Last night was the Bicas “Bike in” movie night. Kind of like a “drive in” movie, but without the cars. Pretty cool idea if you ask me. We met at 6:30 for a casual ride around downtown Tucson: Ghost riders… I was assigned to “cover” the event for bicycling.com’s ride section. Given my complete lack [...]
Planning rides is one of my favorite things to do. I scroll through maps and piece together fragments of GPS tracks, adding a healthy dose of daydreaming. Sometimes (often) I ask myself, what’s the point? I see these places on the map… the crest of the Magdalena mountains, the desolate arroyo country northeast of Socorro, [...]
It started with an early morning punch in the face: 3k of vert in about 6 miles. Rideable? Yeah, save a few rocky pitches. Did it feel good? Not really. Maybe for Lee – he’s lightened his kit, dropped the rack and been training for this trip. It showed. He stayed ahead as we clawed [...]
One trip down, another starting soon. Lee and I are leaving this afternoon to Phoenix for the AZT slideshow. It was fun going through our pictures from that trip — it was one of my favorites. Then it’s on to Magdalena to pick up the Enchantment Trail where we left off last time. Plenty of [...]
Paula and I spent a morning gathering gear and packing. We left from the house, using a combination of city bus and pedal power to head southeast to the Arizona Trail. Soon we were on the trail and the race was on. It was 93 degrees and we had ice cream and burritos on the [...]
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