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Deep Eddy Orange, along with some TopoChico and a splash of cranberry juice is a perfect post-greenbelt drink if you are into day drinking. And if you are not, you should check it out, it's definitely under-rated.

If your tires look like that it means you've been riding correctly. That tire has about had it though.

I rode the whole 28 mile loop for the first time this morning and I'm so glad I did the south side first. That trail is no effin joke. Brutal but fun as hell. I started at Tejas and went counter clockwise. Really fun ride and I saw no one outside of some hikers and a couple bikes around Cedar Breaks and Tejas. If you like 20 miles of cheese grater rock gardens and tech climbs this is the trail for you. Bring your patch kits! I didn't get any punctures and I was shocked considering how sharp some of the rocks are in the gardens.

Pick up some of these too

Good day on my personal trails.

It's a good thing to combine with RHR. It's so close, so why not.

Peddlers was 100% last night. Some of the water run off areas looked a little damp but the trail was dry to super dry everywhere else.

Finally rode my bike today. Definitely need to see a doc because I feel like crap, but at least I found my stoke again for now. I'm not convinced that I need a fancy squishy bike, but something with stability that inspires me to push the bike harder might be nice. This front tire is not helping either. This seems to happen to all my front tires.

Just came back from Bentonville during spring break and want to do a quick write up. For 2 separate days, we rode SP with 2 other families with kids ranges from 9 to 14. Day#1. We rode the Black Apple Creek zone, which they have redone. (by the water treatment plant and Tiger Blvd tunnel) and it is easy zone for the kids and the un-initiated. Day#3. We checked out Choo Choo and Boo Boo, (only Choo Choo is open), and they opened another drop-in zone/ hub, it now has as a green DH run (Walter's Whistler) and black DH (Techgnar). Both runs are short and fun. I took one of the better skilled kid and rode Tristan trail, which they cleaned up since last year, super fun and flowy. All of us ended up at the jump line by SP phase 1 and everyone took turn hitting multiple times, and saw some local kids boosting big jumps and landing in a manual. We stopped by Masterpiece also and all the kids did a couple runs and photo-ops. There is a new zone near the east-end of SP phase 1 which they are still building (you can find in Trial fork). It is another drop-in zone/hub, it has 1 green, 2 blues and 1 black DH runs. The blues has 3 wooden bridges and perfectly manicured berm, the black is a rock garden DH run. I think they would build more DH runs given the size of the hub (it is pretty massive). Between day #1 and #3 was wet weather day. So me and my buddy headed to Hobbs SP, and this trail just magically shed water. Tractions are an unbelievable given how much rain it got. It is a fun flowy trail with a little tech section sprinkled by the shoreline. Sawtooth and Timberjack are both DH runs that has a nice return trail. For those who has ridden LGT/Goodwater loop, it is the complete opposite of that trail. On my last day before I headed out, I rode solo at the Handcut Hallow, which is the Northeast side of SP proper. Any Austin/Central TX area riders would LOVE THIS ZONE!! This reminds me of one of the unmentionable trail in Austin, it shed water well. (I rode 1 day after it has been raining all day) it has drop-in zone with multiple DH runs, and a Traverse loop about 7 miles that goes around the zone (which I didn't ride). I did all the blues and saved the black for another time (didn't want to ride blind on black run with no one around). It also has this crazy uphill tech climb called zone 4, it looks gnarly. I was only able to spend 1 1/2 hour here, but you can easily spend at least 1/2 day or more here. We also took a trip to Coler on one of the days, alot of blue/black DH run at the hub was closed. So we rode down Family flow and Thunderdome a few times, and only a portion of Oscar since the trail leading to the hub was closed. It seems Coler is more susceptible to closure due to rain. Overall, I was only there about 9 months ago, and there was already a bunch of new stuff and I could spend another full day or two just to ride the new stuff. There are also newer stuff in back 40 that I didn't get to ride (ie Huntley etc), or. Centennial park in Fayetteville, or Devil's Den. NON-BIKING RELATED: I was at the Wal-Mart neighborhood get some ciders (Hibiscus Cider by Black Apple Cider), we went through self-checked out and then a lady came and checked my ID, and then she asked for my wife's ID. She forgot hers, and she told us I can't buy them before of corporate policy (??!). In a separate occasion, my friend tried to buy a 6 pack around 11pm and they told him they stop selling after 10pm (at another. Wal-Mart). Anyone else has problem with buying alcohol in Bentonville??

Nothing wrong with that, and I feel the same way even though I have plenty of workspace. I even pay people to bleed brakes and change pads. In fact, about all I do myself is change tires, make cockpit revisions, and adjust derailleurs occasionally. I have a tendency to f*ck things up due to impatience and a complete lack of mechanical sense.