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Mattb
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I'm in Taos this week for a company get-together (we're based in Taos, NM). We had a cookout for
lunch yesterday and then one of my coworkers who lives here and I went on a little ride. We had
someone drop us off at the top of a paved pass that was about six Miles away from the house we were
all hanging out at (it's a bad road to ride with fast traffic and no or little shoulder). After a
fast road descent down the other side of the pass we hopped on a trail that immediately started
climbing up a steep grade. It was covered in rocks and sticks that made it pretty difficult. It was
a granny gear slog up from there, sweat dripping from my nose. Every now and then I'd spin on a rock
or stick and have a really tough time getting started again. We got on a ridge top and the views
were beautiful. A rough descent to a valley floor and we repeat the process. Several times. We saw a
bunch of elk with a few calves in tow. Big thunderstorms chased us all day but never seemed to catch
up. I got poked with a stick that left a 1/4" piece of wood stuck in my bicep for a couple of miles
before I realized that's why it hurt so much and pulled it out (ouch!). My buddy's crank arm kept
loosening it's self and we found he had mashed up a bunch of the splines on his XTR crank somehow.
We cleaned it up and tightened it down and it seemed to hold for the rest of the ride (but boy is
that going to cost him to replace!). Eventually we merged with the South Boundary trail and things
are a bit more buffed out. We have a fun-filled singletrack descent with big banked turns and great
views and then drop out on a road that takes us back to where we were having the cookout. After it
was all done my computer tells me we rode about 31 Miles and climbed 4200'. My coworker is an animal
and kept me chasing him all day. It was good. Back to work...
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Matt
"Gravity. It's not just a good idea, it's the law!"
lunch yesterday and then one of my coworkers who lives here and I went on a little ride. We had
someone drop us off at the top of a paved pass that was about six Miles away from the house we were
all hanging out at (it's a bad road to ride with fast traffic and no or little shoulder). After a
fast road descent down the other side of the pass we hopped on a trail that immediately started
climbing up a steep grade. It was covered in rocks and sticks that made it pretty difficult. It was
a granny gear slog up from there, sweat dripping from my nose. Every now and then I'd spin on a rock
or stick and have a really tough time getting started again. We got on a ridge top and the views
were beautiful. A rough descent to a valley floor and we repeat the process. Several times. We saw a
bunch of elk with a few calves in tow. Big thunderstorms chased us all day but never seemed to catch
up. I got poked with a stick that left a 1/4" piece of wood stuck in my bicep for a couple of miles
before I realized that's why it hurt so much and pulled it out (ouch!). My buddy's crank arm kept
loosening it's self and we found he had mashed up a bunch of the splines on his XTR crank somehow.
We cleaned it up and tightened it down and it seemed to hold for the rest of the ride (but boy is
that going to cost him to replace!). Eventually we merged with the South Boundary trail and things
are a bit more buffed out. We have a fun-filled singletrack descent with big banked turns and great
views and then drop out on a road that takes us back to where we were having the cookout. After it
was all done my computer tells me we rode about 31 Miles and climbed 4200'. My coworker is an animal
and kept me chasing him all day. It was good. Back to work...
--
Matt
"Gravity. It's not just a good idea, it's the law!"