I took three days off from work for some much needed rest. Wednesday the weather was rather crappy, so I treated Mean Betsy to some maintenance and myself to some Paulaner Original Munich Lager. Thursday I rode 30km on some errands and shopping and so forth, but Friday I decided to go on a “real” [...]

We woke up in the morning bright and early to get ready for the last day of riding.Our campground had no tables or anything, so we setlled for leftover Pizza from last night for breakfast and some coffee. A little later we were joined by Bruce and his son Harrison, who came out there to [...]

We left this morning after a nice hearty breakfast ( prepared by yours truly) and tackled the first leg of our trip. I took a look into the route on the elevation profile and on Jessica’s maps and everything seemed hunky dory (more on that later).
We hit Highway 50 on our way to our lunch [...]

I left for Salida at 6:00 pm today (got a ride out there from a collegue of mine) and after a fairly uneventful drive we arrived at our campsite at about 8:45. My friends arrived in Salida last night, but after battling Monarch Pass they didnt feel bad about having a day to recuperate.
Initially, I [...]

Last weekend I went for a short camping trip to Chatfield State Park. This was my first attempt at some touring, although the distance was not really that much, and I enjoyed it tremendously.

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From Work To Chatfield

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Distance:
28.45 km

Duration:
01:24:52

Speed:
20.11 km/h

Average HR:
179

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From Chatfield to Home

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Distance:
32.73 km

Duration:
04:22:48

Speed:
7.47 km/h

Average HR:
124

I also posted a few pictures [...]

Rode out to Lookout mountain today for a little Easter Ride. It was damn near perfect, I have to do that ride again later in the spring.

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Lookout mountain

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85.19 km

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07:05:03

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12.03 km/h

Well, I went on to a little stroll today after work; and as you can see ended up doing almost 60 km. Not sure how that happened, since it was bloody cold out, but hey 

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Home573

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Distance:
57.27 km

Duration:
05:23:08

Speed:
10.63 km/h

Average HR:
130

As you may have noticed by now, I really like this shop. Every sunday they do a breakfast ride, which is right down my alley: Meet in front of the shop and then ride out a few miles to a restaurant and have some nice breakfast. All on sunday morning, so there’s no traffic to [...]

So, I went out tonight for a few beers tonight to Charlie Browns again. I took a slightly different route this time, nifty little stroll through the evening city.

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13.12 km

Duration:
03:47:39

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3.46 km/h

I wanted to look into some camping gear for bike touring. I did some research online and discovered that for everything I am looking for (tent, sleeping bag, BOB Ibex 28 plus bicycle trailer), REI is listed as an authorized dealer. I love the area the Denver flagship store is located, so I hopped on [...]