tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80758405669597864042024-03-05T09:56:02.430-05:00The Life of THE ButchButch Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18372638724141401929noreply@blogger.comBlogger77125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075840566959786404.post-64347542597081409512012-08-14T23:30:00.001-04:002012-08-14T23:33:28.655-04:00FundRazr - ManageHelp our girls reach their softball dreams!!! Donations of any size greatly appreciated.
http://fnd.us/c/1Lk95Butch Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18372638724141401929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075840566959786404.post-89420173419047620612012-01-10T10:13:00.002-05:002012-01-10T10:31:06.790-05:00NEW YEARNow...what do I do with it? Win!!! Yeah...at everything. Play every game, every day and every moment to win it. Gonna lose some, but I'm gonna play to win.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.bumperstickerz.com/images/10000231-00-00-00-00_lg.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 720px; height: 288px;" src="http://www.bumperstickerz.com/images/10000231-00-00-00-00_lg.png" border="0" alt="" /></a>Butch Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18372638724141401929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075840566959786404.post-1880259676988799922011-09-02T11:41:00.001-04:002011-09-02T11:42:50.541-04:00NC State Downhill Championships<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFKUsvvvAxKQhFGLl_PyzND-aHcE1WEpuH24J0TFj6FHNHe7ZGDpbAhYyOfzIEfdX9VwmJ3ObyLHeqa1nwHzpUV8r5M8NGpc4WmkwDcpl27cQHYEvICAMAB4REaxEOjea10xdiASObZAc/s1600/DSC00935.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFKUsvvvAxKQhFGLl_PyzND-aHcE1WEpuH24J0TFj6FHNHe7ZGDpbAhYyOfzIEfdX9VwmJ3ObyLHeqa1nwHzpUV8r5M8NGpc4WmkwDcpl27cQHYEvICAMAB4REaxEOjea10xdiASObZAc/s320/DSC00935.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647788212789184354" /></a>
<br />Had a blast. Won my age group & finished 5th overall behind 4 guys 15 years younger! Excited to race Nationals at the end of the month!!!!
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<br />Butch Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18372638724141401929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075840566959786404.post-73645743190671598352010-11-15T13:51:00.002-05:002010-11-15T13:57:12.672-05:00Why so seriousMountain bikers....you are not awesome. You are dorks, nerds, geeks and oddballs. Stop pretending you're awesome, tough, cool, gnarly, etc. What we do is a blast...a fringe sport. Tell everybody else that you enjoy riding, but don't tell them what kind of ride, bike, trail, place, secret, gnar, long, steep, shallow, rolly ride.<br /><br />Just go have fun. Say hello to others on the trail...and keep on rolling. It's fun and that's all we should care about.<br /><br />Moving on. hah hah!Butch Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18372638724141401929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075840566959786404.post-23059201115703573772010-10-11T23:32:00.001-04:002010-10-11T23:32:37.262-04:00<img style="visibility:hidden;width:0px;height:0px;" border=0 width=0 height=0 src="http://counters.gigya.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.0NXC/bHQ9MTI4Njg1NDI4NTA2NyZwdD*xMjg2ODU*MzUwMDE5JnA9Mzg2MzYxJmQ9Jm49YmxvZ2dlciZnPTEmbz*2NzFiNjkzMmIyNWU*/YzVjODEwMzM*ODU2NzdhNmIzNSZvZj*w.gif" /><embed width="600" height="361" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullscreen="true" allowNetworking="all" wmode="transparent" src="http://static.photobucket.com/player.swf" flashvars="file=http%3A%2F%2Fvidmg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv468%2Fbizutch%2Fcd04f6be-0db2-456b-92af-62141e8847d8.mp4">Butch Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18372638724141401929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075840566959786404.post-36416789339834407402010-10-05T17:24:00.002-04:002010-10-05T17:30:19.148-04:00The doldrums of fall....FIGHT IT!!!!I just have to say that with the weather turning suddenly with temps in the 30's overnight and me still dealing with a 90 degree day's sunburn, I'm baffled. My mind and body are in a tailspin and yawns come out all day.<br /><br />But I've gotta fight the dreariness and flow with the change. Adapt. Overcome. Everyday ho-hum must me laid to the wayside and think ahead.<br /><br />This morning's ride cleared a little of the mental fog out. If only you could read the sticker:<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4109/5054924711_e29f49c44f.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 360px; height: 480px;" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4109/5054924711_e29f49c44f.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Butch Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18372638724141401929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075840566959786404.post-20894288976405442512010-07-30T09:44:00.003-04:002010-07-30T13:02:58.885-04:00Lots to catch up onBusted out the DH bike for an 8th in Pro class at Beech. Stoked for my result but at the same time I think I can do top 5. Got a few purty pics snapped too.