Category: Cycling

Distance: 71 avg: 14 Kevin works at the post office in Breckenridge. ‘And I fucking hate it’, he says. He wants to quit and bike across the country. I tell him I’m having the time of my life and take a sip of my coffee. He looks at me searching, suspect of this bold remark.…

Distance: 45 avg: 11 The elevation here is 9200′, and the high today was 46. I wonder what this place is like in winter. Today was rather uneventful. Woke up, biked to Silverthorne. Bought some tubes at the bike shop. Fixed my tent pole at an outdoor store. Big thanks to Wilderness Sports for giving…

Distance: 69 avg:12.8 The spot that I camped in last night was spectacular in it’s serenity. What really made it was when nature called in the night, I went outside and the stars were just stunning. Like nothing I’d ever seen before. If I wasn’t in my boxers I would’ve ogled longer. Making the decision…

Distance: 61 avg: 10.6 Coloradoooo~~~!! Yep, Another state! Woohoo! Pretty nice. Today I woke up and said goodbye to Ben and Summer and headed out towards Walden. The scenery was very Wyoming, rolling hills, and the weather was good. I reached the Colorado border right after lunch. I also started watching the pretty spectacular weather…

Distance: 18 avg: 10 or so This was such an interesting day! I met a lot of interesting people and did so much that I didn’t have time to write. I walked out of my hotel and started towards Mom’s Kitchen across the street. I met Pater, a Dutch pharmacist on vacation and we had…

Distance: 87 avg: 11.6 So yesterday’s post was mostly removed due to bugs in the wordpress for iPhone app. While the app is great when it works I have lost numerous posts and have had to rewrite them. Fucking pain. Today I did another long day. I woke up cow-free and headed over to Lamont…

Distance: 88 avg: 12.7 I just looked outside and it turns out some longhorned steer have moseyed. They are staring at me. I originally felt pretty good about this spot but now I’m not sure if steer will attack. I think overall cattle are very docile, so I hope we can coexist.

Since I am doing what some might call an extreme midlife crisis maneuver, I figured I should go with the flow and try for The Great American Novel. I’ve been toying with this idea for a couple days. Edgar Allen Poe is a dark cultist with a zombie wife, bent upon mastering space and time.…

Distance: 75 avg: 13.6 Today was a great downhill day. The day went by very quickly, and before I knew it I was in Lander. Tomorrow is a rest day, so I pushed it a couple times pretty hard. I was able to attack longer than I thought I could up a hill. Cycling glossary:…

Distance: 47 avg: 9.8 Today was difficult as I churned up to 9658′. The downhill was fun and entertaining, but followed by Wind River. Which unsurprisingly, is fucking windy. See attached pic. After three hours of grueling uphill followed by two hours of headwind it started raining. Mom told me there’d be days like this.…