Friday, June 17, 2022
Wednesday, June 8, 2022
From Bruce--Phil Gaimon's Eleven New Rules for Cyclists
A fine video. I was unable to embed it. You will have to follow the link.
Saturday, June 4, 2022
Pocatello, Chick-a-Saw, Post-Pandemic Bike
Jeff, Tim, and I did our traditional Pocatello Four Peaks Ride today. This is one of my favorite rides anywhere. Scenic, tough, and fun--just over 70 miles with 7200 feet of climbing. Today was one of the best ever with uncharacteristically cool, mild weather. The 4-Peaks Gran Fondo (August 13th) visits the same climbs in a different order. It is almost guaranteed to be hot.
Two weeks from today, June 18th, we are planning on another favorite, the Chick-a-Saw ride in Island Park, This is a tough, climbing-heavy gravel ride that climbs to the top of the Chick Creek Road and the top of Sawtell Peak. Please reach out to me or Jeff if you are interested and we will help coordinate transportation and logistics.
Most of the locals have seen my new Checkpoint. For the time being, I am mostly using it on the road with the option to convert for gravel use at some point in the future. I had been waiting a while for trek to offer an SLR Checkpoint frame. Joe ordered the frame the minute it was released to dealers. The color choice seemed pretty obvious to me. I was not wild about either of the two stock builds offered by Trek. Instead, we did it the hard way. Starting with a bare frame would not be a big deal in the absence of the current supply chain issues but things got complicated. A big thanks to Joe and Austin for their work on the bike. It took all of us six months or so scavenging parts to assemble the bike.
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