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ35LVn2Jyx6K3niYFRSQ2VhnEPt8iGgnOGu4hoKolUMdGDqKsF4_d2zi0USTvAnxAO_Ysexs4Umg3OYohJnYPietEmPTXY5F8f7yS5NfhdDoa_CXcEKqxNU8Q2CCahD-0qQE3cgURh_E/s1600/Beech+2010+a-frame.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ35LVn2Jyx6K3niYFRSQ2VhnEPt8iGgnOGu4hoKolUMdGDqKsF4_d2zi0USTvAnxAO_Ysexs4Umg3OYohJnYPietEmPTXY5F8f7yS5NfhdDoa_CXcEKqxNU8Q2CCahD-0qQE3cgURh_E/s320/Beech+2010+a-frame.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499725741590306306" /></a><br /><br />The home life is fun too. Girls have been in swim lessons for 2 weeks and boy do they learn fast!<br /><a href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4086/4843773938_2996031b0f.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 397px;" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4086/4843773938_2996031b0f.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4154/4843406751_786b0c0e71.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 325px;" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4154/4843406751_786b0c0e71.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />And then of course, there is the nightmare that was replacing the hinge bushings in my drivers side door. I cannot explain the sheer blessing I had in Bud Dotson and Cecil Jenkins. Bud offered to help, took one look at my door and suggested we get Cecil.<br /><br />Long story short, he's a master welder who basicly recreated my door, modified a short drill bit into a super long one, broke out the welder, sawzall, drills, grinders, blow torches, etc and put on an auto body show you've never seen!<br />God bless them BOTH!!!<br /><br /><a href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4083/4843425605_915cb65464.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 360px; height: 480px;" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4083/4843425605_915cb65464.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Butch Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18372638724141401929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075840566959786404.post-37446553084829042742010-07-08T13:11:00.002-04:002010-07-08T13:16:41.987-04:00Epic Anniversary weekendThe weekend started with Ryane lettimg me have a "day of riding with the guys". Wound up hitting the big Black Mountain ride with Jeremy, Matt and Dave and we all had a blast. I had a flat twice in 30 seconds only to be saved by Dave. It apparently cursed Matt though as he proceeded to flat on the most fun part of the trail. Bummed for him, but stoked for the rest of us.<br /><br />Sunday, the 'rents picked up the girls for a 3 day stay and Ryane and I busted out "Get him to the Greek", P.F. Changs for the first time (the place is awesome)& finished Coldstone Creamery. <br /><br />But the best day of all was Monday. Ryane and I ventured out for some waterfall action in Brevard and stumbled on a very private, crystal clear deephole. It was easily 20 feet deep and you could see big brown trout swimming all in it, down deep and striking. We dove in and cooled off.<br /><br />Then headed to Hendersonville to "street walk", play tennis back home and knock out some dirt cheap sushi to go from Asiana Buffet. Awesome anniversary!!!!Butch Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18372638724141401929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075840566959786404.post-49942273735385544502010-06-30T13:37:00.004-04:002010-06-30T14:03:50.429-04:00Softball District II Champions<a href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4138/4749451220_1445d9b9cb.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 413px;" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4138/4749451220_1445d9b9cb.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br />It's been an awesome season for our little girls, Cassidy and Charisma. Both have really taken a shine to softball and done well. Cassidy in 6u softball and Charisma in instructional league/T-ball. Cassidy was picked for All-Stars and after only 1 game was moved to short stop. It snapped her to attention and she got the hang of roaming the infield. <br /><br />She's the fastest kid on her squad and when she learns to field better, she'll make a fierce infielder. The coaches were AMAZING in All-Stars. Jason & Tara Alexander have done it for 5 years and are great people too. This summer she'll need to work on hitting, as next year they go to the machine pitch in 8U and she'll be pretty young.<br /><br />Charisma has blossomed and all signs point to her being MORE aggressive than big sis and we were told that she'll be in 6u for THREE YEARS! That's kind of hard to swallow, b/c 2 years of this have been so busy. But that means she'll be one of the oldest on the field her last 2 seasons. Good for her, b/c she's petite.