Saturday, November 29, 2008

Bodie Saddles Up(on a real mountainbike)

Bo and I took a ride at Corriganville Park at the east end of Simi Valley. They shot some Westerns there a while ago as well as some of the Tarzan movies. This was his first real ride on the bike he inherited from Zeke.

Bo is ready to go on the Big Bike.

Looks like a perfect fit. It actually took me some time to dial this in for him. His paws were not big enough to reach the hand brakes, so I had to notch them in a little.

Steep hill. Bo needed a little coaxing to come down this one, but he made it.

The highlight of the ride was the bowl. Many years ago they lined one of the valleys with cement and filled it with water to shoot the underwater scenes for Tarzan(crocodile wrestling, etc). Well, the bowl is still there, although empty, and it's great to bike through. Tough to see here, but Bo just dropped in from the lip(about ten feet high), and is about to roll over the bump, into a small banking turn, which shoots you out on the other side. Just like a rollercoaster. He loved it so much he rode it ten times.

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