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Rain made things interesting in this year’s Turkey Trot. The wash is usually dry and I can cruise through it several times, following the race by bike. This year I had to take the bridge. Mud, slippery hills, hay bales, water traps. Last year Paula beat her own course record and …. [Continue reading] 
Nobody really talks about riding in the Tortolita Mountains. Least of all me — truth be told I’ve never laid tire to dirt out there, and I outta be pistol whipped for this shortcoming. Trails left unexplored right out my back door! There isn’t much in the way of established singletrack, and that’s part of …. [Continue reading] 
I concrete II rock III IV V I shuttled myself (translation: I pedaled the highway) to the top of Bug Springs. Despite El Tour being yesterday there were plenty of roadies out. Catching and dropping me was a forgone conclusion. Mellow climbing was the intent, …. [Continue reading] 
Looking east at the Colorado Trail between the Ten Mile range, Copper Mountain and Searle/Kokomo Passes. I wrapped up the testing and pushed out version 3.60 (edit: now 3.61. If you got v3.60 I recommend going to v3.61, see comments for details) with the new color aerials. I’m pretty excited about this development …. [Continue reading] 
If you haven’t heard, Jill Homer has quietly released her first book, Ghost Trails, about adventures leading up to and during the Iditarod bike race to McGrath. I’ve never met Jill, but I check in on her blog from time to time. With her penchant for suffering, it’s always good reading. Besides, I’m …. [Continue reading] 
I didn’t have anything to buy or sell, so I skipped the swap. But I rode down there anyway to meet Chad as he was closing up Arizona Endurance Series t-shirt shop. Lee joined (making it a 3x Lenz Leviathan ride) us and we pedaled west on the fastest path to Brown Mountain. 
moon… … rise sun … … set After exiting the river path, riding back home, I was reminded of another reason last night’s “Tuesday Community Ride” was so cool — being SEEN, as a cyclist, in the dark. Hard to miss 100+ cyclists riding together. …. [Continue reading] 
Paula and I attended our first Tuesday Night Community Ride. Over 100 people were there despite the “cold.” I needed to take some pictures for bicycling.com and once again I proved my lack of nighttime photo skill. Meet at UA’s Old Main @8:00 pm. Go for a ride. 
Area 52 – orange rock and white scree, no trails and free ride lines. Dream riding. Louis, the supreme overlord of Area 52, travels the mesa like he was born there. No gimmies out there, it isn’t a very forgiving place. But beautiful. Every …. [Continue reading] 
I stopped to grab a bite to eat. “Wow, that grasshopper is sitting on a shin dagger!” Oh wait… I’ve seen some severely uncoordinated jumps by the thousands of grasshoppers on the trails these days. So it wasn’t too much of a stretch that one could land, upside down, and impale itself …. [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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