“Humility is not thinking less of yourself. It is thinking of yourself less.”
– C.S. Lewis
Jacob Hora recently came to town for a couple of weeks of internship at the bike shop, and in doing so, he made a super fun bikepacking presentation to an enthusiastic audience.


The topic of discussion was his experience with Jay Petervary on the 2021 Silk Road Mountain Race. We slapped together a quick slideshow/short video from GoPro footage that Jacob + JayP captured during the event to help set the stage for his presentation… and for fun, I just uploaded it to the Youtube Channel – it’s short, and definitely worth a looksie if you have time, so click on it below 🙂
Summer is in full swing and June was crazy and hectic – Father’s Day, birthdays, group rides, grillin’ and grand openings and all that… “bike shop life” coupled with family life and bike riding life has punted the Youtube channel farther back on the list of priorities these days… oh well… I’m sorry and I completely understand any patrons that wanna bail on Trail Magic Monday. But I’m not!! and I’ll get to that in a sec…



In other news, my CTR plans have kinda gone out the window because of… you guessed it… work. Don’t get me wrong, I’m blessed to work in the film industry and it’s been good to my family throughout my career. But it makes planning ahead pretty tough. I’ve trained for and missed countless bikepacking adventures over the years, as well as important family events, milestones, etc. The job that was supposed to start on August 25 (which was already cutting it really close for the Aug 14th grand depart of CTR) now has me location scouting August 11-15. I thought about pulling my race forward and doing an ITT a week or two beforehand, but it’s just not going to fit into an already jam-packed schedule. Anyhoo… sorry for venting, but I’m pretty bummed. In the meantime, I’ll be exploring a new route close to home that my buddies have been working on for a bit… kind of a mini-CT, but Idaho-style with lots of super stout climbs and rugged, remote backcountry singletrack descents linked together with gravel and hot spring action… and it’ll start and finish from the Trailhead Bike Shop in Hailey… what could be better?
So yeah… enough blabbing – on to the Trail Magic Update!!

In June, we gave a brand new Trek Marlin to Ashley, our 100th Trail Magic recipient!!
She’s a single mother with four great kiddos. I have the privilege of riding and hanging out with her younger boys, since they’re friends with my girls. Their bikes are pretty beat down, so I always wind up wrenching on them just to keep them going. They always want mom to ride with them, but she hasn’t had a “rideable” bike in a while… and a new bike isn’t really in the cards for her financially right now. So guess what?? This month, instead of giving to a few folks and organizations, Angela and I decided to surprise Ashley with a bike so she could ride with her kids. Every time I see them out on the bike path or at the bike park it makes me smile. So grateful to be able to make it happen with funds from Patreon, Youtube, etc
June 2022 Giving Totals & Recipient Details
June 2022 Totals: 1 person/organizations gifted, monetary value of $750
Total since inception (Feb 2021): 100 people/organizations gifted, monetary value of $6033
We’ve updated the our Google Map with pins for all our recipients – check it out!
In case you’re wondering… we paid full retail price for the bike. I’m sure the owners / my bosses at The Trailhead would’ve hooked me up, but we’re a new shop and I was stoked to be able to support them as well… definitely a WIN-WIN Thanks for reading!! Now go ride your bike 🙂
As always, if you have any ideas for giveaways, nominees, or want to be part of delivering some magic, etc – please hit me up!! This is 100% a collaborative effort!!
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