Biking Colorado

Get Ready… Set…

kweeseco — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:26:44 +0000

Alan sent me an email to start the motivation for the season…. enjoy the videos from him. I am thinking maybe I should get a full helmet!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuBFSTMwLq0

http://www.boardsmag.com/screeningroom/commercials/1389/ –gotta love this one…especially since I seem to spend lots of time off the bike.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CbQOLqZ8IA –Lance Armstrong Nike commercial, not exactly mountain bike

<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFdpqabsdIE&feature=player_embedded> –New way to get your bike on your car

For the more adventurous

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oq4OQwE-l0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCiX9LdeG6c&feature=related

noclaF liarT

kweeseco — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:02:20 +0000

Thats right…. we went against the flow and rode Falcon Trail backwards (Counter clockwise) and it was great. It was like a whole new ride!

Falcon turned Limbuagh Canyon

kweeseco — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:15:43 +0000

We were planning on riding Falcon trail, but because Dale is on the the terror watch and could not get into the Academy, we decided to ride Limbaugh. They have redone the drop into the canyon and made itr a lot nicer. We also took the new trail out on the front side….. fun ride!

It has a good mix of aerobic, technical uphill, technical downhill and several large stream crossings.

Mount Herman Fire Trails

kweeseco — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:17:10 +0000

Well due to a rain delay on Tuesday we rode Mount Herman fire trails on Thursday this week. Josh joined us this week and we had a fun 1.5 hour ride. We did the typical loop that started on the South and ended on the North end.

Ride 2 – Ute Valley Park

kweeseco — Thu, 21 May 2009 21:47:53 +0000

Ute was a great ride and there were no stitches this time. The park was faily muddy….. but mud is better than sand. 5 guys on this ride.

Tuesday 5/26/09

Its that time again!

kweeseco — Thu, 21 May 2009 21:20:52 +0000

Well we officially kicked off the season. Mason, Alan and I hit the Greenland loop and Spruce Mountain. It was a very fun LONG ride that deserves to be the first ride of the season. There was nothing technical about the ride, but its great to get in shape! According to Alans computer it was about a 26 mile ride, but my topo program shows that it was about 17 miles…. all I know is I am still sore.

Tires down 5:15 pm
Directions :
I-25 north to County Line.
Go west (Left) on County Line towards Palmer Lake.
Parking Lot on Right a few miles down.

For Mason and Alan… it does look like the service road on Spuce Mountain dumps onto hwy105… next time

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Year End Bash

kweeseco — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 21:06:09 +0000

Well we finished off the season with Captin Jacks and the Chutes. There were seven of us and no injuries. It was a great ride to end the season! We finished the day with Lunch at Front Range BBQ. The only problem is they are predicting great weather again next weekend…. maybe we will just have to have yet another “Last Ride”

Season End Summary

kweeseco — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:39:42 +0000

Although we have one more “Year end bash” trip planned I thought I would sum up the “official” season.

New Bikes Purchased = 4 (Jim, Jason, Kevin, Lauren)
Geocache’s Found = 1
Trips to see the Doc = 3 (Mason, Kevin, Lauren)
Total Season stitches = 17 (6 Mason, 11 Kevin)
“That’s what she said” count = 23
Photos taken by Dale = 26 <– 76
Photos taken by others = 0
Times Dale caused nervous laughter = 19
Cliff Bar jumps landed = 8
Real jumps landed= 3.4
Pints consumed = Umm… Yes
Total rides = 20

Ute Valley Park (ColoSpgs) – Wed, May 21
Mount Herman Fire Center (Monument) – Wed, May 28
Greenland Trail Loop (Monument) – Tue, June 3
Falcon Trail (AFA) (ColoSpgs) – Tue, June 10
Rampart Reservoir (Woodland Park) – Tue, June 17 (Summer Solstice Ride)
Palmer Park (ColoSpgs) – Tue, June 24
Palmer Trail/ Section 16 (Manitou Springs)- Tue, July 1
Falcon Trail (AFA) (ColoSpgs) – Tue, July 8
Limbaugh Trail (Monument) – Tue, July 14
Mount Herman Fire Center (Monument) - Tue, July 22
Captain Jacks (ColoSpgs) – Tue, July 29
Palmer Park (ColoSpgs) – Wed, Aug 12
Inspiration Point (Palmer Lake) – Thu, Aug 21
Red Rock Canyon – Thu, Aug 28
Ute Valley Park – Thu, Sept 4
Falcon Trail – Thu, Sept 11
Mount Herman Fire Center – Thu, Sept 17
Ute Valley Park – Thu, Sept 25
Mount Herman Fire Center – Tue, Sept 30
Falcon Trail – Sat, Oct 4

Photo of Kevin

kweeseco — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:00:52 +0000

Well, some people wanted to see what I looked like post accident. So fat lip and all… here you go…

Mt Herman Fire Trails

kweeseco — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:10:26 +0000

Well I wussed out this week but the gang repeated the fire trail route from a few weeks ago. From my understanding Dale had a nice wreck and had a strange urge to protect his face so he opted for a Penguin Dive to the rocks below. Nice!