It’s all over…
The generously proportioned female has sung. I finished up yesterday at bicycle mechanics school and received my certificate. I believe we also get a grading in the mail in a couple of weeks time.
This week hasn’t been all that interesting as far as weblog entries go – it’s been full on at school with loads of homework to do at night. I did get out for a ride on Monday night with Mike, one of the guys staying at the same motel.
Ride 18: Buckhorn – Captain Jacks.
This is an up and down trail to the Southwest of Colorado Springs and has views right back across the city and on over the plains. The beginning is riding up dirt road which goes through two tunnels which are carved through rock with very little finishing done to them. It’s a gradual climb the whole way and then you turn onto singletrack which again ascends and ascends and ascends… Mike found it a little tough as he’s a downhiller and was riding an ancient Stumpjumper hardtail which probably weighed more than my full-suspension rig. At the top the views were amazing and then the downhill was full-on. It is a trail used by motorbikes and it was a gravel/scree base – and very chewed up. It was quite an achievement to get down (for me) and not come off as every corner threatened as you ‘slid’ through it. It was about 12km’s but good enough to get a sweat up on a Monday evening.
The rest of the week about the only other thing I did was go for a beer on Wednesday night with Mike as we were both sick of homework.
Today I head up to Denver in my Dodge Magnum which I picked up from the airport last night. It’s a premium vehicle apparently as they didn’t have the basic car I ordered. I’m going to drive up via the scenic route and have a 4 o’clock flight from Denver to LAX, whereupon I get the last flight out with Air NZ…
Adios.
The generously proportioned female has sung. I finished up yesterday at bicycle mechanics school and received my certificate. I believe we also get a grading in the mail in a couple of weeks time.
This week hasn’t been all that interesting as far as weblog entries go – it’s been full on at school with loads of homework to do at night. I did get out for a ride on Monday night with Mike, one of the guys staying at the same motel.
Ride 18: Buckhorn – Captain Jacks.
This is an up and down trail to the Southwest of Colorado Springs and has views right back across the city and on over the plains. The beginning is riding up dirt road which goes through two tunnels which are carved through rock with very little finishing done to them. It’s a gradual climb the whole way and then you turn onto singletrack which again ascends and ascends and ascends… Mike found it a little tough as he’s a downhiller and was riding an ancient Stumpjumper hardtail which probably weighed more than my full-suspension rig. At the top the views were amazing and then the downhill was full-on. It is a trail used by motorbikes and it was a gravel/scree base – and very chewed up. It was quite an achievement to get down (for me) and not come off as every corner threatened as you ‘slid’ through it. It was about 12km’s but good enough to get a sweat up on a Monday evening.
The rest of the week about the only other thing I did was go for a beer on Wednesday night with Mike as we were both sick of homework.
Today I head up to Denver in my Dodge Magnum which I picked up from the airport last night. It’s a premium vehicle apparently as they didn’t have the basic car I ordered. I’m going to drive up via the scenic route and have a 4 o’clock flight from Denver to LAX, whereupon I get the last flight out with Air NZ…
Adios.
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