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[mountainbiking] Bikes with Lazers on their heads

October 15, 2024 BackBlasts

AO: mountainbiking
Q: Tank (Chris DeFranco)
PAX: Frosty, Gru Petr Hanousek, Tank (Chris DeFranco), Trolley ( Dan Shumaker ), Imaginary, Hootie, Riddler
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
WARMUP: rode around and checked out the park. Really nice place.

THE THANG:
Up Contender from Pump track…then east on Ridge to Dragon on left…down Dragon…climb Relentless Ridge (easy way up)…west on Ridge to Renegade on left…turn right on Contender back to the top…turn left on ridge head down the Right Stuff. Climb back up challenger and down your choice of Right Stuff or Relentless ridge back to the cars.

COT: I talked about how in book of Matthew, Matthew refers to himself as the tax collector. His selfless accounts of Jesus’ life caught my attention and it made me think about how I could be more selfless in my life and if everyone was more selfless our community, nation, world would be a better place.

[mountainbiking] Flight of the Concord

September 16, 2024 BackBlasts

AO: mountainbiking
Q: Tank (Chris DeFranco)
PAX: Billy Goat, Bling, Imaginary, Tank (Chris DeFranco), Riddler, choo choo
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
THE THANG:
Pedal up to the downhill hub and do 20 pushups.
>From the hub, take Warning Track down and back up. Then take Knuckleball to Bad Hop. Join onto Full Count and go under the bridge. Go to Calloway Ridge loop to Claim Letter to loop to top of full steam ahead. Take it down (x2) and then take Shades along the lake to connect back to the junction. From there take Shades to black hole.
Push or ride bike back up Black Hole.
Head back to bridge. Do a game of “last to finish” (Riddler won) Go back under the bridge and take full count to Breakout. Take slow pitch up to upper deck loop. Take lockdown down and do Breakout again or go down slow pitch. Take lago around and back up to the loop to take High and Tight. After climb back up to hub and take Strike zone home.

MARY:

ANNOUNCEMENTS: new time? 5:45-6 and new days…Tues-Thurs?

COT:
Phil 1 has Paul in jail and speaking of how people are preaching the good news of Christ for the wrong reasons. To gain clout or thinking they were better than Paul etc.
So what was his response?
Great! Praise God!
He knew God can use anyone to deliver his message.

He even downgraded himself.

In 1st Corinthians, Paul said, “I did not come proclaiming to you of God with lofty speech or wisdom. I was with you in weakness and fear and much trembling, and my speech and my message were not plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the spirit and of power that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.”

Does anyone know who Balaam was in the Old Testament?
He was an evil profit called upon to curse the Israelites.
God used his donkey to speak to him and have him see the angel in front of him.

So it doesn’t matter if you are not the best speaker or if you don’t have your doctorate in Bible you can still preach the gospel to those who need it. God proved that even a jackass can get his Word across!

[mountainbiking] Sugar and Rum did it again

August 7, 2024 BackBlasts

AO: mountainbiking
Q: Tank (Chris DeFranco)
PAX: Abscess, Imaginary, Doogie, Tank (Chris DeFranco), Frosty
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
WARMUP: none

THE THANG:
Baker Creek: up redbud to session Barb Burner a few times the over to Soups on. Took campground connection over and up to the Bamboo to Marie Myers. Yellow Jacket to Hard Labor to AEIOU to Redwood (Doogie got a flat here) to Remedy Hill shortcut #2. Then we went sideways. Abscess went OTB and separated his shoulder and we hiked out the last 200 yards to the lot where Frosty rode back got his truck and took Abscess to the hospital. (After a few hours of intense pain, they put it back in place) Imaginary and Doogie rode the trail back and Tank followed Frostys truck down Sevier Ave back to the BC lot.
MARY:
None
ANNOUNCEMENTS: none

COT: none due to injury, but we prayed for Abscess.

[mountainbiking] The Grind

July 10, 2024 BackBlasts

AO: mountainbiking
Q: Sambo
PAX: Frosty, Imaginary, Sambo, Spicoli, @Doogie (Mason Raker)
FNGs: 1 @Doogie (Mason Raker)
COUNT: 5
WARMUP:Chill ride up to Washing Machine and out and around to the end of East Edge.

THE THANG:Climbing East Ridge,Rainbow,Ridge from East to West with a brisk ride around the Atomic Ring Eastbound back to the Lot.

MARY:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:Just something to ponder on;
If You were on trial for being a Christian would there be enough evidence to convict you?

COT:“And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them inthe name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.””
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭28‬:‭18‬-‭20‬ ‭ESV‬‬
bible.com/bible/59/mat.28.20.ESV

[mountainbiking] Better late than never

June 10, 2024 BackBlasts

AO: mountainbiking
Q: Tank (Chris DeFranco) , Imaginary
PAX: Abscess, Trolley ( Dan Shumaker ), Imaginary, Gru Petr Hanousek, Bling, Frosty, Sambo, Tank (Chris DeFranco), 3 Peat…need to change name since are two other 3-peats AND Choo-Choo
FNGs: 1 3 Peat…need to change name since are two other 3-peats AND Choo-Choo
COUNT: 10
WARMUP: n/a

THE THANG:
Start without the Q because he doesn’t understand how central and eastern time zones work. Imaginary lead the group up the mountain by way of Relentless ridge. Then down some trail to the greenway and met up with me at the bike park. From there we rode up the mountain by eastern relentless ridge and then bombed down The right Stuff. Climbed back up by way of challenger to Opportunity down, back up Challenger to finish with a fast decent down relentless ridge.
MARY:
N/a
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bentonville Trip, meal train (link sent) for Trolley and family

COT: life is not always what we want and storms arise out of nowhere. Cancer, jobs, relationships, all kids of things go sideways at times. but….God is in all things and is with us always. Example of the disciples when the were on the boat and a large storm came and threatened their lives. Out of the chaos Jesus appeared walking on water.