Miscellaneous

rode carter road lakeland fl over holidays and some urban paul and daniel were truly inspirational. Paul has been hammering it into my thick skull to go to a 27 speed and I finally get it yeah its better gearing kinda got me stoked up riding with those guys they did 4 laps the day I did my first 2 lapper. on 2nd lap I left 5 min before they did and they still caught me. was doing ok but dealing with new heavier forks and changed dynamics of bike was also winded halfway through about where they passed me. will go to bigger front tire fatt and 27 speed on new stronger back rim for abit . later goin to get full suspension bike kinda lookin but for now lovin ta ride.

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First thing I need to say is this yourMTB site has some great stories. I am only now just getting around to sharing my own. My story is actually more of an observation, maybe its a story - I dont know - I am more of a visual person so bear with me.

As I get older and my birthday nears I realize how as a kid I could count the days to that morning of waking up and knowing "this is my day". Of course, it was also - where are those gifts, the cake and ice cream. Man I love ice cream. Now life is too busy for me to bother counting the days and I know in just about 2 weeks I will one day wake up and go oh yeah its my birthday, well, time to go to the office.

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Every year I start my season with a trip to Moab, Utah with a good buddy, some camping gear, and a cooler of the best beer money can buy. This year was no different. In May I left my home in Colorado for a long and glorious weekend of camping and riding in Moab.

Driving in a car for 6 hours can be torture on the mind. However, add a buddy that you’ve been great friends with for over 2 decades and the drive in a car becomes a ROAD TRIP! Topics of discussion included women, bikes, work, bikes, slapstick humor, bikes… etc. You get the point. The trip was a blur and we arrived in Moab around 1AM and started looking for a campsite. By 3AM we were fast asleep and dreaming sweet dreams under the starry sky.

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A word problem: if Dotty departs Denver for Durango (337 miles away) at the same time as her main man Mitch starts motoring to Moab (354 miles away), who gets to the trails first? Don’t break out the calculators -- they each get to their destination a little bit quicker than Suzette, who slips out at the same time and speeds to Silver City, South Dakota (401 miles away).

When they get there, Mitch and Dotty have to contend with brutal summertime heat and the standard bike-Mecca crowds, while Suzette shares hundreds of miles of lush, forested trail in the Black Hills National Forest with nobody but a few mountain goats.

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