nice and melow

Just what I need tonight a melow ride to frisco and back. It is so hard for me to ride slow but that is what I need to do.. Leaving the house at 7;00 at night is nice with these long days. Only a few more week and the days get shorter.. The next great thing on my radar is a weekend in crusty butt.. No kids flowers and bikes can't get any better than that.. Next world cup on wed night......

It's no Willy but the Voodoo did well!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The first one is in the books and things went well. Their were a dozen or so on the line and it was hot. Charile was like a bullet out of the start and I jumped on. Things were going well until I droped a chain at the end of the first lap with a quick fix I was back in it trying to hold on to coach's wheel. Did I mention that it was hot!!!!!Half way through the 2nd lap we had a joiner a guy on a IF named Travis and he was moving he got around coach and I and before I new it the race was over. Fourth was the call for the day which to me was a good race.. My teammate who was riding his single Wily Cycle won the Pro class. All in all it was a good day the Kid (my kid) got 2nd in her class. Another one on Wed.. and a hot one on sat...

Young Ones

The last two days I have spent my riding time with the kids of the mountain bike little league.. I have had some time to my self but the riding with the young ones is really refreshing. They are so into it they love having some one older to ride with and they are just a bunch of kids riding bikes like we did as kids just things are just a little more high tec.... I hope that I am not pushing my daughter to hard I just see a lot of greatness in her. She can really move when she wants to.... Tonight was the first in many nights of My Tahi. They reopened after a 6 week vacation.. They have some if not the best food in town and it is always a pre race fav... Yes tomrrow is the first summit world cup and I'll have a belly full of thai food...... Remember the show the young ones!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Time on my side

What a nice day in the land of wind and snow. Did some good work between here and frisco. Now it is time to take it easy and ride with the kids. Two group rides with the little ones this week. It is always fun to rid with the little ones they are just so happy to ride.. That is the way it should be..Where is my mind?

Pullstar not just part of history

I need to stop being so angry... It just has not been to easy here in the land of crazy people(my house). I took it out on the road bike yesterday and on the single today. I feel strong and that i am where I should be but we'll see... Not making it to work tomrrow cuz the boy is sick. Need to rest and eat well this week and all things will come toghther it is still earily..The boys trike should be in this week watch him get his bike before I do.. Late 90's Voodoo with a stiff fork and a pullstar rear hub with rasta colored nipples now that is style.......

Rocks fill the gaps

Went out with C-ball and J-Covey yesterday, told anna that we were just going down to frisco and came back 3 hours later. I was a good day 60 miles with wind in every which way.. Jeff is still as fast as ever.. The word on the streets of Boulder is that the Wily will be done this week it would be nice to have for the first summit mountian world cup this weekend.. Race on sunday race on wed.. and two ,more sat and sun.. we'll see which ones that I make it two.... Have fun in the sun on this government holiday.....

rest is good

Got results today and it is what I though 6th.... Not bad for knocking my self in the head with my handlebars.. I would love to see a picture of me comming in for lap 2. Lip all huge and puffy and blood streaming out of the cut. It did not help trying to was it out with the bottle of sports drink the feed zone guy handed me. Now if i can just get my new bike I think that i will be ready to go.

Can You Feel That Hum

One in the books.... Had a good time in the Land Of Entrapment, could have gone faster but that should come later. Gave Coach's 29 a test ride on fri to get a idea of the trail and what I gathered was it went up.This would have been a great race to be on the 29er you just had to have the right gear set up. The two guys off the front were on matching IF'S They were fast and then a cupple of rigid 29er and local..... I went with my voodoo because the gear was more set up for the hills.. All in all it was a good race and gave me a few things to work on... And I got to see my bike well not my bike but my teammate tim's..

big wheels go faster

Heading down to the land of entrapment and going to bike racing a try.. Coach has given me his new 9er to race on see as mine still is not done. I sound like the big guns are comming out tomrrow the bloomer and coaches buddy dusty they'll be the tough ones. My plan is to spin my wheels and go as fast as my body will let me go.... To much coffee is making me want to go now but must wait a bit till bear is off work... oh well........Thanks to coach he is a big help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Black Juice

Coffee where would I be with out it.. Only 10 short hours of work and I can start getting ready for the weekend ... bring it on........ coffee or the weekend???

push and shove till it's just enough

Got out and did some hills on the voodoo tonight,. It was just enough got to see how the bike would do on steep hills and how my legs felt.. The bike did well I am going to get a mevlin from coach to keep the chain tight and I am going to rest my legs and let them get ready for a bunch of work. Yes this is the first race of the summer but in my mind it is still training. Now if I can just get through a week of work and make three times the money........

in the dark of

I am so dam mad!!!!!!!!I can't get the voices out of my head. I get pissed and think that I am slow, fat, and out of shape.... I try to think of the ones who have real problems liek jessey or my brother, they have real probles. I am just broke and can't stop the voices, mabye Angle Fire will be good for me getting my ass kicked will at least put me where I belong. A few more days on the bike and then some rest need to get the voodoo ready just to in case something does not work with coaches bike,, at least I got that going for me,,,,.

Can't get there from here

Good work with good distance and wind.... They man has the dam road shut down so you can't go that way for another week.. No racing this weekend saving some money so I have more for next weekend.. Coach says that I can ride his new Gary Fisher and I might take him up on that we'll see how the week plays out......

Skiny Tires + Dirt = FUN

Got out tonight after feeding the fam dinner, the wind started to die and other than a little cold it was nice. Rode the single cross north and ran into some friends then flip and hit the hills of the highlands. After working on the hills I hit the dirt that was around and doing that on the cross was fun. A little over an hour and 20 miles it was nice eve..Then home and soem really good pasta that I made..I like food.......ONE LESS CAR>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Night and Day

Well after a good day out on the road I ended up yesterday out with C-Ball on dirt. He had just got his race bike put all togother and was ready to ride. We went to BV where the sun was out and it was not snowing. Good climbing and some fun downs the voodoo was riding nice and I think that it will work out fine for the angle fire race. Well as things go we were having fun and starting to go fast on some tight single track when C-ball's front wheel came lodged in some rocks holly shit!!!! Things got bad fast and he cut his face up seeing as that was the only thing that he landed on. A big cut under his eye and blood from his nose and mouth. We walked for a bit and and when he could ride we would do so. After making it back to the county we hit up the ER and they stiched up his eye... I have to say that he got lucky because it could have been so much worse. An inch to the left or the right and their would have been no walking out.....He is one tough SOB...And his bike came out fine through the whole mess.. Today saw more of the same shity weather snow wind and sun.. I mad it out with coach and I think that we pushed a pretty good pace. I sat on his wheel as much as I could he is fast for an old man..........It was a good weekend and now time to start to think about getting reday for work......

