Fried Buffalo N Icecream

Sunday Bsoft, Guacamole and myself set off for Buffalo Creek.
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What was destroyed by fires back in the late 90's and early 2000's has become a mountain biker's playground.
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Already an eerie and wasteland like landscape made more so by low clouds and a light dusting of snow down low
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But upon reaching the Colorado Trail, the trees surrounded us, tall and strong sentries, hoarding heaps of white gold all to themselves
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Then we dropped low again, whooping and hollering
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and finally to our libations which fueled us for one more climb
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and a ripping descent down Sandy Wash
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and a finale of me ripping Lower Gashouse...who says a Fat Bike can't rail!?...photo by Guacamole
Railing Fat Bike

Lair Of The Snow Bear

Late Wednesday night a Micro-cell dumped approximately 2 inches of snow onto the Denver Metro Area. Not really enough to make a Fat Bike necessary but who says you need snow to make a Fat Bike Fun? I had a light day on Thursday so I called Bsoft and we headed to Lair of the Bear for a quick lunch snow ride. Fat> Snow> Epic Fun!!!


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Even a shot of yours truley

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There was some climbing

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 there were some deer

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and there was some fun downhilling in the snow!

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And That's How You Make Them Fly!!

I went South on Sunday to drill some rims...Guacamole says his wife will watch the kids and the dog, let's ride 1st.

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Well, I'm not one to turn down such an invitation....

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The Niner is down for repairs but the Fatty has been fun to rail on the dirt so....Fat it was!!

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Fast as Fast can be...with a little creative editing...photo by Guacamole

Fat Bike Speed

The we got back to Guacamole's Hacienda and washed the rigs and talked of hanging Golden Bull Balls and Gun Racks off the back of since these things are Monster Truck's....Vroom, Vroom...

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Then we popped some Left Hand Milk Stouts and set to work...

The original Surly Rolling Darryl Rims, undrilled...heavy, no colored rim strip tape, boring.

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Guacamole making a jig to hold the rims while we tap and drill them out

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Center Punching the rim with a template I made to center the holes between the spokes 

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Me, Drilling Guac's Rolling Darryl Rims. It makes em lighter and and gives em an awesome factor!

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Nearly finished. Next a deburring tool was used to remove the sharp edges and clean up the "looks" of the holes. 

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Approximately 300 grams or so of rim material

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The finished wheel in state of awesomeness!

Guac's wheel complete with holes

Powder Stash, Georgetown, CO

Another Day of Freshies occurred..

It began with some riding of pavement

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But it quickly gave way to fresh snow and wheelies..

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Then the mining relics came and past

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Onward and upward...somewhere above 10,000 ft

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some contouring before the downhill begins

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Times getting near, I have to pick up my kids from school in an hour or so. 200 yards of post-hole a bike...made me question but then we started finding the goods again

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and again

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and again

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till the world became bliss all around

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and we found our own secret Nirvana

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and even discovered the "Turn of Doom" is ridable by Fat Bike

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Rider: Bsoft

Camera Man: MGE!!

Bikes: Salsa Mukluk and Beargrease

Tire pressure for the day..

5.5 psi for the rear

4.5psi for the front

Giggles...Many!!