Spring Sprung

Flowers are starting to pop. These are from the Sentinel Ridge Trail, en route to Tucson Mountain Park.

Temperature was nearly 80 degrees for the ride. And when I get home I’m supposed to blog about a 1,100 mile unsupported trip in sub-freezing temps. Kinda hard for me to imagine such things, but …. [Continue reading]

February 25th, 2008 | Category: Mountain Biking | 2 comments

Mapping Power

I’ve got GPX files and PowerTap exports from last weekend’s rides. After looking at things in WKO I kept asking myself the same thing, over and over… Yeah, but where was this? Maybe I’m just a map freak, or a visual person, and I know that power experts have learned to use speed/cadence/HR as cues, …. [Continue reading]

February 23rd, 2008 | Category: TopoFusion - GPS | 2 comments

STG

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]

February 21st, 2008 | Category: Mountain Biking | 2 comments

NICE

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]

February 12th, 2008 | Category: Mountain Biking | 2 comments

RATS

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]

February 10th, 2008 | Category: Mountain Biking | 2 comments

Hot Water Hill

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]

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

GA

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]

February 3rd, 2008 | Category: Mountain Biking | 3 comments

My second singlespeed ride…

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]

February 2nd, 2008 | Category: Mountain Biking | Leave a comment