Earth Wind and on Fire

I got after it yesterday with some good work and I can that I even had fun. 100K in about 3hours and 17 min... That makes me happy seeing that their was sperts of snow and wind and the wind never knew which way it wanted to blow.. I want to try to get out on dirt today but dont't want to have to drive. So mabye another good long road ride we'll see..The word is that tomrrow the pro guys want to go do the minturn loop which is a good 5 hours in the saddle. Need to see how everything plays out..

Clipless pedals on the kids trike??

Not really fast but not slow... I got out after dinner and found the large cear spot in the sky.. 30 miles and a good pace just a mile slower than I have had the past few rides. I want to make the strange creak noise go away it is driving me crazy. I might try to get some dirt this weekend that would be nice just means that I have to drive.. TGIF tomrrow is friday and that is badass..

Run Forest Run

Finally got out today watching the weather and woundering if it would be to cold, but I put on every thing I had and it was not to bad. My knee brace would not work over my knee warmers so I went with out and man it felt good. 24 mile of pain free riding. I still think that I will take it with me in case something pops up but I felt like Gump when his braces came off and he was so fast. Going to try to get out with coach tomrrow and get up to montazuma I just hope that the snow is gone for a while........ Could be worse I could me in Iowa..............................

A Mullet Grown Out

It work for Chippo.......... I got in some good work today, I ended up running in to coach and the young ones,savage and soller. Rolled 620 in road miles with another 80 single speed for the month things are looking good. Rest is good just hard for one like me to do. Tommrow is friday and my last 8 hour day monday starts the 10's. Once the single cross is back togother i'll start doing morning laps around breck.. Quite roads at 5ish in the morning...Bad toughts in the head of Dr. danni and her quaterback riding tandom.. That is where the punk rock comes in to paly to chace out the bad and bring in the good...

If a biker endo's in the woods???????????????

I rode a bike and went some where and then I turned around and came back. I found a hill or two and went up them. Tomrrow I'll try to do the same thing. I learned that my bike went from weld to paint today and I hope that I can see it before angle fire on may 20th if it is not ready i'll have to ride on the voodoo.. Either way I just have to go fast....

Making the freeway safe for the freeway

Both sides of the col de sawn yesterday, it felt good to be out on the flat bike path for the first time this spring. It seems as if I have been doing nothing but hill the past few weeks and the flats were nice. Time to clean the shit out of the shed and make it ready for the in and out of the bike season. Going to try to get my old BMX bike ridding so the kid can ride it to school. I wont let her ride her MTB to school because it will come home broken.. Go Floyd!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Have you seen my ass???

The boy will say OK to anything.. This is his new thing OK daddy OK daddy.. Went out with the Doc to day and it was a good bit of work. Lots of hill with lots of sprints. It is nice to get to ride with someone and even nicer to hammer on the front.. Sounds like coach might be pulling the plug in racing on sun. And if I can find someone to watch the boy I think that sophia and I might go to the MTB race. Rcing the 3's on sunday sounded like fun but so does a montain bike race........... White beans with carmilized onions..,.,.,.,Tasty!

Google this

What a nice morning, the sun was out the birds were sining and everybody was at church so the roads were empty. Got out and did a 60K ride and it felt good legs were a little tired from the ride on friday but I was able to keep a 18 mile avg. I wanted to ride yesterday but the winds were ripping down off the top of Pikes Peak so I drank beer instead,...... I hope that when I get home the snow has stopped and I can get back out on the roads..... Bring on the ham.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,..,.

My own private Iadho

Had a real good one today with CBall. We parked in Idaho Springs and went out the Central City Parkway.. What a road It goes up from that valley so fast.There was a 7% and an 8% grade to climb wow.. Going down to central city is something eles. It felt like being in a town in Europe tight roads and stright down. We work all the way out past rollinsvill. 100K for the day and a shit ton of climbing. Highway 119 is not flat. And climbing back out of clear creek through black hawk and Ccity is one hell of a bitch 8% at the top.............. But then on the way down............Long downs with huge speeds at one point I sae 54 miles an hour. A good long day in the saddle, would like to have gone longer but the hills started to take their toll. Good sleep and ride tomrrow in the eve down in the springs... Fried Chicken salad with bacon and cheese mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.........

The wheel goes around

Another 50K today and it felt good did not try to go out to hard and just spun the wheels. It felt like spring warm over 60 here in breck. Sounds like CBall is cooking up something for friday...Keep the heat comming so this snow goes away... IN my head....Clam Dip and Other Delights

What the Fu@# Chuck

I had another good day on the bike yesterday, went out with the Doc and got in about 50K with good work. It is nice to go out with Doc cuz he'll sit on the front in the wind which lets me get out on sprints and work on speed on hill climbs.. If all goes well I'll get out again tomrrow. I heard from an old friend he was one of my best line cooks of all time in flagstaff. He would get drunk on french liquor and ride his fixed single and normaly get beat up. Good to hear from an old chuck. 80 in Big D on friday going to go down with C Ball and do some more hills.

The fat lady sang

Well back in the world of snow and dirt. The snow is starting to melt away with the warm days, and leaving behind a lot of sand and dirt...This trip to Az was by far one of the best that we have had. Great weather and the kids were good. We finished up our Moab trip on sat morning and I did my loop through Arches, it was so nice to see the park on a bike instead of a car. I do have to say that my legs started to give out from all the ridding that I had done over the week. After finninshing up my first day of work yesterday I went out on the bike to keep my ridding streak going and went and did some hills. I felt good to be home in the sun and going up the hills here by the house. Now I wait for the Wily and dream about the day i get to hit the dirt on my new rig.....

Fun Hater

Left the valley of the sun today and went to moab.. Had a good week of work on the bikes 230 mile before I left the valley and it was good. Between riding the road and zipping around on the single my legs feel good. After getting to moab today I went and rode slick rock which is tough as is but throw i na sinlg with no shocks at all is some thing else. It always fells good to pull off that ride with nothing broken, this time I had a smaller gear thatn last time so it was a little more work.... Good food tonight and some beer that we brought with. Tomrrow I am going to give a road ride through arches a try. I would love to see 300 mile for all of vacation.... This is the last night,,, then back to work........

