Another quality ride out at Tucson Mountain Park today. I love Tucson: we’ve had rain on and off all week, but out in the mountains today the trails were dry as a bone. It was cold, by Tucson standards, (50 F), but what a beautiful day. The clouds swirled throughout the ride, providing incredible contrasts …. [Continue reading]
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Odin and I squeezed in a nice Suburbo Assault ride between storms. We still got some moisture while out there, and it wasn’t exceptionally warm, but for the ride just felt good. Mark F’s sand challenges were not much of a challenge, today. We opted out of Finger Rock since it was wet (no damage …. [Continue reading] Hopped on the river trail and took it to the west end, 3500 W River, the Pima County Rec offices. There was a meeting about the new Indian Kitchen regional park. The park will be somewhat small and doesn’t include a lot of topo, but the trails will be designed for racing bikes (as well …. [Continue reading] Spent the morning working on the Molino trail in the Catalinas. It was a nice contrast to most of the trailwork we do at lower elevations, which is usually just scratching and pruning. We took out flexible waterbars and installed new timbers deep in the ground. We also cleaned out some drains and benched some …. [Continue reading] Odin, Lee and I spent the day exploring the Santa Ritas. It turned out to be one of the more ridiculous rides I have ventured on in some time. But it was a worthy adventure and valuable knowledge was gained. Post ride analysis of the GPS track indicates that we were hiking our bikes for …. [Continue reading] 
On yesterday’s ride, I was the lucky recipient of this Harpoon/Nail/?????? : Don’t ask me what it is, but I would like to extend my deepest appreciation to whoever is responsible for it being on Redington Road. I was heading back through town, where Redington is paved, in big ring, pedaling above 20 …. [Continue reading] 2 days, 220 km, 9000 feet of climbing over the Sierra de Mazatan Photos, GPS data and stats The adventure began at 7:00am sharp, which in Mexican time meant we didn’t roll out until about 7:35. Forty riders turned out on the highway to Guaymas, then turned east, destined for the Mazatan mountains. Among them …. [Continue reading] 1/23 Austin, TX An exhausting couple of flights, complete with headache del diablo. This was not a good day to fly. But we arrived at hotel acceptable, and were soon outside walking, recovering and breathing fresh air. It was foggy and damp, very fresh. We walked over to the “Gateway”, looking for calories. Calories were …. [Continue reading] 1/20 Our JCDL paper on Digital Trail libraries is finally done and turned in. The revisions were excessive, and I grew tired of it long ago. The deadline extension of ~5 days was an unfortunate one, this time. But in the end the paper is better for it. 1/21 Woke at 5:15a to head …. [Continue reading] Odin and I braved our local “mountain bike” ride on the our cruiser Tandum [sic] today. To say it was interesting would be an gross understatement. We did better and worse than I thought we would. When I was able to steer the sucker straight, it flew smooth. As soon as the front tire flailed, …. [Continue reading] Part one was Dec 27 and it was an arduous journey, especially getting the other participants (read fools, we all were) through it all. After finishing that ride without problems, fear and doubt for long, cold rides is incredibly lower. This time the route was different, but the conditions much more favorable. There was …. [Continue reading] Back from Smog Lake City, where the air is worse than I’ve ever seen. They have had a horrible inversion for the past weeks, keeping the temperatures below freezing all day. It continued for our entire trip. Fortunately we made numerous journey’s to the mountains, above the fog. Driving up Parley’s canyon was a surreal …. [Continue reading] Spent the day in an area new to me: the Tumacacori Mountains. I’m always eager to explore new territory and Lee had a ride he calls Tubac to Arivaca that he wanted GPS’d. A wilderness proposal is in the works that would close a portion of the ride; but there may be other options. Odin …. [Continue reading] Spent the morning checking out the dead bobby trail system out by Oracle Junction. Jerry Q was my guide to this emerging riding area. He’s responsible for trimming and naming many of the trails out there. The trails are rough or nonexistant in places, but it is a great area to spin around in for …. [Continue reading] A nice hike with Hottie to the top of Wasson Peak today. She got out of work early, so I picked her up and popped over to the Camino de Oeste trailhead. The hike takes about 4 hours, and the view from the top is awesome. I always love getting a new perspective on …. [Continue reading] The sun shined bright today, making for a toasty ride out at Tucson Mountain Park. I spent an hour or so replacing spokes and working on my bike, then rolled out through town to the west side mountains. The temp was near perfect comfort wise, but apparently not for my knee. Before I made it …. [Continue reading] My knee recovered quickly from all the cold of riding Over the Frozen Lemmon. It was still so cold in Tucson that I actually broke out my trainer, just to spare my knee the cold blasting of wind. Backtracking… [hr] 12/31 – Spent the morning building 2.3 miles of new singletrack out at the 24 …. [Continue reading] Over the Lemmon is over. Here are the pics/map. From an email to the SDMB group: The short version: It was cold. 31 degrees when I left my house at 5:30. 24 was the day-long high at the top. Sub-25 degrees + 25 mph + 25 miles of downhill on the catalina highway = four …. [Continue reading] This Saturday is Rudolph’s “Over the Lemmon” ride for SDMB. 114 miles 9000 feet of climbing around, and over Mt. Lemmon I’ve done the loop before, with Erik K on his road bike, and it is not easy. With each passing day the ride is looking more and more epic. Tuesday – While …. [Continue reading] Hottie and I planned to hike/run Wasson peak. We also planned on helping out at the ALL (Accelerated Learning Lab). But first I had to survive a dental epic. It was supposed to be simple — just cement a crown in. But the office was crammed and the Dr was hopping back and forth between …. [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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