laminate flooring in a gooseneck slant load horse trailer dressing room

A new article is posted covering the installation of laminate flooring in a gooseneck slant load horse trailer dressing room.  Check it out!

Installing A Wood Floor In Your Trailer Dressing Room

Making A Stud Divider For Slant Load Trailers

Check out this article on how to make a stud divider for slant load trailers!  There was not a lot of information on the internet on how to make one of these so I pretty much had to figure it out on my own.  This was not a difficult process and the results are incredibly useful.  Dont reinvent the wheel like I did, take a look!

Ear tick Removal

Check out this article.  It made a night and day difference!

Ear tick Removal

NEW LOGO!

We now have a logo! Expect to see some products in the future with this branding! Keep in touch.

Lyme Disease Sucks!

Saw this in the news. Multiple cross country mountain bike world champion Mary McConneloug will be missing this years US Mountain Bike Cross Country National Championships because she is sidelined with Lyme Disease. I know three people close to me who caught Lyme last year all in different geographical locations. I think doctors are both really underestimating the frequency and spread of this disease and too ready to brush off their patients as hypochondriacs. I think it is significantly more common than people realize. See the article at the link below:

Cycling News article: McConneloug sidelined with Lyme disease

Manhattan River Trails

I finally got a chance to try out my new helmet cam. Worked like a champ! Contour's trail mapping feature is pretty neat. Check it out. This is the old loop of the Manhattan River Trails in Manhattan, KS. This loop is roughly 3 miles and there is a total of 6 or so miles of singletrack here. Not much, but at least it is good quality trail and fun to ride.

Miller's Meadows Trail Review

I was in Wichita and figured while I was in a new part of Kansas, I would see if there were any new bike trails I could try out. Off singletracks.com's website I found Miller's Meadows. This is a nice enough place and they've made a lot out of very little. This place offers about 5 or so miles of singletrack with about 70% through what little bit of tree cover is in the Wichita area. Over all, it is a fun little trail with only moderate difficulty. It has nice flow, however, and will reward you with increased difficulty the faster you attack it. I'm sure I would have enjoyed it more too, had it not been 110 degrees outside.

From Trail Hooligan

Singletracks directions are pretty on the money, and you will find a nice parking lot just off the road. The exact location is:

Datum: World Geodetic System 1984,
Latitude: 37° 39' 0.7915" N, Longitude: 97° 10' 25.1494" W,
MGRS: 14S PG 61114 68576,
UTM: 14S 0661114 4168576
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=37.650220,-97.173653



The trailhead is right there and well marked. The local club regulates traffic by designating your direction of travel by the day of the week. Saturday was clockwise, so I started off with the full onslaught of the sun as I pedaled through the un-protected, un-shaded, first mile. Better to start this way and end in the shade though.



Again, this wasn't a bad bit of trail. It was a lot more fun once you got into the woods. There were corduroy bridges in some of the creek beds that added a fun dynamic even if they didn't up the difficulty. The trail also appeared to be regularly maintained. I'm not sure if I would make a special trip out of going there, but since I was in the area, it was nice to get back on the bike. The River Trails in Manhattan have been unrideable due to the rain we've been getting. I have no idea what the financial or engineering capabilities of the club that maintains Miller's Meadows are, but should they choose to, they could easily add structures like teeter-totters, moustache rides, and fat-skinny-fat bridges as side obstacles to the trail.



I also made some friends on the way back. They wanted attention and bug spray...not necessarily in that order.