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I'd like to thank Timo/Matt for leading the biggest mountainbike ride I've ever done. I received the email last week promoting "Santa Fe Bonkfest" and I thought, hmm... sounds like fun.
Apparently, I'm just not right in the head, read the the ride description below for proof.
>I am going to ride my big santa fe route this weekend. We will start downtown, ride over to dale ball center, then over to chamisa, up winsor, down rio en medio, up pacheco canyon, down windsor, the back up chamisa, over to sidewinder, and down to little tesuque creek to end up on bishops lodge road.
Big miles, big altitude, and we have to move fast. Bring food and lots of water or a water filter.
I rolled out of my house a little late and met up with the group of three downtown. Matt, Gary, Walt and I rolled out of busy downtown S.Fe (start of Spanish Market weekend) and rode up Alameda and upper Canyon to the Dale Ball trails.
To cut a LONG ride story short I'll give a few highlights:
* Absolutely gorgeous weather! It was actually cool for most of the ride, and despite ominous clouds for much of the morning we never got rained on.
* Lots more deadfall on the trails since the last time we rode them. Bring a saw next time.
* Missy Giove is quite friendly and chatty, she loves NM riding, and she's a lot smaller than I expected.
* Clean and well-lubed chains are quite important. Gary's day was cut short by a self-destructing chain.
* Walt is a tech riding stud! He cleaned some truly insane switchbacks and rock moves on Rio en Medio that I would never have believed could be ridden.
* Yip (small, high-strung, football-sized) dogs are a crime against nature.
* The community center in Chupadero had some sweet, clean water at just the right point on this ride.
* It's not an epic until someone breaks a derailleur. Big props to Matt for riding his fully rig in single-speed mode for many more miles, refusing to cut short the day!
* No matter how you slice it 10:30+ / 8,000 total climbing / est. 45 miles is a big day.
* Second St. Brewery has just the right fuel to fill up an empty tank at the end of the day.
(P.S. no photos - we just rode, and rode, and rode, etc.)
Muchisimas Gracias!
Dr.Faustus
Apparently, I'm just not right in the head, read the the ride description below for proof.
>I am going to ride my big santa fe route this weekend. We will start downtown, ride over to dale ball center, then over to chamisa, up winsor, down rio en medio, up pacheco canyon, down windsor, the back up chamisa, over to sidewinder, and down to little tesuque creek to end up on bishops lodge road.
Big miles, big altitude, and we have to move fast. Bring food and lots of water or a water filter.
I rolled out of my house a little late and met up with the group of three downtown. Matt, Gary, Walt and I rolled out of busy downtown S.Fe (start of Spanish Market weekend) and rode up Alameda and upper Canyon to the Dale Ball trails.
To cut a LONG ride story short I'll give a few highlights:
* Absolutely gorgeous weather! It was actually cool for most of the ride, and despite ominous clouds for much of the morning we never got rained on.
* Lots more deadfall on the trails since the last time we rode them. Bring a saw next time.
* Missy Giove is quite friendly and chatty, she loves NM riding, and she's a lot smaller than I expected.
* Clean and well-lubed chains are quite important. Gary's day was cut short by a self-destructing chain.
* Walt is a tech riding stud! He cleaned some truly insane switchbacks and rock moves on Rio en Medio that I would never have believed could be ridden.
* Yip (small, high-strung, football-sized) dogs are a crime against nature.
* The community center in Chupadero had some sweet, clean water at just the right point on this ride.
* It's not an epic until someone breaks a derailleur. Big props to Matt for riding his fully rig in single-speed mode for many more miles, refusing to cut short the day!
* No matter how you slice it 10:30+ / 8,000 total climbing / est. 45 miles is a big day.
* Second St. Brewery has just the right fuel to fill up an empty tank at the end of the day.
(P.S. no photos - we just rode, and rode, and rode, etc.)
Muchisimas Gracias!
Dr.Faustus