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I've compiled many of the reports from the old Mojo site into the main post in this thread for future reference. Hope nobody minds me doing that. Lot's of good info that I felt would be beneficial and prevent folks from having to repost. Each post is in quotes with the OP credited.

Check out the new Forum Section called MTB Destinations under Mountain Biking. With the help of Albert, I set up separate threads for most of the destinations being discussed, and started each thread with links to google driving directions and MTB project trail info. For some that I'm familiar with, I've inserted other tidbits of info that should be helpful. For others, I'm in the process of copying-pasting from the wealth of information that's been posted historically on Mojo, which includes a lot of great info on Bentonville, Colorado Springs, and Sedona that I plan to bring over. So far I've posted up most of the destinations that are within a day's drive of Austin, but I'm hoping that others will join in following a similar structure, and start threads for other areas across Colorado, Utah, North Carolina, etc.

I have no idea what that means but I laughed my ass off at it

TRAIL KARMA IS ALVIE.... I was building today when along comes a guy slipping and sliding on every turn. I called out to him, but he ignored me. Then wham, a big stick or rock got stuck in his derailleur and snapped it clean off...ha ha. I still walked over to him and told him not to ride wet trails.

Motopail is right except for one thing - spelling. It was Kapitol Katz. Kapitol Katz was a dirt biking group with few if any trials riders The trials riders quickly adopted the riding area in the 1970's because the terrain suited their type of riding. The trials riders almost NEVER used the trails we ride except to get to the "trials sections" (typically small areas of extremely difficult terrain). The trials sections were so difficult that the decision was made to NOT show them on maps available to non-trials riders. In the mid 1980's Cliff Turner took over as "Trail Steward" ( they called it Volunteer Trail Coordinator at that time). Cliff and his son both rode KDX200's (off-road enduro motorcycles when people still knew what the word "enduro" meant). Just for reference, I rode an RM125 (motocross bike) on that trail in the 1980 before I got a 1993(?) RMX250 enduro bike. I also rode a Nashbar mountain bike on the trail. Several people have spent a lot of time and effort to document the history of the Motorcycle Park at Emma Long. You can find a great summary at - http://www.felmp.org/documents/EmmaLongMotorcyclePark-SummaryAndDefense.pdf A large part of why the trails are in their current condition is because one user group wants to create berms on corners. They pitched fits if anything was done to drain water off the trail. Because most of the trail is solid rock there are only a few places berms can occur. Those would be the places that now hold water on the trail long after a rain. Due to a number of 'discussions', I am only dealing with downed trees on the official trail. Anything on the trail tread is left to others. I don't want to create anymore "wheel chair ramps".

https://goo.gl/maps/uwHN4LvnRsE2 https://www.mtbproject.com/directory/8011502/greater-bentonville-and-fayetteville "You're in for a treat. If I only had 2 days, then this is prolly what I would do. (1/2 day prologue)- Some portions of Slaughter Pen [phase 2?] Day 1- Coler Park in the morning- Eat Lunch; Then Lake Atalanta (w/Railyard) in afternoon Day 2- Back 40. The Back 40 was superb. Any and all of these trails will be a highlight of your trip Here are my Strava files from my 3 days there. I covered a lot of ground. There's brief descriptions and photos in all the files https://www.strava.com/activities/1206451536 https://www.strava.com/activities/1207861306 https://www.strava.com/activities/1209486997 I stayed in Bentonville & road everywhere)" ~ CBaron "I did the back 40 clockwise and agree that it would probably be better ccw. Honestly, there is enough flow on that system that either way is worth it. Coler was awesome if you like gravity fed lines. Slaughter pen was ok but not epic like the back 40. Super cool place to ride. They have it figured out up there." ~ Tree magnet "+1 on your assessment, except Coler also has (at the time) an 'unpublished' loop west of the creek valley that runs along the park they called the NICA loop. It was very good stuff. So I'd recommend going over to Coler and playing on the gravity fed stuff, then explore over to the NICA trail and make a loop(s). If you look closely it can be found in my Strava file above (day #1)" ~ CBaron How much time