{"id":174,"date":"2008-12-31T22:15:49","date_gmt":"2009-01-01T06:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=174"},"modified":"2009-01-02T16:34:58","modified_gmt":"2009-01-03T00:34:58","slug":"tacos-for-new-years-eve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=174","title":{"rendered":"Tacos For New Year&#8217;s Eve"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tacos were sounding good today.\u00a0 I went to Alpine to take some more flight lessons.<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"448\" height=\"361\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/i289.photobucket.com\/player.swf?file=http:\/\/vid289.photobucket.com\/albums\/ll228\/Aquaholic2008\/MVI_6617.flv\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>So I&#8217;m calling this a\u00a0successful jump and landing, with a really bad bit of trail riding immediatly afterwards.\u00a0 My biggest mistake was not\u00a0really looking at the landing closely before jumping. I have done that jump before but did not take notice of a rut that had developed after the rains and was just chilling there in the shade. If I had I would have made more of an effort to not to go as far left as I did. I really thought I was just going to scrap the bushes a bit and keep on riding.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some shots of the aftermath.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mtbbill.com\/cpg\/albums\/ATT-31DEC08\/ATT-31DEC08-01.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/397d8109b28b1403683dee8abc0e6d1c.jpg?resize=650%2C488\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" imagescaler=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/397d8109b28b1403683dee8abc0e6d1c.jpg?resize=650%2C488\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This one taco deluxe!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mtbbill.com\/cpg\/albums\/ATT-31DEC08\/ATT-31DEC08-02.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/170bb8208772c225f8c0a567776fb1bd.jpg?resize=488%2C650\" alt=\"\" width=\"488\" height=\"650\" imagescaler=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/170bb8208772c225f8c0a567776fb1bd.jpg?resize=488%2C650\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I thought for sure I would be walking out of there as it was firmly in the hella jacked range.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mtbbill.com\/cpg\/albums\/ATT-31DEC08\/ATT-31DEC08-03.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  alignnone\" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/0715a5e8aab2796503eb6490e2ab75f9.jpg?resize=650%2C488\" alt=\"http:\/\/www.mtbbill.com\/cpg\/albums\/ATT-31DEC08\/ATT-31DEC08-03.JPG\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" imagescaler=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/0715a5e8aab2796503eb6490e2ab75f9.jpg?resize=650%2C488\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Surprisingly enough I found that after showing the wheel some luving Ike Turner style, it was okay enough to get rolling again.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mtbbill.com\/cpg\/albums\/ATT-31DEC08\/ATT-31DEC08-04.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/2bb587b50db6770aa041fc4ddfd0f596.jpg?resize=650%2C488\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" imagescaler=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/2bb587b50db6770aa041fc4ddfd0f596.jpg?resize=650%2C488\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One thing is for certain, I confirmed that I am getting the\u00a0full 160mm out travel out of my front fork. I got a scrap on the my thigh just above the pads and\u00a0I aggravited an old injury to my right shoulder a bit. 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