Sometimes simple is just enough

Had plans of going up higher on saturday, but that meant getting up early, driving longer, fighting traffic. Pshhhht! screw that! i'll take a quiet day (no people) at buff creek thank you. Solo day out meant ipod on shuffle and turn the pedals. It may be a large grove of aspens covering a mountainside or a tiny patch but when the light hits them just right they are about the most beautiful sight!

One of my favorite spots at BC is right here. One other is on this side of the green mountain loop near the bottom while climbing.
Somewhere on the green mtn. loop


No stops today other than a little walking the loose steep washed out stuff. My reward was a ham and lettuce wrap and some go go juice!

Like i said no stops so the only time i pulled out my camera after lunch was this section of sandy wash.
Another stellar early fall morning, few people out enjoying their rides as well. Ran into a boy scout troop taking a breather while climbing sandy wash. So good to see kids out enjoying gods creation rather than sitting on the couch enjoying mans creation.

BC is a good place to get into the right spot

Aspens

While most of it is further west, there are some to be found in Buff Creek.

Showed up for the t.i.t.s. ride early so rather than basking in the sun in my chair i opted for a quick solo loop. Not sure what it was, the lighting, the slight breeze or the change in the air. But all was right and the climb up morrison just felt good! Was in awe of my surroundings - it all just made sense even if only for a brief time.

Then back for the rest of the crew! And a good crew it is!

I think everyone enjoyed the evening!



35 miles of bc riding at its best!
Hope to catch some more aspens on saturday maybe gold dust from como.

Slackin! and lost identity.......

photo credit mGe ^


Following rides are over the past few weeks and in no particular order:

Bad andy and i made the drive up to Sourdough starting out on this lovely gem! which quickly turned into a 2 mile slog through swamp and big moose country. Fortunately no bull moose!
This was our destination, next time we find a better way
But all that quickly forgotten, there is so much goodness to be ridden on CO.
Testing my skills on the logs, rode 3 of the 4 crossings
After the fast and baby head descent we get to this- and this is tamer end of sourdough!
bad andy
what lushness
just cracking up about something- this bike continues to take the beating so why get a new one!
on to a t.i.t.s. ride - which have been pretty rare lately. People associate a hammerfest which they arent, so i toned it down last week and we had the first annual t.i.t.s. cruiser ride complete with prizes.
new bridge on lower box o rox. Build day is in the works stay tuned- please gonna need some help getting this thing done before the snow!
Upper centennial cone this ride is always fun no matter what!
mGe! i finally pushed him up a few of the climbs today i think all his high country riding had wore him out! either way i was feeling good!

Now hopefully i will not have too much trouble with losing my wallet and getting my account sorted out and becoming a victim of id theft- although maybe my credit will improve now ;)


Thanks for all the good rides lately gang has been fun! Hockey season is on first scrimmage today for cody and katelyn is rockin the court as well!

Some Govt. trail coming last week of oct. hope the snow holds off for this trip to aspen!

I knew kids were fast!

Few posts ago i mentioned riding with bryce and Ryan his brother, both from Missouri.




Got an email that Bryce raced his first SS race the Missouri singlespeed championships and there were 66 riders in all - he hoped for a top 10 ended up getting 2nd place! way to go bryce!

Now i know there seems to be a theme about age and fastness! as i raced my second 24hr race rage in the sage. I bettered all my lap times from the previous race. and had the fastest av. lap time on our team. Which i felt pretty damn good about. 12 SS 4 man teams this year two years ago there were 3. We got 9th out of the 12. Crazy fast ssers out there. I believe i was the only one riding a rigid 69er!!

Ryan rockin the hawaiian kit!
ryans gf hangin out waiting for his return somewhere near 3:00 am maybe, not sure. My 4th lap was approx 4:00 am and it was brisk but it felt really good! no music this lap just pedals turning and the smell of sage! I hate phil ligget's term "he's in the pain cave now" as this played over and over in my weary head. I had some killer heart burn reflux shit that would not go away all night and during riding was not a problem but any downtime that should have bee for sleeping was not happening!

Another fast dude and only a mere 15 yrs old Noah Talley turned in a 50:16 lap time which was the fastest and i believe turned in the fastest night lap in his first 24 hr race just proves that age and speed kind of go together! Jay let me rock the new and improved Amoeba on the helmet and this thing is sick, not that the old was bad but this thing is wider and brighter and is said to go a 3.5hr on the same batt. maybe i'll have to upgrade!! ;)

But for this 41yr old this year was a victory for me!

thanks for checking in....

One week left!

Till 24hrs. in the Sage!
I have got in quite a few "training rides" well not really training just riding maybe at a slightly higher pace than my normal pace. Found a map where to meet up with Andy C. at 3 sis.

a 1x1 sighting! and bad andy bringing up the rear!

A short hike with a tired lab - will return to this trail again sometime for a longer exploration. and maybe do a little bouldering.

t.i.t.s. ride was a trip to the cone! Centennial Cone. With a group of 5 rollin later into the evening with a couple mechanicals than planned. Brought us a treat of the persian meteor showers at the TH. on a clear night it was a real treat.

Rick- aka Yo-retro.
Funrover showin no fear

Andy K. aka slowbogey leavin all that shit behind him and gettin strong!
Nice pic Jeremy took at centennial cone!

No pics from today but wanted a solid ride in closer to home so i opted out of the ride that will soon be posted here! Ol mGe! So had a few of us up to buff creek (i know i know evil mGe!) but we put in a good loop including green mtn. I stomped up shinglemill not stopping till the CT and waited a bit for the others. Wanted to test the legs and not a super fast climber i was more than pleased with the way i felt! Rick, mark, john and chris made it up and we toured the finer trails of bc. Hockey season is on as well as vball for my teens which means " conditioning camp" for both and tryouts for both gonna be fun!

This is some race!!

I know the rains they endured were fierce and they have kept on keeping on!

13ers, Old flumes, and campin out!

Jeremy, Lubes and i headed up to Jones pass for a little hike a bike action!














Wildflowers on the way up!

















did i mention hike a biking






oh, and there was some hike a bike














but to get to the top, Oh man! My first 13er and to ride, push and eventually carry my bike to the high point of 13,215' was amazing!














Even the Goat had to carry his bike

















Overlooking butler gulch














Yep, here's our descent!













Side tour to Herman Lake



Just set up camp this past weekend and cody comes back "guys there's moose over here! "




3 Moose, luckily no bull!






































On o the CT what a lovely climb up towards Georgia pass, but todays ride was only going to about 10,900' to the flume trails of Spikes adventures.







Followed the flume trail a bit and our pass was running short, since it was a family camping trip. So we made our way down the south fork and back to camp.


































Andy enjoyed these trails!














And even some bushwacking through swamp could not dampen our spirits!


















Some downtime, with light rain hitting the tent- one night before the real shit hit! non-stop










What a mean dad! making my kids hike!












Somehow they always find a way to build a fort. If you find yourself in need of some shelter, just off the CT after crossing the middle fork this would make a nice place to spend the night. Some great effort was put in by my kids and their friends!