Wow, welcome back, G! There's a smattering of the cool kids left here, as you see (you'll notice gastro's here, incognito); and there are some new 'cool kids.' Plus there's uncool me still around. To bring you up to speed, here's a brief rundown:

gastro moved to a commune in rural Northeast and is growing pot for the burgeoning medical marijuana industry.

santiago is busy raising daughters right now, so most of his time is spent doing yoga, weight training and martial arts so that he can intimidate boys that come calling later.

junkyard discovered that tarmac gives a more even mani/pedi when he falls so he’s defected over to the dark side.

dannihilator turned his dirt jumper into a fixie and is still recovering from his first attempt at a 360.

chelboed had a gender-change and became just ‘ed.’ They liked the new-and-improved ed so much they made him a moderator. I think Jamis paid the site administrators under the table for that move.

DirtBikeDude got busy raising young BMX rippers and hasn’t been here in a while; but he’s still tearing up the courses in sunny SoCal.

never decided his madd skillz were so razor-honed that he didn’t need his big V10 any more. He moved to the woods, built his own trails and we haven’t heard from him since. I think he found out the new ride couldn’t outrun the bears.

mtnbiker66 became a professional flyfisherman and has too many sponsor obligations to bike any more. He’d like to thank Shakespeare and Orvis for their support.


Nice ride - - I liked the "glory hole" Glories.

I defected back to Yeti. Nothing against the boys from Ferndale at all - - they're a cool bunch with good product. The call of the Tribe was just too strong.