My Life with Bikes

been awhile

2011-12-05T20:47:00.000-08:00

been awhile....So it's about time I post something.

Christi and I did a little bit of the Black Canyon Trail on the Sunday after Thanksgiving
what a wonderful day to be on the bike. We started from Bumblebee Rd. off I-17
and road north to the Hidden Treasure Trail-head and were surprised to see a flowing spring
and pond under the shade of Cottonwood trees. so we took a brake and had little snack before heading back. on the way back I had a bit a cramping in my right Quad, man that hurt! had to walk the last hill.when we reached the last bit of single-track I got my legs back and felt fine...got back to the car just before the sun dipped behind the Bradshaw's....truly a wonderful day
(thanks for making me ride Baby)

the ride was 23 sweet miles,
Cheers

2009-08-02T12:55:00.000-07:00

Christi and I were out last weekend camping over by the Lava Tube. We rode from camp and picked up the loop from FR794 and Fern Mt. with the tandem. We did the loop counter clockwise but missed the turn for Maces off FR151 that turn is FR9215B. ran into Tomas on Maces on the Moto Bike he let let us know we were on the right trail. but with the added miles and running low on water we decided to cut our ride short by taking the Bismarck Lake trail back to FR151 that turned out to be a good thing....we found the jumps at the bottom of Bismarck trail and we decided to do the north end as a short loop on Sunday.
So we drove up HWY180 to FR151 and parked at the start of FR418. Heres the good part on the drive out we were flagged down by a couple of Moto riders who asked for some directions, the map they had showed singletrack all the way from Maces to where we were on FR151just north of FR418 you can find that map on the Coconino Trail Riders site http://www.coconinotrailriders.org/blog.htm (right hand side "Flagstaff Loops")
Dale has a very cool map you may find it here under Maps. http://singletrack.us/gallery/
we used both to do this loop.

So on Friday Pete and I did this loop, it was an awesome ride...24 miles and about 18 miles or more of singletrack. We started at at Veit Springs T/H on Snow Bowl road.this time clockwise, Somewhere about the Six mile mark I lost the singletrack but picked it back up at mile Eight at FR794 also you can add a bit more singletrack at mile 15 by crossing FR151 and picking up the AZT just north of FR418..... this is an awesome loop, but take lots of water if you go. and have fun!

GPS info (not sure if this link will work but give it a try):
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/10325132

Cheers Billy

2009-08-02T12:18:00.000-07:00

A resent post on MTBR got me Inspired to ride the Arizona Trial up by the Snow Bowl.
( http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?p=5963919#post5963919 ) that post had lots of photos of green ferns and the white bark of the aspens in contrast....Wow! this trail looked sweet.
Just so happened the Prescott Cycling club was planning a camping trip to the lava tube up near the Snow Bowl so off we went four days and three nights of camping and riding.

2009-06-19T22:33:00.000-07:00

A day off the bike for a hike up Granite Mt. with Christi and The Mingus Dog.

2009-06-19T09:55:00.001-07:00

So...after working on Tr.307 all day Sunday we just had to go ride it on Monday :]

2009-05-22T17:58:00.000-07:00

did a little rainy day ride with Christi (she ran) through the Willow Dells
here some pics

you can never go back...but one can try

2009-03-14T16:04:00.000-07:00

So this morning I set out to ride the Whiskey 25 proof course...got a flat one mile out and then got snowed on at camp Pearlstein and was not dressed for snow/rain so I shorted my ride to only ten miles bummer, but the thing that got me the most was how I felt. very slow and had trouble breathing....yeah, your fat and out of shape yet again you dumb a**! to make things worse I got home and an old friend sent this photo of me back in 1988, when I was young and strong! So, the thing I want to know is...where is Peabody's way-back machine? I bet he is hiding it at the top of one of my climbs....I'm going to find that dang thing!

2009-03-12T11:59:00.000-07:00

So last week we had a little get together at the Raven Cafe it was a fundraiser for Ed Furbush (proprietor of Southwest Sounds & Cyclery) Ed needs a little tune up on his Knee (surgery) so he can ride his bike, and like many of us Ed doesn't have insurance. So some very good hearted folks put together "A Friend in Kneed" fundraiser....I was feeling a bit bad, being out of work and haveing no money to help out, so I made this little wood box for the auction.

well this little box fetched $100 bucks...I was very happy I could help.
They raised the full amount that Ed needs for his surgery, almost to the dollar!
is that cool or what! Ed gets to ride his bike!!!!!

2009-02-17T15:42:00.000-08:00

Back from 24hrs of Old Pueblo what a blast! It sure is good to hang with old friends.

2009-02-09T23:06:00.000-08:00

Rebuilt Royce's Mantis Valkyrie this weekend.
snow is a lot deeper now...looks like 8" to 10"

2009-02-04T22:51:00.000-08:00

Help Jane stop this crazy thing!....fun with the fixie :]

Jerome ride...45 miles on a bicycle built for two

2009-02-04T22:03:00.000-08:00

Here's some pics form our ride to Mt. Union last November of 08

2009-02-04T21:02:00.000-08:00

"The Sun Deck"

the mine just off Senator highway

some graffiti art

more graffiti art

potato patch Trail 285

and good old Hassayampa Lake

2009-02-04T09:43:00.000-08:00

2/1/09...A fun little snow ride on Superbowl Sunday . Christi and I on the tandem and my old friend Pete on his old school bike. we started on Walker Rd. at Smith Ravine trail head. the plan was to ride up Walker road to Senator Hwy and grind up Spruce Mountain road and down Smith. So after climbing up Walker rd.
I thought well the snow isn't so bad lets go up Isabella tr. thinking that would keep off the wet icy and muddy roads. now Isabella is a steep hard trail and even harder on the tandem so we hiked-a-bike up most of it. Once on trail 307 we started running into snow and fallen trees and the closer we got the more snow and trees we had to deal with...I would say 25 to 30 trees down. So with cold wet feet we made it to the top :] now for the road, a down hill to Smith Ravine that had snow as well, but a couple of car tire tracks to follow. Pete sped away from us. Christi said Wow... he's flying I can't believe how fast he's going" Me "of course he's going fast...he has no brakes"...we stopped a couple of times on the way down to make snow angels...unintentionally :] When we caught up with Pete he had stories of Mr. Toads wild ride!...fun stuff. as we were trudgen through the snow back on the top of the mountain I kept thinking and praying to my self that Smith would be snow free knowing all too well most of the trail was on the north side...lucked out!!! Smith was wonderful just a bit of snow here and there. very very fun ride on the tandem...hey we might even make the kick off :]