Big Wheels

So close to seeing – Design and the Elastic Mind

No skiing this long weekend, but did get a few rides in on the local dirt roads. Getting out on the cross bike and doing some climbs has been good. Saturday was snow covered roads, Sunday cold, mushy and light snow and today was dryer, warmer and sunny.

The addition of a new pair of skis to the family has necessitated cleaning out the old skis and pairing down to just two sets of tele skis (there still some other touring, skate skis, etc). Before getting rid of some of these classics I thought it would be worth reflecting on the funny progression skis have taken over 18 years of tele skiing.

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While in Steamboat I got a little tour of the Moots Factory. Everyone there was super nice and happy to chat even though it was late on a Friday afternoon. It was fun to see the different steps of production and all the labor that goes into each phase. I even walked out the door with a custom spec for my dream bike – the Mooto X 29er Uno with a subtly curved top tube. If you’ve got any kind of thing for beautiful titanium and you’re in the neighborhood, I’d recommend stopping by. Here’s a couple of pics-

The place!

Where the magic happens

Unfinished Titanium

We headed up to Steamboat Thursday afternoon. After a hairy drive through some snowy weather we arrived. Friday brought lots of new snow and some funky windblown conditions in areas. After a little searching the goods were found!

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