The Rocky Mountains have been very, very good to me

MSC#6 – Full Tilt In Telluride


Telluride is a decent place to visit, if you like huge mountains and sweet trails. Oh, and well-run races.
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MSC#5 – Blast the Mass


While the nationals went down in Sonoma, we Coloradans rocked some state championship action and filled the Mountain States Cup with even more love. You might say it runneth over.
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Are we training? Winter Park moto


The boys and I have been talking about riding the Baja 1,000 as a relay this November. We haven’t pulled the trigger, but I plan to be in shape no matter what.
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Cement Mountain Trail, Crested Butte, CO


Per my strict post-race moto policy, I took myself on a little adventure after Sunday’s race.
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MSC#3 – Wildflower Rush, Crested Butte, CO

Crested Butte has some of the sweetest trails anywhere. It was great hanging with the tribe, ripping the courses and — thankfully — riding some real trail.
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The Colorado promise: Trail riding from home


We’ve had some awesome weather here lately: snow pounding the Rockies and sun warming the Front Range. It’s the Colorado promise.

Last Monday we rode our street-legal trail motos from home to Lefthand Canyon OHV Area, all over the mountains then back to Boulder. And that too is the Colorado promise.
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Grand Junction and Moab, moto style


If you’re a bitter person, don’t read this. It’ll only make you angry. For the rest of you, behold three days and three adventures.
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Rampart Range moto session

Distance: 52 miles. Time: 2:40. Average speed: 20 mph. Top speed: 60 mph. Terrain: swoopy singletack. Not a bad afternoon.
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On the trail and loving it

I’ve long had this fantasy of riding singletrack — the kind we rip on bikes — on a motorcycle. Just swooping through the woods, left right up down brap braap braaaping along, so smooth, so flowy, so graceful.
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That epic feeling

I’ve been so focused on learning and teaching how to ride fast that I’ve lost touch with riding for its own sake — or at least covering miles just for the sake of covering miles. Never mind line choice and exit speed — just turn the cranks and enjoy the scenery.
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Extreme uphill: Mt. Evans

When an injury prevents you from riding extreme downhill, what do you do? You ride extreme uphill!
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Summit County Slurpee Session

During our downhill camp a couple weeks ago, we took the SMBA monkeys downhilling at Vail, then we got some Slurpees and went dirt jumping. The dudes tore it up. If only they could be this confident around girls their age …
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