Patrick and Mike great photos and stories, the panos from the look out are
very nice, next time out to Colorado I want to head that way. Having to
bail on a is something I smacked head first into last year my first summer
back on bike, I naively undertook my longest ride the day the heat index
Gadzooks! It's hard to imagine a 140 (let alone 180) mile day. Impressive.
In hindsight, had I turned left on 67 for Deckers, I would have had
secluded paved road most of the way back. No cell signal till I'm almost
home, but I likely would have gotten water and returned under my own power.
I w
On Saturday, June 8, 2013 5:33:36 AM UTC-7, Deacon Patrick wrote:
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> First, I am a blessed man, to have a wife who will come howl my carcass
> out of whatever pickle I manage to get myself into.
>
I remember a few years ago setting out on a 300k ride with a friend on a
super hot summer day.
You're the reason I couldn't ride it? Grin. Yeah, it's limited to hikers
and horse now. I was thinking how fun it would be to ride, but the thought
of dodging all those wee kids and tourists made me glad I got to feel it
with my bare feet.
With abandon,
Patrick
On Saturday, June 8, 2013 1:13:0
Devils Head is great! We used to ride up to the top meadow back in 93-94.
Some of our group could clean it but I always had problems with one switch
back that is more like a spiral staircase with the water bars. Coming down
was insane! We even did a few midnight runs which was more like a bloope
