Wow time flies!

Almost a month since the last post. We have gotten Paula's Sojourn and are still getting the necessary accessories for it. Front rack, trunk, speedometer, lights etc. She hasn't ridden it a whole lot but, seems to like the more relaxed riding position and the disk brakes. We hope to ride a little more together this fall.

Rode half Bogus yesterday 51 minutes felt great until mile 6 then faded fast. Still rode on till I hit the one hour mark at about 10.5 mile. Paula drove the truck up and had life saving water and cookies for the guys from the shop. They were slow but, every one made it. Ken's son Tommy was the next person in and he was so happy to have beaten his dad up the hill.

Next weekend I will be in Montana for the last time this year hope to do some hiking and fishing.

jimbo

Just riding along

Rode to Idaho City Friday night and it went even better than the last trip up with more bags and stuff. Got a losing lottery ticket and a winner of an Ice Cream sandwich. I don't usually eat them but on these long rides in the heat they are a well deserved treat.

Saturday tried to fix the outside hydrant it is not fixed but it wasn't leaking either. Watched a lot of the Olympics and cleaned the shop. Yea I have needed to do that for a really long time. Late in the afternoon I rode the KLX to Bogus Basin just to make sure I knew which road to take on Sunday. I found it and it is a great route not the easy way to get to Boise but, very scenic. Paula had the camera in Montana so if you need to see what it looks like. Ride all over the place and it looks just like this , trees, sagebrush, oh pretty flower, sand, four wheeler, and oh look another hill. I like the IMBA slogan "long live long rides" or is it "live long because of long rides" ? Either way go ride till your tired eat Ice cream sandwiches and ride some more!

jimbo

Another Sojourn

I have been riding the crap out of the Raleigh Sojourn this year. It's the heaviest bike I own and most people I know don't get it. I have loaded the bike and hauled a trailer loads that would break their 15 lb wonder bikes. I have had several different tyres on it touring tyres of various sizes 35 mm cyclocross etc and I haven't had a problem yet. I plan on getting some studded tyres for the winter and also some 42mm. At this point I have about 1500 miles on it and we have ordered another one for Paula. We are hoping to do some over night this fall and this bike will handle the gear and pulling the dog trailer.

Other things keeping me and most people I know busy are the Olympics. Was up late last night watching Kristen Armstrong win the time trial. I started the Thursday night time trial behind her a few years ago she is very pleasant and fast. The company I work for AceCo made the little chain keeper arm for her. Cool little project.

Plan on riding to Idaho city Friday night and SS mt bike on Saturday. Sunday Paula suggested I ride over to Horseshoe Bend and then to Boise I may do that. I am leaning on cutting off at Harris creek summit and going to Bogus then home. More updates later!

jimbo

really long ride

Rode 135 miles this weekend I am guessing but only about 30 were on pavement. The rest was all dirt roads trails and one goat trail. A trail I rode many years ago well actually I pushed my bike up most of it. This time I rode down some and hiked down quite a bit. I saw a herd of elk back there with some really small babies. Didn't take the camera along there really is no way to capture the view or feelings of a ride like this. Could describe the route but, most people don't know the trails and roads and those that do I have probably already told. It is a long ways with many long climbs. Looking forward to doing it again when it is not so hot. I would like to do it all in one day probably tweak the route a bit.

jimbo

Busy Time

Like many other people sites I read there has not been much up dating lately. Great that means I am not the only person out there riding and working so much I don't have time to write about it. I had a great week off in Montana hiked a bunch and rode a couple of days. Been working on the yards here and there things are looking good. This week I plan to go easy until Saturday than have a gnarly route planed to Idaho city. The return route to Boise on Sunday is even worse can't wait to suffer!

jimbo

Stupid Stuff

Rode to Idaho city the fun way. Over Adalpe, Robie Creek, Hwy 21 to Grimes creek, and the up forest service road 311 to the Harris creek road down to Idaho City. Then there is the 2.5 mile climb home. All this is great if you are not an idiot. I own three hydration systems and a water filter. I took one bottle of water and one with perpetuium and an Ice tea. It was a 100+ and this has allot of climbing. Well I didn't die and no one got hurt and I learned a lesson I already know. Can't wait to do it again. Got to get back to GDR updates and SPOTS and stuff.

jimbo

Warm up vacation

Spent a few days in Montana, I am calling it a warm up vacation as we are headed back in a few days. So this was kind of like stretching out before a long run. It was forty degrees when we arrived outside and in. The next day it warmed up nicely and the rest of are time there was quite pleasant. We had Gracie with us and she and Sky had a great time. Took the laptop and used it more than I thought I would. It was nice to have music and I also took many pictures on our hikes and could share them with Ruth my mother in law. She is unable to hike like we can but, seemed to enjoy the pictures. A good trip even though the fishing was not that great. Plan to take a bike next time. My plan is to take the Sojourn. I have taken the fenders off and ordered some 35c Kenda Cross supreme tires. They should work well I almost bought some 29er tires as I think a 2.0 will fit. I will try it someday but I know that for the fire roads up there these will work fine and they are about half the weight of the stock tires. This thirty five pound bike is a little heavy for everyday use. Striped it down a bit but even without racks it's 32 lbs. Realistically think with lighter tires maybe a different wheel set. I can get it to a more reasonable 30 lbs. with racks. That is the goal I guess.