crappy weather = trainer

I know that Greg and I both settled for the trainer today. The logs on the right in case you are interested... ok, so I doubt anyone would be but....

Monday Tranq

I rode by myself yesterday afternoon. Only saw one other guy out there as I was climbing the South hill. The technical section was a bit tricky, which had me off my bike walking it.

The trail was in great shape except for the spots that Dmars told me about. I had fun and only rode 1 lap - sure beats the trainer!

New Ride

Here's a pic of my new ride that arrived yesterday. I'll be building it up over the next couple of months. Red anodized with 4 inches of rear travel and a Fox RP23 shock. I'm thinking mostly XT with a Float RLC fork and some Stans wheels.

OOO Yaaaa

Man, it was sweet ride yesterday. Very little wind and 50 degrees. There was a lot of people out enjoying the trail. I hope the weather stays nice like this for a while.

Trainer time

I logged 30 minutes on the trainer last night. I was surprise at how far I DID NOT GO.

Big Chain Ring, 15 and 13. Cadence 80

I had a good sweat going but only managed to ride 9.5+ miles. Hmmmm. I wish that I would have had on my HRM to see the calories. It sure beat running on the treadmill though.

I am going to start a trainer log. I'm going to write down the date, time ridden, miles ridden and calories - if wearing a HRM. That way I'll be able to see how many BASE miles I built over the winter! Do you guys want to join in?

SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY

Let's go for a ride Sunday afternoon, as of now I have the green light. We can hit the normal spot or go for a short road trip. If muddy we can always ride the hills North of town.

Dang Wind

Rode some


With these two Cats

Tranq was in good shape except for the usual winter mud holes. Soon we won't be able to ride much dirt in above freezing temps. Gotta get out while you can.

Fighting the Wind

Dave and I took of for a nice little road ride. The wind was tough for the first half but on the way back we cruised. Had a great ride

New Reroute at Tranq

Today the Tranq council members met at the North hill descent to plan out a new route. The current route is starting to erode so we wanted to nip this in the bud. We came up with a new reroute on the North hill that looks promising. We got her cut in and it is ready for riding. I had fun day today, loaded up the burly with all the tools that I needed and hit the road. The weather was great, there was hardly any wind..

Look out boys

I heard there was a mountain Lion sighting up by Blair, and in the Ponca hills area.Now I am going to be nervous riding the trails in the dark. I guess they like to eat mountain bikers... :)


Pic from NPS

Monday Night Ride

Hooked up with dale for the Monday night ride, man it was sweet. I couldn't believe how warm it was, for being November and all. I even worked up a sweat. Saw Dmars and Chris at the shop, they headed out earlier for a ride.

Sunday @ the lake

As I noted in my comment on Greg's post. I was FINALLY able to get out on my bike this weekend. The weather was awsome - my conditioning.... well, that's another story. I rode the skinny bike around zorinsky. There were quite a few folks out enjoying the weather. 1 lap around the lake and I was shot. The 6 sick days took any cycling fitness that I had left out of me. I'll have to work to get some of it back before the snow falls!

I guess I'll hit the treadmill tonight - I've been enjoying a bit too much of my daughters trick-or-treat goodies!

Fall ride

I love when it is 70 degrees out and everywhere you look the leaves are changing and crunching beneath you tires. Hear is the new roller coaster section at Tranq