Happy Halloween!
Tonight my roomate James, neighbor Lindsey , and I carved pumpkins. It was fun and the seeds taste good. From Pumpkins James' in the middle, Lindsey's on the left. Grrr!
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Winter
Seems to come and go around here. I went on a particularly hight altitude ride for being near town (10k) and hit snow and cold weather.. The good thing about the trails around here is that the moisture from the snow actually made the trails more fun than they are when they're dry... It wasn't all like that, most of it was dry and sunny. My new helmet has a spoiler.. Helps keep my head going straight when I'm going as fast as I do.. Uh, yeah.
Americas Mountain
S o I've been wanting to do this ride pretty much since I got here but the timing and my fitness has never been quite right. Things fell together though so I went for it. Barr trail starts at 6,600 feet and climbs to the top of pikes peak at 14,100 ft over 13 miles. So that works out to about 7500 feet elevation gain, throw a few ups and downs in there and you're around 8k.. So I knew it was going to hurt, but I did it anyways. What does that mean? I started at 6:30 just as the sun was starting to rise. The light kept getting better and better so I stopped and took a bunch of pictures. The first one has a link to the album where there are many more than shown here.. From Barr out and back The initial climb is pretty steep and switchbacked until it reaches Barr Camp, which is a grandfathered cabin in the middle of the Forest Service that serves food, sells candy bars, and caters to overnight guests. Pretty cool place to stay really, it's roughly half way up elevation w...
Band-Aids
What's wrong with this picture? For being a bike mechanic, I sure do like putting off working on my bike.. It's been this way for three weeks now.