What's the best way to spend the day?

With a bunch of girls riding a super techy trail in Colorado.

6 of us rode Golden Gate today and had an absolute blast, gabbing, whoopin' and hollerin'.

This was Megan's 1st ride back from a broken shoulder blade and she was on a new bike! She did amazingly awesome and she had a perma grin on her face the entire time :)


As usual, Jeny showing us all that's she's an absolutely amazing rider!


Me looking silly in my pink striped socks


Jen starting the fun descent


Tracy making the switchback look easy


A great end to an awesome day...beers & food & great conversation at the Southern Sun


Thanks Cynthia for organizing another awesome ride!

Many more pics here (I'm too tired to post anymore)


-Kim

Another fun day on the moto's

Jason, Tracy & myself headed out to Camp Dick again while Dan went to Veloswap to sell all his stuff. It was super cold and windy when we started but after about a half an hour the blood started circulating again.

We just explored the area, taking one marked road until the end and then trying another one. Most of the roads in this area were pretty easy and it was good to just work on shifting. I wanted to try getting into 1st gear a little smoother than I did last weekend and I also wanted to work the rear brake and get the feel for where my foot needed to be to use it without looking.

We did find a pretty techy loop, 216 I think it was...and it was techy immediately with big rocks, steep climbs, large exposed tree roots...fun fun!


Tomorrow it's a girls ride! We're headed out to Golden Gate to play on the rocks with our mtn bikes.

More pics here


-Kim

Say Yay! To Old Pipes!

Say YAY! to coming home from walking the dog to the entire house smelling like poop, say YAY! to using your nose to find the source and say YAY! to almost barfing when you find the source!

Our pipes got backed up again last night, this time it was the sewage pipes and our shower filled up with sewage and poop! Wonderful! We called our landlord around 6:30 and the plumber finally showed up around 8:45!

Wonderful! We had to sit on the couch waiting until then...no run, no ride, just sitting on the couch smelling poop!

Great way to spend the evening. I used an entire bottle of bleach to clean the shower last night.....

I would have taken pictures but I couldn't get that close to all that grossness....plumbers have the worst job! Guess that's why they make big bucks.

-Kim

2nd Day on the moto's - Middle St Vrain

Okay, I could BARELY walk this morning my quads hurt so bad but I decided to head out for a quick run while Dan nursed his migrane, I'm glad I did because it loosened my legs up quite a bit. Dan was still hurting when I got home but decided to get up and move around to see if it made him feel better...good thing he did because we had to go to McGuckin's to see if they had a bolt that would fit my kick start, which I lost yesterday out on the trail somewhere. It was kinda funny because the bolt that we needed had a fine thread on it and the stuff out on the floor at McGuckin's just wasn't small enough, the lady told us to wait a minute while she checked a drawer in back and amazingly they had the bolt we needed....guess she had to look in their "junk drawer" to find it :) McGuckin's is amazing!

Anyway, Tracy & Jason met us at our house and we headed up. We got our gear on and headed out to the trail, which consisted of a rock garden at the beginning that we had to get thru...great! After a mellow twisty section we were hit with HUGE water crossings, huge rocks, small loose rocks, log crossings, snow and more water crossings! I had a minor melt down after I crashed off into the woods and I thought the trail was a little over my head but Tracy said that Jason told her to keep it in 1st and grip the bike with her legs while standing up. I agreed to go on further and took their advice...it totally worked! I was able to control the bike way better in 1st and gripping the bike with my legs while I was standing allowed me to control the bike better! Oh man, what a great feeling!

We got to the end of the road and rested a little bit, turned around and went back down. I was a little nervous because of the rock sections and huge water crossings at the end but it really wasn't all that bad and I found that on the descent, keeping the bike in 2nd gave me the speed Ineeded to get through the rocks a little better.

Me going thru a small water crossing on the descent


Dan going thru the big, deep water crossing at the end


Tracy going thru the same huge water crossing at the end


Jason making his was thru the same water crossing


Another amazing day on the dirt bikes! I'm super sore and I can barely walk but I can not wait to get back out there! Too bad we have VeloSwap to go to on Saturday and Dan has to work on Sunday :( Maybe I can get Tracy & Jason to go back out with me on Sunday ;)

More pics here



-Kim

First day on the moto's

Today Tracy, Jason, Dan and myself FINALLY got to ride our new moto's and headed up to Caribou.

After some short instruction in the parking lot, we hit jeep roads. Now, I thought we'd just be riding up and down a dirt road but we actually rode jeep trails with rocks, roots, water crossing, descents and uphills! And we handled it no problem at all. We had our "oh shit" moments and we had our OMG we made it moments...it was the most fun I had in a long time.





We even got dirt and mud on the bikes ;)


We were resting before the final trek back, eating some bars and out of the blue, Dan said he was really really impressed with the way we were both riding, he was absolutely amazed that we picked it up so quickly. That was probably the best thing I could have heard and it made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. After our break and getting all cocky, I crashed into a tree :0


We finished up our ride and headed out to this place for some food and beers....and brought home a growler of their tasty IPA.


I'm sore and I can barely walk but we're headed back out again tomorrow...if I can walk in the morning I'm going to try and get a run in beforehand.

Almost forgot, when we were almost to the parking lot, Tracy saw 2 moose heading into the woods! We saw them just hanging out in the woods as were were riding by! Pretty darn cool....

More pics here


-Kim

Friday Hookey Ride

Tracy was taking a half day off on Friday and put the word out to everyone that she wanted to do a ride in the afternoon, I've turned down a few offers in the past to do so with Cynthia but today I thought why the heck not...if I don't use the few days I have by the end of the year I'm gonna lose them.

We decided to ride Hall. I felt good but I haven't really been on the mountain bike in a few weeks and I was rusty.

Tracy on the rock face


Tracy on the tight switchback


Some friends also enjoying the perfect day


As usual, I left some skin on the rocks. For some reason, Hall is the place where I fall and leave my mark in blood.


After that, I cleaned up and Dan and I went down to The Foundry where Cynthia was shooting some pool. We watched her play a game and then convinced her to come get some food with us over at Juanita's. Yummy!

-Kim

Thursday Night Ride

Good showing tonight, I think 15 people rode, and I couldn't hang with any of them....damn weinies.



Saw some gross stuff too