Why don't they make burly trailers for big people

Another good day..... The sun was not out in full force so I did not get to sun baked like yesterday. I went around the McDowell Mnts.. which is a nice day on the bike. I got to ride through fountain hill which has the countries largest fountain. This is also a new area with brand new pavement which is so nice so ride on. After all that I got to ride up 10 mile hill which is not that steep it just goes and goes and goes... All in all another 50 miles with 170 for the past 4 days the legs fell great and my knee is working. We might see rain tomorrow and I think I'll go for another MTB. ride , he desert after the rain is soo nice..... Four more day of vacation then back to the snow.......

If frogs had wings they wouldn't hit their asses when they hopped

OK,,, You all have seen raising Arizona right? Well today I got to spin through a spot in the desert where they shot the movie.. It always makes me laugh and think of the big crazy guy on the motorcycle. The knee brace one again is working and making things feel good. Two and a half hours and 50 miles that makes me happy I was able to pull off a 19 mile adv speed and the legs just felt geat.. as long as I get good sleep tonight I would love to wake up and get another two hours in. Went to the Zoo today with the kids and Grandpa and james was soo in to it. At first he was a little worried about the big animals but once he saw the lions he figured it all out and started to have fun.. Going to eat some good food tonight and drink some beer and sleep so tomorrow I can do it all over again..,... It fells so good to be out in the Wily team gear flying down the roads in the valley of the sun..

Knee braces and happy faces

Well on doctors orders i got my self a brace for my knee cap. WOW... I went out to the desert with the ten year old and we rode single track for an hour and a half.. such a nice morning with every thing in bloom and thing running so nice. Sophia did a good job, the new sid world cup from cball made her ride soooo smooth. I was riding on my fully stiff voodoo and flying through the desert on that was a treat sooo smooth even with out a shock.. After the one we call James woke up from nap I went back out to ride the road bike and again no knee problems.. Did another hour or so and things were good. I hope this is the fix for at least now. Tomrrow I'll go out for a bit longer of a ride and see if thing work out again.... But for know life is swell.........

Day One

Well I went out today in the valley of the sun and I was a great morning. I did have a bout of knee pain and worked through it. Two hours and i was done. I talked to another doctor today about my knee and he said to try to use a knee sleve that will help keep my knee cap in place.. Will give a try....Mtb tomrrow with the kid...

With a little help from my friends

Well the Voodoo is up and running. It all cam e togother a hair over 21 pounds. I have to thank all those that helped, Coach with the break and levers , Bear with the cranks, Heckler Dan for the fork and most off all the Jack Man for the frame.. Now all i need to do is be able to ride it. It will be a full week of no riding at all when i throw a leg over a bike again. If all goes well the vacation that I set out on tomrrow will be a blast. The kid got her sid world cup on today and a new rear derailur so she should be even faster........Next stop AZ...

Starbucks in a REI????????

Put in a little over 100K yesterday with herb.. It went well even with the knee pain popping up around 50 K . We started off in Morrison and went all the way to Chattfeild Rez. And then from there we went all the way downtown. It was nice to start the day off with hills and then some flasts in the middle. We even got to have a mid ride coffee at starbucks and I could not belive that it was in the REI. Now you can get all jacked up when you buy your over priced gear. I felt strong just need to get the knee under control. I am going to try my other pair of shoes that have more play in the cleat , this might let my knee move around more.. I just want it to stop....

That Voodoo that You Do

My neighbor and co-woker the Jack-Man threw me a big hook today.. He gave me a voodoo wanga frame that was given to him... It was a frame that was found at last years town clean up day. He did not need it, he just got hime self a brand new cannondale scaple. Any how i am going to build it up for vacation. I got a surly fork from dan heckler and herb has some breaks for me , to finnish it out I have a King front wheel and a Nuke Proof rear wheel . The small bits are not as high end but it will work and ride fast and strong. A stiff steel beast.. When I stop in flag iam going to try to find Mr. Murry and see if it can get the rear cut for a single so I don'e have to have a chin tightner.. The weather in big D is going to be warmer on friday so Herb and I are going to go down and do some road ridding. This will be a nice thing , getting out before the vacation and warming up for some big miles........

Buffalo Bill rides again

Got out and rode to the grave of Buffalo Bill on Friday but things weren't working as planed.. I started having the knee pain again after a hour on the bike. This suck for many reasons but mainly because I was felling so strong. Tomrrow I am going to see the Doctor and see if he/ she has any ideas/.... Still no bike it is still getting welded and then needs to be painted. Slow is better than fast but it would still be nice to have a mtb. for vacation,, in 11 days. This will be a nice break from the snow and the cold, I just hope that the knee is working so i can start logging some miles in the dry warm air of Scottsdale. I turned coach on to ZEN ARCADE which is some of the best stuff the three guys from husker du ever put out, pure clean noise. Feedback makes me smile..,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,

It is a good thing

It is a good thing that Texas is as big as it is. This way all the good old boys in their giant SUV'S can drive around and stop and go where ever they want. This week they showed up and not just a few but a hole shit ton.. The whole state from collage to grade school on spring break. Don't get me wrong it is a good thing because they come and spend lots and lots of money which helps our town. It is just that they have thier heads shoved up thier asses so far that they just do as they want. I would love to go on vacation in a one horse town and be a jack ass. But that is not our style, we tend to try and blend in..... The sun came out today and the snow on the roads started to melt, and I think that the big D is dry so i'll go for a ride friday and try to log some good miles. Going solo unless someone wants to go. I need to put in good miles before I go on vacation and act like a jack ass..

Smooth inside and slow outside

Well the rest week is over.. I only rode to work this week and did not do any thing else. So yesterday I jumped on the trainer and rode for a good while taking it easy at first making sure that my knee did not start hurting again. So far so good. When this was not enough and I need to get out doors I headed up to the nordic center and skated for almost 20K . After the ski and the bike I was good and tired. The snow was nice and freshly groomed it was just colder than my wax so it felt like I was working harder than I had to. Oh well it all pays off in the end. More snow on the way and 3 weeks until we can get out of this place and be warm for a week. Now if my bike could just get painted!!!!!!!