would you allocate to ride the back 40? "I would budget 3:30. You Can ride it XC marathon pace in about 2:30 with a couple of casual stops. If you will be stopping a lot or with a group of 3-4 strong riders I would budget 3:30-4. Weekend warriors will get smoked out there by the climbing, so 5ish? I would also do the recommended route and ride from the end of the Blowing springs parking lot, ride in CCW with "ledges" included. If you are feeling good when you get back to the truck, roll straight into a ~ 7 mile lap of Blowing springs. I've ridden it both directions. My clockwise direction was plenty of fun as well. We rode out from crystal bridges that day which was about a 40 mile out and back. I also recommend checking your brake lines to make sure they are tight before going out on this journey." ~ FJsnoozer "If you have several days, I think the Back 40 and Blowing Springs is worth a full day. Some of the best runs are in the middle of the system, so if you just do the outer loop, you are missing some really good stuff. Some of it is one way downhill goodness. Of course in order to hit all of it you need to hit some sections twice. I ended up riding 50 miles of singletrack (parking at Blowing Springs) and still didn't hit every section." ~ Shredhead "All trail recommendations are spot on. I would add Bike Rack Brewery>Pedaler's Pub. Their pizza is fantastic. Air BnB is cheap as hell there. From where we stayed we could hit the downhill flow trail at the middle school at the end of the street and ride up All American into downtown. We did that with lights the first night and rode in to have dinner then rode trails back home. No car needed." ~ Browndog "Kessler in Fayetteville is pretty amazing too. About 45 miles south of Bentonville. Plenty of climbing, some rock gardens as well as some huge boulders to ride through, and some swoopy bermy downhill stuff too." ~ Kpomtb "So we stayed in Rogers about 40 min from Bentonville and 9 miles from Hobbs State Park. Because of unforeseen circumstances and time crunches we didn't get to spend a lot of time in Bentonville like we wanted but we did get in a solid 9 mile ride in at slaughter pen last night before dark. It was a blast. I have to say Hobbs State Park seems to be completely underrated in my opinion. Total XC course but man is it FLOWY. I was locked out the whole time but I had some serious fun. I think if you stay in Rogers or ever get enough of Bentonville, Hobbs State Park Little Clifty Loop is a must. It's like Rocky Hill on steroids and the descents are definitely smile inducing. https://www.mtbproject.com/trail/7001770 We also took the kids to Lost Valley for cave exploring and it was really neat. Best of all, all of this stuff is free. Slaughter, Hobbs, and lost valley were all free. It's been an awesome trip." ~ Afrothund3r "Speaking of free, You got to go to crystal bridges museum!" ~ FJsnoozer "We were up in Bentonville for Spring Break. It was amazing. Here is my take on it all: Take a couple of extra tires. Our group had at least 4 sidewall tears. If you plan on arriving Thursday afternoon, plan to ride the trails that are located in the city. There is a fun downhill starting from Crystal Bridges that will feed you into the rest of the trail system there in town (Slaughter Pen and whatnot.) The gravity lines at Coler Park are well worth the climb and they have multiple lines depending upon skill level. You could do both Coler and Slaughter Pen in the same day. If you are not in super good riding shape, I would recommend you save the Back 40 for your last day as your legs will be spent when you are done. Go counter-clockwise. Members of our group rode it both directions and said that ccw was much more fun. Blowing Springs is a good place to start. The Back 40 has incredible flow (except for the trail called Flo-Ride---it sucked balls, not because it is technical, mainly because the first half actually lacks flo) and you will enjoy it quite a bit. Much of the trail crosses roads, which is fine as drivers are very mtb friendly there. However, plan on making bitch climbs up to almost every crossing (thus the spent legs at the end.) Fortunately, those climbs are rewarded with some pretty sick downhill. Whoever said that if you just do the outer loop you will have a great time is right. The only two inner trails I rode were Flo-Ride and Rago. Rago is super fun going East to West (outside in, I guess). Going the other way would suck, I think. On your way home, I suggest you stop in at Mt. Kessler in Fayetteville. You can ride for an hour or 2 and have a great time. There is climbing, but it is well designed and well rewarded. Egg Beater is fun if you like rocks (reminded me of the easier portions