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Singletrack Deja Vu – Some Old, Some New

Posted on April 8, 2017 by ss29er

This is it.  One last hoorah to Santa Fe, New Mexico.  Netflix has officially announced this will be the Final Season of Longmire.  When I took a gig for an unknown TV show six years ago, I figured “cool… I’ll … Continue reading →

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Ummm, DROP – 8,000′ of DOWN on the Cannell Trail – Kernville, CA

Posted on November 29, 2015 by ss29er

This ride has been on the “Bike It List” for a good, long while now.  It’s weird how the rides closest to home sometimes take the longest to tackle.  Kernville is only 3 hours or so from Mammoth.  It’s kind … Continue reading →

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Local Exploration – Finally did the McGee Mountain Climb

Posted on October 11, 2015 by ss29er

Once in a while, I ride Tobacco Flats.  I always manage to stare up at the crazy zig zag line that carves its way up McGee Mountain and think about what the views must be like up there.  As I stare … Continue reading →

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Caldera 250/500 – Race Diary of the 2015 Grand Depart

Posted on September 28, 2015 by ss29er

“Confronted with the petty concerns of my ordinary life, I feel empty, as if I am wasting a priceless gift, the brief time that is allotted to each human for creativity… Can this longing and restlessness be the price that…

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Ride Report: Helen Putnam Regional Park – Petaluma, CA

Posted on September 15, 2015 by ss29er

Quick – let’s head up to the Bay Area and camp in the salty air, while it’s still warm enough!  Let the girlies frolick in the sand and play with drift wood and catch sand crabs and race the ebbing … Continue reading →

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Ride Report: Wasatch Crest / Park City IMBA Epic

Posted on August 12, 2015 by ss29er

So, I found myself rolling through Park City, Utah – saying hey to my buddy Tony.  He’s a badass singlespeeder and pretty good at drinking beers.  So that’s what we did.  Drink beer and ride singledingle on some super singledingletrack. … Continue reading →

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2015 Freedom Ride: Spring Creek Trail in Steamboat Springs, CO

Posted on July 28, 2015 by ss29er

Fourth of July, 2015 was spent in Steamboat Springs, ColoRADo this year.  Word on the street is that out of the 6 highest touted pyrotechnicians in the country, 3 live in the “Boat”.  We figured it might be a nice spot … Continue reading →

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Race Report: Santa Fe Big Friggin Loop – What an Ass Kicker

Posted on July 7, 2015 by ss29er

Everyone has a race that haunts them.  Be it a crash, a bonk, a mechanical, weather, or any other unfavorable circumstance that causes the most horrific combo of letters know to mankind to be associated with that event, it doesn’t matter. … Continue reading →

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Sticky Singletrack Along the Rio Grande Gorge: Horsethief Mesa – Taos, New Mexico

Posted on June 2, 2015 by ss29er

As I cautiously pointed my bike past the barbed wire fence, I was careful not to get my bar ends tangled in a tango.  I held my breath, as the putrid stank of the trash dump invaded my nostrils.  Right about then,  I … Continue reading →

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Ride Report: Red Mesa / San Ysidro Trail Network – San Ysidro, NM

Posted on April 10, 2015 by ss29er

I’ve been in New Mexico for a few weeks now, getting into the swing of work.  Easter weekend snuck up on me, and I totally forgot that I have Good Friday off from work.  Score!!  Hmmm… what to do… what … Continue reading →

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