You can't be what you own

I took a rest day today.. I think that my legs needed it and I know that my brain could use it. It is hard for me to stop I am one of those folks that needs to keep on going. This is why it is nice for me to ride to work, because at least I am moving something. Made some really good chicken soft taco's and we all filled our bellys up good. The taste of cumin and lime makes me think of the southwest. I'll be there soon. I posted another link today one for Dara Marks Marino she is a friend from Flagstaff who helps keep up on the Steve Garro watch.. Give her a look and see what is going on in the land of sun and wind.....My inspiration now is the Super Suckers and Fugazi.Oh yea and cold beer after a long ride.

Good week

It was a good week even though i got my first cold of the winter and got hit by a bus. I some how managed to ride 140 miles between the single cross and the road bike. It has been warm here and only getting warmer. I am so ready for vacation. Check out the new links that I have posted both are some folks that are going to make the summer better and faster for me.. Now if I can jsut figure what is wrong with my right knee it has been hurtting me behind the knee cap... Long rides cold beer and warm air.....,.,.,.,

The snow is going

Went to the nordic center to work the legs and get the acid out. The snow is like mashed potatoes.... It skied good in some parts but in other it sucked so I did about 15K and called it quits.. The bike is calling and i want to answer the call it felt so good to ride and not be on the trainer.....It sounds like fridays are going to be big hard work days and that sounds good to me.Bring it on bring it on...........Now time to got to E Rocks and eat wings......

Deer Creek

Yesterday is what I needed, Not as long as I wanted but good none the less.. Herb and I started out of morrison and headed out to Ken Caryl and started to go up. It is a whole differnt world on the other side of the rock out cropping. The sun was out and it was warming up by the time we made it to the bottom of Deer Creek. Neither of us knew how far or how long the climb would be when we started up, taking turns up front we were climbing any where from 10 to 13 miles an hour, you could hear Phil Liget and Bobby Roll the whole way up. The fun thing about this hill is it didn't stop, it just kept going and going. We dropped a cupple of older skiiny guys on really nice bikes 1/2 way up and every so often we would look over our shoulders to where they were and the chase was on.... We were not going to get caught at least not today. We creasted the top and desended a bit thinking that it would go back up but we came to a T in the road and not knowing the area we headed back up and down what we had just climbed.. The climb it self was just over 9 miles with a lot of vert, again just what i needed, can't wait to do it again with out a head cold. We ended the day going out to chatfeild and the aroud Bear Creek lake and back to the car. 3:30 min 100K and an avg speed of 17 miles a good day ,.,. Got home and my new kit came in the mail and then I drank my first beers in 4 day with some good thai food...Ring of fire????

Another one rides the bus???

Ok I am not bitching but part of my job is to help the streets crew get the snow off the sidewalks and the roads. Well yesterday I was doing this and all was going well until I got sidswiped but a ski area bus. I say all of this with a half smile because it is not every day that you get to say that you got hit by a bus.. No one was hurt and my sidewalk plow(holder)was not hurt. I did how ever break 4 pair of skis that were in teh ski rack and two mirrors on the bus. It is hard to day but it was not my fault because i was onthe sidewalk working and that being the case we public workers have some right of way...She the bus driver should have slowed down and at lesat let me get out of the way but, that is not how they think. All in all it was a fun day of work because again in is not every day that you can say that you were hit by a bus..What i need now is a cold beer and sleep then on friday ride my bike till I puke>>>Yea that is the ticket/.,,./.,./.,/.,./.,/,/,/.,/,/,/,/,.

Dry ass and Green tires

Well no ski today, it was way to warm so I jumped on the single cross and loged some more time on the road. It fells go and it at times takes a lot of work. But on friday when I jump on the road bike I know all the work will have paied off. Herb and I are going some where front range to ride, I can't wait. Got my new shades today and they are not what I was thinking they were going to be so back to cali to cali..

Nipples and dimes

What is wrong with the best part of your day being that part when you get to work. It is dark kinda cold and eairly but it is my ZEN moment for the day.. Me my punk rock and wheels spinning. I had to tell the 10 year old today that she might have to ride a single if she keeps beatting on her derailer.. When i called home at lunch she broke down and said she broke her bike, which after looking at she did , ripped the hanger in half...... Got my new front wheel built today and it is thing of lust..Light smooth and fast.. Ryan at AGAS built it up and he did a great job for a boy from minnhaha......Going to get out on the xc tomrrow as coach says the slient sports....................

Somewhat dry

Did an 1 1/2 on the single cross to day and it felt good. Got just about 25 miles before i got cold the sun was starting to go behind the mountians. I do have to say that fenders rule and they keep you dry.. The gearing is great for road climbs as long as their is no ice on the climb....Ski tomrrow and rest on tuesday.. Next weekend will have a good amount of ride time.....

Rippn' Kid

Went to the ski hill yesterday with sophia, because she was off of school and the skiing was good. Sophia started off slow but she picked it up after we ran in the the doctor and flappy d soon to be poppy d . We were ripping the center of the bowl in that nice blowen snow that your skis track in so well. Sophia was dropping the knee the whole way down.What a stud.. We even went over to peak 7 and skied Deb's which was the first time for her, two lap down that one with the best snow of the day. Want to try to get to denver this afternoon and ride for a bit, two hours would be nice, I have been riding the single cross aroud breck but it can get a little scary when gong down hill fast. Their is always the nordic center but we will see ridding sounds like more fun...... 4 weeks till vacation.....................

2nd today

I was moving slow this morning because of the late night but i got it moving and went to the nordic center. I had a great day on the sticks with almost 2 hours of skiing. I felt on fire and just kept on going for more. Got my new skidlid today from rudy project and it is a nice one. Talked to david from sunrace this evening and we talked about new stuff and what is going on with their new shifters, I would love to see herb on the this stuff but he is weird when it is not the big two. Got out of the bike shop today and learned that some asshole ran into my bumper and left a nice dent. It is in the bumper and not the car but it still stinks, the pile of shit had to know that they did it and just drove off.

Rockn' tunes but peolple suck

I don't know is iam just getting older or what but i can stand the cool people. I am not a cool guy anymore if i every was before..... The show was good the rev puts on some good music . But i don't think that most people where there to listen. Between all the talking and drama there were at least 3 fights and lots of people walking back and forth. I tried to find a good spot to stand and rock out but every place i stood ended up being a walkway WTF...I was out till 1:oo in the morning which for me is late.... Now just need to figure out what to do today ride the snow bike xc ski or go down hill.. Breaks on the way now just need the frame to be done.......

