Friday, Gates of Hell Ride

Here's a few pics from Friday's ride. If you think I took a picture of you, let me know and I'll see what else I can dig up.

Tuesday Ride, 5/30

hall ranch, meet at the bike shop at 6pm and we'll ride from there.

Lyons Fat Tire Fest VI Friday 5/26/06 Day 1

Alright then! Finally got about all I need taken care of at the house and we're ready to rock. Just one more call (to arrange for beer)before vwe meet up at the shop. Collect at 2:30 today and we're up 20 minutes via car to our destination. Party time!

Hall Ranch, 6pm tonight

see you there!

Crosier

I'm lacking in digi pictures from Crosier, but here's the last time the ftf headed up that way. .

I really hope I don't take the uberbodyslam like I did the last time I was up there.




Count on rain. View from the tippy top, which was acheived only through much hiking and much biking.

Race Results

So, Chad, looks like you'll be leading the charge down at crosier?

Nice job!

Intense or that other bike?

Lyons Fat Tire Fest VI

Memorial Day is coming up! If you're reading this, you are invited. This is the 6th annual Lyons Fat Tire fest. The plan is to ride bikes during the day and party at night. Simple enough. For riding we will be exploring some of the areas best riding - expect the terrain to be steep and technical.

We should get the Friday ride going by 2:30pm. We may leave this up to a vote of who shows, but current thought it North Sheep Mt.

The Saturday ride is an 8:30am meet up at the shop, then caravaning up to Estes to ride the fabled Crosier Mountain. I had my doubts whether or not I would ride this as a loop, but after last weekends 7 hr deathmarch, I'm up for anything.

When we get back on Sat, it's time to party. I'll wrangle us up some Dales. If you want to drink anything else, feel free to bring it. Bring some dead beast to char, too. We'll have the grills fired up.

Sunday will be fly by the seat of our pants/dad day. We may hit something local, but that all depends on how we're fairing after Saturdays ride and Saturday night's party. Come on out!

Tuesday ride, 5/16

Hall Ranch today. Meet up at the shop at 6pm for a fun ride led by good buddy Chad!

Another Race for the Stone (5/13/06)

So I am so proud, I pushed my girl into tackling her first race this weekend!! She did Battle of the Bear, it was her very first Mountain Bike Race! She got third and was almost as pumped as me!! Go April!! I decided to get into the SS race as well, it was a 28mi hammer fest. Charlie Hays lapped every other SS, even second I believe, though Bloomer got second and Dan Durland got third. He's so fast they should make him wheelie the course on a fixie!! Anyhoo, I took fifth in the SS catagory but was happy as it is not my type of race (too short, WAY too fast!!) and it was a great day, even greater seeing my gf live out part of her dream. Hope everyone had a great weekend as well, judging by the blog pics seems as though everyone did. April and I also got in 12mi in Buffalo Creek ride at Chair Rocks on Sunday, great times!!

more riding and then some

the money shot



debaser and melis on the roots. Hey, that's real dirt, too!


this offshoot was starting to look a little faint...


But it really was a trail. Where's the scarecrow when you need him?


Chad doesn't look tired yet. Not that he did at the end of the ride, of course...

Gulched.

Despite a broken spoke 20 minutes into the ride, and a failing freewheel later on, this was a damn fine ride. I hope you boys had a good end of the ride without me, cause I had a freaking great time.

things that make a ride good

we have lift off


we have blood


The rest is all a blur. Focus on bikes.

riding bikes is good

Dog days of Spring

So took the pooches out today for a truly glorious morning ride in the hills. I don't honestly think it can get any nicer out than it was this morning.

I grabbed the dogs and left the house at 8am. Stopped by the cup for some coffee and breakfast burrito and then we were off. We were on the trail by about 845am and we started climbing. The dogs haven't been out riding with me as much as we used to. I used to take these guys on 15-20 miles stompers but I just don't have the time to do that much anymore. I really miss getting out with the dogs, they get to run and I get to ride, everyone wins. Today was a 10 mile ride so I definitely put them to work but they are champs and made it just fine. They even got to eat one of my Clif Bars at the top so that may have been the key to them finishing.

