Today was a very chill day. Dean and Johnny B left about thirty minutes before Prosser and I rolled out. Carl, Matt and Colby were going to do the optional singletrack sections today. I wasn’t in the mood to deal with my seatbag rubbing against my tire and I think Prosser was a bit tired…
Category: bikepacking
San Juan Huts – Day 2
You know what the best way to start a ride is after a brutal climb the day before? Descend around two thousand feet in a few miles to start your morning on day two! It was nice to drop back down below 9,000′ first thing. Today was a fairly easy day of rolling along gravel…
San Juan Huts – Day 1
When we last left our intrepid adventurers, they had all spent their last night in a beautiful mountainside cabin. Woke up to coffee at the cabin, dropped down to the village for breakfast at Telluride Coffee Company (the french toast was fantastic) and more coffee before rallying the troops to start this crazy journey. The…
San Juan Huts – Getting to the Start
There is this ability for the human mind to forget how difficult/painful an experience can be. This has to be why women have more than one child and, in my case (and six friends), I decided to ride my mountain bike over 200 miles from Telluride to Moab over a week. Dean, Johnny B and…
My Cup Runneth Over
Today, August 13th, is the first time since July 19th that I have had the pleasure of spending time with just Mia. Now don’t get me wrong, I have been having A LOT of fun the past twenty five days but man oh man has it been busy and slightly exhausting. On July 19th, after…
Stub Overnight
When the winter cabin fever starts to set in, I like to try and treat it with some sort of overnight trip. I’ve done at least 5-6 trips to Stub Stewart over the years during the winter months. It’s close enough for convenience, I can bike there in as little as twenty two miles or…
ON & OFF RHODES 