Ready Steady GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wasn't Billy Idol better when he was gen x shame the band died from smack.. Photo of the new fork that will go oh so fast...The folks at maverick are behind the Wily team and i can't wait to rock out on this pice of art....The tour of Cali is going well and even with out lance in the race they still talk about him like he is there....Fun so far to watch the race and all the new team set ups.. Rode in to work this moring in a white out though it would be a good idea to wear the night rider so it was all in my face. Fast smooth and quite nice was to start the day...........................................................................................................................

Don't eat the brown snow

I had a great ski today. Even though the snow is brown it was fast. I was able to cover a lot of ground in one hour. I feel like i have made a lot of improvment onthe snow and the work that i am putting feels good. Now if i could just get my hands on a heart rate computer. My mom has one but don't think that she'll give it up.. Got to go to AGAS yesterday and work on the single cross.. It was nice to hang out and work on the bike. Listened to sonic youth and chatted with bear and helcker, the bike is in great shape now got the chain tight and greased the bottom bracket it shouls be even faster now to race the big snow plows in the morning.... Time for beer and food then rest..

44x17

I had a great ski yeaterday, ran around the hard loop twice then around the meadow and a nice cool down after that. The team kit is going to be in next week which is good it will be nice to have warm stuff to wear while ridding. Made it to work this morning with out crashing I think that it was the louad punk that kept me rolling. Nothing like opp ivy and minor threat at 5:30 to get the blood moving. Changed the gearing on the cross to 44x17 it made the bike move fast, I think that I might need to take a link or two out after dropping 3 teeth. With some road tires on the bike it will make for a good single road bike

Keep your head in the game

Last week was good for me and i need more of it. Now that i know that my bike will soon come makes me smile. I can't wait for the 29er I can't wait to rock the orange, and to spend hours ridding and smiling. Untill then i'll ski xc when i can and ride when it it some what warm and dry. 6 week till AZ. Going to put the 17 tooth on the cross to up the anit and go faster, i can always ride on snow..

another day

It was warmer today and the sun was out, a good day for a easy ride if you think of climbing hills an easy ride. I did the 30 mile loop out the door of the folks house. Did not see as many people as ridding in Boulder, but their were a few out on the road. I got on the wheel of a T Mobile female rider and sat in for a bit, and i learned that small people are hard to draft. I got the work done that i needed to get done and feel pretty good for feb and not riding every day. Weird to say but can't wait for the snow to go. Got to the airport and got my anna she looked good and sounds like she had fun in zona.. Now back to the grind........

Good day in the saddle

Meet up with the team yesterday mostly the road team i think i was the only mtb racer there. We meet up at the nicest coffee shop that i have ever seen with an outside temp of only 25. We pounded our coffee and away we went. Not doing much of the group ride thing i had to get pulled back a few times plus i had no idea where i was going. These guys are in to ridding on dirt roads because they are less travled and that brought me a few flats..... When it was all done and said we pull 50 miles in just under 3 hours of ride time. After ridding i talked bikes with Brad and got the last few touches on the new bike. Got my new fork from Maverick which is the damm coolest thing that i have ever seen can't wait. Threw every thing in the car and was down to the spring to save my mom from the onslaught of kids. If you are ever in the monument area and need a bike shop check out blanced rock ski and bike. Great guys inside who love bikes and riding, they had good looking singles and cross bikes along with any thing that you may need to get through a ride. They even had a Rick Hibbard single in the shop. Going try to ride to day it is going to be warmer then get anna at the airport, and back to normal life in the hills no little T (my brothers son) Sounds weird but i look foward to getting back to work..

Steal this bike

This is the bike my dad rode back in the 50's. I don't know the right year it was made but i think it is a 1955. He grew up along a river in iowa in the bluff country and he tells stories of pushing it up hill and ridding down. I want to fix it up clean it up and ride it around town. This would be the best going to get coffee bike around. 3 speed internal hub with rim brakes and a rack on front and back. I might just quit my job and get a paper route..

Cold

Trapped inside today.. The weather is not going my way,.. It snowed last night and today the temps are below 20. I want to go and group ride tomrrow in boulder but it sounds like that might not happen.. I know it is feb. in colorado and the weather can change at the drop of a hat but it was almost 60 yesterday.. AHHH crap..

Cold

Trapped inside today.. The weather is not going my way,.. It snowed last night and today the temps are below 20. I want to go and group ride tomrrow in boulder but it sounds like that might not happen.. I know it is feb. in colorado and the weather can change at the drop of a hat but it was almost 60 yesterday.. AHHH crap..

Sunshine on my sholder

Got out yesterday at the nordic center. First time in a week or so and it felt good. I don't know if it was the sun or just being outside and not on the trainer. Skied for an hour with no stops and the legs felt good. Hoping for a good weekend of ridding. I think that ill take the single cross to the springs so if the weather is not to good tomrrow i can race around the fox park at my folks house. Saturday should be nice ridding with the team in boulder, I'll be able to iron out the kinks of the wily. Going with a maverick fork up front , still might have a stiff one built but could not say no to the mav...... Tonight Anna gets to go to scottsdale for the weekend and i wish i could be there but it will come soon, march 30th is leave day for the whole family, with a race on the first of april. That will be good for the earily season traning going up against guys who have be on it all winter..I figure i'll only be a MINOR THREAT.....

potholes in my lawn

We removed snow off the roof today and this is the way we got off . 3 jumps off the roof in to nipple deep snow .. Now if i could only get her to jump like this with skis on ,,...

He's back at it

Check out the two photos on epicrider.com . They show the man steve garro at work in his shop making bikes again. Long live the mutants.!

A wholelotta!!!!!!!

Went to the hill today,and took the day off from the nordic center skied there three day in a row. The call for today was powder and not just a little a whole shit load. No one was out and i was able to run laps on t bar all day. My first run jumped off into cuccumber bowl and was blown away.Every turn was fresh and deep going to the white room with every turn. Ran in to bridget and we just ripped it for the rest of the day. It is days like today that make up for not going to the hill every day. I was wanted to go to boulder yesterday and ride with the team but life got in the way. I need to get there to talk options, the bontrager stuff is in which is wheels tires, seatpost, stem, and bars. Need to figure out what fork i am going to run. As of now i have a surly , but what do i really want Ti, carbon , or a mavreck? I'll get there soon. To ski or not to ski that is the question.

just a little bit

Did a little nordic ski today which was nice , i was just going to come home and sit one the trainer.. I got a small lesson from the CLAW(jim h)he is helping me work on my v2 and overall form. The snow had not been groomed in the afternoon and it was not as smooth and i would have liked but what ever is.. Picked up the first born at the brewery and got to thanks the giver of my new nordic ski boots, and drink a champagne of beers, damm i like cold beer.....