<br /><br />For a laugh, notice the girl on the bottom left in the pic:<br /><br /><br />The coach said she was part of the team and insisted she get a trophy. She carried it into the grocery store and Ryane found it hidden in her bag at the POOL the next day. hah!!!Butch Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18372638724141401929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075840566959786404.post-23496572935719062672010-06-22T13:15:00.005-04:002010-06-22T14:18:38.836-04:00Super late post - Dirty Bird DH<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieGsw2CsPHByEmSXkdm24__3pJrXrtVZK9JmHBkKvvlgzpj_JCXjKJBlPECP-7be8w-XKF37sd8CcseoAsN5bkjuQIi4Iqd19XEs3Y8CwnqU8DjIFBplXo5erAtNKw9xKcWLWTEU8PUH8/s1600/104615540_1275939681.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieGsw2CsPHByEmSXkdm24__3pJrXrtVZK9JmHBkKvvlgzpj_JCXjKJBlPECP-7be8w-XKF37sd8CcseoAsN5bkjuQIi4Iqd19XEs3Y8CwnqU8DjIFBplXo5erAtNKw9xKcWLWTEU8PUH8/s400/104615540_1275939681.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485664054197029058" /></a><br />Been neglecting the blog for a while, but have been getting tons of things done and hustling after Cassidy's All Star softball games! Be sure to click the pics for full size.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZNZpovDWUQNc8ckZe5L7LWXT7i7UVcgsijFw3CkVUwyvJE7Nx02iZ8tE8OP2hANtm0Yn15moAqN0CTWeA2rfz6bQ9Lo1bN73KqhMurtFAVVQW6sKNH-vbjULvq-pibEqN89t7jCaF4IY/s1600/4686296501_b697b707e9_b.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZNZpovDWUQNc8ckZe5L7LWXT7i7UVcgsijFw3CkVUwyvJE7Nx02iZ8tE8OP2hANtm0Yn15moAqN0CTWeA2rfz6bQ9Lo1bN73KqhMurtFAVVQW6sKNH-vbjULvq-pibEqN89t7jCaF4IY/s400/4686296501_b697b707e9_b.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485661643661227426" /></a><br /><br /><br />It was time to kick off the local race season back at the Bird. I had to stop by Grandfather campground to set up camp for Ryane and the girls before the race. High winds and no help made it almost impossible to set up a borrowed, massive, poorly designed tent. So I got there late.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8vVbjeEtZn7e7i8jkQT0W6iR7a6x8ABnsYCHSwUIPYniig0SbRvrNqeCUoxCMSr5SPd3-eyAD_u5WdXVtf-NK_QGnHUS3cqDAQWpfOrHBmmLHYEOvEztm5_Kqmj-G4fWNdrxOks08sXE/s1600/4686935704_d1c69a9080_b.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8vVbjeEtZn7e7i8jkQT0W6iR7a6x8ABnsYCHSwUIPYniig0SbRvrNqeCUoxCMSr5SPd3-eyAD_u5WdXVtf-NK_QGnHUS3cqDAQWpfOrHBmmLHYEOvEztm5_Kqmj-G4fWNdrxOks08sXE/s400/4686935704_d1c69a9080_b.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485660463122761458" /></a><br /><br />Late, as it would seem, was perfect. The rain dumped as soon as I hit the parking lot and stopped as soon as I got registered. Track was slick and snotty, but a blast. I had to ditch my clipless b/c of a shot cleat and go flats. Fun no matter what. I nailed down 12th with a couple bobbles and riding the brakes too much, but landed among the big dawgs still. I don't feel 37.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfwGOWjuOZYFyZQzaW6dRzClRwhek_So4_0OeW62Hpn0CxQO-iBb_IABJQ2YHz_eD_CT3E94quzlmRwv59k7vZJlPyPIm_bl-cyZvtuH5MJkjRrlL0PFlLWv28yKeufXEYbO-4uY4F8x0/s1600/4686300171_01c12dd611_b.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfwGOWjuOZYFyZQzaW6dRzClRwhek_So4_0OeW62Hpn0CxQO-iBb_IABJQ2YHz_eD_CT3E94quzlmRwv59k7vZJlPyPIm_bl-cyZvtuH5MJkjRrlL0PFlLWv28yKeufXEYbO-4uY4F8x0/s400/4686300171_01c12dd611_b.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485660736504218018" /></a><br /><br />I even appear at 1:33 in two different vidoes. Same time slot...can't beat that. <br />Click Here:<br /><object width="400" height="225"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=12545394&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=12545394&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/12545394">Dirty Bird Dh--June 2010</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user1021529">Alex Boyd</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p><br /><br /><object width="400" height="225"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=12568071&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=12568071&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/12568071">Dirty Bird race #1 2010</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user2083854">TJ Kearns</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>Butch Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18372638724141401929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075840566959786404.post-86085079651122027962010-05-24T14:03:00.003-04:002010-05-24T14:11:05.487-04:00There are no more bees...and it sickens me!I'm not a doom and gloom guy when it comes to nature. I believe we can teach the kids and they'll know more and do more to help nature than we have done. And we've done 10 times what our parents did. That's a good thing.<br /><br />But this weekend, I saw something that seemed to me a harbinger of bad things to come. Since I was little, I used to walk bare foot to my grandmothers house through the clover. I'd get a honey bee in the foot about once a summer, no matter how hard I tried. But now, they're all gone. All of the honey bees, bumblebees, black & white faced hornets are absent.