My last pair of Terraduros lasted 132 rides and 1736 miles while falling apart. Giro stood behind the failure warranting a replacement pair.
I wore the new on yesterday’s ride out Last Frontier way. New shoes pinch.
Yesterday I rode from the Cultural Center dropping down Drano then connecting to Last Frontier and the climb out of Dry Creek which is always less fun than a sharp stick in the eye. Last Frontier connects to Western Civ and continues to Cockscomb. In past rides I noticed a social trail leading off WC. Today the trail was way more worn in and I decided to learn of its riding. Crazy. It finally dropped down parallel to dry Dry Creek then ended in Sedona Winds mobile home park. I wound around residential streets till I found 89A west of Sedona and at the bottom of the hill to climb back to my van. I pedaled about a mile on the nice shoulder being passed by rigs going 65mph till I hit Red Rock road then riding a short distance to the TH for the Red Rock trail that is an old right of way but on dirt and out of traffic. This took me back up hill.
Steve came down w/ a 24hr bug that laid him out for any rides. Last night he treated me to dinner at Picazzas.
I drove back down to Beaverhead arriving in time to tune into the Zags game on XM which they won.
Temps at night are in upper 30s, daytime in the upper sunny 70s and the trails are dusty.
I called Turner on Wed speaking w/ Jarret. Word is this batch of bikes is not complete in the factory and faces completion and about 3 weeks of transit before it hits Turner’s shop. Turner will be demoing his bikes at the bike festival. Would be a hoot to ride what I will be getting….. someday. I won’t ride one because I will not be able to manage my impatience. And I would deny a rider from enjoying the bike and a potential sales.
The parking lot battle ebbs and flows depending upon who has joined the fray. This is the sign
During yesterday’s massage Sarah said that she has noticed an increase in muscle development in my damaged right shoulder. PT has been new exercises and repeated old ones which is having that effect. I still can not raise a pint of beer w/ my right arm.
Today is crazy shop ride at 3.
Tomorrow is an all day Trails maintenance session where the FS folks will educate us on why they do what they do and how they do it. Those that won’t get educated will remain uneducated.
Bama writes a column for DirtRag mag hangs out here every now and then is here again.
New issue of Bike mag has an article about Kelly Emmett, a world class enduro racer. She visits Sedona in January.