By this time of the year I am expecting the typical rain and doom of October to come rolling in any day. The lawn is mowed, boat stowed so nothing to do but hibernate until spring. (actually the Doom has arrived as of Tuesday). So it was sweet to get an excuse to get away for the day and head down south of the border (Snohomish / King county border) to hang with the Transition Bikes crew for a “Demo Day” at Colonnade Park, Seattle.

This bike park is built under I-5 between Eastlake and Capital Hill, so even for a somewhat sunny day, lighting is not the best. It has only been around for a couple years and is just coming into its own for becoming for people looking for a place to ride during the gloom of Fall.

I got there late, but was able to get some shots and bum a dog off the Transition grill. Most of the action late in the day was the line that led to “Rainbow Bridge”.

More of my photos from the Transition Demo Day at Colonade Park >>>>   HERE

There were some other guys shooting photos, I’m curious what shots they were getting. Andy Tran from Syndrome Racing was there shooting video, which he already has edited and posted.

pretty sweet……

Saturday might have been the last day of “summer”. The soccer fields at 152nd are not the most photogenic venue, a bunch of other games going on so half the spectators are looking the other way, big parking lot, and a bunch of storage units, but whatcha gunna do. I am already missing the sun.

(As always) there are more photos to check out from Saturday’s game in the Photo Gallery >>>> HERE

What a great weekend to wrap up the 2009 mountain bike race season.

After a week of driving the family mini-van, I was pretty stoked to get my truck back (with a fresh transmission) in time to drive down to the final race of the 2009 Fluidride Cup Downhill series.  Perfect window of nice weather all weekend.

I rolled in to the parking lot of the Ski Bowl resort Saturday around 10:30, so plenty of time to hit the hill and get some practice session shots. Hike, hike hike shoot, shoot, shoot… back to the truck, hit the Iceaxe brew pub for a killer burger, up to the Ratskeller to watch a slideshow by Carl Warren and another premier showing of the Rockstar Energy movie “Barred for Life” ( saw the original movie premier at Sea Otter…. meh… its ok….. at the Sea Otter Premier, where they also premiered Theo Dillworth’s “Days of Dirt” which I thought blew it away).  Anyway missed both the slideshow and the movie, dehydration headache kicked-in, time to head to “bed” (not really thinking about sleeping accommodations before driving down, and being truly happy to have the truck back. I came to realize that the truck back seat was not going to cut it, so ended up crashing in the Project 529 Race van, which was actually quite comfy (as usual, thanks again).

Ok….. cut to an early morning, go bum a continental breakfast, and back up the mountain for the race.

Great weather, a bit dusty, but it actually worked into many of the shots.

All and all, a great end to the season.

Some photos from this weekend……….

All photos from this race can be found here 2009 Fluidride Cup #6 Downhill

Photos from the entire 2009 Fluidride Cup series can be found here Photos By Greg Tubbs / mountain biking photos