See ya Folks when I get back!
Photo by Guacamole
This week in Rides
PBR's Thursday night rides provides beer,riding, flask, riding and more.....beer
Saturday's short morning ride provided a moment of bliss just above the clouds
and Sunday Monument was shut down due to snow and rain but Castle Rock provided a new trail in the form of the Ridgeline Open Space to ride
The Goat's Play Corner
Finally after a few years of procrastination I have a play corner put together in my garage. I've been wrenching on my bikes out of tool boxes since moving to Colorado and inevitably I'd forget where I put this tool or that one. I've been planning on building a new workbench for a while but PBR saved the day with an old train box turned desk that he had. I took it and started searching out an old door or a stainless tabletop and just as I was about to give up, along comes PBR with an old stainless tabletop that the Denver Museum was throwing away.
I have a few things to do yet, such as building two drawers and cabinet doors but it is functional and every tool has a place. Every bike tool that is. All my wood and sheet metal working tools still reside in tool boxes but that's OK because its usually the bike I'm wrenching on anyway. 
There's always Monument
When the local Front Range Trails get ya down and you want something a little narrower, a little more technical, and a little more fun, There's always Monument.
I took Full Trucker down for a sampling of the fun and techy trails of Monument yesterday. The thing about Monument is exploring. Finding trails, finding new linkups, finding the local horde. There is no signs, just a mish mash of trails and I really haven't found one that I don't like yet.
The lower trails are about flow and relatively smooth singletrack
While the upper ones are more about techy riding on and around rocks
It was awesome Bombing the Stoopid Trail with Full Trucker...We railed it! I'm looking forward to some more early season riding down there soon.
Chasing the Storm at BC
So last night for PBR's T.I.T.S. we headed to Buffalo Creek where there were rumors of unridable trails, mud suckin muck on the CT, and boundless amounts of snow still left in the tree covered trails. We'll let me tell you folks last night was the fuggin BOMB (well, besides me getting sick and Full Trucker having the mother of all Bonks) and I know all of are hating yourselves for not showing up. So I give you a photo teaser before darkness fell.
Full Trucker getting his carbs just as the ride begins 
A mother of a Trucker, trucking up Shinglemill
Guacamole always gets pics in the cool views
R-L: DS2199, PBR & Full Trucker
that's all folks.
We did a sweet loop of Shinglemill>CT>Redskin>Gashouse>Charlies>Sandy Wash
On Sandy the 1st flakes of snow started falling that would make for a treacherous drive home but all made it safe and sound. Now I know all of you think BC make be shut down for the weekend but that wet snow + a super warm ground temp + a nice warm sun today is sure to have melted it off and given a nice base for you to go rip it up this weekend.
Facial Hair Stylings
On and off for over a year and consistently for the past 6 months I've sported a beard. It's time for a change, I give you the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. I wonder if it'll become popular?
Neat trick. Take a piece of paper and hold it over half of my face to get the beard or non beard and cast your vote.
Exploring Cheyenne Canyon
On the bike, you know your out of shape when a 20ish mile long MTB ride can beat you down. It's the lack of winter riding, poor eating habits, and just maybe trying to at least keep Kip and Ol PBR in sight all day on the climbs.
I met up with Guacamole, PBR, and Kip for some fun in Cheyenne Canyon. Thanks to Kip for playing tour guide. It kept me from having to pull the map and every intersection and we saw more trail then road due to his knowledge of the area. It kinda reminded me of riding back east where the choices could have you taking the easy way up via Fire road or the harder way up by known or semi known trails. At each intersection Kip would tell us about the easy way up the fireroad or the funner singletrack that may have some steep climbing. At every intersection I would vote for the singletrack and then watch Kip and PBR blow me and Guacamole away on the steep climbs.
Ol PBR rocking the 29er and glad I talked him into Cheyenne after a Friday full of ribbing text
Guacamole climbing out of the Chutes
Kip showing us the lines
a few views were seen
It can't be a Evil MGE! ride without some hike a bike
Kip on Captain Jacks
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