Pack it in before winter hits

Lets start with the West Branch race update. 4 hours of suffering, 4th place, misery is over for yet another year. Now onto the fun stuff, Raystown! We packed the van FULL for a weekend of the best singletrack I have ever ridden. On the way out we got to meet Bill Grove from Grove Innovations to deliver some goods to him from Rody by the roadside. Once we dropped off his stuff I could actually see out the back window again as we made a beeline to the campground.
I had a fresh paint job from Rody that was hardly even dry as I built the bike back up the night before the trip. And with Andrea, Zac, and the Brat along we had three Groovys amongst our group. Prior to leaving though I did put the deposit down with Rody for Andrea's future Groovy frame so someday we can make it four.
As always I pushed the bike and myself to the limit and I have to say I came as close to crashing as I could possibly have gone without going over the edge of the mountain on the Sleek Dog Trail. I can't explain it but I feel the absolute need to ride down that trail as if there was no tomorrow, and this time there almost wasn't. Not sure how it happened but I ended up with my back wheel in Zac's face doing what I call a 'Chinese wheelie' down the side of the mountain at a ridiculous speed. Man that was fun, can't wait till next time.
All in all I got around 88 miles of pure singletrack with Saturday being just over 50. This place is so much fun that even 50 doesn't seem all that hard, and I'm trying to figure out when I'm going back again.
One more race left for the season, The Knob. The last race is always a good time with a huge bonfire afterwards. But this coming weekend on Sunday Sept. 30th is a Knob maintenance day at 1:00 pm. Please consider coming out to work on the trail, ride some, and socialize with the good folks that have kept this place going for all of us to enjoy. See you there!