Bolder Boulder. An awesome venue for the girls to do a team run. The idea was to run as a team which meant a slow pace, but everyone had fun and there were 50,000 others running too. Additionally, it was an awesome tribute to those who served/serve our country. We also got to hang out with our former pastor, Pete and visit his new church, Whitefields Community Church. A great blessing indeed.
The boys took on the Boulder to Estes Park Challenge ride and I'd say this was the best road ride I've ever done. Long miles and tons of climbing, along with huge rollers. The climb starts in earnest around Lyons, and continues 30 plus miles on Highway 7 to Estes Park, followed by a screeming descent on Highway 36. On the descent, I reached speeds I've never approached before on a bicycle. Boulder is a bike friendly community and people give you plenty of room and are very courteous, especially compared to our local nuevo mexicans. Man, if I was young again and looking for a college, you bet the University of Colorado at Boulder would be right at the top of my list. A nice weekend in the front range.

Team Type 1. I gotta say, these guys and gals are my heroes. RAAM 2007 starts on June 10th and has to be the toughest cycling event there is and this team is defending it's corporate championship from 2006. I'll be following the action closely for sure.

They'll all be sporting these amazing new wireless insulin pumps that have built-in glucose meters. These things look sweet because they eliminate the need to take shots during an event and also test your blood sugars at the same time. I'll be really interested to read the team blog to see how these meters hold up under the rigors of competition. For now, it's the next best thing to a cure..........

Getting some good riding in still, but just haven't felt much like posting up. I'm maybe a little bored with the blogging thing. Ran into this guy in the south foothills. Thanks to Jens from BWR for pointing him out! East mountains were terribly muddy, so it was foothills riding again.

Couldn't find a teammate to try the Cortez race last weekend due to a conflict with the "Albuquerque World Championships". But looks like BWR dominated the solo entries. Instead, I found myself getting reacquainted with some trails I hadn't seen for a while, and it was nice to discover that new trail has a new addition....quite nice. Long ride but cut short due to lightning. Here's a few pics. Yep, I rode the cheater bike again. Got some new chain rings on order but haven't decided how long I'll keep the Dean a 1x9 as I'm needing some one-gear miles. Just a bit indecisive lately......

Took 7 people from the bomb/fca groups to the east mountains Saturday for a nice ride. Despite rain, snow, wind, cold, and even sunshine, we had a nice time and nobody out on the trails either.

Sunday, Patrick gave me a carbon composite Kestrel fork for my Klein he picked up at a teammates garage sale. Fits perfect on the big 59cm frame. All I can say is my neck won't be hurting so bad on the road anymore after that aluminum fork I had. I also had him take a look at the Dean shifting issues, and turns out it needed a new chain, and chainring......dohh! Nothing like having the obvious staring you in the face and don't realize it! The chainring had big old hooks on it, similar to what you see in the above picture I pulled off the web.

Sunday eve, took the 1x9 Dean out for a quick ride in the foothills. Rode it hard for an hour on the usual loop. Found some guys digging up rocks in one of the few, fun technical sections on the lower rock garden. Geez guys, if you can't ride it, don't destroy it for the rest of us who enjoy it. I told them they shouldn't be doing stuff like that and all I got was a dumb look in response. Probably the same guys that eradicated the nice rock drop leading down into the neighborhood. Don't get me started on this kind of stuff........

Bamboo is good for more than just floors and high end fishing poles........you can ride it too.............

Took my hub apart last night that was giving me problems in Aztec, and much to my surprise, 5 bearings were loose in the center of the hub. Is it just coincidence that an un-named bike shop did some work on that wheel for me the week before the race? I think not...........