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

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

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!

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!!!!!

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

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

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

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

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

"The Sun Deck"


the mine just off Senator highway


some graffiti art


more graffiti art


potato patch Trail 285


and good old Hassayampa Lake

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 :]