A quick ride and a very short loop on the mountain at Twin Buttes in Durango, Colorado.
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Hogs Wild
This ride ended up being a much shorter ride than I had expected – mostly because the trail I chose turned out to be dangerously rough!
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Arriving in Moab, Utah was easy. Riding the Captain Ahab trail was asking just a bit more – and the rain didn’t make it any easier!
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While on my 2020 Road Trip I stopped in Brevard, NC to ride for three days with Red Wolf Mountain Bike Tours – and Seth!
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A long ride from the top of Mount Umunhum, all the way to the bottom, and home again.
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To start out my Durango mountain bike excursion, I chose to re-ride the only trail I was already familiar with…
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On a rare sunny day in early March, I took a few hours to run out to my local trailhead and shake things up just a little bit. I reversed the direction of my typical ride and got humbled by climbing up my “downhill” trail.
Continue readingThe Los Gatos Turkey Day Ride – 2019
It is a Thanksgiving tradition. On Thursday, I participated in the annual Los Gatos Turkey Day Ride. This year was my twenty-third (with no breaks) and it was a cold one.
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I have been climbing up Overgrown (AKA Limekiln Trail) pretty much since I started mountain biking (that’s over 30 years, by the way). It is a great, shaded climb on a hot day. Starting at the banks of Lexington Reservoir in Los Gatos, California, it carries you up to some great views of the south San Francisco Bay Area.
Continue readingGo with the Flow – Soquel Demo
It was a smoky, hazy day in the valley and I wanted to get out on the bike. I hadn’t ridden since my trip to North Carolina about a week ago, and I was getting restless.
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