Big Wheels

’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…

eric — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 03:42:38 +0000

No snow yet? Go skate - hell yeah!

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.

eric — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:30:24 +0000

Road trip! Monte Rosa hut

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.

Embrace the commute

eric — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:21:45 +0000

The new Picture Rock Trail is a new commute option heading from Lyons into Boulder. It’s definitely not the most efficient route from town to Boulder, but in my book beats dealing with the traffic on 36 and adds a little adventure to the morning (in addition to eight extra miles and a bunch of climbing).

There were a handful of local folks out this morning breaking in the new trail. The sunrise over Plumley canyon was great.

(Crumby camera phone picture)

eric — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:06:39 +0000

Has the Large Hadron Collider destroyed the Earth yet?