<br /><br />I don't think it's a weather cycle. Something isn't right. What happens to our natural world when something that blanketed the grass all day every day simply disappears? That's a massive link in the chain of nature and I really worry about it's repercussions elsewhere. <br /><br />My father mentioned that honey bees aren't even native to the US. So what bee was? And what will play their part now that bees are gone?Butch Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18372638724141401929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075840566959786404.post-64489906720588839602010-05-11T14:48:00.003-04:002010-05-11T16:22:26.467-04:00Bent Creek-Silent and Wonderful<a href="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1014/4599406190_7259e44455.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 375px;" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1014/4599406190_7259e44455.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />You have got to love it when you haven't ridden trail in weeks and it starts to rain as you leave work. But all was not lost. Rule #1 of a trail ride is go. If you abandon it, the rain stops.<br /><br />I got Bent Creek all to myself yesterday. It looked nasty out but since the trails have been so parched, the rain just soaked in and made the trails fantastic!!! I didn't even get gunk on the bike until I hit the parking lot exit. Flat out fast as snot, quiet, peaceful and serene!!<br /><br />God Bless!Butch Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18372638724141401929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075840566959786404.post-77345405709683885212010-05-04T13:36:00.003-04:002010-05-04T13:39:41.898-04:00Massanutten Yee Ha - GES #1 - Podium townI haven't been on the podium in a while. Been way too lazy too early in the season or on a bike of my own for too, too long. It was great being back on a familiar bike and a familiar trail (even if it is never the same weather).<br /><br /><a href="http://sicklines.smugmug.com/Events/2010-Massanutten-Day2-Practice/12031814_UahqU#853823275_aP7Wk-A-LB"><img src="http://sicklines.smugmug.com/Events/2010-Massanutten-Day2-Practice/IMG2962/853823275_aP7Wk-L.jpg"></a><br /><br />Huge drifty turns and techy, straight forward rock baby heads mean full on moto style riding, something I live for.<br /><br />Anyway, I landed on the Open class podium in 3rd behind a Pro and a buddy, Matt Griffin of SEI Racing. http://seiracing.blogspot.com/<br /><br />See you on the trails soon. Oh, and my Turner 5pack is back up and running with some cranks finally. Yeah!!!Butch Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18372638724141401929noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075840566959786404.post-89950474671451059552010-03-22T16:27:00.002-04:002010-03-22T16:31:01.481-04:00Downhill shuttles at WindrockJust an absolutely beautiful weekend of riding at an incredible bike park. If you've never been, it's on par with the greatest riding areas in the U.S. Since no one is making money off it, it's doesn't get the traffic of a Snowshoe, but the terrain is among the best.<br /><br />Short clip with me leading out Jason from SickLines.tv :<br /><br /><object id="mpora_jbuHQDntm" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="480" height="315"><param name="movie" value="http://video.mpora.com/p/jbuHQDntm" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><embed src="http://video.mpora.com/p/jbuHQDntm" width="480" height="315" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object>Butch Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18372638724141401929noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075840566959786404.post-70986753512165436322010-02-09T14:07:00.001-05:002010-02-09T14:09:33.419-05:00Out with the negativityI saw some sunlight yesterday and felt a breeze that lit my spirits. I think God reached down and breathed new life into me this week. I'm enjoying it. May even do a ride in the gooey woods one morning this week!<br /><br />Til then,<br /><br />That ButchButch Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18372638724141401929noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075840566959786404.post-34654765848371427442010-01-19T22:35:00.002-05:002010-01-19T22:39:02.354-05:00Intervals make me feel aliveIs it wrong to actually enjoy intervals for the first time in a long time? Somehow I was actually looking forward to pushing myself. That's got to be a good sign for the rest of the week!<br /><br />It helped that a free 30 minute DH video was online for the watching too. Cured the boredom!