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Sorry bikes!
Its’s going to be 70 and sunny here in Phoenix today. One of those days that the gifts of life are too many that they keep you from getting out and riding. On a day like this, I could easily get five or six hours of saddle time without batting an eye. I plan on riding December 31st and January 1st as I want to start and finish each year doing what I love the most.
Ever have one of those days, some of those days, too many of those days in a row when you walk past your bikes and feel guilty? Mere mortals can’t comprehend or understand, it’s a cyclist thing, regardless of your level.
For me, my bikes are like my dog. I feel a need to take em out once a day, run em around, work em til their tongue flops out of their mouths. When I don’t, just like my dog, they just stare at me, with that sad long handlebar face, slumping tubes and all. As if they are saying “Joe, are we going for a ride, huh, hey Joe, oh were you walking to the door, or by the door. Please, please, please, take me for a fricking ride, squirell”
Maybe it’s just me, but my bikes need to go out once a day, or they’ll poo and pee all over my house and tear all the Dirt Rag magazines up.
GET OUT AND RIDE, YOU BOTH NEED IT!!
Dude, I am so about to ride my fat bike through 250 miles through the barren Mexican desert for six days. Don’t work too hard.
Fat Bike Fantasy
This is the crazy journey I will be headed on starting next Friday. Totally uncharted, on fat bikes, through Mexico, and fully self supported. WTF are we getting ourselves into. Who knows, but if were all lucky, you will hear about it a week from Wednesday. With Dirty Biker Devon Balet Travis McMaster
We will be taking a “Phoenix to Rocky Point Shuttle” which we will have to pay for the entire vans seats as they will be required to remove all the seats to accommodate our fat bikes. Its looking like roughly 200 miles in deep sand and never ridden loose single track through Mexico, salt flats, the Colorado River Delta, across the river, through Glamis National Sand Dunes, and down into Yuma for a luxury filled Winnebago ride home.
This is the inaugural fiesta, and we have a great crew for our virginal voyage. We will be riding fat bikes: Surly Pugsley, Salsa Mukluk. As for now, a fat bike, poor decision making, an iron liver, and a death wish, seem to be the only requirements for the journey.
Stay tuned to our blog: bicyclesphoenix.com, Drunkcyclist.com, http://travismcmaster.blogspot.com/, and http://devonbaletphoto.blogspot.com/ during the week of our trip. Those blogs will be blowing up with updates and picks.
A very special thanks goes out to Osprey and Smartwool for their generous support of our journey.
Prescott Weather
- Current Conditions : 43.9F / 6.6C, Clear - 6:06 AM MST May. 20Temperature: 43.9°F / 6.6°C | Humidity: 45% | Pressure: 29.89in / 1012hPa (Rising) | Conditions: Clear | Wind Direction: WSW | Wind Speed: 0.0mph / 0.0km/h
- Monday as of May. 20 2:00 AM MSTMonday - Clear. High of 75F. Winds from the NNW at 10 to 15 mph.
- Monday Night as of May. 20 2:00 AM MSTMonday Night - Clear. Low of 48F. Winds from the NNW at 5 to 10 mph.
- Tuesday as of May. 20 2:00 AM MSTTuesday - Clear. High of 81F. Winds from the South at 5 to 20 mph.
Sedona Weather
- Current Conditions : 50.0F / 10.0C, Clear - 6:05 AM MST May. 20Temperature: 50.0°F / 10.0°C | Humidity: 44% | Pressure: 30.06in / 1018hPa (Rising) | Conditions: Clear | Wind Direction: North | Wind Speed: 1.6mph / 2.6km/h
- Monday as of May. 20 2:00 AM MSTMonday - Clear. High of 82F. Winds from the NW at 5 to 10 mph.
- Monday Night as of May. 20 2:00 AM MSTMonday Night - Clear. Low of 50F. Winds from the NW at 5 to 15 mph shifting to the NE after midnight.
- Tuesday as of May. 20 2:00 AM MSTTuesday - Partly cloudy. High of 88F. Winds from the South at 5 to 10 mph.
Tucson Weather
- Current Conditions : 66.2F / 19.0C, Clear - 6:05 AM MST May. 20Temperature: 66.2°F / 19.0°C | Humidity: 31% | Pressure: 29.83in / 1010hPa (Rising) | Conditions: Clear | Wind Direction: North | Wind Speed: 1.6mph / 2.6km/h
- Monday as of May. 20 2:00 AM MSTMonday - Clear. High of 95F. Breezy. Winds from the WSW at 10 to 20 mph shifting to the NW in the afternoon.
- Monday Night as of May. 20 2:00 AM MSTMonday Night - Clear. Low of 64F. Winds from the South at 5 to 10 mph.
- Tuesday as of May. 20 2:00 AM MSTTuesday - Clear in the morning, then partly cloudy. High of 97F. Winds from the SW at 5 to 15 mph shifting to the WNW in the afternoon.
Park City Utah Weather
- Current Conditions : 41.6F / 5.3C, Overcast - 7:06 AM MDT May. 20Temperature: 41.6°F / 5.3°C | Humidity: 89% | Pressure: 30.12in / 1020hPa (Steady) | Conditions: Overcast | Wind Direction: East | Wind Speed: 0.0mph / 0.0km/h
- Monday as of May. 20 3:00 AM MDTMonday - Overcast with rain showers, then a chance of rain and a chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon. High of 57F. Winds from the WNW at 5 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 60%.
- Monday Night as of May. 20 3:00 AM MDTMonday Night - Partly cloudy with a chance of a thunderstorm and a chance of rain in the evening, then clear. Low of 36F. Winds from the WNW at 5 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20%.
- Tuesday as of May. 20 3:00 AM MDTTuesday - Clear in the morning, then partly cloudy. High of 64F. Winds less than 5 mph. Chance of rain 20%.
Live Road Cycling News
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Live MTB News
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- Analysis: That pink jersey looks to have Vincenzo Nibali’s name all over itVincenzo Nibali loves to attack, and he still wants a stage win. Photo: Graham Watson | www.grahamwatson.comFacing a tough final week, the only thing standing between Nibali and victory at the Giro may be his attacking nature
- Levi Leipheimer tells hometown paper he’s retired from pro cyclingDavid Zabriskie, Tejay van Garderen and Levi Leipheimer struggle to stay with Robert Gesink near the summit of Mount Baldy during the 2012 Amgen Tour of California. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.comLeipheimer says he will now concentrate on his Gran Fondo, a fund-raising ride in Northern California