Blood stains, speed kills, fast cars.......

Took to the nordic center yesterday and it was slow. I was planning on going home and have some HIGH LIFE,but the boss called and said lets ski...30 mins and i was done, the snow was cold and the wax was warm, so the glide was gone. Today I went to the hill and showed people how to run laps on the t bar. A little over a hour skiing and i was able to get 6 laps, the snow was ok i am just board with the hill, i need new skis, that would spark some life in the tele world...... Sold the KHS and i am putting the last few things togother before i send it out. Took the boys at A GAS an 18 pack of pbr for thanks.. Bring on the wily I am so ready for someting new. With all the snow here it seems like summer will never come... Fsat cars cheep thrills.....

Good news Bad News

Good news Steve Garro is making frames again. That means that Coconino Cycles rides again. The bad is that he is having trouble with his bladder and one kidney. His legs are comming around just slow. Steve is a amazing man and hopefully some day will get to ride his bikes again. If it was not for steve i would still be on a geared mountain bike thinking that "one gear that is stupid" he changed me. I was in to bikes when i meet him at his then shop but after riding with him for two year I learned a lot ... Thanks Steve.... Check out his site coconinocycles.com pic's of his bikes and links to other freinds and bike freaks

Day two

Yesterday was day two, of the year on the road bike and it was good even though the wind was kicking. I was able to do another 30 miles in 1:40 and i felt good. Got to stay home today because the boy was not well enough for school. I did a spin on the trainer and it was good just not the same as riding on the road. Would like to get up on the mountian and ride the lfts but also need to get out on the skate skis and get ready if i am going to try to do this race comming up here soon.. Looks like the frutia fat tire week might have a mtb race again,,,,that would be cool it is a nice venue......

pavment

Had a good day out on the road today. I was worried that all the work on the nordic skis would have me pooped but my legs worked. I was shooting for 3 hours but knew that the family was waiting for me at home. Did 30 miles in 1hour and fourty min, it felt good. Cooked for the parents tonight and i still got it when it comes to makeing good food. Going to try to get out in the morning before we need to get home to the snow..

Slient in the morning

Road the single cross to work yeaterday and it felt great, got to watch the snowcats do their work pushing snow earily morning.Quiet slient peacefull... That was before i got to work it all changed after that. Work crazy mtv shit lame,,loud noises.. Went to the xc center after the grind and had a nice ski moving well again Quiet peacefull and slient..Got some tips from Jim64 he says he would like to see me do a ski race. It could be fun . Going to the springs this weekend to get away from the crazy hip world of breck. Log some road miles and watch the broncos loose ,that should be fun.

flying

Got the skis back from the nordic center yesterday and man the new wax made things faster.I feel like i am starting to get in to the grove, still not as fast as coach or the boss but getting their. Today I went and did the peaks trail on the classic skis, was supposed to go with coach and the doctor but had to just go with doc, time was running out. The ski was good about 6 miles out toward frisco in a hour then we turned around and skied back to breck. The classic were fast on the flats and downs but hard to go up on I think I like to skate ski more, faster speed. On the way home ran in to coach who was out with his golden protector, he was going all the way to frisco and getting a ride home. More snow comes and this week should be busy with m-tv in town......what did Jello say oh yea MT V GET OFF THE AIR.............. I think that got them a life time ban from the network. That is what happens when you talk the truth ...........

New wax comming

Ran in to Jim at the nordic center today.. Jim is what i hope to be when I am 64. Anyway we talked skiing and about the kids and he offered to wax up my skis , said it will make me go faster. The ski today was good fell like I am gettimg better with what my body needs to be doing. It was quite out on the trails and you don't see a lot of people, not may chances to ski backwards or jump on rails to tell you the truth the park is not like the one on mountian.......Do they make twin tip xc skis?

Snow bike

Trying to make a my cyclocross bike work in the snow, got front and rear fenders and the front wont fit.. Sounds like i am going to need to make one out of some kind of plastic object.. Snow keeps falling and now my big problem is nordic xc or nordic downhill. The XC is a great workout and makes me hopefuly stronger but the downhill is fun just makes my whole body hurt. What to do??????? Things could be worse I could be doomed to lawn darts or hop scotch. Thank god for Punk Rock it helps keep the voices quite..............................................................

New Year Powder

Had a great day on the hill with the 10 year old skied for about 4+ hours. Ripping it up in the bowl sophia even skied contest proper today for the first time she rocked today.Got home and was told that my boss hook called and was more than pleasant to my wife. I guess that i need to work tomrrow because of snow, which is fine because of the over time it will produce but dont call the house and be a dick to my wife, that is not cool..Think that i'll take the nordic skis so I can ski after work. I got fenders on the way so I can start riding to work, now just need to make it so i can stap the skis to the bike.

New boots

Got out on the nordic skis today with the boss, and got to ski on new boots thanks to Bridget. The form is comming still need to work on it but it is getting better. Skied the black loop which was fun because of the big up hills and huge down hills. After a 55 min ski I was good and cooked, so tomrrow I will use the chair lifts and let gravity do the work. All of this skiing stuff is fun but still not as hard as a good long single speed bike ride. Be good to each other and think good thoughts..

It's all over

The year is over, just like all things they come to a end. 2005 was a good year both on and off the bike. Won a state champ on the single and the won at the banana belt those felt good. Learned how to cross race again on a single and even won a few. Snapped a frame in 2 and broke many other parts inc... a pair of race face cranks that i was told were bommer, guess that they weren't devin proof. Off the bike the kids kept on getting bigger and smater. Sophia has grown to be a fast mountain biker and one hell of a tele skier, and james, what can i say he is the man with a lot to say and never stops moving even in his sleep(just like his old man). With the new year comming big things are on the radar, comming up on one year with the town, Anna is movin from the breck, office to the office in frisco at the new medical building. James is turning 2 and sophia is getting closer to being a teenager. And the snow keeps on comming, which is good for the tele skiing and nordic skiing. So bring it on 2005 was good and 2006 shoud only get better.

Richard AKA *******DICK********

If your name is Richard does that give you the right to be a DICK!! The only person that I know that goes by his given Richard,or some times dick, but always Rocky is my father in law and he is far from a DICK. Then their is Richy from Daylight, and he goes by his given name, and he is a good guy as long as you don't burn the doughnuts. But then their are the ones that go by made up names to hide their richardness but it still comes out in their personalty. What iam getting at here is if you are a dick and you try to cover it up with mohawks and funny names you are still a richard. The first step is accepting this and mabye just mabye instead of being a big dick you can be a smaller dick. Nixon was a dick and look where it got him............,,,,,,,,,//////////,

Stop kicking my ASS!!!!!!

