Monthly Meeting Wed. 11/01 7 p.m.

Come and see one of Kirby's new streamlined meetings. Guaranteed to be over in 1 hour or less, so you can concentrate on the important things, like drinking great Schlafly Beer!

New Signs on Berryman

This past weekend, a GORC crew, with help from John Roth, added some new signs provided by the Forest Service to the western side of the Berryman Trail between Berryman campground and Brazil Creek campground. With any luck, we'll be able to finish putting them up on the rest of the loop in the next couple of weeks.

Burnin' Sensations

This is the last Burnin'-themed title. I promise.
Ok, we know the Pimp and 3-Bowl like to do everything together, right down to riding (formerly) matching Buzz Bombs. But breaking them in nearly the same place is getting a little carried away. This crack in Larry's frame had them sharing a bike for most of the race.



John F. Stinkbait was in fine form, decorating the climb up to the campground with an assortment of inspirational items, slamming alcoholic energy drinks, emceeing the awards, defending his buddy... A regular whirlwind in a thorn tree.


Kirby and I did a ride from the campground that he named "the 3 Fingers." Start at the campground, and head up the new connector and hit all 3 branches of the Ozark Trail between 32 & DD- North Trace Creek up to DD, Middle Fork up to the DD/32 intersection, and South Trace Creek up to 32. South Trace coming back is especially fun. It's a 20 mile roundtrip according to his cyclocomputer, and another excellent ride you can do from Council Bluff now that the new connector is open.

Burnin' Google Earth Update

For those of you who are getting ready for the Burnin' at the Bluff; Google Earth has added a major update of the imagery for Missouri. These latest ones taken in 2005 showing some rather stunning views of Council Bluff Lake.

Calling all single speed freaks

Check out this folding single speed. It only weighs 12.6lbs and can easily carry a rider weighing up to 13stone 5 lbs. It folds up to 67cm x 30cm x 16cm which is roughly 26"x11"x6". The lightweight wheels provide such an amazing angle of incidence that you can easily attack pavement cracks with confidence. And with some strategically placed lead weights, you could even make this meet the minimum weight restriction for the Tour de France! GIDDYUP!