Bike Carson

Last Saturday, my buddy Scott and I met in Downieville to ride the XC course for the upcoming Classic on July 12th. I got there first and got a map from Yuba Expeditions. The map was just the centerfold from the Downieville Classic newspaper. I looked at it, folded it up, and stuck it in […]

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On Saturday, I got to do something I’ve been wanting to do for a long time. A ride up into the Carson Range, starting from Carson City. I’ve done all the pieces of this trek, but never all together in one ride. I was tired of hearing about how great it is […]

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I had a great ride to Star Lake via the Tahoe Rim Trail last Friday. I left the trail head at the base of the Stagecoach chairlift at the Heavenly North parking lot around 3:30 PM.

The first mile is a granny gear climb of with about 3 places you have to dismount and carry your […]

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I got stuck working the whole day Sunday, so I thought I deserved a weekend make-up day. I took Tuesday off, and the family and I headed up to Spooner Lake State Park. It was our first Flume Trail ride of the year, but more importantly, my son’s first ever Flume Trail ride!

North […]

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I decided to take the day off today. I had to work all day Sunday, so I thought I’d finish off my weekend today! Shortly I’ll be loading up the tandem and Kristy’s Stumpjumper, destination: The Flume Trail! First ride of the year on the Flume for me, first time ever for […]

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I took Friday off to enjoy an extended bike ride with Kristy, the perfect way to celebrate my birthday. It turned out that Jeff and Amy P also had the day off work, so we all went up and rode the Ash Canyon trails. As much as I enjoy the hour lunch rides […]

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The weekend of April 18th, my buddy Scott (from Lumpy Gravy) and I converged at the Sea Otter Classic at the Laguna Seca Raceway. We were registered for the XC mountain bike race in the Sport class. I arrived late Thursday afternoon to our campsite, in the parking area overlooking the bottom of […]

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Today was a rest day. A day to let the body heal from all the week’s activities. I still managed to fill the day with bicycle related activities though.
Scott R and I headed down to the Bike Habitat to get a few things, and see what was new. Scott and I […]

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I’ve made a few online friends since I started blogging, and some of these friends I’ve actually got to meet in person. Last year I hooked up with Smudgemo, who writes the blog You Just Don’t Want To, and we rode the Rim and Flume Trails up in the mountains above Carson City (The […]

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Applying lip balm preparing for a dry Nevada wind, this Carsonite waits ever so patiently for the light to turn green…. unfortunately, the nearest stoplight is a mile away.

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