Went to the nordic center with coach and a friend of his who is a top road racer. The biggest problem that i am having is the the boots i am in don't fit that well, and my lower leg is killing me.Still skied hard and got a good workout just want to get stronger. Bring on Jan then it is time to get on the bike and I can get my shit togother. Watch out the sidewalks are Icy!!!!

Laps

Every once and awhile the kid makes it seem like i am skiing with one of the guys. Today we were running laps on the T-bar, did one over on peak 7 a few ion contest and for the frist ever she skied egale's nest....Center of the bowl , and her tele style is starting to take shape, more than ever..Now if only every moment we spent togother could be like skiing on the hill

what i need

Went to the hill today for x-mass.....It is what i needed after a grizwald family grathering... The snow was great and the skiing was againg going off... Ran into JC and it was the first time the season we rode. All i wanted was aome quality runs on t-bar and it worked. Good speed and good air enough to clear the head. The team today had a group ride in Boulder , would have loved to make it but it was in the wrong direction....Soon it will come... Ski rest ski rest and Jan.. will be here to ride bikes.....Be nice to each other and good things will come ...

Happy Day

A good way to spend a birthday.. Powder skiing with the 10 year old.. We got to the hill around 8:30 and the place was empty. Right of the bat powder and a good amount, we made our way over the the t-bar and had freshies down contest bowl and spohia skied it so well making alpine and tele turns. The best had to be the first tracks in cuccucmber bowl the sun came out long enough so we could see everything man it was bad ass.... All in all we skied ten runs and i felt like a kid again not skiing like i was 32, jumping and spining off everything i could.. Tomroow down to the springs and i hope that the wind dies down so i can get a ride in, or just go ski some more powder in the morning.. Now it is beer drinking time.................

ringing in my head

Went out for the 2nd day of stake skiing and it was good just a lot of work. I skied for 45 min and was shot I need to work on my tec.. and dress better it was freaking hot. Going down to the springs for christmas and taking the road bike, aleast an hour or two would do me good. only a few hours left in the 31 moving on and past the shortest day of the year. Bring on the daylight..... With the New Year comes good things,,,change is good, people change, hair styles change but more than that the days get longer..........bring it on..........................................

Goodspeed

Had good work today, got to try skate skiing today and it is fun. Went out with Coach , and the Cowboy Cheek, here at the breck nordic center. I have some work to do on my skiing up hill but every thing eles felt great. Coach had some gear for me that worked well and it sounds like Bridget might have some boots for me that will fit better than what i am on now. I can see me out there skating a bunch good work and makes the heart race which is what I need. Heard today from coach that he is getting the hook on a Fisher Rig for next year, with him on his rig and me on the wily we should be able to cause some havoc in the races next year. until then I'll keep on the xc skis and keep working on my goodspeed.

Hard

Today on the xc was hareder than yeaterday. My legs wern't recovered from the work that i had put in and I was shot. When i talked to the big boss man after words he said that i don't have the right style in my up hill and that is why it hurts sooo. I thought it just ment that i was soft and need to get back to getting my self in cycling shape. It has been almost a month since cross ened. Why do i love beer so much?? Might go see the snowboarders jump their jump tommrow or go to a office party for my wife, we need to see how the day shapes up. Anybody want to buy a 10 year old the price is a good,can't wait to see what teen years are like..

Peace

Found some today.... To cold to go on the mountain and the way the wind has been blowing things are hard as rocks. I went to the place that I have ridden my bike so many times. This place is great in the summer and late fall , even raced thier a few times only to huge disasters once flatting and having to run most of a dirt crit race and and a Cross race this fall my first. At that race i dropped my chain 3 times gave up the lead and finnished 5th I did not let this ruin me. Today I went to this place and went nordic skiing. First time in a long time away from the backcountry. It was great quite the sun was at a great angle and I was by my self. Went to what they called the most difficult and it was fun big hills up and down. Did the classic style and soon will take up the skate style. Going to try to get out with the big boss man and my coach next door. When it was all done I went in to the hut and saw a friend Jim who at the age of 64 is faster and more full of pep than any man half his age(me). All and all it was fun, would like to be down with the freaks in boulder tonight but another ride will happen soon. Stay warm think good thoughts and before you know it the weekend will be here..........................................

I need to ride a bike

I am trying to work it out so I can ride with the pilots in boulder on thursday. That damm life keeps getting in the way,Kids, sick peolpe and snow which means hours of time in the glass case of moition pushing snow. Time will tell what happens, need to start spinning so i can be ready for a mtb race in AZ in april. Oh well i have a good playlist for the day and life goes on just hold on tight to the handle bars.

Freestyle at 1.5

I asked james to jump his bike and this is what I got. This was his idea and I think he is going to be a natural on the bike. His other big stunt is riding off the last step in the house. Went to the doctor yeaterday to get some of the fat taken out of my head. This is legal with the uci and might make me faster, we'll see. The only problem is that this fat was keeping me warm, and tonight the temp is going to be around -27, that is cold. I think that i'll wait until friday to ski, was having fun last time out with the 360 tail grab, I would like to take it to 540 but landing in powder has been a chalange,.. Stay warm!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It just wont stop

I took Sophia my 10 year old up on the mountian today and it was sick. We went up the T-Bar and the snow was deep. It was so deep that when we went down the bowl sophia could not even turn. My self I was getting buried in my turns as i skied down joker. The snow keeps on comming and tomrrow should be great.

Powder Powder and yes more Powder

Well after another long day of pushing snow I got to go out and play in it. It was nice, I was able to get in 5 runs. The last being the best deep snow and a long run down the race course on peak 10. This is a place that will be shut down to normal peolpe soon because of ski racing.More snow to come. The crazy people at acc reposted the overall for cross yet again now i am in fourth place. Still good I just think that they are crazy.

Still Happy

I am still happy with my place. The ACA one of the strangest groups to put on races reposted the cross overall and they have me in third. Which is still good for never racing cross before and being on a single. I had a great time doing the races and can only look foward to april for mountian bike racing to start. I can't wait to start riding my new Wily, I think that the 29" is going to be a great fit. Spent the day moving snow and a lot of it. It was about as windy as it can get here and that shoul make every thing up high ski well.Going to do some skiing after work tomrrow it will be nice to ski some powder.....