<br /><br /><br /><object width="480" height="315" id="mporaplayer_MS3anRmfB" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"><param name="movie" value="http://video.mpora.com/ep/MS3anRmfB/"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://video.mpora.com/ep/MS3anRmfB/" width="480" height="315" wmode="transparent" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed></object><br /><font size="1">More <a href="http://mpora.com/mountainbiking">Mountain Biking</a> >></font><br />Butch Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18372638724141401929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075840566959786404.post-26296018124169936662009-12-29T10:31:00.001-05:002009-12-29T11:08:17.789-05:00Listen to me. NEVER buy a home that doesn't have a garageI'm kicking myself for it right now. If I had a garage, I'm positive I could get both of our cars back up and running. But as it sits, the wife's '04 Altima sits immobile in the driveway with no way to get it to a buddy's garage. Wind chills in the single digits are condusive to 7pm tune-up and diagnostic sessions.<br /><br />But thanks to computers and the internet, I am actually gaining more confidence in working on my own vehicles. Apparently, all newer vehicles have really simple, metal pieces and really complex computer pieces. The metal pieces tell you they're done with noises. Computer pieces tell you they're done when the car does NOTHING. Going to the auto parts store to buy a code reader today.Butch Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18372638724141401929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075840566959786404.post-60469195133710618902009-12-21T14:04:00.002-05:002009-12-21T14:11:44.731-05:00Anybody got a tractor?Every one of my neighbors has a tractor with a scrape blade on it. The neighbor who illegaly cuts across my neighbors property line to access his property was even so arrogant as to scrape the 40 feet from his access to the main road. He apparently built a garage on the end of his house and started using it when the previous owner was very sick. He never got a right of way, so it's not on a deed and my neighbor hasn't pursued getting him blocked legally yet (don't think she's got the money). Absurd!<br /><br />Anyway, our driveway is about 150 yards long and there's no way the wife can get her car out. My 4x4 gets in and out fine, but not without alot of technique. It's times like this that I'd love to own a little garden tractor to not have to depend on others. But that's not the case, so it looks like I'll be approaching a random neighbor (not the one mentioned) and begging an assist. <br /><br />I really hate inconveniencing others in times like this, but it's not something a shovel will take care of. Say a little prayer. Weee!Butch Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18372638724141401929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075840566959786404.post-28504156060508740942009-12-17T14:02:00.002-05:002009-12-17T14:14:58.001-05:00Cassidy's birthday party tonight!!!Banged out a little trail play/exercise at lunch today and had one of those hilarious, awkward moments with a trail runner. He had his headphones on and head down, then looks at me with a big rock in my right hand that I've been tossing for "core" strength. He looked back down.<br /><br />After work, I'm headed to Little Crappy pizza for some $5.00 larges for the party. I then hope to hide anonymously in the background as my daughter relishes her special time with a "Dinner & a Movie" them. We are using our churches Family Life Center to view UP on the big screen and dish out pizza, cupcakes and popcorn. The wife is a little genius!Butch Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18372638724141401929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075840566959786404.post-11564636681844433402009-12-11T11:28:00.002-05:002009-12-11T11:39:34.165-05:00Time to get the tillerWanting to play in the yard now that my first little turn "turned" out fun. I'm up to my neck in ground cover and bittersweet though, so the shovel is not cutting it. I'm going with the earth eater tiller to get the ground right. Feel free to join me.Butch Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18372638724141401929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075840566959786404.post-43710269103040208932009-11-23T14:26:00.001-05:002009-11-23T14:27:39.314-05:00Getting the itch to digAll this fall weather and soft ground makes me want to dig. But is it worth it to make a little play area at my own house? If I had a couple buds who lived nearby we could have an awesome little pump track. Any takers out there?Butch Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18372638724141401929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075840566959786404.post-89982566636159980932009-11-05T13:58:00.003-05:002009-11-05T14:22:19.628-05:00Lunchtime HiJinxFor 3-4 days a week, I go to the Mountains to Sea Trail to do a little "play" at lunch. I work right next to the Parkway and it's a good 20-25 minutes of monkeying around in the woods. I started doing it back in the spring when I read about a guy in Men's Health who trained athletes in South America to use their bodies they way they were meant to.