Raising money for Make-A-Wish again in 2007!

Raising money for Make-A-Wish again in 2007!

I will be once again riding in and photographing the Make-A-Wish Foundation (MAW) of Michigan - Wish-A-Mile 300 bike tour. Click HERE for a photo gallery from last years ride. Please, Please consider a donation by going right to my MAW website.

http://makeawish.kintera.org/wam/konabryan

Even if you only kick in $5 by skipping Starbucks for a day every little bit helps and if enough people donate even that small amount I can reach my required $650 and then some very fast.

If you want more info on Make-A-Wish click HERE!

Then read this story about Maddie, who died last year from cancer, but was able to go to Disney World first because of Make-A-Wish. If the photo of her with Cinderella does not make you want to kick in a few bucks I don't know what will.

I know I am glad Make-A-Wish does what they do in case my kids ever got sick.

One last thing, I donate all my time and talent to this project and do not charge a fee at all.

Thank You!

-Bryan

Ray's 3RIDE

I went down to Ray's in Clevelend this past weekend with Crispy and Amanda. We were there to se the pro 3RIDE event and do some riding ourselves. I was photographing the event and you can see photos and a short story at, justrideEzine.com
Now I'm heading out to shovel snow. I am ready for winter to be over! -Bryan

Greetings from the Sandbox

Just wanted to lay down a quick hello to everyone and try out this blog thing. Things over here have been pretty tame in the last couple of weeks. Lots of local security missions, not a lot of firefights, and I think I've watched the Collective about a dozen times this week. The rumors are rampant about our return home, but the fact that noone is arguing is that we'll be somewhere in the US by mid-April. There'll be a lot of work going on for a couple weeks to demobilize the unit, but I'm hoping that means I'll be back on the bike (after a full year of ZERO riding) by May. I can't wait. There is an entire summer ahead of me to rediscover all the trails I've raced on and trained on in the past. I am dying to check out the new Hei Hei, it will be my first real full suspension XC rig, and it looks awesome. Between XC heaven on the road out west and in MI and taking the Scrap out to some DJ's and some urban rides, there's a lot to look forward to. I can't thank B and Crispy enough for putting me on the roster this year. I've raced with these guys in the past during some of my best seasons and fondest memories and I'm expecting a great year of racing and fun rides to come. I hope everyone's training is coming along well, it's really the only thing I'm worried about since the only time we get any exercise around here is when we're in a fight. It'll come back quickly, I hope, as the very least I can do for the team to repay going out on a limb for me is to post up a couple wins. Train hard, I'll see y'all in the springtime.
JC

Snowy night ride.

Amanda and I went for a night snow ride on Thursday at the tree farm knowing this weekend would be to cold, for us anyway, to ride. It was a great ride. I think she had a good time since it got her off the trainer and it was her first trail ride since Iceman. I’m hoping to ride again this coming Thursday since the temps should be back up into the mid 20’s. Its 12 right now with a -15 wind chill at my house in Novi. The high Sunday is only expected to be 5! -Bryan