em.
Spent the summer not
riding like I have before.
A gunked up cranky knee
had me worried, mix in
a bit of pedaling burn out,
and it was a pretty chill
season regarding the two
wheeled mistress. Did
get out to some events,
helping behind the scenes,
always a nice change of pace...

So, I finallt got the MRI done,
and guess I really should've
listened/believed in Dr. Evil,
and saved myself that hit
from the in$urance
deductable. But, damn,
never had tendonitis quite
this bad before. I needed
to see what was going on
inside. No doubts, ya know?


Back to spinnin' a bit on
the road and stretching and
doin my interpretation
of the yoga flow and
rubbing in the arnica.
And, shit, that damn
knee of mine is actually
feeling better, go figure.

Not willing though, not yet
willing to trade my Saturdays
on the stream for pedaling
long distances. Harassing
those trout is great balance
to the elevated heartrate,
sometimes dizzy tunnel of
the Sunday ride....

Autumn is here, colors
are changing in the trees,
in the water. Got up to
explore the Little J a couple
times now. Got turned
onto it after reading about
the recent electro survey.

Survey says that it's pretty
much a wild brown fishery.
Not stocked, not too many
hold over fingerlings, mostly
wild streambred browns, cool.

Great day up there last wknd,
best day of fishin' I've had
in a while. Hungry & feisty
wild fish, best one went 15ish
on the guesstimated ruler,
average was a solid 12.
Freely rising to a dry presented
in that just oh so right way,
good times....

And the local brookies!
BLING! The males are starting
to strut their stuff trying
to impress the ladies and
are soon to get it on, producing
the next generation, sweet.

Meeshow is an amazing place,
world class riding, world class
natives, and it's all right out
the door. Damn, I sure am
lucky to have such an incredible
backyard playground.

Saturday, May 15, 2010

wow, is it May already?!

man, time is flying.
I've been slacking
on this here cog
bloggityness, sorry.


Still around, still shakin',
still sending out the cogs
& rings as ya'll request 'em,
but not riding much. Just
spinnin' around town for
now, I've got a tired knee
after an epique ski season.
A knee that needs some
'time in the shop' I'm
figuring, professional
opinion forthcoming.


Soooo, was figuring to kick
back the bike intense focus
anyways this year, and
reacquaint with neglected
pastimes. If the pics haven't
clued you in, yeah, I've been
fishin' a good bit. Trout
streams, have you looked
at a map? There are so, so,
so many out there to explore!

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Goings on...

It's a New Year! Whoo, hooo, hope your celebrations treated you well. Judging by the small uptick in orders, I'm guessing the little blurb about the cogs in Mtn Bike has been making the rounds, good stuff.

Finished off the riding season w/ a whole lot of fun on the JabberFixy, rippin' fun group things, then it got cold and snowed. And it's kept on snowing! So, I've been skiing a good bit, exploring new places, seeing new sights, good times in the cold air and high hills of WV. So, I'll pre-apologize for any order delays, trying to keep within a week turnaround to get the cogs out, winter travels could screw with that though...so don't be shy and give a holler if you're in desperate need.

Well, that's pretty much the goings on, figure/hope to play in snow until March-ish, maybe turn some pedals here and there if the weather suits the mood, we'll see. Until then, have fun out there, rubber side down and thanks to everybody for supporting this endeavor in '09. Here's to 0-10 baby!