Sunday, May 25, 2014

The 3/4 Enchilada

Day 3 and night rain knocks out the top 6 miles of the Whole Enchilada mainly Burro Pass and Hazard County. Great ride none the less with crank arm scare to start it out. About 5 hours to go 22 miles. Thankfully almost all downhill followed by 4 mile ride back to town. Done this twice now and it's only getting better. True all mountain bomber classic ride.

Slickrock way more than expected.

Day 2. World famous Slickrock. More uphill and technical than reported to be. Fun but exhausting. Over 3 hours to go 10+ miles. No easy way up or down and adding the practice lap doesn't help. That 1.5 miles adds 20 minutes itself. Little rain and some sun. Check this one off the list.

A Basin Memorial Weekend Trip Day 1

Day 1 Thursday. Got 1/2 Snowboard Day of Snow/Rain/Thunder/Bluebird at AB. Not bad for late May. Very wet and sticky but still lots of fun. Off to Utah!

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Tree Farm PreMoab Ride

One more before heading off to Moab. Sun and 70 for 11.1 miles in 1:08. Nice and dry with fairly clean trail except a couple of soft corners. Great place for quick trip and lots of variety. 5 days until Utah. Woo.

Monday, May 12, 2014

I Suck and Highland Wins Again

Perfect sunny day, 84 degrees and dry fast trail conditions. Great early ride first 7 miles into C and the gas tank went dead dry... Total exhaustion hit, could barely pedal, overheated, muscular failure. No reason either than getting over a pretty bad cold and I was pretty hot internally. Almost another hour to go 4 more miles: C-B-A. No way I could ever think about D. Killed me Highland with your never ending turns and slow 5.8 mph pace. Check out the Stava points-all points I had to stop and break. 1:52 to go 11 miles total. This place kills. Highland you win. No wonder no one is ever here.

Monday, April 28, 2014

Sunday Afternoon Cool Sun Addison

Addie and Baldie 11.8 in 1:09. Beautiful afternoon ride. Great weekend with kiting yesterday.

Sunday, April 27, 2014

Saturday: Harsens pulls through. Cold 12m solid.

Forecast held and well worth the drive and 45 degrees and occasional sun. 2.5 hours on the Kite surfboard in N winds 20+ when the session ended. Couple of nice jibes made early and some barreling turns to toe side. Even a little playing on the shallow inside waves. Love flying across ankle deep and not worrying about the fins. Perfect Satuday sesh that proves N works well at Harsens. But let's bring on the warmer temps please.

Thursday, April 24, 2014

Pontiac Dry Cool Clean

No trees down. 45 degrees, Sun, Fast dry and lots of tread heads passing me. 10.2 miles in 1:06. Still beat from yesterday's ride at Bloomer. Bike needs cleaning and chain work. Building up for Highland on Saturday if rain hold off.

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Boom 2014 MTB Begins.....'bout time!

Late evening ride in 43-46 degree temps... long ride to Bloomer for a great loop on 95% dry dirt trails. 20 Miles in 2:10 door to door. Great rim and tech trail ride with a few downed trees but really good ride that I will be back to again and again...