Last month’s Samaniego death ride (see: Five reasons why Tucson sucks…) yielded a promising piece of information: the top of CDO has been worked/logged/groomed. I’ve had that tiny glimpse of blissfully groomed trail in my mind ever since. It haunted me, and there was only one way to exorcise it. Ride it. The drop begins…. [...]
Another [W]ednesday [N]ight [R]ide, with no one in the parking lot. All the better as the solo night missions are the best way to lose yourself. Tonight’s mission: be the first (??) to attempt a night ride of the Hidden Canyon ‘hiking’ trail. Hadn’t planned it, hadn’t thought about it, but when I finished Rock [...]
I love getting up early for rides. I’m not really sure why, but when you get up well before normal, you know you’re doing something wholly abnormal. I left Tucson at 3:45a, arriving at Yuri’s place with just enough time to assemble the bike and suit up. 5 miles dark pavement led to Trail 100. [...]
Families sit to dinner as I sneak through neighborhoods, gliding up hills and effortlessly down washes. I write a lot about stripping away. In the dark, alone, there’s everywhere to hide, and nowhere to hide. You are your thoughts. Glowing eyes sneak even quieter around me, seen and unseen. Usually coyote, but sometimes unknown. One [...]
Too much computer time last week, so Monday we dropped everything and rolled down to the Santa Ritas to check out the route for the upcoming Kentucky Camp Epic Race on Dec 8th. The race needed a new start/finish and camping area (the place noted on the current GPX does not really work), and I [...]
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