More snow???

Hey check out this guy creepyfriendly.typepad.com he is a guy from wisco, who went to the same college i dropped out of. They breed freaks up there which helps me understand why he rocks the single speed so well. Snow is on the way and i am ready to ski before i get back on the bike. I call it nordic combined , Tele skiing and xc skiing. So let it snow and lets get through december on sticks then back to wheels.

Stupid Chain

This is me going from the front of the race to the back. I am in the background working on my chain while Kris Thompson passes me look at the smile on his face. We both ended up in 2nd place overall for the cross season, not sure how but we did. Time to ski and do so riding with the new team WILY Cycles.

frisco a borrowed photo courtesy of peloton photo, check out his site, he does it right. shows for the races and shoots all day, thanks.

Mud???

This weekend did not go as planed. I did not run the mud on the first lap and my singleator started to give out. I went from 2 to 7 after my chain dropped 3 times. I was able to save some space and not loose to many points only 6 points back with sat and sun still to go. Good thoughts and hope to finnish well.Tomrrow I ski with my 10 year old and get ready to eat turkey.

Sunrise

I get to watch the sun come up 5 days a week, some days are better than others but todays was on of the best. It is a nice treat watching the black go away and the orange fireball come up. I do have to say it is hard right now wathcjing everyone else go on the hill and hear the stories but that is ok because i am still racing bike and that is kepping me going. I have to say that still ridding and being in the mix this late in the year is good. Going to race the red rocks race this weekend the one that I flatted at 3 times last month. I am ready for it this time and hope for a good race. Then when the racing is done for the year and my weekends are free it is time to ski.

Winter is here

It is hard to belive that we went from no snow to three feet. I spent today in the plow truck and with the hand shovel. It made it so when i got home i did not want to ride the trainer. I need to. I am going for a one two this weekend Boulder and then Red Rocks. I would love to finish on top and I know with a litttle more work I can do it. The skiing from what i hear has been great and i miss it but not yet my time will come. I learned to day that team Wily got two new members, Tim and Ronnie the husband and wife duo, we should have a kick ass strong team.

White Jersey

The day started off with a bit of skiing with the kid here at breck. She had it going on making the tele move and having fun. Thenwe came ome and i got ready to go to the cross race. It was cold down in Denver but that was ok. A good line up for the start the two young studs were there and the race was off. Great lay out for the race and I just tried to stay out front. I duked it out with my nearest GC contender and crossed the line in third, it was nice to have some folks to work with. Then back home to the snow, I think i'll try to xc ski tomrrow.

Last day of vacation

well today is it one more day in the sun one more day of fun before going back to the grind of every day life. We got to go to trader joe' stoday which is by far one of the coolest stores in the world. they have every thing from high end meats and dairy to beer wine and hard to find good eats. It is hard not to try to fill the car up for the drive home. got one last time with james in the pool he is jumping in and haveing fun he'll be swimmimg on his own soon. I got one more road ride in today went out through fountian hill with the thought of going and doing more but the wind was getting the better of me so I just hit the hills hard and made my self work. In my head i am racing in the cross races but my wife is starting to say that enough is enough that it is nov. and I should be done. the thing that sucks is that i am having fun and could win the whole damm thing. Oh well it figure it out when it comes down to it it is a money thing. well back to the high country.

Mcdowell Mountian

Today was nice, I like waht they have done out here. The mcdowell mountian park is a one way track coarse that you can rip appart. I usually come here with my daughter but she wanted to do some thing else, so I went. I was the only person out there and it was nice it is so fast, I can see why they race here last year for the norba circut, it is a shame they are not commmig back for next year. I did 2 laps flet really good and came back to find the kids in the pool so i jumped in. Not going to head back tomrrow it is going to be raining in moab so we'll do it all iin one day so i can head back out on the road bike tomrrow.

Critical Mass

Go out this morning on the road bike but did not make the group ride that i wanted to. James my son decided not to sleep like we wanted him to. But no bother their were so many people on bikes going in every direction. I jumped on a group to start chatted and saw another up front so at the light i jumped up the road to see what they had going on. They were a nice bunch two cupples on tandems and 5 other solo. They moved well telling me riding stories and asking questions about colorado. The thing that caught my eye was the group had a lot of Fetish bikes. Nice carbon road bikes , they had nice parts with seet bent rear chain stays. One of the husband and wife duo's were on a fetish tandom nice ride. All in all it was a good ride with fast speed and a unbelivable morning in the desert. Not sure what tommrow has in store hope to ride but it souds like thier might be other stuff in the works.

Sedona

Today was a quick one the kids wanted to get down and see their grandparents. So i did a lap on the chicken point loop. This is a great trail one that I have done many times, years ago when I lived in scottsdale I rode it and ran into sharon and dave two breck ski employees , and right before I moved back to Breckenridge I meet Tim Grachek(sp). So I gave my self an hour while the kids went to a park and did it up. It was a great morning in the high desert with the sun dancing on the red rocks. It was a fun ride and was wanting more but need to get in the car and get down to scottsdale to swim. Tomrrow going to try to ride with in a group ride ........

Look Out

Well first things first. Went to see Steve Garro today , and let me say that he looks good for someone who was so close to death. I hope that I have this all right but he said he had 7 broken ribs, broke both kidneys, had a hole in his lung, busted up his adreanl glands, broke his back, and had his femur fractured in 5 places. I may have missed one or two things but was pretty blown away from the run down. Having said that he looked good, he was in the lunch room getting done eatting dinner and watching the sun go down. He has a great support base and a great out look on what is to come ,He even moved his toes for me and the doc's say he can come home in two weeks. We are all lucky that he is alive for he is such a great man and an icon in the sport of cycling. I skipped riding in moab last night because i did not want to ride with my head lamp and my son James need some dad time. But today was something else. Today I rode up to a trail Steve showed me years ago ( the look out trail ). It was great the temps were great and the sun was out through the thin layers of smoke from a RX burn. I went up Shultz creek trail and spured off some single track untill i hit the fire road that cuts acrrose the MT. From there I climbed old weatherford rd untill the trail started. This is a great trail it has everything smooth single track and tec sections that make you think. After statnding at the look out point i ripped back to town found the family and pounded a cold one. It felt good to ride a trail like this in nov. when their is snow on the ground at home. I know that no one reads this and that is ok but thank what ever is out there that did not take Steve away................