Spikefests and chill rides

Spikefest turned up a couple moose on the way up this side of Kenosha!















Wildflowers going off in the high country!














My way of keeping the pace, jump in front and keep the tempo down!
















Mt Guyot, which sits at 13,297 ' is always a good site that means that is one climb out of the way!













Mateo and spike hammering

















The Great flume wall















Lubes on the scree
















mateo on the beauty black sheep














Weather cleared off nicely, just an hour before this it was looking mighty grim with possibility of bailing in breck. But God said get back on your bikes and ride! That burger and beer never tasted sooo good!










Next up was an early afternoon off and taking the neighbors friends Ryan and Bryce up to BC for some XC riding. They tore it up! Bryce who is 19 stayed on my wheel on the shinglemill climb and i knew i was in trouble. At the saddle of morrison creek i gave him the lead and he proved to be a strong young rider.









Coming in from Missouri they LOVED BC and what is not to love you can be in the lush colorado trail then out in the open burn area with a variety of terrain.












Ryan who is 16 also had no trouble keeping the pace we ran today. They pushed this 41yr old around on a nice 25 ish mile loop













Great to ride with these two young men!
















Then we were lucky to have a free condo in Steamboat for a couple days and got to ride with my good friend Andy who is finding a new way to live his life and whatever i can do to aid in this is ok by me! Especially if we get to ride together again! We chose to hit up the Mad Creek trail. New to both of us. A beautiful morning we had.














Nice gentle climb up with good conversation.





















Up to the Mad Creek Cabin. We took off and headed up the trail taking a wrong turn which led us to another trail that will be explored at another time. Back to our intended route of going to the wilderness and back.












Turnaround point which was shitty because the trail ahead looked mighty good. But that is the way the government sees it - No Bikes in The Wilderness. Something that need to be changed.













Next up was up to the Red Dirt trail for our descent. Which no pics were taken just to keep it a secret. Well, no secret but just too much damn fun and no way im stopping to take pictures kind of descent!!









Yah, views suck!



The last few weeks have been great! With the 24hrs. in the sage not too far away it is time to put some miles in and start getting fit. The heat lately has zapped all motivation to ride at all. That is why i have lights i believe , just need to get out and pedal in the dark. Summer is speeding by and several rides i wanted to do, are looking slim to happen this year. Box O Rox is also on the backburner we need to get this project done sooner than later, but this heat is gonna have to settle down.

Get out and ride if you can and if not hit the trails by foot there is alot going on out there.

July- now the rides begin!

Late June brought full moon rides at BC on a t.i.t.s. ride. That left Jeremy and i out for a few hours with nothing but empty trails and the setting sun chasing us through the trees.






Another t.i.t.s ride found us at Georgetown on the cliffside trail- Silvercreek. Not the ride we planned due to booming thunder and a little too close lightning strikes!




Hit up Waterton, Indian Creek, Ringtail and back to the roxy loop with lubes and Sean this past weekend and ran into Jerry. Sean ducked out on a shorter loop. Next up Spikefest this weekend! SOunds like Goatboy is going to just "take it easy" and ride with us 55 milers. With a different finish this year that may require some more route finding it will be nice to hit up some new stuff!


Goat was with us in spirit today!

Lubes railin the ringtail
the mandatory roxborough shot!

Just have to plan right and eat as this is a big day for me at least with the little riding as of late. Nothing too big to prepare but the mind is ready and legs willing!

Not always about the ride

This was the first campsite, just finishing dinner when the local sheriff rolls by and says we gotta move, no signs but apparently no camping. Which was no easy task at 7:00 pm. everybody pitched in and we more or less loaded as tight as we were, with 4 people, 130lb. labrador, 4 bikes and gear, back into 4runner and off to find a new spot. Which turned out to be quite nice! Not next to the water and bugs!

Found a little bouldering to do as my kids are taking a liking to this. Of course cody has to have all the gear to go along. Today was a bike helmet and tennis shoes.

Always something peaceful about a campfire, unless there is stranny's being passed around! Not this trip though, rest and relaxation and exploring. And great food prepared by my wife.



Wet a line or two but caught nothing, except for a smile or two!


Victory! Not sure the rating on this one, he made it up alot easier than i
I got to sneak in a solo ride and it was much needed.


Last weeks, night ride was a rare tuesday and we headed up to idaho springs for some new to me trail. Well, we started on the old Waterline trail above the waterwheel. I used to run that in junior high for ski team training. Forgot how narrow and exposed that bit of trail is!

The crew! minus dan who apparently ducked out of the pic. Something about witness protection.

Our high point for the evening, 3.5 miles above squaw pass and at the top of Warren Gulch. Just in time for a little thundering applause for our arduous 4000' climb only to lose the same in 5-6 miles back to idaho springs!

This was the plan

But mother nature and lakewood parks put the kabosh on this project.

Had a good number of people lined up to work today lets just hope it comes together again real soon! Thanks to all those ready to go today!!



Dont get me wrong, i appreciate what mother nature has done lately! Just wish she could of held off a bit! ;)

Welcome to the Jungle!

Set alarm for 4:00am and met up with bad andy, scar and danno for a little deer creek. The lower rattlesnake trail was wet, overgrown and smelled oh so good! After the first few lashes across the face, i decided to pull over and take out the camera (which also doubled as letting the group go ahead and knock off most of the water of all the overgrowth ;) ) it actually felt pretty good though! Not too many mornings like this. The rain the night before treated us to near perfect trail conditions!




Scar hitting the plym mtn. trail.

The dawn of a new day for all to see, hear and bask in! I just wanted to get around the next corner to see what God had for us next!

No dissapointments!

bad andy
pinch flatted on the way down red mesa

Off to work...........but my mind wandered back to here a lot today!! May just head back here on Monday morning for a little more! Hope you had a great day!

Im still Fat!

No not that kinda fat, (although im working on that too!) but the fats up in Georgetown! Started with a little bit of railroad grade. With some tucked away singletrack in to warm up the engine's.




then it was up up and more up to the old waldorf mine site at about 11,800' : Some remnants of late season turns remain in that center couloir on Torreys peak at 14,267'

The evil mGe and Guac makin it to the top.

Then it was some fast downhill and then some quality time pushing my bike up alot to get to here.

After this i didnt pull the camera out once i was too busy grabbing a handful of brakes for the wild ride back down. You know its steep if Jeremy's walkin!!
Nice to be in the high country and breathin clean air!!