Who cares that he isn’t wearing a helmet.  Most states that have helmet laws only apply to people  under 18 years old.  He’s riding around Martha’s Vineyard.. I don’t think they have a whole lot of cars there. and to top it off, they appear to be riding a sidewalk or bike path.

According to Politico

On Babble.com, a website for parents, Josh Loposer write, “Truly despicable isn’t it? What kind of example is he setting for the nation’s youth?”

It amazes me that people of so much time on their hands to  criticize him on a helmet but not on his reckless spending or the fact that he still hasn’t disclosed his long form birth certificate.  Legally, he shouldn’t even be President.

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I just started riding the bike last week. I’d been waiting for things to dry up around here, plus I had a bunch of work to do on it.  Back in February, I scored a deal on some brand new WTB rims and new Avid BB7 Disc Brakes on Craigslist.. those needed to be installed. Being that my Trek hardtail got converted to a single speed.. I carried over my Shimano XT rear deraileur and XT Brake Lever / Rapid Fire Shifter combos.

Other than the wheels, shifters & brakes.. the rest of the bike is stock with with Truvitiv cranks, Fox Vanilla rear shock and Judy XC Front Shock.

The bike is pretty heavy in my opinion but I don’t mind all that much.. she rides pretty well and the excentric bottom bracket helps in retain some of the pedal power typically lost on a full suspension.  I’m still learning how to ride a FS, and I have more and more fun everytime I take her out. It’s amazing how fast and hard you can hit stuff and remain in complete control.  So that’s the skinny on my GT iDrive,  nothing too crazy… just an average bike in my opinion… that’s comfortable to ride.

You can tell I haven’t been riding in years because I pretty much have a bike that dates back to 2000… and she rides like she’s nearly brand new.

Well, after several months of debating, pondering and procrastinating… I’ve finally decided to start up my mountain biking blog. This mtb blog is something I’ve wanted to do for many years now.. I just never could come up with the right domain name and the motivation to do it. The lack in motivation stemmed from where we were living.. and probably is an important chapter of my life. But we’re here to talk about mountain biking not to do a clinical review of my sorry ass.

First.. I’ll introduce myself. I’m Sammy I’m currently 35 years young and I’ve been mountain biking since 1994. More importantly I’ve been infatuated with bicycles since I was 4yrs old (at least that’s the furthest I have memories).  I’m married to my lovely wife Carrie (who also mountain bikes occasionally) and together we have 3 wonderful kids.  I’m self employed… I am Search Friendly Web Design.

That’s me in the picture… posing with a timer on top of Spring Peak on the Ridgeline Trail in Eugene, OR. Oh.. I forgot to mention… I live in Eugene… we moved here in Novemeber. Previous to my arrival in MTB Paradice, I spent 4 very long years in Tehachapi, CA. only getting to go on 1 single track ride in that time  and it was at the end of our prison sentence.. I don’t mean that litterally (Tehachapi has a well known Corrections Facility).

Currently I’m riding an old GT iDrive that my wife gave me. I just upgraded to disc brakes… BB7’s to be exact. Out of the game for 4 years and now everyone has disc brakes WTF. In the winter I ride my old trusty Trek 6500 hardtail which I converted to a single speed this year after riding a couple of times in the Oregon muck. I have an old friend.. Eric Voosen, who rode a single speed sometimes for training… I thought he was nutz. I get to Oregon and almost everyone here rides a single speed in the winter.

So enough about me. Welcome again to my mountain bike blog and we’ll see what kind of fun we can have.  I have, what I think are great plans for a fun mountaining blog… I’ve been making a list and right now the content is expected to include but is not limited…  mountain biking, trails, tips, gear, bikes, saftety, mtb news and hopefully a lot more.

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