RECAP: Sept. 24th Chatfield/Titan Rd. Loop

We had another banner day of riding this past Saturday as we headed out to Chatfield.  Our ride started out by riding through the DTC, then down Happy Canyon and on to Dartmouth.  We then made a quick trip down the S. Platte which took us to the outskirts of Chatfield.  Once we were inside Chatfield we formed a nice paceline which we maintained all the way around the lake.  After riding around the lake we had a quick trip down Titan Rd. that lead us to our rest stop at a Safeway gas station.

Following our refueling stop we remounted and rode down S Platte Canyon Rd which brought us to the entrance  of Chatfield.  From that point on we ended up retracing our trip down to Chatfield.  We did make one small deviation, instead of heading back through the DTC we took the bike path and then rode down Yale and it was back to the shop.  I'd like to thank every one for an awesome ride and for Ryan joining us from the Springs.

Next week I will be leading the Intermediate group and I think we are doing that new version of Crow Foot which is a pretty nice ride with some good climbing...

Check out ride stats here:
Advanced Ride: Chatfield/Titan loop by edge705cb at Garmin Connect - Details

Advanced Ride Sept. 23rd...

We will have an Advanced Ride tomorrow, just not sure where we will ride to.  We'll meet at the shop like usual at 9 and leave 9:30ish.  See you then...

Advanced Ride Sept 3rd: Golden/Bear Creek loop

Well it feels like we haven't had an Advanced Ride in a while so this was a nice little treat and what a great day we had!  We had a nice small group consisting of Eric, Solomon, Adam and myself.  It was actually a little chilly when we left which we aren't quite used to and I'm not ready to see summer fade away just yet...

This ride we combined two different rides that we regularly do which are Golden and Bear Creek.  Our adventure started out with an obstacle filled trip down the CC trail to REI.  Then it was on to 23rd and a quick trip down 26th to 32nd.  On our way out to Golden we had a nice average speed of 20mph when we arrived at the gas station.
After a quick fill up of food and fluids we remounted and rode up Look Out as we imagined riding with Levi and Andy as they had done the same thing the previous week.  We regrouped at the top and then headed down around the side of Look Out next to 70 which looked like a parking lot with every one heading to the mountains for the holiday weekend.  Instead of heading back like we usually do we made a right turn onto state hwy 26 which was and incredible road that was down hill all the way into Morrison.  We made one last pit stop at the local Conoco before we started our last leg of our trip.
Facing a little bit of a head wind we distanced our selves from Morrison and closed the gap to the shop.  We headed down Morrison Rd. to the Bear Creek trail and then it was on to Dartmouth.  I think it had been a while since we had all ridden that hard and that far because we were a little tired and my legs were loosing power.  All things said and done we logged 62 miles and had an average speed of 18mph.  It felt good to get out and hammer a little bit, seems like it had been a long time since the last time.

Check ride stats here:
Advanced Ride: Golden/Bear Creek loop by edge705cb at Garmin Connect - Details

ps. Next week there won't be an Advanced Ride as I will be leading the Intermediate group.

Group Ride Sept. 3rd Look Out/Morrison Loop

We will have an Advanced ride this Saturday and this will be a combining of 2 rides.  Our ride will start from the shop and we will ride to Golden and stop at the Sinclair like usual.  Then we will climb the front side of Look Out and ride down along the side next to 70.  From there we will take state hwy 26/CO Rd 93 over to Morrison Rd. where we will stop once more at the local Conoco gas station.  We will then take our usual route back to the shop from Bear Creek.  Mileage will be right around 62 miles from when I mapped it out.  We should have any awesome day with a little cooler temps than what we're used to.

See you guys Saturday! :)

FYI-No Advanced Ride: August 27th

Hi guys, we won't be having an Advanced Ride this weekend as I will be leading the Intermediate group due to a shortage of ride leaders. We will be riding to Golden so if some of the Advanced guys want to climb Look Out you are more than welcome to venture off and enjoy the newly paved road before the Pro Cycling Challenge gets here. I'd like to congratulate some of the Advanced riders who attended last weekends Tour de Cure century... Salomon, Ben, Martin and Tom. Awesome ride guys! :)

FYI No Advanced Ride: August 20th

Hi guys, sorry but we won't be having an Adanced Ride once again this weekend because I'll be participating in the Tour de Cure century. I hope you guys join the Intermediate group for a trip around the Aurora Res. See you next weekend. :)

FYI - No Advanced Ride: August 13th

Hi guys, sorry you are reading this so late but I wasn't sure if we would have an Advanced Ride or not.  There won't be an Advanced Ride this week as I am helping with Intermediate group again.  It should be a good time as I am hoping for some big numbers and I always think it's fun when we have a BIG group.  We will be riding out to Crow's Foot but will make a little detour on Pradera Parkway I think...  Jeff Anderson has a little different route that we are going to try.  It should be fun as it is always great to see some new sites and ride on different roads for a change.  It's going to be pretty warm so wear sunscreen and plan on drinking plenty of H2O.  See you all tomorrow!

SIDE NOTE: Those of you who rode Evans please check out the Picasa album from that day as I added the 2 panoramic pics that I took that day.  One of all of you at the summit and one of Echo Lake.  They turned out pretty cool so go take a look.  If any of you would like the full size image of any of the pics we took just let me know and I can email them to you.  :)