Tomorrow morning (Saturday) we are planning on riding the Falcon Trail at around 9:00 AM.
We'll meet at the B52 parking area and head out for the trailhead.
Friday, May 30, 2008
Thursday, May 29, 2008
High Drive, bring the suppl oxygen
Ride today, meet at the trailhead @ 5:30 J
Sounds like the winner is to park at the lower
For anyone that’s interested in riding but is curious how tough the ride will be, there is not more than 50 yards of technical’ish riding on Lower Captain Jacks, but the trek up
Hope to see ya out there!
Friday, May 23, 2008
Riding day moved to Thursdays
Wednesday is turning out to not work well for multiple people to ride, so we are going to move the rides to Thursdays starting, well, this week.
Section 16 - Forearm Exercise
You may have noticed that our communication on where and when we were riding this week was a bit lacking - we'll try to pick up the slack. Well, most of the day Thursday was filled with cloud cover and it wasn't looking to be a dry day of biking, but not 15 minutes before we hit the trails the skies opened up to blue sky, the wind died down, and the temperature was in the mid 60's. We had an awesome clockwise ride starting from the Section 16 Trail head. We finished in58 minutes of ride time according to Ron's clock, which is a decent pace, courtesy of our pace leader and triathlete Roger.
I'll upload the one picture we got soon.
Fun times.
I'll upload the one picture we got soon.
Fun times.
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Starlight Spectacular
Is anyone interested in an RDBM-Starlight Spectacular?
Midnight Bicycle Ride throughthe streets of Colorado Springs, June 21, 11:59 pm, Garden of the Gods Visitor Center.
" It provides financial support to the Trails and Open Space Coalition (TOSC) to help us advocate for cyclists. In 2008, TOSC will be working on the concept of placing sharrows on city streets, developing additional bike lanes and trails in the city, funding additional signage to connect streets to trails and vice-versa, and improving the wayfinding system for cyclists on trails and streets to assist in navigating this rapidly growing community"
I bet it would be a blast and benefits a good cause! 35 dollars, but if we register as a team of 4 or more, it is only 30 dollars.
http://www.starlightspectacular.org/
Midnight Bicycle Ride throughthe streets of Colorado Springs, June 21, 11:59 pm, Garden of the Gods Visitor Center.
" It provides financial support to the Trails and Open Space Coalition (TOSC) to help us advocate for cyclists. In 2008, TOSC will be working on the concept of placing sharrows on city streets, developing additional bike lanes and trails in the city, funding additional signage to connect streets to trails and vice-versa, and improving the wayfinding system for cyclists on trails and streets to assist in navigating this rapidly growing community"
I bet it would be a blast and benefits a good cause! 35 dollars, but if we register as a team of 4 or more, it is only 30 dollars.
http://www.starlightspectacular.org/
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Cheyenne Mtn State Park, New Territory
We are going to try something new this week and head out to Cheyenne Mountain State Park. I've heard only great things about this new park - how beautiful it is and how well maintained the trails are. The park's website is located here if you want to check it out, and a link to the trails.
Meet time
Since the days are longer and people may need to travel from work, we're going to push the meeting time back to 6:00 PM. The plan is to keep it that time in the future.
Weather
As usual for the Wednesday rides, Mother Earth may have some tricks up her sleeves tomorrow. Forecast is temps in the 40's and chance of rain %60, so don't forget the rain gear! Anyone that shows up and has ridden the area before can show us the ropes, or else we'll be in exploration mode!
Directions
Take I-25 to South Academy, head west on South Academy past Pikes Peak Community College, continue west to Highway 115, turn left (south) on 115 to the first stop light south of Academy (also the light for Fort Carson Gate 1), the park entrance is to the west. Go west and follow the road into the park. Look for state highways signs directing you to Cheyenne Mountain State Park. We'll meet in the Visitors Center parking lot, then shuttle through so we don't have to pay as much. Fee is $6 / vehicle, so bring along a couple dollars if you'd like to help out.
Google maps from LM Building 2 to the park
Beer
Oh, and Scott will bring the beer tomorrow ;) .
Meet time
Since the days are longer and people may need to travel from work, we're going to push the meeting time back to 6:00 PM. The plan is to keep it that time in the future.
Weather
As usual for the Wednesday rides, Mother Earth may have some tricks up her sleeves tomorrow. Forecast is temps in the 40's and chance of rain %60, so don't forget the rain gear! Anyone that shows up and has ridden the area before can show us the ropes, or else we'll be in exploration mode!
