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Phoenix

Seven Seconds

April 29, 2009

I’m developing a love/hate relationship with Helipad. I love it because it is such a sweet trail to climb. Steep, challenging, pure fun. Then there is the fast and swoopy descent…the only way to earn it is to climb it, up Helipad or up Goat, it’s up to you, but either way is UP. I [...]

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It’d be silly not to…

April 22, 2009

…ride fresh new singletrack in the valley.
If you’ve ever taken the US 60 east out to Superior or Florence, then you’ve passed right by Silly Mountain. Every time I drove past it on my way to Lost Goldmine, I wondered if there were trails hiding back in there. Well the wondering is over. I officially [...]

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Papago Let Down

April 19, 2009

After a good time on “easy” trails at South Mountain, I thought I would give Papago Park a shake. In 9 years I never had the desire to ride out there. Friday it was make or break, and I have to say break.
Granted, I only rode a couple of loops around each of [...]

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Hot, hot, hot

April 7, 2009

Summer is here. We hit 92 today in the valley today. The hottest day of the year. I had planned on heading to the Goldfields for a little more exploration, but following my routine bike inspection I found a knob torn off of my Larsen TT. I replaced it with a Crossmark and a slime [...]

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Tour de SoMo AZSF 09

March 22, 2009

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My big ride this Spring Fling was South Mountain. Sure SoMo is right there in my own backyard, but there was still plenty I hadn’t explored yet. So when the option to ride a National Coast to Coast to Coast with Chad Brown came up, I planned on it.
Not many other takers [...]

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First Time Down Corona de Loma

February 3, 2009

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For only 1.5 miles of new trail, I sure made a long ride out of it… but it was so worth it. Corona de Loma is ultimate gnar. I will describe it as steep, exposed, sharp, big hunka hunka burning rocks, with drops. Fun as can be. I’m not ashamed [...]

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Goat Camp, Check

December 23, 2008

After eight years in the valley, I finally rode the infamous Goat Camp Loop in the White Tanks. All those years I lived on the west side and was riding the competitive loops… all the while Willow, Mesquite, and Goat Camp were up there just laying around waiting for me… Sure I’d heard about [...]

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Sonoran Sunrise

November 29, 2008

McDowell Park post T-day ride

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Goat Sessions

November 25, 2008

Goat has my goat. I spent lunch out under the cloudy sky today. I wanted to give Goat a second go, and a third and a fourth… After almost cleaning the trail last week I thought if I adjusted the tire pressure, seat height and played around with gearing I could sail up the loose [...]

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I Rode a Goat on Desert Classic

November 19, 2008

I’ve ridden Desert Classic as an out-n-back from Pima plenty of times. But how far “out” I go varies…since I’ve never made it out all the way, I decided to shake up the normal routine. With a hankering for fresh, steep, and technical Goat, I set out yesterday at lunch from the Telegraph Pass [...]

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