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a brief post to say i am back to my life in portland and the shop. rachel and i took 4 days to go mountain biking in fruita, colorado. if you have never been to fruita and love to mountain bike, you have to visit this mecca of cycling. we camped and rode every day. the trails went off in every direction and rolled like ribbons over the hills. super flowing single track that begged for more daylight to ride. we met up with jon bailey and dr. doom from durango and rode in grand junction for a day. riding a rigid mountain bike requires a little more finesse but it was worth it for the looks people give you when you clean a section of technical trail passing a rider with a full suspension bike. i will say that i want disc brakes though. colorado is a beautiful place to ride.
April 22, 2008 at 4:18 pm
d00m!
Nice to hear you had a good trip Ira.
April 22, 2008 at 7:50 pm
Sounds like lots of fun. Been busy at the shop. Trans Iowa this Saturday and I am ready.
Ari
April 23, 2008 at 6:03 am
ari, best of luck to you in the trans iowa. eat lots of food, bring some music if you can and go from the gun.
ira
April 23, 2008 at 1:47 pm
the magic of the front fender on the mountain bike cannot be denied. I would put it up there with discs for ‘niceness’ at least for around here in portland for 8 months of the year.