We laugh at danger and break all the rules.

Transition Bike’s wrap for Windham with some pretty mixed luck. Will Jill kill it at MSA?

Windham World Cup Finals – More Mountain Bike Videos

Melancholy is incompatible with bicycling.

~ James E. Starrs

So, after the Orthopedic surgeon’s appointment yesterday I have a plan. Good news is no surgery required. Then the bad news -  10 weeks of frustration ahead:

week 1 – Ortho appointment, pain killers, ice twice a day, keep the f@cking thing still.

week 2 – repeat steps 2 through 4 above.

week 3 – New x-rays to check healing is going ok. Visit Ortho to make sure shit is going to plan.

Week 4 – If healing start physio, if not healing plan surgery.

Week 5 – More physio, try to work out if anything else is wrong with my shoulder.

Week 6 – More physio, start swimming

Week 7 – Bone is strong enough to ride but not strong enough for contact sports or a crash. Ride at own risk.

Week 8 – See week 7

Week 9 – Should be back on deck with depleted muscle strength in upper body. Begin riding and building strength.

Week 10 - Shred.

Get a bicycle.  You will not regret it if you live.

~Mark Twain

After all the double flip wippin hoo0haar of CrankWorx it’s good to sit back and watch some good ol’ fashioned downhill shreddin.

Mainly posting this ‘cos I know Dangerous is gonna dig the soundtrack. Classic quote from Josh Bryceland:

After qualifying 4th I was so nervous. At the top I was focking shitting m’self.

Peaty. WORD!

Pro Downhill Slowmo – 2009 U.S. National Championships from Litter Mag on Vimeo.

Palmer comes in 12th! Pretty solid effort. He’ll need to be faster if he wants to be in the mix for world cup dates. Here is litter Mag’s brief wrap up. A full wrap promised for tomorrow. Word!

Stu Packer Sesh from Mitchell Pierias on Vimeo.

Really nice edit by Mitchel Pierias featuring Stu Packer. Smooth camera work in this one and some chilled riding. Even better, its Aussie as mate!

mont sainte-anne qc cup 2009 from Lama Cycles INC on Vimeo.

A trial run for a whole heap of top level riders for the Mont Sainte-Anne World Cup event coming July 26/27. This footage is from the QC cup earlier this month. There are a tonne of good riders but…. Jesus-H-Christ! Sam Hill (he hardly needs a wiki link but whatever) is hauling arse in his first appearance in this video, so it’s perhaps not a coincidence that he won the event. Go Aussie!