July 2007 - Posts

So you like riding the Colorado Trail do ya?

Well if so check this out:  http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/other_recreation/article/0,2777,DRMN_23950_5647282,00.html Large chunks of the CT, including Monarch Crest - are in danger of being closed to mountain biking.  Please, read Read More

Hunger

Cycling itches take many forms... Earlier in the year, rehabing from the last big crash, I had this whole existential dilemna about where my cycling goals were going.  My interests were all over the map - most of them in new directions.  The Read More

Project 1: into the fire

As I nearly rear-ended this thing while day-dreaming along Hwy 160 the irony was not lost on me... First, the medical update.  My orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Field Blevins, is top notch.  Nonetheless I've spent far too much time with him in the Read More

The return of optimism

There's no denying it.  Coming back from Canada all busted up - long term - and having let my partner down has landed on my head like a ton of bricks (or a BC tree as it were).  Not neccessarily in that order.  It is an odd experience right Read More

A mesmerizing fish story

Impressions.  That's what I'm left with in the wake of the BC Bike Race.  I'm not sure if it's from trying to take out a tree with my noggin or the sameness of much of the route...but some of the days have already blended together, while others Read More

BCBR quickie post

We're back and I'm alive to tell the tale.  And what a tale it is... We didn't head up there with the intention to win, but rather more of a cycling vacation.  In retrospect, that was a silly notion.  Lynda & I are what we are - pin Read More