Top notch riding.

Did anyone else get to either of the Boulder Mountain Parks/Open Space meetings this week? Thanks to those that did. I made it to the Thursday showing. Apparently, it was a little more calm than the Tues version. The overwhelming theme of the evening was equal access and pro multi use. There were several maps up like the one in the pic. All of them had that many yellow notes. 80% of the notes were pro bike. Good stuff. Please read about the areas and the issues here. Then go to this page and submit a comment. Here is some more info from the Boulder Mountain Bike Alliance (BMA), along with some things to note in your comments. Thanks all for your help in this. This could make for not only more mtb access, but some really great riding near town in Boulder. Heck, it could also help lessen the crowds at Hall...

Man, Debaser took me out on a ride tonight near Boulder. The trails were great. Springtime is in full effect. I think I've now got the Maverick DUC 32 where I want it, too - that fork rocks! It was truly evident on some of the rock strewn roughage Debaser was charging down in front of me. Add to that the fact that this fork, coupled with the 6.6, means that I can take that bike thru some really wack lines and have a good time with it. I'm feeling a lot more at one with the Intense 6.6. I think I'm in love... Oh, more love. Stopped at Big City Burrito tonight post ride. There's definitely more love. Next time I'm getting the potatoes.

What smells after an hour in the saddle

Just ask Dakota......

paging davetoo...

davetoo please call the courtesy phone 303.823.5810 & give me your phone number/email... thanks!

Madison

Here I am planning to head to Madison next weekend and I bump into this on the web.

I know I don't need it, but I sure want it.

Fat Tire Fest VI

Howdy all, make sure to keep Memorial Day open if it's still open. It's time for the 6th annual Lyons Fat Tire Fest. I was going to type some big ol long thing to promote this fine event, but you all know that it kicks ass so I'll forego the verbage.

Here's the scoop:

Friday 5/26 - afternoon ride, app 2pm. Depends on when folks get into town. We'll more than likely do the classic N Sheep loop.

Saturday 5/27 - the big dog. We'll be out a long time on this. This year, we're heading back to another Fat Tire Fest classic - Crosier Mountain. Meet up at the shop at 8am and we'll caravan to the trail. It's just outside of Estes Park. Expect approximately 40 minutes of drive time from Lyons. This can be ridden as a point to point or as a loop. It's freaking big as a loop and involves some time on the road so be prepared. Be ready to be gone all day. Oh yeah, it WILL rain.

Saturday 5/27 PARTY - Well, the party starts as soon as we get back to the casa (fat tire fest started as our housewarming party...). We'll have a keg o' beer ready to rock. We'll have at least one grill going, too. Bring a grill if you can. Bring food. Whatever you want to eat. I'm sure we'll have plenty, but after a big day of riding, too much food is not a bad thing.

Sunday 5/28 - we may or may not ride Sunday. This has typically been Dad's day with the kids (heck, the ladies need some time to chill, too). We'll see how it fits into the schedule. We'll also see how we're feeling that day...

So that's it. Fat Tire Fest VI. Come on out!

The Tuesday ride this week was a blast. We'll definitely hit this one a few more times this season! Thanks all that came out.

18 Hours of Fruita

So Jason Sheeley and I headed out for the 18 hours of Fruita meeting for the first time. He ran solo as I ran it duo with an old mutual friend's and riding partner (he's my friend too!). It was a blast!! It was a little stressfull that the loop was 7ish miles, would have helped to have been at least like 12ish miles but oh well. It was a very fast course and Jason got in fifteen laps on his first ever solo effort, would have been more but I was told he had lighting issues that kept him down in the dark hours...either way, nice job Jason, you'll rock in Elephant Rock's 24!!
I started the race out for Phil (my teammate) and I. Laps were fast, on my Single Speed laps were still sub 30 minutes if you wanted it bad enough. On my third lap I crashed pretty bad and thought my race was over. Four hours later Phil came in and out I went. My race came back to me as I ended up doing 14 laps and Phil doing 9. It was a fun race and Phil and I came in DFL!! We didn't stage at the pit, nope, we leasurely rode into camp as the other leasurely got dressed and went out. We had a great time but slow results, sorry Dave!! LOL All in all we met many cool people and were able to spread the gospel of the Stone (That's why I went slower...HA!)!! Enjoy the pics and get out there and ride!!

