WED. OF THIS LAST WEEK WAS ONE OF THE WARMER DAYS WE HAD AT A WHOPPING 35 DEGREES. SO I CAPITALIZED AND WENT FOR A WINTER TIME ROAD RIDE. I TOOK MY WINTER COMMUTER BECAUSE THE OFF ROAD TIRES WOULD GIVE ME A LITTLE EXTRA GRIP ON ICE SPOTS AND PATCHES OF SAND AND GRAVEL. I DECIDED ON A COLORADO NATIONAL MONUMENT RIDE AND AWAY I WENT.
ABOVE. MY GIANT RINCON. SHE'S ABOUT TO GET A LITTLE LOVE. BY WAY OF A NEW AVID BB7 DISC BRAKE IN THE FRONT MOUNTED ON A RIGID CHRO-MO FORK AND AN AVID SINGLE DIGIT 7 BRAKES IN THE REAR. MAYBE A COUPLE EXTRAS AS WELL.
ABOVE. A VIEW FROM THE OUTLOOK AT COLD SHIVERS POINT NORTH TOWARDS THE BOOK CLIFFS. IT WAS A GREAT RIDE UP TO THIS POINT BUT I WASN'T PREPARED FOR HOW COLD THE RIDE BACK DOWN WOULD BE. WITH A SUPER STEEP DOWNHILL RIDE, LOW TEMPS AND SPEEDS NEARING 30+ MPH I ARRIVED A POPSICLE 3 MILES LATER AT THE RANGER STATION.
ABOVE. ME ON THE TRAILS. THURSDAY WASN'T AS WARM AS THE DAY BEFORE. BUT A FRIEND OF MINE LANDON HAD JUST GOT BACK IN TOWN AND INVITED ME ON A RIDE UP LITTLE PARK ROAD AND DOWN THE TABEGUACHE TRAIL. A REALLY FUN RIDE AND THE TRAIL WAS GREAT. BUT I DID SPEND AS MUCH TIME HIKE A BIKING AS I DID RIDING, NOT TO MENTION A FEW CRASHES.
ABOVE. ME ON A SMALL DROP. WHEN I WAS ON THE BIKE I WAS HAVING A GREAT TIME. LANDON IS LIGHT YEARS BETTER AND FASTER THAN ME. HE USED HIS LEED TO SET UP FOR PICS AND SNAPPED A FEW OF ME. HE EVEN WAS ABLE TO GET A FEW OF HIMSELF, HE'S A MULTI TASKER.
ABOVE. LANDON ABOUT TO DIVE IN. AT ONE POINT HE WAITED JUST LONG ENOUGH FOR ME TO CATCH UP AND SMILING SAID "THIS IS GREAT". HE'S A REALLY GOOD RIDER AND CAPABLE OF RIDING SOME CRAZY STUFF.
ABOVE. LANDON ROLLING THROUGH. CHECK OUT HIS BLOG AT http://commandonlandon.blogspot.com/. HE'S STARTED A BLOG DOCUMENTING HIS NEW SPONSORSHIP BY TREK AND LOCAL RIDES HE LEEDS.
A GOOD WEEK ALL IN ALL AND I WAS EVEN ABLE TO GET A FEW RUNS IN. TEMPS IN GRAND JUNCTION HAVE BEEN COLD AND ARE LIKELY TO STAY THAT WAY FOR A WHILE. WITH WEEKS LIKE THIS I DON'T MIND.
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