I built a new bike this year. It's the first bike I've ordered ala carte, then assembled on my own. I'm super happy with the bike, and rode it the whole summer:
One of the first rides I had on it, out at Salmon Falls trail:
I don't know what it is about the Jabber, but I'm trying stuff on it that I've never done on my full suspension bike:
In May, I did the Annadel State Park ride for "May By The Bay". Someone got this of me:
In June, I rode the South Yuba River trail with a
fast group of guys. I ended up riding with these guys a few more times during summer:
This one is easily my favorite. Riding the Hole In The Ground trail, my favorite trail:
Probably one of the most fun trips we took this summer. This one is cycling related - you can see my Jabberwocky on the roof of the orange monster

I rode the first five miles of the Rubicon, to Buck Island where we camped, and rode passenger in the FJ on the way home:
After the Rubicon, we got in to backpacking. Our first trip was to Showers lake:
And a few weeks later we did a trip to Lyon's Lake:
2009 is up there with the best years of my life. I did ton of riding and improved my skills and fitness like crazy, took three trips I never thought I'd take and tried a bunch of new things. Here's to 2010 - I already know it's going to be a wild ride.