Welcome back my friends
to the show that never ends
We’re so glad could attend,
come inside, come inside
There behind a glass
stands a real blade of grass
Be careful as you pass,
move along, move along
There she is. The 2014 race season machine! KTM 250 XCF from Fun Mart. Fox suspension, Kenda tires, VC graphix, Full Spectrum battery, Maxima oils, Rekluse equipped 303Offroad machine!
Welcome to the new 303Offroad site. Here at this site, I will chronicle my adventures on 2 wheels. They are guaranteed to delight and to entertain. Hopefully they will not give you indigestion. If you stick with me though, I will one day reveal the secrets of the universe (the actual secret is not related to the Douglas Adams 42 answer either), and if I cannot figure that out sooner or later, I will just give up the recipe for #Joetmeal. After all, that is an international phenomenon that was invented right here in Cheese Land. I know for a fact that people in North Carolina (that is the eastern part of Merica) and in Chatel France and in the UK all eat and cherish #Joetmeal. See, that makes it an international phenom.
But seriously, I am going to do a lot of talking and it would not be beyond your rights to just ignore me. I have been known to drone on and on about things that you may not find important at that moment. (Rest assured you will find my ranting important at some point in your life, even if it is just to drown out the drivel of figure skating that passes as Olympic coverage.) But, somewhere along the way you might find it entertaining, although my advice is never to admit that in particular to your spouse. I will be unabashedly talking about my absolute fascination with everything that is 2 wheels. I will ride a motorcycle, a road bicycle, a mountain bicycle, a city bicycle – hell, I would even ride a BMX bike in a pinch. Pretty much, if it has 2 wheels I plan to ride it. I would also say, that there really aren’t many 2 wheelers that I do not own, have owned or intend to own at some point in my life. You see, it may not have become obvious for you yet, but a 2wheeler has just 2 wheels. That is exactly 1/2 as many as a car has. By my math that makes them exactly 19.6 times better than cars. My very precise math goes like this – multiply the number of wheels a car has by the number of wheels a motorcycle/bicycle has times the difference in the number of wheels add the number of wheels on a BMX bike add the number of wheels on training wheels (but they are small so whack that number in half) add .6 for good measure to break any ties and there you have it. motorcycles/bicycles are exactly 19.6 times better than cars.
The Trek Farley snow bike getting ready to be shredded.
I kinda dig things with 2 wheels. I have raced many a 2wheel thing, but sometimes it does not even take a race. Just a spirited ride.
A football is not a very good gift by the way. And thank god it is not raining today.
So, I never really knew where all this was leading when I first started with my 2wheel frenzy. Sure, I rode a bicycle when I was a kid, didn’t we all? A bicycle is that thing that gave us all the freedom. You know, you made a right and a left and another left and all of a sudden you were gone. Mom could not direct, no one knew where you were… It was that freedom that hooked me. I still every time I get on a bicycle or a motorcycle I find that freedom spot. Maybe I should have called this blogsite the freedom site, but I did not want anyone confusing this with a site dedicated to frites. (There are those you know, and frites are Belgian which means I could have a significant affaire with them as well – it is Belgium for gods sake.) But, in the end – is this the end? – it is the 2 wheeler that really turns me on. Specifically, a 2wheeler offroad is what gets to me. When the gun goes off at the start line of a harescrambles race, or I successfully get over a double jump on my mountain bike, or shred a sweet berm turn on my EX trail bike, or I bunny hop over a cyclocross obstacle – those are the things that really get me excited.
Racing the CX bike! I am not very good at it, but I really like it.
So there you have it. My new blog site that will attempt to mash together my love for motorcycle racing offroad, for mountain biking for cyclocross is what you have found. Of course there will be plenty of beer burritos and coffee along the way. (Don’t even tell me that you do not understand the hierarchy of food types.)
Performing on a stool
we’ve a sight to make you drool
Seven virgins and a mule,
keep it cool, keep it cool
We would like it to be known
the exhibits that were shown
Were exclusively our own,
all our own, all our own
Come and see the show,
come and see the show
Come and see the show
See the show
Cheers, Out
Joe
There have been times that I have felt fast on a 2wheeler. But, they are just occasionally.
I have been fortunate enough to ride some amazing places!