Yea, I’ve been busy. Not always riding, but busy either way.
This past weekend, mother nature thought she was going to be cruel and try to stick around a bit longer. While at lower elevation it wasn’t a big deal, but at high elevations, it has been playing havoc with things.
Because of the snow, on Saturday I went out for a hike. Not realizing that the trail got dumped on, I actually left my snowshoes at home. That is about the first time in 3 years I didn’t carry them around. And wouldn’t ya know it, I actually needed them.
I hiked for some time, not concerned about the snow, but after wading through waist deep snow for about 25 minutes, I decided it wasn’t worth it and turned around.
I wasn’t going to let the snow defeat me, so back at it I went on Sunday, but this time with snow shoes. Hiking through it was a breeze, except for the occasional deep parts where I would sink more. I got pretty high on the Moats, but after a while of just bushwhacking, I was completely stuck with no visible trail, so I bagged the hike and headed home. Still got a little over 3 hours in and tha’ts a good day in my book.
Yesterday’s turn around point from waist deep snow
Anyone see a trail in there?
Nope, no trail there either..
Monday was an off day and last night was supposed to be a nice little recovery ride. With temps in the 50s during the day, I aired WAY down the Pugsley tires and went out to see what the shape of the trails were in from melt. They sucked. I managed to get less than an hour in, some of that riding on the road, and some of that pushing my bike. Yes, it was that bad out there, I was forced to push my 35lb snow bike through the snow. It looks like spring might be here.
This morning was a casual commute to work on the fixed gear to meet up with a co-worker to put in a solid hour of work on the skinny tire bikes. We did about an hour or so and it was quite a nice morning to ride outside. It wasn’t too hot, and wasn’t too cold.
Riding behind the train. Not much of a train, but the first time in about 5 months that I rode with and behind someone. I’ll take any draft I can get.
Tonight is another casual commute via the fixie home…It certainly is a good time to be out riding…