of the BCGB). We started down Crazy Mary, but somehow wound up on Chinkapin Oak, which was amazing. We had so much fun that Hoss and I have already booked some days for a return visit on our way to Michigan this summer. I can't wait to check out some of the other trails that Cody mentioned in his post. Oh, and if you want to try out the local beer, Bentonville Brewing Company was our favorite." ~ Moc 5 "Bentonville definitely lived up to the hype as far as trails go. Even though the weather wasn't great, we still got to ride every day (although maybe not as much as I would have liked). I could have easily spent a week there riding new trail and then going back to hit the stuff I liked again. We rode pretty much all of Slaughter Pen, all of Blowing Springs, and a little bit of the Back 40 loop. I may post a more comprehensive write-up at some point, but I have to say Slaughter Pen was amazing. Miles and miles of professionally built and maintained trails with a lot of variety and fun features sprinkled throughout. We also ran across a couple of sections where they were building seriously big, gnarly features that made me clinch involuntarily just looking at them. Blowing Springs was fun, with lots of gradual climbs and some fun, swoopy downhill sections. One stretch was a bit more technical with some rock gardens and off-camber stuff, and the section that goes under the rock ledges was fun to see (although not that fun to ride, in my opinion). We only did part of the Back 40 loop which included a trail called Rago. Rago was a weird mix of pretty miserable climbs, boring sections where you are riding right next to and across streets, and unbelievably fast, fun downhill sections. We barely scratched the surface of the Back 40, but we got the sense it was more XC oriented. Everyone we ran into on the trails was super nice and Bentonville seems like a nice little town, although everything seems to shut down by 8 or 9 in the evening during the week. We had a great trip and are already talking about when we can go back again." ~ Olddbrider "Just back from a Bentonville trip with a very diverse group. Myself (cat 2 roadie who rides on dirt alright),a friend similar although perhaps less adept on dirt to me. my younger brother with no fitness who loves doing trials stuff, and lastly a friend who had never ridden a mtb and has a propensity for crashing on the road. I can say we all had fun and my brothers legs are destroyed (shoot my legs hurt from lots of 1-2 minute climbs). We didn't get to checkout Coler due to weather and trail conditions, but did do Back 40/Blowing Springs and Slaughter Pen. Slaughter Pen: It's great crowd pleaser stuff, I feel like anyone can have fun here no matter how good or how suck they are. The "downhill trail" is pretty much all tables, no gaps no drops. You can roll over the jumps just as well as send it over them. There is some blue stuff in the first "phase", choo choo is a sinewing group of berms, it's fun. It's not hard to ride at all but it is simply fun. Boo boo has some jumps, and a 2.5ish foot "drop" that you can ride fast enough to drop just roll down slowly. These and the downhill flow trail were the most impeccably groomed and built of the trails in the system that we found. None of the jumps were huge, I could clear about most of them, it was fun. In phase 2 east there is a pretty fun looking but too intimidating for me free ride section consisting of multiple 5 foot drops and then a bigger drop at the end. I think all but the last (which there was a B line around) is probably rollable (but I didn't ride it so I can't confirm). The "play area" is pretty fun but pretty small and pretty beat up, from what I heard go to Coler if this is what you are looking for. The whole slaughter pen area was super packed on the weekend, our first day out was friday and it was dead. I didn't get to see all of the back 40 due to a slashed sidewall, but what we saw was pretty fun. It's not a perfectly groomed downhill track, there are sections more perfect than others (Brakes were used to make many turns, speed moderation is necessary at least for me). We rode a smaller loop CW one day (Back 40 to Summit School to pinion creek to ledges). The next day we went out with intention to do all of back 40 CCW but I slashed a sidewall not too far in, what little we did ride was better CCW. Not sure if ledges would be better one way or the other. It rained half of saturday most of sunday. We consulted a local about what would be rideable when (the Back 40 was in pretty good condition only 6 hrs after a rain storm (didn't pick up anything on tires, didn't leave an ruts), most of the more built up stuff with berms and such seems to be built with hauled