Having a nice long weekend is a real treat for me. i usually get with a group of friends or teammates and ride on the flat ground looking for hills and signs to sprint to, having a nice time in the group atmosphere. Not so this weekend. Saturday I went down the hill to see a friend race in the Morgol Superior Criterium, (Morgol for the famous Morgol Bismark course, and Superior for the town hosting the event). After my friends' race I rode off in search of my training ride and managed to put in three hours of high quality training before heading back up the hill.
On Sunday I decided to stay in the mountains and do chores around the house and then get my cross bike out for a little adventure and some cross practice.
I found a remote trail and placed some Cross Propz on it for a little dismount/run-up practice....boy, am I rusty! After that I took the dirt road to a local single track and let loose.Well, as "let loose" as get!
Its been awhile since I've had my cross bike on single track, and the rattling around came right back, This has got to be one of the best ways to learn bike-handling skills. From the looks of it I have lots to learn!
For some reason I'm having trouble posting the pictures for this post.....the ones above are backwards and the ones I'm trying to post won't come up. So, the picture of the dirt road is of a "bluebird day" at 8400 feet in Colorado with a dirt road cut thru a forest of evergreens with the mountains of the Continental Divide in the backround, nice, huh? And the singletrack runs thru the pine forest, not a soul in sight, you can smell the pine and savor the light crunch of tires over pine needles.
I'll try to get this fixed, but for now thanks for reading, and its not too early to at least be thinking Cross!!
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