This Week's Group Rides!! Join us!

Rides are on for this week! Monday (all are welcome to join us), Tuesday (Ladies only!), and Thursday (guys' and gals' separate rides). As usual, meet here at the shop by 6 and we'll roll!
See you in the dirt!

Monday Nite Ride, Tuesday Nite Race...Do It!!

Hello all! It's been a while since we've had a solid group ride; Tim & I have been busy w/our new house. Things are on their way back to normal so we're hoping to resume our weekly rides.
Tomorrow we're definitely doing our "Anyone & Everyone Monday Nite Ride"; so meet us here by 6 and we'll roll. Also, this Tuesday nite anyone who wants to join us for a little trip to Snow Mtn. Ranch is invited to meet here at the shop at 6pm. The last of the Tuesday nite race series is the 8th and since we helped sponsor it, we're heading out to provide some prizes for the award ceremony. Anyone and everyone is welcome. It should be a good time. Questions, comments, concerns...post 'em or email or call.

Tuesday Ladies' Ride

This Tuesday Amy and I checked out the Bull Mtn. Loop up CR 4. Beautiful views and good company. This Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday more shop rides leaving here at 6ish. Post a comment or call w/questions!

Upcoming Rides

MONDAY: anyone and everyone (men & women)
TUESDAY: Ladies' Ride (Possibly snow Mtn. Ranch?!)
THURSDAY: Ladies' Ride and Men's Ride (girls: we'll do better w/planning than I did last time!)

For all rides, meet at the shop at 5:45 and we'll leave soonafter.

We're open to suggestions!!! Have a trail you've been wanting to check out? Let us know and we'll see it together.

Thursday Nite Ladies Ride!!

Thanks to Mandi & Sally for riding with me once again. Our Thursdays are turning into one adventure after another! I kinda got us stuck far away from our vehicles at the end of the ride. We parked at the bottom of North Supply but then took some cool trails (backwards from what we'd done on Monday night) that ended us up in the golf course at about 8:20 when it was getting dark. Thankfully I got ahold of Tim and he picked us up and drove us back to our cars. Anyway, good job girls and thanks for your patience while I was navigating the right way to go! We'll see you next week! Here's the girls jumping logs and crossing creeks. Way to go!

Doe Creek Wednesday

After briefly recovering from the Monday Nite Ride, Tim took me on another big ride Wednesday. We headed up the Doe Creek trail and then did the counter-clockwise Strawberry Lake loop. I did my fair share of walking; some of those hills are tooooo steep. I was amazed at the grade of those climbs! Even despite the overly challenging climbs, it was a beautiful area and the weather was perfect. Thanks Tim!

Monday Night Ride

We waited and hoped for a rain-free night and finally Monday was a winner. Skinny J, Patrick, Wheelie, Tim, and I rode some Rec District trails. Since Tim was the leader, it involved a bunch of climbing; I was hurting the next day. Good times, good company, and good single track.

Rain, Rain, Go Away!!!

I know, I know, the moisture is great but it's really putting a damper on our group rides. We're hoping to ride this week on Monday (anybody & everybody), then Tuesday (women's ride), and Thursday (men's and women's rides). Come and join us for one or all of the fun!

More 18 Hr Pics

JP finallllllly sent me some more pictures of Tim actually riding his bike in Fruita at the race. Beautiful lake!

Ride Ride Ride

Lots-o-riding going on! Last night for our Monday nite co-ed ride we had a decent turn out: Tim, Big Jim, Skinny J, JP, Wheelie, and me. We started out at the golf course and rode pretty much all of those trails and then over into the forest service land as well. It was grueling and included plenty of creek crossings and other craziness. It wore me out!! Then, when we all rolled back to our vehicles, someone had random bike-related parts neatly placed next to all of our vehicles! How bizarre! We piled them all up by a tree to make a shrine to the bike witch. A head shock, a Yakima bike rack, and a rotor were all left behind. Whoever did this, you had us guessing!
Tonight, as usual, I'm leading a Ladies' Ride that will leave from the shop. Meet here at 5:45 and we'll leave soon after. Call or post any questions.
Then, Thursday night, we lead both Women's and Men's rides so join us then for more off road fun. Again, meet here at 5:45. See you on the dirt!

Heeeerrrrrre's Ellsworth!

What fun! I'm afraid that I need an Epiphany now. It was such a solid ride; you could bomb downhill over anything and everything and it still climbed really well (an important combination). Good times. We had an awesome turn out...12 of us out there in such short notice was pretty good for little ol' Grand Lake. Thanks a ton to Mike and Carol (the Ellworth folks) for coming out and showing us what full suspension bikes are supposed to feel like. They will be at the Winter Park Fat Tire Festival June 23-25th for more demo rides, so go ride them and then we can order 'em up for you! You can also check out their tour schedule at www.ellsworthbikes.com

Yes, we're still talking...

These are called divorce bikes for a reason! We tried our luck on a fancy schmancy Ellsworth full suspension tandem. It was so difficult we barely made it up the first little hill. I think the problem was that I was kinda steering from the back and Tim wasn't exactly vocal enough about when to and when not to pedal. It was a riot! We couldn't stop laughing. I think if we just tried it for a little while longer, we could have done it. Good times.

DEMO RIDE!!!!

Ellsworth is coming, Ellsworth is coming!!!! That's right, you heard me: the boys from Ellsworth are going to be here with about 20 different bikes for us to take out and ride.
We're oh-so-excited. And hope you are too! Meet us here, at the shop, at about 1:30 on THURSDAY or at 2pm at the Idylglen parking area up CR 4. Come one, come all. It's going to be a blast. Free demo rides for everyone who shows up. So far it's Tim, and I and about 6 other riders. You'll be sad if you miss this one.

Thirsty anyone?...

Here's the 'creek' crossing which I like to think is more of a river. A few people made it across successfully, I wasn't one of them. Most of these pictures are of the more entertaining people who took a swim. Enjoy.

Great Group Ride

Thanks to everyone who joined us for a nice little ride last night! There were 10 of us out there riding up North Supply, South Supply, Middle Supply, Burn, etc... Fun stuff! Who knew there were even that many mtn bikers in this area! It was awesome. We are going to do a Monday night and Thursday night shop ride every week, starting next week. Meet here at the shop at 5:45 and be ready to leave by 6pm. Also, I lead a Ladies' only ride on Tuesdays and Thursday nights. Meet here at 5pm. So, last night involved a long climb, a creek crossing, and some loose rocky downhill rutted stuff. Here's the proof!