Paleo Vélo

We spent about two hours repairing this section of trail last Saturday as part of a trailwork event at the Crest Ecological Reserve. Five days later I take a hike with the wife and baby only to see what’s been made of our hard work.

Friends don’t let friends ride trails right after the rain.

I had a BMX friend growing up who was a non-native English speaker. Though his English was actually quite good, he would occasionally say things that crack me up to this day, including “cactus make tires go poppy.”  As I carefully positioned my bike between a saguaro and a small barrel cactus for this picture, taking care to avoid a sidewall puncture from the wall of thorns, I thought of my old friend and had another chuckle.

The picture was taken on Phoenix’s South Mountain trail system, where I was able to squeak in a three-hour ride on a recent trip to visit family. Arizona has some stunningly good mountain biking. I hope to be able to get over there a bit more in the coming years to take advantage of it.

When I don’t even have a $7000 coffee bike?

That’s a Moots, by the way.