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F orgive me, I've been busy doing other things like riding my bike and spending time off the internets. I have a backlog of pictures from some random rides, so here they are... The first one will link to a few more. This is a ride near where I work, It's currently covered in snow. From Random Then we move on to a lesser known ride around here, it starts with a dirt road climb for nearly an hour. Good scenery: Then you descend into a cool limestone canyon with trail unlike most of what you find around here. Creek crossings, real dirt, more like the east coast than here.. The canyon itself is quite scenic too, limestone isn't very common around here. I did this ride last Friday and it was really cool to be able to have a place all to my own, I spent a fair amount of time just enjoying the scenery. Then there was the ride on Wednesday before the snowstorm. My friend Kristian just got a Truvativ Hammershmidt, a two speed epicyclic gearbox that replaces the front derr...

Things are going well here, we are really enjoying the new house and all that. Here are some pictures from two rides I did. One Tuesday and one last Sunday. Sunday was at a nearby open space, not the best or biggest place for riding a bike, but had some good views and some nice albeit short trail. Second ride was behind Mt. Herman, right next to Synthes. I rode some lesser known trails and didn't see another soul the whole time. I'm pretty happy to be so close to such good stuff. There are hundreds of miles of trails back here for me to explore. Could take a while. Oh, and here are some flowers and other nature pictures. Happy 4th everyone! I've lost alot of tubes to these little guys.. Velvety deer in the open space in central CO Springs

Sure has some cool geology. Excellent trails too..

Went for a nice ride after work, and decided to bring the camera along. I'll skip the commentary and use the captions to tell the story. I needed powerfood, so I used the vending machine at work to help me taste the rainbow: I got a sweet altimeter watch from REI for 20 bucks. Someone returned it claiming it was stuck in "demo mode". The watch doesn't even have a demo mode and a 3 dollar battery later, I had a functional (but huge) altimeter for bikes and such. Helps me realize why I can't breathe. The ride starts with some cool trail, then some fire road, then this. This trail is called stupid, and is part of the reason I invested in knee/shin pads. If the rocks don't get you, the sadistic scrub oak will. Looks nice eh? I forgot to mention I forgot my bike shorts so I wore my slacks: More rocks, further down the trail My favorite part, a strange wasteland of dead trees, rocks, and shrubs. I'm not sure why there are no trees here, but I'll figu...