Four days later I, indeed, find myself on yet another stupid ride. But at least I’m not hiking my bike; I’m pulling the Bob trailer on Jon Shouse and Chris Everist’s second “stupid ride” series. Number one was around the Rincons, this time it was the Catalinas. Paula also joined in on this ride, almost [...]
Great day on the bike today with Dejay. It was us against an invincible opponent: Oracle Ridge #1 (so called because it was the first trail up Mt. Lemmon). What used to be a very hard trail has become even harder with the fury of fires Bullock and Aspen. But it’s still a good ride, [...]
I pulled out 4 or 5 rather sizeable thorns from my leg today. It’s strange that they don’t really hurt. It’s been over a week since my cactus calamity, and I’m still pulling thorns out. But I am no more afraid of ‘nopales’ than I was before. Paula and I met up and rode out [...]
Number of successful vs. total switchbacks on our ride 5/20/04: Lady Bug trail: 41/64 (64%) Arcadia trail: 44/49 (89%) (Up: 24/29 Downhill: 20/20) Webb Peak trail: 10/10 (100%) Total: 95/123 (77%) We spent the previous evening warming our switchback skills and enjoying the cool mountain air on Grant Hill and the Arcadia climb (from Shannon [...]
Suburbo Assault this morning, with Al, including the Dick McGee trails Finger Rock and Pontotoc. Things were heating up, but it was a nice morning. I stunk it up fairly well on both trails, but Al cleaned a section that neither of us have ever done before. Then I rode my bike over to vote [...]
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