http://forum.ih8mud.com/ Tech and Trails for the MTB rider and the road warrior en Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:50:51 GMT vBulletin 15 http://images.ih8mud.com.s3.amazonaws.com/images/misc/rss.jpg http://forum.ih8mud.com/ http://forum.ih8mud.com/bicycling/333209-ih8mud-racing.html Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:57:28 GMT I'm in the middle of sponsorship season at work and an idea occurred to me today about creating a cycling team or club for Mudders.

Are there enough racing types and or cycling enthusiasts on this board? Would there be a benefit to Woody and the site? Would anyone here want to help run the team?

...just an off-the-cuff idea that I thought I'd bounce off the group. Whatcha think? ]]> Bicycling mcewan13 http://forum.ih8mud.com/bicycling/333209-ih8mud-racing.html http://forum.ih8mud.com/bicycling/333082-bad-water-db-white-mountain-4-days.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:04:33 GMT Well, at least that was the plan. But between the head wind and not knowing the route (yeah it was... Well, at least that was the plan.
But between the head wind and not knowing the route (yeah it was our first try), we magange to make it just past the Bristle Cone Tree intersection. Total elevation gain is 23,250 feet and total distance is 214 miles... We did not summit but I know we were about 10 to 13 miles short of our goal.

We brought a total of 12 bikes as we had several possible routes that included a mountain bike/road bike and some of us had touring bikes... my rig/trailer manage to take the bulk of the bikes and gear needed to do this trip.

Needless to say we had an AWESOME time and my wife was awesome at providing the sag support.
Had no mechanical issues other than a cut tire that was quickly replaced.

Here is the link to the pics:

Picasa Web Albums - Selene - DV2WM

Here is the link to the actual route we took:

MapMyRide.com | View Badwater To White Mountain in Furnace Creek, California

This was my first time in Death Valley.

:beer::beer: ]]> Bicycling MANUCHAO http://forum.ih8mud.com/bicycling/333082-bad-water-db-white-mountain-4-days.html http://forum.ih8mud.com/bicycling/331708-painting-steel-frame-road-bike.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:20:54 GMT So I've got a pair of old road bikes. A windsor and a centurion. I'm going to turn them into commuter style bikes. Probably going to go flat bar with both for a bit more upright riding position. Anyway I've stripped both down and sandblasted them. I've got them almost ready for paint. Hoping to do it this week sometime, but we'll see if I get around to it.

I'm still trying to decide what to do with colors. The wife wants purple, so I'm thinking something like two tone, with dark purple accents under a light purple body color. I'm not sure if both being metallic or just the accent color. I'm thinking something like wavy pin stripes or something. Suggestions are welcome.

As for mine I have no idea even what color to go with. Part of me thinks matte grey, but the other part wants to go with something like red/black combo. Or maybe red/silver? I'm just not sure.

If you have any tips on painting bikes I'm all ears. I'm planing to do a std paint job of primer, accent color, mask, body color, clear. And I think I'll buy a cheap trim gun to shoot with. I think I'd waste a lot of paint with my full size HVLP. I'll probably go with some type of off brand auto paint.

Also if you have any paint schemes that you like I'd love to see em.

I'll put some pics up once I get started. ]]> Bicycling Jetboy http://forum.ih8mud.com/bicycling/331708-painting-steel-frame-road-bike.html