New year, new bike....Kinda....

Made a few upgrades where I thought the bike was lacking and holding me back, or at least not instilling the confidence in me I'd hoped for, whatever. Since my stock Fox Van-R shock died the first day I tried a new spring on it, I figured it was a good time to make some needed changes while I got the stock shock dialed-in at Push Industries.....


2007 Marzocchi Roco RC World Cup with 475 lb. spring


2007 Marzocchi 888 RC2X VA to compliment the new rear shock.

The new Minions and the 450 spring on the stock shock made my Shore feel worlds better than it ever had, so I'm guessing the new fork and shock will only magnify that.

I can't wait for Black Rock tomorrow!!

Syncline - New Years Day, 2008

Went out to Syncline with Michael from Pink Bike and Todd from Myspace (the other McCarthy with a Demo) to ride Syncline with Mike Estes. We all met at a coffee shop in Hood River, then over to White Salmon to pick up Carl Warren, our photographer for the day, and off we went.

The top had a lot more snow than we thought we'd see, and had almost a foot in some places as we made our way to the trail head. Once we got there, the snow gave way to ice covered mud, then plain frozen mud.







Traction was amazingly good, and we only had one flat and one blown shock when the day was said and done. A great way to start the new year!