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11/3 More AZT flagging in the Rincon Valley. We had a bigger crew, but the going is still slow when you’re precisely laying out a trail. It’s getting a bit easier, but this section did have some challenges. I love the mental aspects of it. Typically trail work is somewhat mind numbing (not necessarily a …. [Continue reading] Soul A stupid mistake turned the Soul Race into the Soul Ride for me. Or rather I let the mistake switch me from race to ride mode, and of course the mistake was my fault anyway. It had been an exhausting week of working on “Finding Trails” (paper for the competitive CVPR conference). The deadline …. [Continue reading] This morning was cold and shock, foggy. Well, what is a poor boy to do but go ride in it? I could barely see across the street. As I neared the river trail it got even more dense (makes sense). Cars stopped passing me; I almost ran a stop sign because I couldn’t see it. …. [Continue reading] I am once again hammering away at TopoFusion trying to find trails in aerial photographs (automatically). This has been an ongoing project that receives concentrated bursts of effort about once a year (hmm, couldn’t be due to a conference deadline, could it?). Things are progressing, if slowly. I do tire easily of so much programming. 
Dark red clouds frame the Santa Cruz river valley. Paula left around 6am for Bisbee. I was up slightly later, feeling tired and not of epic quality. But I was very excited to get down to the Santa Ritas and ride with Lee. The route we had planned had too many good qualities. A …. [Continue reading] 
The sun sets over the Rincon Valley. Mark, Steve and I finished flagging out ~2 miles of trail for Sunday’s trail building party. We met at 1pm and did not finish until near dark (see above shot). It turned out to be a bit of a long day after Steve’s truck got …. [Continue reading] My allergies on evening rides are still not being very kind. It was tolerable today, but sneezing while riding is generally a bad sign. I watched the shadows grow on Pontotoc Ridge as I climbed towards the “Dick McGee” trailhead. I made it to the top of the switchbacks just in time to watch the …. [Continue reading] Despite the epic nature of the weekend, I’m feeling recovered and well. I wasn’t sure rolling out the door, but after a few minutes the groginess of the morning wore off. I met Glick at the UofA campus, then we headed for TMP. Sentinel Ridge is always a treat, and we had a nice pace …. [Continue reading] I thought I had caught my last glimpse of fall colors last weekend in Leadville. Fall is at its end in central Colorado, but in the sky islands of southern Arizona it is currently erupting with color. This summer’s Nuttal and Gibson fires have effectively shut down the entire north side of the mountain and …. [Continue reading] Technical mayhem continued this morning on the John Krein (hmm) trail. I found the cooler morning much more pleasant than last night’s allergy induced malaise. I had a nice ride through campus, up Sentinel Ridge and through the Starr Pass basin. My objective was clear (John Krein), so I laid in a direct course. The …. [Continue reading] [align=center][img]http://www.topofusion.com/images/subsun.jpg[/img] Sunset on Suburban Assault[/align] I am more than ready for it to cool down. Sure, it is not that hot and the mornings are beautiful, but it seems that nothing is changing allergy-wise. I felt OK last night for about 20 minutes. For the rest of the ride my nose dripped and my head …. [Continue reading] Leadville 35 degrees, snow, golden aspens and endless granny gear climbing. Leadville. This much is certain: I’m going back, though not until next summer. The adventure started at the airport. I checked my flight online (Frontier) before I left my house. It said estimated departure time: 11:45am, which I took to mean everything was …. [Continue reading] A week of mostly rest is complete. I’m feeling much better now. Though I thought I was going to need more like 6 months of rest after I rode to the dentist and back (25 miles) Wednesday. I was deep in the pain cave–in more ways than usual. I’ve never been so miserable on a …. [Continue reading] This year’s installment of the Tour of the White Mountains proved to be an interesting one. The race was a battle for me in many ways. The biggest battle was against myself and my tendency to ride too much. This race was not one I was trying to ‘peak’ for (as the term goes), but …. [Continue reading] I put a fun little ride on the SDMB calander. It’s not an easy one, in fact it’s one of the biggest granny gear crankfests in Tucson: the La Mesa de Oso loop. I was delighted (and also scared) to see six riders show up for the ride. This proves that there is significant interest …. [Continue reading] Cyclists from Hermosillo are known for their night riding. I’ve been on night rides at Bachoco where 40 riders routinely show up. This makes perfect sense, of course, given that the summers are hotter than Phoenix and much more humid too. So it was only natural that they host an all night race. …. [Continue reading] Another “Over the Lemmon” ride happened before I really noticed it. I wasn’t really planning on doing the ride, but nevertheless found myself climbing the Catalina Highway at a fast clip. 20 pounds of fluid, food and gear on my back, but the pedal strokes were smooth and the morning air fresh. I passed large …. [Continue reading] Last night I did Suburbo assault with a large SDMB crew. When Mark Flint posts a ride, people show up. The word leader comes to mind. I was talking to MR Sadow too long, so I rolled too late to meet them at the park, so I laid in an intercept course on the river …. [Continue reading] Awake, 4:15. On road, 4:45. Lights, check. Headwind, check. It was cold enough to give me goosebumps. I rode through pockets of warm and cold air, experiencing the novel sensation of being happy to be warm. Within an hour I hit dirt on Redington RD, where the wind only blew harder. I thought 5am …. [Continue reading] The bats were out in full force in Tucson Mountain Park last night. Paula and friends were watching a bit of olympic coverage, so I decided to make a night ride out of the trip out there. I’m normally hardly interested in TV, even the olympics, but I had some external reasons for not wanting …. [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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