Directions
Take I-25 to South Academy, head west on South Academy past Pikes Peak Community College, continue west to Highway 115, turn left (south) on 115 to the first stop light south of Academy (also the light for Fort Carson Gate 1), the park entrance is to the west. Go west and follow the road into the park. Look for state highways signs directing you to Cheyenne Mountain State Park. We'll meet in the Visitors Center parking lot, then shuttle through so we don't have to pay as much. Fee is $6 / vehicle, so bring along a couple dollars if you'd like to help out.
Google maps from LM Building 2 to the park
Beer
Oh, and Scott will bring the beer tomorrow ;) .
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Bristol Bear Tacos
Spring is here and so are the thunderstorms. While we were blessed with clearing skys by the time we started riding, the trails were still soaked.
There were four of us today and we started out on one of the Bear Creek single tracks but barely made it 50 yards before our bikes were so full of mud that our bike wheels would not turn. We then regrouped at the trailhead by cleaning our bikes and cleats. The regular Bear Creek trails looked less muddy so we tried those next. They were just as muddy and slippery so after a 100 yards on the main trail we concluded things were not ridable.
All of us still wanted to ride but the trail conditions were implossible. Where should we go, we asked. Bristol Brewery!!!
We ended up doing a 7.5 mile loop down to Bristol and back. The beers were good and there were some fun hills in between so we still had a good ride. However, our friend Ryan has a seat that looks like a taco and hurts like hell. Hopefully he gets a new seat before our next ride.
There were four of us today and we started out on one of the Bear Creek single tracks but barely made it 50 yards before our bikes were so full of mud that our bike wheels would not turn. We then regrouped at the trailhead by cleaning our bikes and cleats. The regular Bear Creek trails looked less muddy so we tried those next. They were just as muddy and slippery so after a 100 yards on the main trail we concluded things were not ridable.
All of us still wanted to ride but the trail conditions were implossible. Where should we go, we asked. Bristol Brewery!!!
We ended up doing a 7.5 mile loop down to Bristol and back. The beers were good and there were some fun hills in between so we still had a good ride. However, our friend Ryan has a seat that looks like a taco and hurts like hell. Hopefully he gets a new seat before our next ride.
Email - get it, if you want it
Our friend J.R. has created an email list for us. You can sign up here and point your friends here if they want to receive the latest RDBM happenings.
http://mail.semi-numeric.com/mailman/listinfo/rdbm_semi-numeric.com
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5/7/08 - Bear Creek @ 5:30
This week we are going to ride Bear Creek. It is a combination of new single track and existing double track. The plan is start at the bottom of the park, work our way up the valley on the south side towards Gold Camp Road, then take Bear Creek Road to the nature center and ride back down the valley on the north side.
We will meet at Bear Creek Park on the north side of Argus Blvd and 21st Street.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=12927519044836842172,38.820384,-104.863043&saddr=colorado+springs,+co&daddr=38.820401,-104.863043&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=1&sz=17&sll=38.821003,-104.859406&sspn=0.00321,0.009323&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=17
Any beer volunteers? Last week we enjoyed some refreshing Moosehead courtesy of Ryan.
This ride is not very long or technical which should be a relief to those who were on last weeks ride. Last week John, Cheryl, Ryan and I rode Mt. Herman / Raspberry Gulch. It was a great ride but the first 4.5 miles were a steady climb and the last hour was in the dark. Luckily we had just got off the trail when it got dark but finding our way from Palmer Lake to our cars took some time. The total ride was just over 13 miles and took about 3 hours.
Note - The days are getting longer and this ride is short, however it never hurts to be prepared. If you have a headlamp or bike light, you might want to bring it. They were worth the extra weight last week.
Here are some pictures from Mt. Herman on 4/30/08.
We will meet at Bear Creek Park on the north side of Argus Blvd and 21st Street.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=12927519044836842172,38.820384,-104.863043&saddr=colorado+springs,+co&daddr=38.820401,-104.863043&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=1&sz=17&sll=38.821003,-104.859406&sspn=0.00321,0.009323&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=17
Any beer volunteers? Last week we enjoyed some refreshing Moosehead courtesy of Ryan.
This ride is not very long or technical which should be a relief to those who were on last weeks ride. Last week John, Cheryl, Ryan and I rode Mt. Herman / Raspberry Gulch. It was a great ride but the first 4.5 miles were a steady climb and the last hour was in the dark. Luckily we had just got off the trail when it got dark but finding our way from Palmer Lake to our cars took some time. The total ride was just over 13 miles and took about 3 hours.
Note - The days are getting longer and this ride is short, however it never hurts to be prepared. If you have a headlamp or bike light, you might want to bring it. They were worth the extra weight last week.
Here are some pictures from Mt. Herman on 4/30/08.
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