First Adventure Race in the Bag

Just realized I hadn’t posted a recap of the coolest race I’ve ever been in.  Gotta warn you though, this is a little bit of a long read – so if you’re at work, and bored, sit back and relax.  Here’s your recap:
The race was held at the Flat Rock Ranch in Comfort, TX.  This [...]

SAmountainBike.com is Coming Along!

Check out the progress and leave me a suggestion! Click the image below and you’ll be taken straight there.

Today started out a beautiful day…

But it didn’t stay that way…

A video from another perspective

Thanks @kellern for filming these shots today!

Cool GPS map of our ride http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/activity/7939622# courtesy of @kellern.
Also check out @kellern’s blog at http://www.percula.net/.

Government Canyon

If you live around San Antonio, you’ve got to go out to this place. It’s huge and it’s packed with a variety of trails from easy riding to technical uphill climbs.
Here’s some video and a couple of pics from today’s excursions.
(Disclaimer) There are a few colorful words in the following videos:

Compare video quality via YouTube

This morning I upgraded the SD card in my camera to a 15 Mbps card. The idea is that since it’s capturing data faster, it will be able to capture more of it resulting in a better picture.
So, I set out this afternoon and road almost 16 miles shooting video here and there so [...]

Look Out Lady!

I thought I’d try out some cheap editing software and mix up some new videos…

A few trails at McAllister Park

Went out yesterday and had a fun ride after work (thank you daylight savings time). Easy trails, but lots of them and…

13 miles on back-woods trails today.

Went for a ride today out at OP Schnable Park and decided to figure out a way to go from my house all the way into the park so I don’t have to drive over there every time I want to ride. After going around in circles for a while, I finally found a [...]

Offroad trail shots

The custom handlebar camera mount worked great, although the video is a tad shakey. Okay, by a tad I mean very shakey. Maybe a helmet cam would be better?
I’m still having issues with embedding the video and keeping it from playing as soon as the page loads. For some reason I can’t [...]

Handlebar Camera Mount, On-Road Test

Kinda shakey…
I’m having trouble finding code that will keep the video from auto-starting. To stop/pause, right-click on the video and uncheck the line that says “play”.
Edit 3/1/09
The video has been pulled until I find some WordPress friendly html code that will stop the autoplay.
Edit 3/2/09
Testing a new player…