Buck fifty

Tough times for techy taco riders are ahead: the price for a techy taco has risen from $1.25 to $1.50.

Didn’t stop Jonathan from joining his first Tuesday taco ride, though.

That extra $0.25 is really hurting Chad’s “build the Behemoth fund”, so he had to ride mine.

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April 26th, 2011 | Category: Mountain Biking | 5 comments

Top ten signs it’s been a good week

Top ten signs it’s been a good week (photos not necessarily related).

10. The “speed” portion of the ride is done, but you’re still riding fast.

9. You (unintentionally) catch so much air on Charouleau Gap that you scare yourself.

8. You get to the top, pop open an …. [Continue reading]

April 24th, 2011 | Category: Mountain Biking | Leave a comment

AES Prescott 2011

It’s a good thing I wasn’t racing the AZT 300 this year. I don’t know when I would have had the time to get ready. Thursday was a hectic day of scrambling for SPOTs (late package!), building trackers (3 events on trackleaders.com this weekend), getting everyone set for the AZT race and buying $100 in …. [Continue reading]

April 19th, 2011 | Category: Mountain Biking | 3 comments

Coming up short

The Arizona Trail Race starts this Friday, tax day, April 15th! As usual, we have live tracking on trackleaders.com:

http://trackleaders.com/aztr

And new this year, a phone app for iPhones, Droids, etc, courtesy of 2011 racer and bikepacking super hero Dave Harris. Go here for the skinny on his cool app.

Twenty some odd …. [Continue reading]

April 14th, 2011 | Category: Mountain Biking | 3 comments

Rambling on the Gila 2011

The clouds saved us, as we stood next to Lee Blackwell’s car, unloading bikes and making final bikepacking preparations. The temperature was pushing 100 degrees in Florence, AZ. This is usually the place to go bikepacking in December. A place where sunshine is abundant and winter can be ignored. On this April day, powerful high …. [Continue reading]

April 6th, 2011 | Category: Mountain Biking | 4 comments