Spikefest 2011 was a hit as usual. Kenosha>Breckenridge>Como. A route of 50 or so miles of sublime goodness in the high country of Colorado. I kept my pace slow but unfortunately my endurance is at an all time low and I ended suffering heavily on the climb up Boreas Pass, stopping to throw up a few times and eventually hanging onto someone's car door for the last mile or so of the pass in the rain. It was a demoralizing moment and I sometimes wonder why I keep trying to complete these bigger rides when I just no longer have the time to keep fit for them.
Its the adventure that drives me though. The search for the divine in the wilderness beyond most people's reach. I may never be as fast or go as far as Little E, PBR or Lubes but I live for the next piece of singletrack, the next vista beyond my reach, the next stream to filter my water from. If that doesn't make me a true cyclist, so be it. I'm content in the search for my own adventure.
The Master of Ceremonies, Spike
PBR
Canyonrat
snowdrifts appeared at Treeline
some were a hundred yards long or so
Reven
singletrack goodness on Georgia Pass
and beyond
Lubes and Trent
Hiking the high mountain Swamp
Filtering water at Little French Gulch
Trent and Reven
The ramps of Breckenridge
PBR with the Breckenridge beyond
Spikefest '11
Posted by The Evil MGE! Sunday, July 10, 2011 at 9:32 PM
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3 comments:
July 11, 2011 at 7:15 AM
stellar pics as usual! Great day on the bike with ya goat!
July 11, 2011 at 9:24 AM
That first picture, with all those clouds first thing in the AM... you know before you get started you are going to get wet.
July 11, 2011 at 3:32 PM
Me fast?
Are you still hallucinating?
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