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January Wrap-Up and NEWS

Jeff Moser | February 4, 2008

Back when I made my personal commitment to commute by bike throughout the winter, getting through January was my biggest fear. Early nightfall, wind, snow, ice, below freezing temperatures…January has it all. Looking back though, it wasn’t all that bad! There were a few times when the conditions were miserable, but I think they would [...]

January Coming to a Close

Jeff Moser | January 30, 2008

My least favorite month to ride is January, and I’m thankful that the month is almost over. Riding in these conditions can be depressing, but yesterday I seemed to be ok with it. It was cold and windy, but the sun was out. The wind had sculpted the landscape into a wintery art show, so [...]

Trail Report

Jeff Moser | January 17, 2008

This just in… The west side trails officially suck right now. There are some patches of dirt to ride on, but there are icy snow banks crossing the trail everywhere. It can be hard to stay on the trail at times, since the snow is not rideable everywhere. This forces you to take alternative lines, [...]

Making it Through January

Jeff Moser | January 15, 2008

You may have noticed the lack of lunch riding photos lately. That’s because there hasn’t been much lunch riding! With all the trails under the snow, and all the roads icy, we’ve been finding other ways to entertain ourselves at lunch. A few of the lunch time riders got together last week, and explored our [...]

Ice Commute

Jeff Moser | January 8, 2008

I’ve always considered January to be Hell Month for cycling. January has the hardest obstacles to overcome, and you have to push yourself to go out into the cold or you won’t ride. It’s too tempting to stay in where it’s warm! After a weekend of snow storms, the Monday commute was nasty! Compacted snow [...]

Saturday’s Snowy Commute

Jeff Potter | January 5, 2008

Today I had the opportunity to ride my snow bike, a 1987 Raleigh Seneca. I call it the snow bike because I mounted studded tires on the wheels and I only ride it when there is enough of the fluffy stuff to warrant using it. I was given this bike from a customer of mine [...]

Spooner Lake XC

Jeff Moser | December 31, 2007

In the winter months Flume Trail Bikes becomes the Spooner Lake Cross Country Ski Lodge. Cross country skiing is a great winter compliment to summer time cross country mountain biking. You get some exercise climbing the hills, you get to coast down the hills, and you even get to explore some of the same trails [...]