Shannon GriswoldAfter the intense year of 2020 COVID anxiety, I decided that 2021 was going to be the year that I spend serious time in the […]
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MTB | Fruita, Colorado: A Sample of Everything
Late winter and spring are desert season in Colorado/Utah. While I thoroughly enjoy some cold weather slickrock, it is nice when it warms up enough […]
First Outdoor Ride with Power2Max NGeco
In all of my time training for triathlons and mountain biking, I have never owned a bike with a power meter. My first taste of […]
New Bike Day: 2021 Canyon Lux CF 8
I have been needing to replace my aging-tech Niner Jet 9 with a new cross-country race bike for marathon endurance events and perhaps even taking […]
MTB | Sedona, Arizona: A Trial of Fitness, Skill, and Equipment
Sometime amid the 2020 pandemic, one of our crew mates declared “I’m going to Sedona, be there or be square!”. Naturally, I was quite interested and immediately started to pencil in some plans.
MTB | Lake Pueblo Blitz
In the spirit of going fast, I decided I wanted to take a stab at some local-ish trails that are almost always dry in the […]
MTB | Evergreen Link-Up
I was after miles and it was getting toward the end of the season in the Rockies. Having never ridden Evergreen trails at all, I […]
MTB | Moab, Utah: An Attempt at White Rim in a Day
On somewhat of a whim I decided that I was going to take a shot at riding the 100 miles of White Rim Road in […]
MTB | Buena Vista, Colorado
This was a straight-forward weekend of riding in Buena Vista and Salida, with a bonus lap up Little Brown’s Creek trail from our campsite under […]
MTB | First Attempt at the Firecracker 50
As I was lining up at the starting line for my first-ever mountain bike race, I asked my neighbor if I had made the right […]