Day 7 was much better than the prior day.  We woke early with the mission to make up lost time and get to Buena Vista, where Cris would pick us up for a few days of downtime. We got on the road around 7am and headed out of Leadville toward the mountains. It was cold […]

As great as was day 5 up and over Searle Pass, day 6 into Leadville was a downer. The morning started ok, although we had to shake down everything as it had rained hard all night. Since we cannot go through the Mt Massive Wilderness on bike, we had to get onto the road and

Day 4 was great, but Day 5 was even better. We climbed up past Copper Mountain to Searle Pass, and then descended through huge meadows of wildflowers. But then the rain began. Copper Mountain We started the day climbing up through Copper Mountain. Janet’s Cabin As we started to move above treeline, we came upon

Whereas Day 3 wasn’t so fun, Day 4 was the day we had been waiting for.  One with huge climbs and epic descents, ending in Breckenridge. And it delivered.  By the end of the day we had traveled 30 miles, climbed 5600 ft in elevation and descended 6300 ft, crossing over Georgia Pass and the

On day three we wanted desperately to get off the Lost Creek reroute and back onto the trail, and we did it. By the end of the day we had ridden 40 miles, climbed 4300 ft, and arrived at Kenosha Pass. We got on the road and passed a few more buildings from the old

When we awoke we quickly packed our bags and headed off FR545 to the main road to find water. We found a little creek just a few miles away, and got our breakfast together, our water bags filled, and we were off towards Spruce Grove. But once again we got snagged by Google maps telling

CT Day 1 – after riding Segment 1 a few weeks ago, we decided to start our Colorado Trail adventure on July 5th with Segment 2 at the South Platte River trailhead.  We were up at 5:30 and on the trail by 8am. We rode this segment until 9pm to get through it as fast

The next morning, I awoke around 5:30 with the sunup after riding up from Waterton Canyon to the rock quarry and could already feel the heat.  We were at the start of a record setting heat wave in the west, and so Kyle and I decided to abandon our Little Scraggy loop, which has a

Since we got new bikes last week, I wanted to get out and do a big training ride to work out any kinks.   New bikes always have minor issues, including bolts that loosen, cables that stretch, etc.  We decided to do the first segment of the Colorado Trail from Waterton Canyon up to an