Update on our whereabouts

We are now currently located in Flagstaff, AZ. We arrived here a week ago after a nightmare drive through the heat inferno of interiour California. We decided to skip all our riding destinations in CA, because of our breakdown in Manzanita. We also wanted to settle down in one location and ride every day. Therefore, Flagstaff. The riding here is extremely good. The singletracks are loose and dusty, but extremely fast. As soon as you get used to two wheel drifting in every turn, you can really pin it down the trail. The downhill riding is steep and technical with lots of really scary stuff. But everything is doable, and the trails are the best we´ve ever tried. There´s a bunch of really avid riders here, and they are kind enough to bring "team Norway" on shuttle rides every day. (pick-up rides to the top of the trails).
In fact, we like it so much here that we decided to stay longer, making our stops in Moab and Fruita shorter. Our plan to stay in Sun Valley, Idaho the two first weeks of june remain.

We have problems with the hard drive space on Håvard`s Mac. So we can´t use any of our pics before we buy a new external harddrive. Getting the pictures downsized, posted, and sent, has been a big issue the entire trip.

The pictures shown in this post, are shot by hard-hitting XC-rider Chris Clutton from Fort Bragg in northern CA. We met him in Shelter Cove in Northern CA. Shelter Cove was a really strange place, with a lot of "retired" surfers and Hippies. The place was accsessable by a narrow, winding and steep tarmac road. "Vidkun" made the 20mile drive on 1,5 hours!!!.
The trail Chris showed us, was a epic, neverending XC-trailride. With tight switchback-climbs and flowing descents with huge berms and some small jumps.
Thanks for the ride, (and the pics) Chris!!

Pics and text (Norwegian) on www.terrengsykkel.no

Day number...whatever!

After a week at Scovel´s auto repair in Manzanita, we finally reached California. The engine runs much better now with no signs of increasing damage. Will be checking out the scenery,(and maybe some riding), in Redwood Forest today and tomorrow. After that we will be heading for Santa Barbara, with some short day-stops on whatever mountainbike-scene we might find on our way.
Yesterday, the editor of the Norwegian MTB magazine Terrengsykkel, posted the first part of our "travel reports" on the mag´s internet page. Check it out on www.terrengsykkel.no (it is the article currently on the top of the page.) The text is in Norwegian, but our new, english-speaking friends, might find it interesting to look at the pics.

P.s:
Thanks to the extremely generous Scovel-family. They fed us, offered parking, power hook-up and a huge discount on the repair. Thank you guys!! You made the whole breakdown worth it:)