Fall is my favorite

new trail in town

Finally. Last Monday we finally opened the Picture Rock Trail. The trail leaves from town in Lyons and heads to the south to access the Heil Ranch trail system. It's good. This particular trail is a long uphill 5.5 mile tight and technical gem. With this and Hall Ranch right here, you can bet I won't be driving much to ride anymore.

5 days to roam

skipped vegas and instead offered Tracy 5 romantic days in the Skamper and about a 100 miles of trail. Just what a woman wants...right ?

cold lampin' in the skamper

heart lake

Clark Fork rivertrail, this trail really reminded me of the Platte River trail sytem.....beautiful, rolling, river bluff country.

last three rides were in the Fish Creek drainages

N Fk.

and W Fk.

10 years

I knew it was getting close, so I checked out the title last week. On Sept. 22, 1998, I bought my Jeep with 10,008 miles. A few adventures later, with 135,000+ on the clock we're still going strong.

speaking of NE, anyone want to ride?

I'm going to be back in Lincoln next weekend (9/20, 9/21) for Micah's wedding. Anyone want to ride? I'll probably hit Wilderness on Sat around brunchtime and I'm down for whatever on Sunday. Anyone not doing the PCL race on Sat want to hit up the park?

dave

Bombs and Bacon @ Exit 426

A three day weekend isn't enough time for all the fun I wanted to have back in the homeland. I did manage to get to Platte for the last bacon ride of the season. Rick was kind enough to show me around Platte since I'd get lost out there on my own. Met up with the nice sized crew from Lincoln, lots of folks I havn't seen in years.





Dawn at the gate.




Tight, twisty, tacky.



Rick leading us out.



Sac museum was pretty amazing. Speed + camera = SR-71.

The Swan Crest

memories

did my first gravel hundy on this bike. came across on old pic. s-house is enjoying her now, with a different kit.

He asked for a bike ride

Mic is in town and asked for a good bike ride he (or turns out I) hadn't been on in a while. Since our ladies were busy entertaining themselves we had all day. Rather then waste a bunch of time on the car, we headed just west of the Peak to Peak and hit up a loop of trails high on technical goodness & big views. South St Vrain, Sourdough, Little Raven, Brainard Lake (and a beer), and then back down SSV for the finale.

Nearly 2 years and...

I'm on my wayu back to Nebraska for Labor Day Weekend. Staying at Mahoney with the family, so yes, I'm planning on a little Platte River action, and maybe whatever else. Anyone?

Sheep Mountain ride. Lots o singletrack.

Trailhead. We shuttled sheep mountain recently. The are loop options from town that I will have to check out soon.

Dave G. Looking toward the rattlesnake wilderness. First time to the Sheep mountain Heli pad for both of us.




Rattlesnake creek looking North.

Finally...

... found someone to help out with the bike work around here.

Wyoming

Weekend getaway, Two hours up the road in the land of wide open spaces. Things look a lot different when I'm not up there riding the Enduro, and when there's hours of fresh cut IMBA designed singletrack to ride. Things look really good. Can't wait to get back.





It's not all brown.





Big.





Bigger.






Fun trails. Goes right through there.









A little something from close to home. And my home away from home.

Unheathy Attachment

Seems everyone has had a set of tires that aren't happy coming off or going on a paticular rim. Tire levers come and go, and that's why I dug a pair out of my bag - the garage set seem to have gone somewhere I can't find them. As I was working the old tires off the rim, I broke a lever. Bummer.

It wasn't just any tire lever, but one of the pair I've been carrying for a while now. The levers form the top of a plastic box to hold a patch kit. If you've watched me change a tire on the trail, you've seen these. Remember that race in Kearney, at the golf course, with the rainstorm? Way back then? I got these there, and have used them since.

I've used them for 14 years. Done now. Got to get some new ones.