Larch Ridge Ride (Aug 17)

We decided to check out the new piece of single track that was built up near the biathlon range. Sixteen riders showed up for the show. Drove up to the trail head. The single track was very nice even though it was just an out and back adventure. We finished of the ride with a mad scoot down the Neptune Creek road to Gibbards cross country trail and back to town. Great fun. Check out the pictures below.

And Then There Were SIXTEEN (Aug 12)

Sixteen riders turned out for a great ride to the Crown Point. The trail was in great shape. KCTS trail crew has been busy in that neck of the woods, so the trail was buffed and the new bridge work was highly ridable.

Thanks to Dave Shannon for the ride up from Warfield. Good to have Brett Furguson back from his road tour. Norm put on a spread at his house and really raised the bar for post ride libations.

HOLY WOW!!!!!!! what a ride.....

I'm Back-Mining Red Mt (Tue Aug 10)

That's better. We had a solid group of 10 riders turn out for the ride. It was a mixed bag of trails that took us to old routes that had not been travelled by many of us for a long time. Let's just say it was nostalgic and great fun. The beer was cold at Tenchie's and the deck was warm thanks to his deck heater. Thanks Mike.

TechnoBack or Where is everybody?(Aug 3)

Looks like Thursdays are just not in the plans for me this summer, but at least I am making Tuesdays and Wednesday men's night at the golf course. ONLY THREE of us showed up for the Tuesday night training ride. Did they know what the ride was going to be and that scared them off? I did not send out an email so maybe that was what caused the poor turn out. Oh well, Brent, Dario and I had a good ride, even if it had a lot of uphill.

We rode to the KC saddle then up the rocky drops of the Technogrind and cruised the trail along the swamp(definitely the way to ride that chunk of trail) then back up the trail to Monte Cristo road and up to the trailhead of Snake. At this point we decided to try a trail called Yellow Submarine. I haven't ridden this trail in a long while but it definitely provided some thrills and luckily no spills as it swooped its way back down to the KC trail and back to the water tower with a finish using the bottom part of Snake. This ride is a keeper, and a real test of one's technical skills, we need to ride it more often.

The cold beers at Dario's were very good as usual. I hope to see a few more riders the next time out (probably a Tuesday). Isn't summer fun. Too bad it makes it so easy to get out of shape. Good thing riding is even more fun and it makes it easy to get into shape, even if it hurts alot.

Drake's The Easy Way (July 27)

It has been a while since I have posted anything. My riding has been spotty. Spent a week at the lake. Should have been swimming and relaxing but ended up rebuilding part of a trailer and relaxing. It was quite an enjoyable job. Funny how not having to go to work changes your perspective on jobs around the house. Anyway, let's get to the riding.

Thirteen of us rode up from Black Bear on a relatively new chunk of single track that replaced the old approach to Drake's. The climb was tolerable and riding in this direction is a lot more fun. We rode out to the Dukabor Draw intersection and down Dukabor to one truck waiting in the valley. Flat tires and broken spokes were the order of the evening and we actually got to stop and smell the weeds and take in the sights of a trail that usually involves high speeds and blurry vision.

Everyone made it to the bottom and after a challenging load of the truck(13 is about max) we retreated to Murray Gilchrist's for a couple of cold ones and the usual banter. Great to have Norm back.