Long Time no Bloggin

It's been a while since we put up some ride stokeage, I'm sure you guys are kinda bored with no so subliminal messages about consignment bikes, right?!

How about a photo bomb session then.  Our last ride stoke post was Big Fall Ride back in Sept!  Well then, picking up where I left off...

 I had to go retrieve the truck after Big Fall Ride after leaving it in the forest overnight.  Good excuse for a ride, right?

Spot Rocker for sale, $1400

 Here's some pics of the Spot Rocker we've got on consignment.  It's a medium and the owner is looking for $1400.  Parts are as follows:

Tuesday Ridin'

 Now that DST is over and we're no longer chasing daylight, Tuesday rides will now meet every Tuesday at Redstone at 6pm.  See you then!  It's going to be a great winter of night rides.

bandit 29

2012 Transition Bandit 29er, medium.

Rocky Mountain Bicycles goes to Argentina

Make some time to watch this 5 part series about riding south of the equator.  Good stuff!

http://argentina.bikes.com/

Yeti SB-66 pics

Here's some detailed shots of the SB-66 (large) that we've got on consignment..  $3600.   A few cosmetic paint issues, but otherwise this bike is in fantastic condition.

bikes for sale!

We updated our consignment and demo bikes for sale page.  Check it out!
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150673841253352.454776.31031888351&type=1
Here's a list...

Chumba F1 downhill bike, med - $2300
Transition Bandit 29, med - $2400 demo, like new
Masi Gran Corsa road bike, 54cm - $875
Voodoo Dambala SS, large - $700
Spot Rocker, medium, 1x10 - $1600
Jamis SixFiftyb, medium, near new - $1275
Haro V3, large, ridden a couple of times - $295
Felt Z70 road bike, 56cm, new tires - $675
Yeti SB-66, large, lightly ridden, XT/Fox - $3600
Rocky Mountain Element 970 29er, 20" frame, demo, like new - $3400
Giant Pistol, 20", great starter full sus bike - $499
mid 80s Bianchi Road bike - $375
Ritchey P-29er large, super nice - $3100

Caveat Emptor

Veloswap/Used parts PSA:

With Veloswap, ebay, craiglist, and others, there are just as many bad deals as there are good deals.  We definitely recommend that, if you're buying used, it's imperitive that A)you get the goods in your hand to look over in person and B) you or someone you know understands what you're looking at.

Case in point - A customer recently brought in a set of wheels for us to check out.  Bought them used as a smoking deal.  The wheelset was sold as used hubs in a new build.  Take a look at the 3 spokes.  One of the spokes shows several threads exposed.  The other 2 spokes have loctite or something on them to mask the fact that the threads are showing.  A good handbuilt wheelset should have all of the threads buried in the nipple.  Also, note the corrosion on the nipples.  That's something that may or may not be an issue down the road with a popped nipple head.

Big Fall Ride VII, 2012 edition

Sorry I don't have more pictures.  I was on track for lots of pics, but my camera battery crapped out and I nursed it along without taking many pics.  Here's what I ended up with!

Ian ready to start the day in Allenspark.  And what a fine day it was.

Big Fall Ride VII!

Is this really going to be year number 7 for Big Fall Ride?  Sunday 9/30.  Meeting at Redstone Cyclery at 7:30am.  We'll get Lyons peeps to shuttle everyone up to Bunce School Road, then you get to ride back to Lyons on about as much dirt as possible.  Expect LOTS of climbing and even more descending.  Here's the goods from 2010:

http://redstonecyclery.blogspot.com/2010/10/big-fall-ride-5-recap.html

The grill and brews will be waiting at the shop for post ride festivities!  Hope to see some of your smiling faces out there!

Hermit Park and Homestead Meadows

After the our Winter Park ride and last weekends BMA Sufferfest, I was looking for something a little easier.  Sometimes, that's tough to do in these hills, but today I was destined for Hermit Park.  Hermit Park, is a cheating way to get to Homestead Meadows, the area at the top of Lion Gulch.  Good stuff.  Good cruising and mellow riding.  Kinda sandy this time of year, but still purdy good.  

There's a few singletracks with an arterial doubletrack that runs thru the entire system.  Typically, I access the meadows via Lion Gulch, which is for sure a beast to be tamed.  Being one of the most techy trails on the front range,  ...

Cougar Slayer

Is anyone out there planning to ride the Cougar Slayer?

http://thecougarslayer.wordpress.com/

Winter Park or Bust!

This Sunday is our 2nd Annual Eldora to Winter Park to Eldora ride.  All in 1 day.  Yep, it's a long one.  Expect about 12 hours.  We're meeting in Lyons at 6am Sunday 9/2 and driving to Eldora.  Hope to be meeting at Eldora around 7am.

We did it last year for the first time ever.  Here's a writeup:
http://forums.mtbr.com/colorado-front-range/eldora-winter-park-back-again-mountain-bikers-tale-734701.html

We hope to see some of your smiling faces out there!

USA Pro Challenge is this weekend!

We've just got in a bunch of USA Pro Challenge commemorative water bottles from Boulder's Polar Bottle, another great Colorado company.  Come get yours!

The big race will be rolling thru Lyons this weekend on Saturday 8/25.  We'll be partying down at the bike shop.  Town o Lyons will have big shindigs at Sandstone park, including food, music, beer, and a jumbotron with a live feed of the race.  Come on down to party and watch bike racing with us!

Consignment bikes

We've updated our consignment bikes page on FB, check it out!
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150673841253352.454776.31031888351&type=3

Crosier Mountain Monday!

I was fortunate enough to escape to Crosier Mountain today.  I haven't ridden Crosier in a couple of years.  It did not dissapoint (never does)

I started at the private ex-youth hostel known as H bar G.  It's private and marked private everywhere but they are ok with bike and hike traffic as long as you follow the rules.  Keep the gate closed and be on your way to some of the best, most scenic, and toughest singletracks around.  Crosier Mountain.

3 days in Keystone Day 1

Thanks to my awesome wife, we were able to stay in Keystone for 2 nights and 3 days this past weekend!  Ride plans?  Definitely.  Day one was Saturday, which was "my day."  All day.  Yes.  Bike of choice?  My Intense Carbine.  Carbon, light, stiff, super responsive, and 6" of buttery suspension in the back.  And a great climber.  The Carbine is probably my favorite bike of all time and an excellent all arounder.  I couldn't think of a better companion on a journey of this magnitude.  Epic trails and epic adventure were calling my name.

Tues Ride Aug 14 Trailwork!

This Tuesday, August 14, will be our last Tuesday trailwork of the season.  We'll be working at the very top of Antelope Trail at Hall.  The goal is to funnify the upper section of crappy road.  Hope some of you can make it out!  We'll be riding Lyons Geto Singletrack afterwards before beers at OB.  Bring your lights!

Pssst, if you need lights, our Niterider preseason just arrived!

Tuesday Ride 8/7

Tuesday Nite Ride this week, we're cooking out! NO post ride OB. We'll be doing a short-ish loop in Johnny Park and will cook out in JP afterwards. Dave B is bringing a grill and I'll bring a camp stove. That's about all we have planned. Looks like we'll need food and beer, too. Who's in!?

Breckenridge B68

B68 is in the books!  Since I'm not a racerboy anymore, I brought a camera to help preserve the experience.  The race had everything - paved road, jeep roads, amazing singletrack, tough climbs, big mountains, mud, dust, rain, hike a bikes, everything. Such a fun and hard day, done at 8hrs 7min, including taking photos.