Hot Water to Milagrosa (?)

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]

January 30th, 2008 | Category: Mountain Biking | 4 comments

APC

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]

January 27th, 2008 | Category: Mountain Biking | 4 comments

My first singlespeed ride…

…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]

January 20th, 2008 | Category: Mountain Biking | 4 comments

Return to the Alien Lair

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)

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January 15th, 2008 | Category: Mountain Biking | Leave a comment

v3.20

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]

January 13th, 2008 | Category: Mountain Biking | Leave a comment

Numeris ’07

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]

January 10th, 2008 | Category: Mountain Biking | 3 comments

Peak-a-choo, I choose you

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]

January 6th, 2008 | Category: Mountain Biking | One comment