8/9 tuesday ride

Lights mandatory for this Tuesdays ride.  Technical terrain and dark - its going to be good.

homemade, handmade, carbon, and internal gearing

Check this sweet machine out! A good customer of ours loved his Intense Uzzi, but was looking for something a little different. Hence, the homemade, handmade carbon fiber interal gearbox modeled after the Uzzi. Check the Shimano Alfine rear hub internal gearbox. Now THAT is a cool bike.

When I was in college, I had some buddies that would drink til oblivion in the evening, then, just as a measure of how drunk they got the night before, they'd go out at 11am the following day to all you could eat Chinese and get all of the spiciest stuff they could. Just because.

Continuing with that spirit, after entering and racing the 50mile pain cave this past weekend known as the Inaugural Steamboat Stinger mountain bike race, I rode my singlespeed tonight, up to Miller Rock, just to make sure all the hurt left in my legs and my body was for real. It was good.

Next Tuesday, all you slackers need to get your ass up here. We're heading to Buchanan Pass.

REEB Cycles!

After getting all of the REEB Cycles pre ordered bikes built, I finally got to build mine.  Man, this thing is oh so sweet.  44mm headtube so we can run a tapered Fox 120 15qr, a super smooth Gates Carbon Drive system, and an absuloutely beautiful handmade steel frame.  Oh yes.

Tuesday

It's Tuesday tomorrow so of course we are riding! How bout let's do a classic and hit North Sheep? Any other ideas?

TNR 7/12

5:30pm at the bike shop, as always.  BRING A TAIL LIGHT.  We'll be finishing up in the dark on the highway.   You'll probably want to bring raingear too but you knew that :)

Recent bike builds

So, I've been kind of behind the 8 ball lately when it comes to posting photos of cool stuff. Here's a few snapshots of what's been keeping us busy...

Reeb Cycles custom belt drive single speed


Ben's super pimp XTR Turner Sultan


John's 11 speed (11sp???) Campy Chorus equipped Lynskey R230.


Large Tomac Diplomat 29er (available for demo)

Mike's Transition Trail Or Park. Perfect for bikeparks!


Our large Intense Tracer 2 (available for demo)


And Ben's Intense Tracer 2

Solstice Ride!

This Tuesday will be our annual solstice ride.   Meet up at the bike shop at 5:30. There IPA a strong chance that we won't be back to OB by kitchen by close time so be prepared.  LIGHTS ABSOLUTELY REQUIRED.

Bike Shots from Lyons Outdoor Games

The fun started Friday night with the Yellow Designs stunt team and a fantastic demo show on Railroad Ave.




Sat day was mostly kayaking stuff and a 5k fun run Dash and Bash in the middle. I worked. Later Saturday, though, we got a baby sitter to attend the L.O.G. party at the Oskar Blues party barn. That was some fun times. So fun, in fact that I was hanging pretty hard today.

Nothing helps a hanging more than the hair of the dog that bit me. In this case it was the L.O.G. dirt jump contest. I was in the shop so I missed out on the pumptrack contest action, but I heard it was a pretty good time. The dirt jumpers went off. Big time. I didn't get a shot of it, but someone pulled off a no hander backflip. Damn, that's some mad skills right there. Here's a few action shots.

Random Monday Ride Shots

Here's a few random shots from my Monday Funday exploration ride. STILL finding new terrain not a days drive away :) Stay tuned, I'll be putting a deathmarch together on a lot of this terrain. Clue - to put the whole loop together we're going to have to wait a while for some snow to melt...

Tight and twisty

Steep, loose, and rocky

Narrow singletrack

Technical streamside maneuvers

Moneyshot!


Moneyshot!

Steep sidehill action

Yep, all the way down there.

The other side of the slot


BIG views.

Yep, stay tuned for a DMD production coming later this summer. Expect some hiking ;)

Tuesday Ride!

Going to Jamestown this Tuesday. Finally. Feels like we haven't been there in ages - I haven't been there since Big Fall Ride last year. Anyways, bring lights and maybe a dry pair of socks ;) It's going to be a late one. Meeting at the bike shop at 5:30. If anyone wants to meet up in Jamestown, well, we'll be there at some point after 5:30.

Fat Tire Fest 11 this Saturday!

Wow, 10 years have already gone by and we're ready for another. What started as our housewarming party with friends and bike rides has turned into an annual event. An event that I really look forward to every year, an event that, to me, really signifies the start of the Spring/Summer season. Lyons Fat Tire Fest 11 is upon us.

I also look forward to the recon missions every year. That's when I get to ride a lot of the route at my pace, by myself. This year, though, I had my trusty companion, Bella, along for the ride. She says you're going to love it.

Fortunately, on our big Saturday ride, you'll get to avoid this road.
And you'll miss this view.

But you'll get this. You'll come up thru it. This gate is about 1/2 way on a 45 minute long hike a bike. You heard that correctly. 45 minute rock scramble. It's not mountain biking unless you're hiking, right?

Same route as last year, too. That means we'll have at least one more mandatory hike a bike. I'm still tossing around ideas to make it harder, too. Because of this:

The USFS has graded the shit out of the road. It used to be a relatively modest novice+ jeep road, but it's been graded enough for a logging truck to pass. That's ok, though, it'll be a good long rest section.

Oh, and don't forget, we're going to throw in quite a bit of singletrack, too. Stuff that most folks don't know about or haven't ridden. Not because it's super secret or anything, it's just out there. Way out there.

Couple of last disclaimers:
We'll be doing a lot of hiking.
Probably hiking thru some snow.
We'll probably get rained on.
The absolute steepest and most technical riding is at the very end. When you're tired.
Pretty much everyone blew sky high last year 90% into the ride.
If at least a couple people aren't using my name in vain by the end of the ride, the ride wasn't hard enough.

