MORBID Turkey Day Ride

So MORC has an unofficial Turkey Day ride at Leb every year that was moved to Battle Creek at 9am. A few of us(Scott, MikeyB, and me(Pete) couldn't make that ride and needed to get home a bit earlier that than would allow. Enter, 730AM at the River Bottoms. Indian Mounds to the Old Ferry Bridge and back. We all were at Indian Mounds a bit before 730, got ready and started to ride. A little ways in we realized that we were all dumb and forgot cameras...and beer. So the following pictures are a recreation of what happened.

We rode down to the Ferry Bridge without much incident. We had to break the raft loose since it was frozen in. Scott had to take the tree in some borrowed road Lake shoes but made it across. He pulled like hell to bust the raft loose and we made it across in little time.

On the way back we pass about 80 other bikers including the LCR folks and saw some Grandstay kits also. Most said hi and good morning, thanks for being nice on the trails.

We get back to the raft and get pulled across. I unload first and am about 3/4 of the way up the stairs. Scott is coming right behind me when I hear splashing. This is what it would have looked like if you were to come upon us, but Scott was wearing more clothes though.

What happened was Scott slipped because of the road cleats and went about up to his knees. We hurried back to the cars so we didn't have to amputate.

Those last few hills before Indian Mounds were killers and with those two on geared bikes in front of me, master says faster on the SS so I can climb hills.

Hope you still have toes Scott!

The End. Have a good Turkey Day y'all!

Mr. Raftypants

Mikey and Scott didn't want to ride with me so I have to ride Mr. Raftypants all by myself. It was a great night for a ride! Night rides soon!

Replace the Raft!

A call to action:

Some asshats cut the raft free at the River Bottoms. Sounds like it was the work of some vandal fisherpeople. Asshats. So what should you do? I would appreciate if you would donate to the replacement fund. It is such a unique part of the trail and needs to be replaced if you want to ride the full trail.

Please donate or if you would rather donate in person, I will be at the MORBID Meat UP and you can give me cash there to donate to the fund.

DONATE!

You don't want to have to have me strap bikes to Mikey and make him swim across do ya?

29er Single Speed Fun

Location: River Bottoms, Bloomington, MN
Time: 6:30 p.m
Bikes: Check
Beer: Check
Lights: Check
Temp: 33*
MORBID Members: MikeyB, Petey

Petey & I broke out the 29er single speeds for their maiden voyage. Pete riding a Surly Karate Monkey and myself riding a Raleigh XXIX. We started out at the Indian Mounds Elementary School at the east end of the trail. It was a little different at first not having any gears. Gears just complicates things. On top of no gears we had no suspension. Yup we were rolling fully rigid. After a couple miles we were in the groove. The new Kenda Small Block 8's on both of our bikes were sticking like Velcro on the dry single track. Once we got to the raft at 9 mile creek we still had a lot of energy in us so we decided to cross and go the distance (He's going the distance, he's going for speed). On the ride we saw 8 or so deer and an owl flew out just in front of Pete which almost made him crap his pants. We also crossed paths (trail) with another 10 riders tonight. The hills near the Indian Mounds Elementary School were killers on the single speed. After 3 hours of riding we finally made it back to the cars for a beer. Tonights beer was brought to us by Kettlehouse Brewery. Mmm...Cold Smoke Scotch Ale.

-MikeyB