Remember the bike and Christmas?

Ho Ho Ho – Dad is not a mechanic
I remember my 1st bike. I got it for Christmas. It was blue and it had the words free rider on the top tube – banana white seat, monkey bars, and lots of chrome. It was the Sears special I’m sure (my mother and step-father worked for Sears – so everything we got was from the Sears catalog – wicked!) – and I remember knowing exactly what it was despite my mom’s wrapping effort.

I also remember how unbelievably unsaavy my step-father was at assembling the parts on the bike – in hindsight, its probably the reason he didn’t buy training wheels in the 1st place. Less to screw up. It did ride awesomely though – I remember that 1st snow ride down Glenwood Ave. I was a free rider for sure. Having two dads was kind of a ‘cool’ thing – if only – because they both got me bikes. My pops got me the BMX the year later – it was all over after that. Christmas and bikes – life was and still is really cool for those wonderful bikes. My daughter was in the shop recently with me – I adored the fact she went straight for the bikes and said the word out loud – ‘BIKE!’. She is so getting a pimped out BMX with Pink Chris King parts.

What up with the missing parts on the site?
We are currently in the process of overhauling some parts, if not all, of our site – so bear with us as it looks fugly for a short bit and sometimes missing information – we’re officially under re-construction of sorts. The Bonebell Crew has a lot of work going on to bring you something really cool for the New Year. You’d think we didn’t have day jobs sometimes. At the very least – our jobs like what we are dedicated to such worthy causes (thanks bosses!). Enjoy the posts while we retool some things around!

National Parks Service Rule Proposal
Kiddies – you like to keep dirtbaggin’ alive in National Parks – then you better read up on Proposal Document 1024-AD72 and drop your positive comment that you support this initiative. In short – this regulation puts more control of these decisions to the local land managers which cuts the review process shorter (typically takes ‘years’ to approve a trail system). This is great for all areas that may deserve a trail system and folks in other organizations have a better lead into working with a local land manager to review possibilities of opening new avenues into MTB trail use – think of how many people C.A.M.B.r have to talk to get just ‘one’ trail laid out – now think of how many National Parks out there without trails (lots!). Its a lot of work but every suggestion to improve the process counts. Bikes belong in parks – well laid out plans with the help of I.M.B.A. can make them a reality when outlined correctly. Many studies have proven that erosion due to bike tires are not an issue when there are well laid out trail systems that are designed to combat the same erosion and protect the natural landscape.

Happy Holidays to everyone – be safe out there the next few days and enjoy!