Spring in January

I rode a brief test ride in Albuquerque's South foothills this afternoon (I was testing my busted-ass knee) and the parts of the trails that get a lot of sun are perfect. The parts that get more shade are still quite sloppy. I was surprised it was still that bad. Mornings of course would be fine, but its colder then...

The new longsleeve jersey from Bikeworks was almost too hot it was so nice today.

Lets see if my phone photo of the mountains came out ok.

 and a couple more

Cheers!

Mountain Biking photos

I just changed the background of the blog to one of my photos, but it didn't really come out right. I'll have to keep working on that. I still haven't told anybody I know about this blog yet. Trying to hammer out all the big issues before spreading the word. Someday i may have as many as 8 followers if I add friends and family together. Lofty ambitions for sure.

So I think for awhile I'll just post random things with some photos of rides. I want to encourage anyone who reads this blog and wants to Mountain Bike in New Mexico, to contact me for trail tips and whatnot.  The photo below is of a trail in Sedona. The trail follows the narrow ribbon of vegetation around this butte. If you look closely, you can see my friend riding it.

The next photo shows you what it looks like while on the trail. I highly recommend Sedona for mountian biking.

The contrast is shocking and adds to how cool the riding is. The only annoying part is dodging all the vortex huggers- although I saw a few that were cute.

First Post

I'm still playing around with all the ways to customize my blog and I kind of suck at it, so getting this blog looking good will take a bit of time.

The recent snowstorms in Albuquerque have left the trails pretty messed up. I hear that the South foothills is getting close to ready. They are all OK if you hit them before they thaw, although the N. Foothills still looks pretty bad regardless. The road bike is looking about as good as it gets right now.

As usual, we've been doing some night rides this winter. I have been very impressed with the Exposure lights I am using right now. I can't put into words how awesome having the light and battery in one unit is. I didn't really expect it to be that big a deal, but it is. I guess part of it is when it is cold and dark, and all your buddies are still messing with their set-up, you are done and riding circles around them (or waiting in a toasty car if its really cold). I'm ordering a few more mounts to just fit-and-forget on my other bikes, and that will take the little bit of set-up they do have completely out of the equation. The mounts weigh next to nothing so it "aint no thing"! They are also plenty bright. If you are looking for a new light, I highly recommend them.