Riding this week

Well, the weather doesn't look too promising for Tuesday, but we'll shoot for it anyway. Even if conditions are iffy, I will still drive to Jamestown and will make the call there:

Tuesday Night Ride. Meet up at 6pm in Jamestown. We'll do a nice loop to the Southwest of Jamestown. There will be some steep, steep jeep roads and a potentially deep, fast, and cold water crossing. Expect fun singletrack, too.

I plan on doing some more riding later in the week, too. Potentially looking at after work Friday, after early shop close on Sat and after close on Sunday. I'll keep y'all posted on those.

In other news, Lyons folks rocked the house at 18 hrs of Fruita. The Oskar Blues team won the overall. Lyons very own Scott Hicar got fastest lap of the event, too. Another local yocal, Scott L, was on the team that got 2nd overall. I'm sure that it's good karma that he is an avid fan of DPA... Anyway, congrats!

Oh, we got the 1st coat of paint on our house and garage this weekend. It looks great. Definitely a good change over barn red. I'm tired, though. On top of all the painting, it was also the annual Lyons pick-up-shit-around-your-yard-and-take-it-to-the-town-dump days. I got a ton of trash and brush moved out, too.

I still had to make it out for a ride after all that was said and done. I had a 1.5 hour window so I saddled up the Paramount for short climbing excursion up Highway 7. It was a fantastic ride. I climbed for an hour, turned around, and it was a 1/2 hour back home. Perfect timing. I made it to the riverside/raymond split. I feel old and slow now, as my recent times on local climbs and rides are nowhere even close to the same neighborhood as they once were. Oh well, life changes and priorities change. I had fun anyway.

BMA Action Alert!

Hey folks - (click the title)

I posted this over on MTBR - there's a copy of the BMA action alert, along with some pics and a map. Meetings are next week - this is a huge opportunity, but we've got to work a bit for it. If you can, please make it to at least one of the meetings next week and let Boulder know that you want singletrack to ride from town, and this is the place.

See all those lines in yellow? Those could be mountain bike trails, if we show up in numbers!

Thanks -

Bryan

and speaking of team jerseys...

These babies will be here next week!

news 5/4

So, the bike shop will be closed on Saturday. We'll be pursuing a much more fun endeavor - painting our house. I'm definitely excited to see what it'll be like, but not so much excited for the actual painting. Anyway, those that see me on Sunday should hope to see some signs of relief on my face. We'll only be a few more small steps towards completion on our addition project. Finally!

Also, found out some other big news today. Kelly Bikes is throwing in the towel. You will all rememeber them as the long time California framebuilder famous for their skinny tubed bikes and green and orange logos. Cross bikes, road, mountain, they were good at it all. Better get those black rigid Kelly forks while you still can! Here's more info. It is a sad time indeed.

The Intense derailleur hangers are finally here. A bunch of you have been bugging me about them so grab 'em while they're hot. Or just grab 'em. Hot der hangers are no fun at all. I burned my leg on a brake caliper last week, but that's another story.

One last thing for the eve - the woolies have come and are mostly gone. I still have a short sleeve XL and a long sleeve medium. They will be gone soon. If'n wool just isn't your thing, though, we'll have the shop racer boy jerseys in Mid May. These will be your traditional tighty, 3 pocket, synthetic fiber jerseys that will make you look super cool racer style. We'll have a bit more of these in more sizes, too.

Over and out. If you come to the house Sat, we'll put you to work! See everyone at the shop on Sunday.

More from Switzerland

Justification for hauling the big camera araound, I hope.

That was fun! See you guys next week!