A bike touring blog. Mostly about bikepacking and single speeds. By Montana Miller
Winter finally made it back to the mountains, and so did a couple bros from the homeland. It was a good few days of skiing with those dudes. Nothing too gnarly- because I'm still about as comfortable on snow as a cat is in a bathtub. But we finally did that thing that everybody in … Continue reading Pow for Days
As long as the weather holds out in Moab, we'll be down there for a lap of the White Rim this weekend. Really looking forward to that (I think I start looking forward to going to the desert the second we turn back towards the mountains). But before that, I have a few more good … Continue reading Sneaky’s
"Can't you drop me off at home?" I begged, too lazy to ride up the big hill to the cabin. "I won't make it in time." "Oww. I really don't want to go to this." Colleen had to shoot a comment session for the paper on a proposed marijuana grow facility in Silt. The little … Continue reading The Pots
Well, here we all are again at the end of another year. If you're reading this, you've pretty much made it, so congrats. And thanks to everybody I've interacted with- everybody's been really swell, especially all the friends and family that helped me get through that little race this summer. Most people I met out … Continue reading Another Lap
Sometimes when I'm standing back in my corner of the shop, spilling black DOT fluid out of an Elixer master cylinder all over my hands, I catch a little of the front counter conversation. "Yeah, really good down there, nobody around." "Oh, that's cool," says whoever is up front, not quite as interested as I … Continue reading De Beque
I was riding with a guy from Telluride yesterday."How's the snow over there?" He asked about the valley where I came from.Way to much. That's why I'm down here. "Oh, good man. The ski hills are open already," I said. It's not cool to complain about snow in a place that hardly gets enough water.But … Continue reading Sidewinder
And man, it's been really good: Everything was riding well in October, up high and down in the desert. Colleen and I did a quick overnighter on Kokopelli's Trail last weekend, and rode some of the singletrack around the trail for the first time. Which got me thinking, there's a better way to do that … Continue reading Gettin it While it’s Good
The aspens are turning gold, and it's the last push through September. One more bike tour to guide, a few more days in the shop, then I should have some days to myself. Not that I'm complaining. Taking people bike riding isn't a bad way to make a couple bucks. Funny contrast to the Columbians … Continue reading Making Hay
We just got the first snow on the top of Mount Sopris, the little lump to the west of town. Supposedly that means the monsoons are over.It also means I need to figure out if I'm going to migrate or freeze. Last week I took a group of Columbians on a week-long tour. It's the … Continue reading Running the Columbians
I left the cabin yesterday with some big idea of doing a big loop to Crested Butte, over Pearl Pass to Aspen, and back home.It didn't work out. Two hours in, my legs were totally fried. It's been almost a month, but I guess I'm not still not recovered yetBut I did find some roadside … Continue reading Cruising along
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