Mid Winter Jicker

   Back in November on Thanksgiving day I had the pleasure to ride the Dale Ball trails with Mike from work and Mark and Matt and his friend Chris .It was a Really fun ride before heading down to Albuquerque for Thanksgiving dinner and visiting with family. We met at Mikes pad up on Acequia Madre and road from there. Good times.

Mike enjoying a Commencal Meta 5 full carbon


Matt climbing the North Dale Balls


Zembo climbing among the pinon



Always a sweet spot for a regroup and a headset adjustment


   A couple weeks later I had an enjoyable ride with Mark and Robert at the Galisteo Preserve Trails. They have added some signage and trail signs at each trail juncture which is nice. Also on the trail map they show some future trails that they are adding. Here is a link to a pdf you can download and print of the trail network and future trails.





Robbie up on the ridge.

Mark on the rock


   While we were in San Francisco over the holidays I of course had to score some Blue Bottle Coffee



   The Blue Bottle we hit is the one on Linden. You can tell when you go there they they have full mastery of the art of Espresso and the love.



On Linden. True Love



   Then into 2010 We went. The first ride I got in was at White Mesa with Anthony. We decided upon White MEsa for the start to our 2010 riding season. Weather was great and we got a nice 15 mile ride in by doing the normal clockwise loop starting on the dragons spine and then taking the center line down and then coming back up the dragons spine.






AHOLE

this is one of the bigger climbs at White Mesa. Particularly tough with ice at the top part of the climb














A bigger HOLE







   Bmore stylee. If you havent been to Pigtown then you really should check it out sometime.




   What is in your audio player? Would love to check out thelatest Dinosaur jr. tour if it is anything like this video.I saw quite a few good dino shows but only one(my first) with Jay Lou and Murph.




   Just had surgery on my shoulder yesterday. Hurting pretty bad. There was a good bit of damage in there he said. All went well though with the surgery. Gonna be off the bike for 4-6 weeks. : (

Snow........flow.....GO

   Had a great snow ride with Mark the other day. Parked the cars at Sierra del Norte lot and biked up the ski hill road up to Chamisa trail to Sidewinder and then roamed around a bit on sidewinder and juan trail for a while then made our way back to the vehicles.








I love the burn section of the sidewinder trail especially with snow on it... yaaahooo








Down along the snowy banks of little Tesuque creek





   A few days later I hit a ride with Dom and Mark that took us up Bland to medio canyon up to cooperators meadow and above to the road and then back down the way we came till we got back to the saddle and descended medio dia of course.

We were following this guy for most of the ride.



Dom coming up to the pond



Mark letting off some steam



Dom showing it doesn't take 2 hands




Taking breaks and reflecting is one of the things I like about mountain biking

Then it was time to turn around and try it down.
Sometimes it is time for a clementine

I like this shot.


We noticed some discarded Tecate cans that someone decided they didn't need to pack out. Wonder who?


Then we got down to the winklecairn at the saddle above Bland



I Heart Breckenridge




Hope everybody had a sweet Holiday time.




   Mark and Tom from 2nd street put on anther PBE the other day and it was good fun. Anthony stopped plunging toilets to join us. He shot some vid on the fun rock up on the ridge.







To the victor went the spoils



   What is in your audio player? I sometimes don't know where my mind is.



                     2010

Goodnight Moon

Ohh Jay oh Jay
what can i say
you made my day.
Rancilio people


    weather has taken a turn for the worse here in Santa Fe.I guess that depends on what side of the road you are on though. Have gotten some sweet snow rides in all ready. Cabin John Rob and his lovely wife Margaret came for a visit in the beginning of November and as always Rob who doesn't even mountain bike much( mostly a roadie) was up for lots of big rides. When Rob came out, another guy (Steve I think) from MD just happened to be here visiting as well and came along on a ride we did up to Borrego-Bear Wallow and Chamisa-sidewinder.

Mr. Glatz was kind enough to join us on this ride


Rob coming up to the saddle on Chamisa


next 3 taken by Dom


Todd is very happy to see you


Me coming up the rise


Todd playing around in Tesuque Creek


Rob hitting the switchback at the bottom of the Borrego trail


One of the better sections of Sidewinder that has been ruined by someone making it more like the Dale Ball trails.



Steve I believe


Steve hitting the burn on his Niner he rented from Melo Velo





    this year was really fun. We went to trick or treat in a neighborhood close to our neighborhood. There was a party there and the whole house was made up like a haunted house and they had beers for the adult trick or treaters and we had a great time.
Ella and I getting ready to hit up some trick or treating



    in you audio player? I have been digging on some Bibio from the album Ambivilalence Avenue. Thanks Ben.


    other night I hit up a ride after work at the Balls and it was in the 20's and I was freezing but the light and trail was incredible













                   Goodnight Moon