<br /><br />It's called MovNat <a href="http://movnat.com/">http://movnat.com/</a> and you can google it, YouTube it or whatever. The great thing is that you can do the movements anywhere, anytime. It's great for me because the foundation is to NOT have a structure. Just find things to climb, crawl under, jump and sprint. The guy's name is LeCorre and the videos don't do it justice. I'd recommend reading the Men's Health article more than any other on him because it gives you a better grasp of the concept.<br /><br />So today I spent 20 minutes "playing". I started by jogging down the trail for a second, then trying to climb a pretty big tree with really deep grooved bark. It was hard to hold onto..more of a bear hug. But it leans a little, so you can hook onto it. I realized I could use my feet on both sides to inch up it and man did it work me. Suddenly I was 9 feet or so up and just hopped down and sprinted down the trail.<br /><br />I charge up a steep little incline and grab this big, flat, triangular rock that I leave laying off the side of trail and do a squat then launch it in front of me like a 2 handed shotput a bunch of times. Then get on the ground and do crab walks and switch into a spiderman crawl. Hop up. Grab the big rock over my head and walk with it about 40 yards and go back. Chuck it off the trail.<br /><br />Next is my favorite...a skinny, angled tree that I can hang on for chin ups, pull ups, hang upside down on no handed, even jump off of. Then climb onto a 6 foot high angled boulder on the side of the trail and do offset push ups to help my balance. Jump to the ground. Jog up the trail back to the entrance, climb two tall skinny trees (one with a great limb to hang on) and drop from about 10 feet to the ground.<br /><br />Stretch. Eat a sandwich. Work.Butch Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18372638724141401929noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075840566959786404.post-25338868511251174812009-10-05T10:27:00.003-04:002009-10-05T10:41:30.335-04:00Cassidy, 5 yrs old, stomped the VA Creeper Trail!That's right. Saturday, we went with a large group from our church, Trinity of Fairview, and drove 2 hours to do the VA Creeper Trail. Apparently it's pretty long, as in epicly long, and we did the most trafficed section. It runs from Whitetop to Damascus and finishes out in the town right behind all the bike shops. <a href="http://www.adventuredamascus.com/CREEPER.HTM">http://www.adventuredamascus.com/CREEPER.HTM</a><br /><br />You pay $11.00 for a shuttle to the top and are unsupported for 18 miles on a converted railroad bed. It's such a gradual grade that you don't ever use your brakes. Ryane pulled Charisma in a buggy behind her and took off at her own pace. I followed Cassidy and cheered her on.<br /><br />Event highlights include Cassidy slipping off her bike and Ryane running into her with the wheel of the buggy, Cassidy doing tricks with daddy and wrecking, Charisma being relaxed, stopping at the river and eating lunch on these fantastic little docks and incredible scenery the whole way.<br /><br />Just go do it. It beats a lame cruise on the parkway in a car any day! Any bike can do it.Butch Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18372638724141401929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075840566959786404.post-47194282271215653892009-09-29T10:35:00.002-04:002009-09-29T10:39:19.332-04:00Up the mountain at 7:30am!!Now that our 5 year old, Cassidy, is getting up at 6:30am every morning for school, it makes it simpler to be on the bike for a trail ride before work. But, boy did mother nature have a say in it. I hit a private gravel road near the house and did a quick 40 minute ride this morning on the DH bike. Climbing on a 40lb bike standing up for 20+ minutes wakes you up!<br /><br />Hardest part was the last 100 yards uphill to the blazer. DH tires and tubes into a 15+ mile an hour head wind. Had a blast...now to wake up again after the caffeine has run it's course. Don't forget to look up at that crystal blue sky today. It's amazing.Butch Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18372638724141401929noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075840566959786404.post-30121368355991520092009-09-23T23:21:00.002-04:002009-09-23T23:26:25.923-04:00Caveman Mechanics InstituteSo I backed into my own DH bike, had to jack my Blazer up to get it out and figure out what was bent. One spare handlebar, one direct mount stem swapped out for a Thomson that was going on anyway...and swapping a upper crown on my fork out for a spare old parts fork.<br /><br />Only problem was that apparently for a week now, I've not realized I swapped out the upper crown, but didn't really. I got confused and had just slid the same one back on. I'd been banging my noggin trying to figure out what was bent still. I brought the bike in the house to look under the bright lights and noticed what I thought was the old one was way too clean to have come off a bike. So now....I want to ride. <br /><br />7am it is!Butch Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18372638724141401929noreply@blogger.com0