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Archives: August 2002

off the road

Posted August 15, 2002 @ 6:06am

Hola compadres.I've recently returned from Crested Butte and Durango, where I've had some of the finest rides of the summer. 401 trail and Reno/FlagBear/Deadman's in CB both killers, the latter a four hour mindbender, done more or less on an empty stomach, and both rides on the 34 x 18 Soulcraft, complete w/Vicious Cycles hard fork. Shout outs to Snarl; that fork tracks like a dream. The XC course in Durango was also an epic O.G. style mountain bike track, full of hate climbs, rock, switchbacks, and forearm-pumping descents through fields of boulders the size of bowling balls. Fitting that Durango homeboy T.Brown was at the front for much of the men's race, and even though uberman Roland Green took the W, it was rad to see Travis on the podium. And so my Heavy Pedal Tour journey comes to an end. It's now time to get cracking on CRC #12 which will be out in time for Interbike. NEMA shorts will be back in stock this week, and the new CRC Action tshirts are coming soon. As I...

 

rally

Posted August 10, 2002 @ 6:06am

Pike's Peak is obscured out my window by clouds, but that's alright; the cooler weather is bringing a little bit of rain, and that's nothing but good news for the trails around these parts. Yesterday I rode Section 16 and the Inteman (sp?) trail just west of town. Nothing like long, lung-hating climbs rewarded by fast pea-gravel and pine cone descents, two-wheel drifting thru the corners and hoping that the Lawill Leader will last just one more ride, (ride w/Mert!). The Soulcraft continues to handle with slender and precision, with a backbeat that's narrow and (not) hard to master. With apologies to mojo risin', you understand. A new fork and new skins are soon to be hung on the Plowboy, and I can't wait to get out on the new XTR pedals, which, according to Joe Murray, are "impossible to be disappointed" with. Back in Minneapplepuss, word on the street is that there may be some kind of rally going down on or around August 3, most likely an enduro format of sorts, involving both...

 
 
 
 
 
 
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