a good sign
sky light
peace
Friday, June 26, 2009
Sunday, June 21, 2009
back in the saddle
One of only two shots I took last weekend when we rode the bus to Ned from town and rode back down. We got destroyed on the way home on this one. Just a firestorm of hail, lightening, and pouring rain. In other words, a normal ride in these parts.
It has been a rough few weeks if we start talking about riding. Constant rain, work, and bike issues have been keeping a good man down. Hopefully we have turned a corner though and the summer will actually arrive this week as predicted.
A few of us drank semi pro Saturday evening and what an evening it was. Great company, food, and wine made the evening rip by and I soon found myself installing my BB and cranks on the new Niner frame at 2:30am. Amazingly, nothing fell off today on my ride.
Rabbit's eye view of the trail.
Here is the new frame. I will eventually have another setup when I can score a few things to build up the replacement IF but I am happy with the Niner One9 for now and the IF is still being built. I was able to get a nice ride in today despite the late Saturday night but I will save the initial ride impressions until I get one or two more good ones in. I will say, despite all the obvious differences one experiences on a new bike, I enjoyed the ride today.
I will be off the couch for Firecracker 50 which is lame but oh well. I am hoping to get a good week in starting tomorrow though and we will go from there.
OK, try to avoid a case of the Monday's tomorrow. Cheers
It has been a rough few weeks if we start talking about riding. Constant rain, work, and bike issues have been keeping a good man down. Hopefully we have turned a corner though and the summer will actually arrive this week as predicted.
A few of us drank semi pro Saturday evening and what an evening it was. Great company, food, and wine made the evening rip by and I soon found myself installing my BB and cranks on the new Niner frame at 2:30am. Amazingly, nothing fell off today on my ride.
Rabbit's eye view of the trail.
Here is the new frame. I will eventually have another setup when I can score a few things to build up the replacement IF but I am happy with the Niner One9 for now and the IF is still being built. I was able to get a nice ride in today despite the late Saturday night but I will save the initial ride impressions until I get one or two more good ones in. I will say, despite all the obvious differences one experiences on a new bike, I enjoyed the ride today.
I will be off the couch for Firecracker 50 which is lame but oh well. I am hoping to get a good week in starting tomorrow though and we will go from there.
OK, try to avoid a case of the Monday's tomorrow. Cheers
Thursday, June 11, 2009
riders on the storm
riding between the clouds lately and sometimes under them. we headed out of town last weekend to get a little 5 digit altitude. we needed to get away even if the weather was a crap shoot. the homogenized front range trails just do not cut it this time of year, i need it raw and unpasteurized.
what's wrong with this picture? oh yeah, blue skies and sunshine, where are we?
a little slice of heaven
making our way up a climb
sunday found us chancing a higher elevation ride that I have only done once before. since we were up in these parts, we decided to try it even though hitting snow patches was inevitable. the weather was what we have come to expect these days and I would say we were lucky given our location. when it was 40 and spitting snow, we may have thought differently though.
the path less traveled
i enjoyed discovering this little rock. seeing things like this confirm that very few make out to these parts to disturb the surroundings
snow patches were abundant and light snow actually fell on us for a bit as we kissed 10k ft elevation
one of the roads down was still holding a nice stash
rides during the week have been less interesting but continue to help me maintain partial sanity. i have been looping crazy dirt roads and trails together when the more conventional trails are too muddy to ride and have come up with a few fun rides to pass the time
heading back down from one such ride this evening. until next time
what's wrong with this picture? oh yeah, blue skies and sunshine, where are we?
a little slice of heaven
making our way up a climb
sunday found us chancing a higher elevation ride that I have only done once before. since we were up in these parts, we decided to try it even though hitting snow patches was inevitable. the weather was what we have come to expect these days and I would say we were lucky given our location. when it was 40 and spitting snow, we may have thought differently though.
the path less traveled
i enjoyed discovering this little rock. seeing things like this confirm that very few make out to these parts to disturb the surroundings
snow patches were abundant and light snow actually fell on us for a bit as we kissed 10k ft elevation
one of the roads down was still holding a nice stash
rides during the week have been less interesting but continue to help me maintain partial sanity. i have been looping crazy dirt roads and trails together when the more conventional trails are too muddy to ride and have come up with a few fun rides to pass the time
heading back down from one such ride this evening. until next time
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