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’splorin

eric — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 05:15:58 +0000

Did some more exploring this weekend. Found lots of fun new trails on Saturday linking up some more common stuff. Still no snow to speak of – maybe tonight?

Saving the daylight

eric — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 01:52:02 +0000

Cutting it close with the time change, some local exploring today…

Mud season

eric — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 02:19:15 +0000

Up to the mountains this weekend for some fun. Out for a ride on Saturday morning I had my doubts upon seeing the snow covered trail. The ride had everything from just a trace to 5 inches of snow. Fortunately the creek crossings were mostly frozen, making it fairly easy to get across without getting soaked. It was a fun ride, slipping and sliding around in the snow and ice. Didn’t see a single person the whole time. Hung up the bike and ran down lower today around creekside, zoom and flume. The trails were a mixed bag of muck, snow and ice. Next up – skis!

CX

eric — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 02:31:01 +0000

Will and I stopped by the ‘cross race at Xilinx on Saturday. Beautiful day, awesome course, lots of familiar faces – good time all around. The little guy loves watching the races and ringing his bell – hup, hup.

Strike two

eric — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:39:15 +0000

More rain – two weekends in a row now. Did manage to get in a ride at Hall Ranch this morning before the rain really started coming down. The trails were in perfect condition, but I’d be they’re pretty soupy this morning after all the rain last night. Here comes winter!

And on that note, I’d like to encourage everyone (maybe all two of you who read this) to support Ethan and the team at the CAIC this year more than ever. After some budget hardships and fund raiser cancellation every little bit can help continue the good work they do, so give ‘em a donation now.

Fruita – Yay!

eric — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 23:39:36 +0000

Rain – Boo…

Off to Fruita this past weekend, but the weather wasn’t the most cooperative. Our grandiose ride plans for Saturday were scaled back as we were just able to sneak in a couple of shorter rides, Horsethief and Rustlers, before the rain came down. Sunday brought more rain, so after a lazy breakfast, we packed up and headed back to the front range. All in all it was a fun weekend, albeit wet.

A Farewell

eric — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 02:44:58 +0000

This weekend was bittersweet, an opportunity to get together with people, share a great ride and say a last goodbye to a friend. Chuck passed away last year and as he spent a good portion of his life in pursuit of “conscious suffering in nature”, whether climbing, paddling, biking or sailing, so it seemed fitting that his final resting place be on one of his favorite trails – the Monarch Crest section of the Colorado Trail.

A whole gang met up for the weekend and shared stories of Chuck’s adventures, rode bikes and drank tequila in his memory. Chuck and I rode this together last summer and it was hard not to still imagine him tearing down the trail this time out. He had a funny way of bringing people together and even after his death, he still managed to get a group of friends out to all participate in our own little piece of the “pro leisure tour”.

Keep pedaling Chuck…

Permit Hark

eric — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 02:53:37 +0000

Did I say Permit? I meant H instead of P, silly me. There are some okay trails in this neck of the woods. But it’s mostly sandy, loose double track covered in old cars parts and shotgun shells. Maybe I could be convinced to go check it out again (perhaps in a couple weeks when the Aspens are all golden yellow).

No camera today – photo courtesy of Retsin.

eric — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 03:54:27 +0000

And they’re off! Following the 23 racers on the CTR live!

Winterpark

eric — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 03:44:39 +0000

A little late, but did a weekend of riding in Winterpark last week. Rode many of the old standards – zoom, flume, elk, tipperary, etc. Discovered that the Tipperary/Spruce ride is best done in that order, especially on the single speed…