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Good weekend in St. George. My brother and his wife were in town with my two year old niece and nephew. There was no way I could say no to STG riding and spending time with the twins. First ride was a sunset cruise around Paradise Canyon. I opted for flying over …. [Continue reading] 
S. Taylor blew into town for 24OP and boy am I glad he did. He got me out on what turned into a near-perfect day. The route – Redington->Chiva->Italian Trap->AZT->Milagrosa. If you only had one day to ride here, this would be your ride. Plenty of water around. Stream crossings, mud …. [Continue reading] 
Ride Around The Santa (ritas). This is one of the hardest single day rides I know of. I think we all felt it. Watching the sun rise and set from the seat of a bicycle – among the best ways to spend a day. The essence of Chad, caught in a …. [Continue reading] 
It’s quite the hill, at ~3000 feet above the Tucson valley floor. Not frequently climbed by bike. At 3000+ feet of climbing, in under 5 miles, it’s not hard to imagine why. Oh, yeah, and there might be a couple of rocks, loose or otherwise, in there. GA trail is without a …. [Continue reading] 
The place: Milagrosa. The mission: climb. The venue: Gnat’s Ass. Gnat’s Ass: A solid snake of rock and dirt. It went better than expected. Maybe five dabs, two of which were recoverable next run. The other three I am less sure of. Further study is required. The light was flat (overcast), so the …. [Continue reading] 
Went a heckuva lot better than the first. The pained muscle memories had faded, so it was time to take the Monocog out for another spin. This time out at the new Sweetwater Preserve. These are “Mark Flint” trails – contour, smooth (for southern AZ) and fun. Perfect rigid singlespeeding, for singlespeed wimps like …. [Continue reading] 
This is one of my favorite rides in Tucson, and it’s been too long. It’s a leg burner, so I brought the camera as an ‘excuse’ to stop and allow my heart rate to slow. None of the ‘moves’ are knock-your-socks-off difficult, but if you’ve got the strength to link them all, hats off to …. [Continue reading] 
The first Antelope Peak Challenge is a done did thing. Pretty cool concept for the race, I don’t mind saying myself. I like that the course is pretty darn remote. I like that only a very small group of people have ever ridden (or hiked, or anything’d) on it. I like even more that …. [Continue reading] 
…didn’t go so well. The route: The event: Singlespeed Arizona. I’m not sure which hurt me more: the lack of gears or lack of suspension. The same question, posed a different way: I’m not sure which I was worse at: uphill or downhill. I just knew that whenever I was doing one, I …. [Continue reading] 
I just can’t stay away from this place. It’s remote (long travel time) – that’s the absolute only downside. Otherwise, I live for this shit. First time out was 2006. In the last month I’ve been out three times, doubling my total. (these photos you can click on, if’n ya want to) 
There’s a new version of TopoFusion out. v3.2 adds support for two new map servers: Canadian Topographic 1:50k, 1:250k:, NRCan topographic maps. COVERAGE: 1:250k – All of Canada; 1:50k – Most areas covered RESOLUTION: ~6 meters per pixel SOURCE: NR Canada (*) Tiger Street Maps TIGER census …. [Continue reading] 
I cleaned up my TopoFusion logbook for the year, and asked it to summarize my year of GPS collection on the bike: 5005.47 mi (1838.89 mi uphill, 1800.23 mi downhill, 1690.65 mi flat) 719,811 ft total ascent (719,426 ft descent) 54 days 15:39:50 total time (30 days 0:11:47 moving) 7.7 mph average speed …. [Continue reading] 
I didn’t go anywhere for the holidaze, but we did have a visitor or two. Various devil bugs and other afflictions resulted in fewer athletic endeavors than the norm. But those that did occur were goodies. Run/ride. Paula and I did several techy loops out at Tucson Mountain Park. I finally …. [Continue reading] 
Louis and I spent another day out on the orange rock. First we took a few runs on the toilet tubes: I had some fun in Photoshop on that one. I’ve always wondered how people combine multiple exposures of a moving figure. I uncharacteristically hit a couple of drops I’d normally …. [Continue reading] 
Lee and I successfully completed the Antelope Peak Challenge – to ride from Oracle to Antelope Peak, scramble to the summit, and ride back. There is a race on Jan 27th: http://rockyroad5050.wordpress.com/antelope-peak-challenge/ I’m not going to give a full report, so as not to spoil anyone’s surprise (being in the mystery is more fun than …. [Continue reading] 
KF rolled into town and with no notice we were out riding. Ride K. KF is among the best technical riders I’ve ever seen. Cleaned everything on Krein save the two “unrideable” sections, that I’ve never seen anyone ride. Impressive for a first run. We ran out of time, …. [Continue reading] 
I haven’t been over Golden Gate pass for over 6 months – not since before we spent the summer in Colorado. Hidden Canyon and the new entrance trails have been keeping me busy, and long rides have taken me elsewhere. I left from home on the Behemoth, rode through the University, then climbed A mountain. 
Just south of the Gila River there is a mesa of rock known as Area 52. Efforts are underway to declassify this formerly secret alien lair, and this post is just one of those. If you want GPS data, just let me know. I’m working on a map, as well. This is an awesome “free …. [Continue reading] 
My body threw a minor fit this week. The pattern has been: 1.5 days solid computer time -> get burned out -> ride like crazy for 3-5 hours. Repeat. Maybe the 3 hour ride in the 40 degree rain had something to do with it, but probably not. So I’ve got to ease …. [Continue reading] 
I’m the webmaster over at aztrail-build.org. I try to stay up with the updates and such. But sometimes, say when I have an academic deadline stabbing me in the eye, volunteer gigs get slid down in priority. Richard G is the most prolific aztrail-build photographer, and he takes some good shots. In response to my …. [Continue reading] |
 Scott Digital Nomad, nowhere, USA Lifelong mountain biker, trail mapper and programmer. Sometimes bikepacker, sometimes runner, sometimes packrafter. I love to ride my bike, get out, and explore this beautiful planet we find ourselves on. I live in a 20 foot GeoPro Trailer, traveling about the west. Main author of TopoFusion GPS Software, co-founder of Trackleaders.com. More... Projects / Sites  
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