Snow Day!

Uno, Sasquatch, the Crossbowmaker and Chainsaw ready to drop down the backside for some excellent laps of Corona and the West Ridge...wish you were here!

Work vs. buckets of fresh snow with your friends? Do you even have to ask?

Blizzard '06

3' high and rising! No mail service, power flickering off, no satellite tv (gasp!), intermittent avalanches thundering off the roof (see impressive cornice forming), and no plowing the drive led to a nice peaceful morning at the Chalet. Mere 3 hours later and we were at Eldora, thank dog for the truck! By the time we got home, wasted from the deep heavy snow, it was all we could do to stumble inside but we dug deep and shovelled out for another hour. Still haven't even tried to unbury the car...

So this is what almost 3' of snow looks like...three rounds of shovelling later and you can get out the door. Now time to start on the cars...

Hmmmm this could take a while...

Highroller busts a move on windblown concrete above Caribou on Saturday. Exorcising (and exercising) the demons before Twelve Twenty throwdown...

Talking about 2'+ in the neighborhood today...let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

2007 Trek 69er in Fruita, CO. About $1500 for this beast (includes Maverick fork). Hmmmm

My truck is famous!

Check out those pictures of the Summerhil warming up. Notice anything familiar? My truck was in pristine condition before those TIAA Cref kids warmed up next to it.

On Sunday, Cheeso, Lee, Rose, MOA, and Allison piled in to the cool mini-van and headed out for some "interesting" tele turns on St. Mary's Glacier. And it was a good day to get a tan. Verdict is still out whether it is an actual glacier or not. Anyone?

What's this? Uno in the wild backcountry high above Steamboat indulging in a little snowmobile-served powder sampling! See more over at Telephant

State Championships!!

Here's your last chance to cheer on your Cyclonautical cyclocrossing brethren as they dive into the State Championships this Saturday in Longmont on the dreaded Xilinx course. Sasquatch will be toeing the line along with Angel Wings so come on down, bring your cowbell and Budweiser handups, and mercilessly heckle these fierce competitors! Details at http://www.americancycling.org/entryforms/sept/bld-cx-series.pdf

Kaj Watch

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Originally uploaded by shZo.

Tired of wearing that heart-rate monitor / altimeter? Another watch for your consideration. www.momastore.org/museum/moma/ProductDisplay_Alessi%20Kaj%20Watch_10451_10001_18097_-1_11471_11474_null__6H100

Morning moon-set over South Arapahoe as the pink alpenglow turns to full gold sunrise at 7am. Another sucky day to live in Colorado!

Get ready to put the "ho" in "Ho Ho Ho!" as Twelve Twenty sweeps into your pale shapeless lives like a Mongol Horde thru a Girl Scout Jamboree! I'll take those Thin Mints AND your immortal soul girl-child! Going down on 12/16 to keep the Man off our trail...throw down at P'lace D'Ash, details on a need to know basis so contact your section leader, password is "Merry XXXmas!" Over.

More XXXmas goodies...available thru Giant Robot at http://secure.giantrobot.com/products.php?code=TOKFLASHEQUAL&catid=F005

Perfect conditions Sunday for the first bc outing of the season...Forest Lakes with John, Steve-O and Chainsaw. 10 degrees, sunny and relatively wind-free in the trees and we had the place to ourselves (the reward for breaking trail), at least until this dog showed up...

Xmas is coming! Xmas is coming! Keep that beloved cyclist in mind and pick him/her up one of these tasties, along with the traditional Fat Tire and lump of coal!

Mutha-trucker

Sharp lookin'

Tight! bag from Simple, see it (and Trucker) at http://www.simpleshoes.com/bagLanding.aspx?g=bags

Good for comrades. Available from IMBA at www.imba.com

Yummy!

Oh yeah, http://www.laekhouse.com/YOUbikey.htm

He's coming for ya Dash!

Lance Armstrong to Race in Leadville Trail 100
DECEMBER 01, 2006 -- AUSTIN, TX (BRAIN)--Lance Armstrong is going to race competitively on two wheels once again, but this time it’s going to be on a mountain bike.“The other bit of a challenge I want to do is a bit crazy,” said Armstrong, during the recent grand opening of the latest signature 24 Hour Fitness Lance Armstrong Sports Club in Austin, Texas. “It’s a mountain bike race in August held in Colorado called the Leadville 100. It’s about an eight to nine hour mountain bike race, mostly on single track that very few people do and even fewer finish.”The race involves more than 11,000 feet of climbing over the 100-mile course at altitudes between 9,500 and 12,600 feet. Armstrong’s interest in the race was sparked by his coach Chris Carmichael, who raced the Leadville 100 this year for the first time. “I told Lance that he needed to do Leadville,” Carmichael said. “That (New York City) marathon was nothing compared to slogging it out on a mountain bike for nine plus hours at altitude and in the rain. I guess I got him to accept the challenge.”