We'll have a B ride option for those of you wise enough not to partake in an all day sufferfest. Both rides meet at the shop at 8:30am on Saturday. The B ride option will be a point to point, so it'd help quite a bit if a few folks could bring vehicles that'll make shuttling easier. thanks!

Yep, that about covers it.

Multimodal in Denver with Bcycle

I've been hearing a lot about the Bcycle program that's in Denver and Boulder. Enough that I wanted to try it out but since I try to avoid Denver and Boulder I figured it might be a while. I got my opportunity on Saturday night, though. The goal? U2 in Denver with as little of a driving headache as possible. And believe me, I've been a mountain man long enough that I despise driving in downtown Denver and super heavy I25 traffic. Mostly because I don't know where the hell I'm going so I tend to just blunder around.

I cruised to D town in the Jeep and got off I25 not far from downtown, pretty much exited the interstate as soon as traffic got too heavy. Within minutes, I had parked at the Pepsi Center and was ready to roll. I know, I know, Pepsi Center is a close walk to Mile High, but I had to go to LoDo first. Perfect for Bcycle. The Bcycle program works perfectly. It's $6 to buy in for a 24 hour bike share. Put your credit card in and you're charged $6 to take the bike. The $6 will get you as many 30 minute or less trips around town that you can fit in a day. Take the bike for more than 30 minutes and you pay extra. That's not sharing, Bcycle says. Bcycle has several stations located all over though, that you can ride from Point A to Point B, ditch the bike at another station, run errands by foot, then pick up another Bcycle at another station. Pretty slick.


Here's a shot of my pimpin' ride for the next 29 minutes. Trek makes the bikes for Bcycle. They are overbuilt and stout, and they have plastic or metal covering up all of the barrel adjusters and other things. Fortunately, riders cannot make adjustments to the bike.







They all come equipped with 3 speed drum brake Shimano hubs. Drum brake fronts as well. I guess you could really bang up a wheel then, eh?

I trolled around for 20 minutes or so enjoying the ride. I successfully checked into my next stop. Check in was easy, just park the bike in the stand til it clicks and give you a blinky green light. You are good to go.

After walking to LoDo from the bike stop, we walked to the light rail station where we took the train to Mile High stadium. Walking from the train was the most congested and difficult time of my multimodal experience. Way too many people and not enough room.

The payoff was good, though.

After all that, back on the trail, back to the car, and back on I25. All in all a big success. I avoided my phobia of heavily trafficked downtown streets, got to ride a bike, AND got to ride the train. Good stuff and highly recommended!

Intense Tracer 2 in the house!

Finally got our new Intense Tracer 2 in the house.

Had to stick with Formulas "The One" brakes. My favorite brake ever. Note also the replaceable dropouts. I'll eventually be rebuilding the wheel with a hub that can take a 142x12 thru axle :)

And I've been lusting after the Chromag Lynx saddle as well. Done.

There's extra beef on this years Tracer 2. Great tire clearance as well. And holy cow how 'bout those beautiful handmade in the USA welds.

Adjustable 5.5 or 6" of travel. I decided to try out this whole 2x10 thing as well.

Yep, pretty good. Ride report soon!

Lyons Fat Tire Fest 11!

This year is going to be pretty low key. Saturday of Memorial Day weekend. 8:30 at the bike shop. We'll be doing the same 2 rides we did last year. Big ol ride and a not so big ol ride.

Last year, our big ride was a giant loop, about 35-40 miles and around 7000' of climbing. Lots of hike a bike and lots of technical descending. The shorter ride gets almost all of the good descending and is mostly hike free. It's a point to point that'll be around 3-4 hours.

Here's more info and a signup on Facebook. Hope to see you out!
http://www.facebook.com/redstonecyclery#!/event.php?eid=211159215584707

Turner Demo Time!

Howdy Folks. We've got some Turner demo bikes that will be here til Friday. The Demo Trailer will be picking these bikes back up on Friday and heading to the next demo day in Eagle. Don't know what time on Friday they will disappear, so first come first serve. Here's what we've got:

Flux, medium
Sultan - L, XL, XXL
Spot SM, XL

If you want to check out a size that we don't have, the rest of the fleet is currently living at Pedal Pushers down in Golden. Give them a shout, they're a good crew and will be happy to take care of you.

18 Hours of Fruita Done Gone

18 Hours of Fruita. I will definitely attend this race again. Getting ready to head out from the Oskar Blues Brewery in Longmont.

Not long on the road and we've got to take a break, OB style. Park the RV on the side of the road and play catch in the ditch.

Arrived at Highline State Park and getting all fired up to race. Racing starts at 12 midnight and goes thru 6pm on Saturday.
The course had 2 major "climbs." This is one of them. I still was able to push a 32x16 all around the course without having to walk.
The Scenery wasn't too bad. Highline St. Park is a true oasis in the desert.

In an 18 hour race, rehydration and recovery are important. Old Chub makes good trail food.
Camp was great

Chef Rog at the top. Last climb, last lap. Time for a beer.
Cycling IS dope.

A thing of beauty. LOTS of 29er singlespeeds. Sweet.


Oh, and happy birthday Chad. How about a light up spinning plastic flower?

Post race was time for 18 road. We wanted something fun, easy, and SS friendly.

Mmmm, good.


What a wonderful day. My, oh, my.




Chad on Zippety. My favorite shot of the weekend.

We weren't the only ones out having fun. The family that rides together stays together.

Over and out. Time for a luxurious ride home in the DPARV.