in clay type soil so we avoided anything like that. My friend with no previous MTB experience walked a good amount, especially when we rode ledges but still had fun. He has fitness so was able to do the climbs. At the end of the trip group had 5 crashes total, and no broken bones so it was solid. We rented two bikes from Phat Tire, they were pretty decent (Fuel EX 27.5+ Aluminum Frames) a little on the pricey side (75/day). My Fuel Ex 29 was pretty perfect for the trails I thought, my friend with a Top Fuel would have liked more suspension in places. I greatly enjoyed the use of dropper post for all days of riding." ~ Joroshiba "Ok, I just got back from Bentonville. This was my 60th birthday present from me, to me. I didn't disappoint myself We drove up on Thursday and I rode Friday and Saturday. We headed down to Fayetteville on Sunday, which I planned on riding, but I was just too trashed from the previous two days of riding to feel like getting back on the bike again. Drove back to Austin on Monday. Friday - I started at Crystal Bridges at All American. Great starter/warm up trail with a taste of what's to come. Note: They are currently building more trail extending All American towards town, and it looks awesome. I was disappointed that Choo Choo and Boo Boo were closed, but they were building more trail on that section, and some crazy looking drops at the bottom of Boo Boo. I did the end of Rim Trail, and then continued over to Black Apple Creek, Tiger Trail and part of Apple Turnover. All great, but don't miss Leopards loop (I did it twice just to make sure). I kind of got mixed up in the Urban Trail, but a local pointed me towards The BoneYard, just to check out the crazy shit they built. A must see! Some of you crazy fawks will probably do it, but it's worth seeing none the less. Played a little at the dog park, then headed up to Medusa and Talamagouche, followed by the Downhill flow trail. Holy shit that was fun! I did and out and back on Armadillos Last Stand, and then continued out to the beginning of Blowing Springs. After all the messing around I was into the ride for about 4 hours, and decided to head back to Crystal Bridges (our AirBNB was 2 blocks away) so I could have something left for Saturday. Saturday - I started the ride again at All American with the goal of hitting Blowing Springs and parts of the Back 40. On the way out, I jumped across the road and hit Schroen Train and Free Time. Free Time was above my pay grade with all the skinnies and drops, but there's a pussy line around everything so I was good. Don't miss those two! I continued on my way out and hit Blowing Springs Loops. My face hurt from smiling while riding that damn trail! Nothing tech, but so much flow!! I could hear other riders hooting as they rode it. Once I made my way to the trail head for Back 40, I decided I would just make a loop that included Rago. You guys weren't kidding about all the road crossings, but all the drivers I encountered were very conscious of bike traffic, and I had no issues on any of those crossings. The first 1/3 of Rago, pretty much follows along the road, and I was starting to question my decision to take that route until I got to the Bike Skills Park. From there, Rago goes into some amazing machine cut flow trails. By the time I got to the end of the Back 40, I was pretty much toast and slowly rode back to Crystal Bridges. Downtown Bentonville was pretty lively on Friday and Saturday night. We ate at the following: Peddlers Pub - Good Burger and Beer selection All American - Good hearty breakfast (but this weekend was their last time at that location, not sure where they are moving to, but it's still in Bentonville). Oven and Tap - Excellent pizza and large beer selection. Press Room - Breakfast was good, with a slightly upscale menu. Crepes Paulette - Awesome huge Crepes. There was a ton of MTB'rs there, but the service was slow, so plan on post ride maybe. My wife really enjoyed the Crystal Bridges Art Museum (plus they have a happy hour), and the Walmart Museum is a must! The local riders were really nice and helpful with trail advice. The visiting riders seemed to be having as much fun as I was. Whenever I mentioned I was from Austin, most of the locals noted that they see a lot of folks from here. Also, I met three groups of riders that were from Springfield MO, and they hit Bentonville on a regular basis. Several of them talked about the trails that are being built in Springfield by the O'Reilly (Auto Parts) family similar to what's going on in Bentonville. It's about 2 1/2 hour drive North, but might be worth checking out if someone had and extra day. I ended up with about 40+ miles of riding trails over two days. For this busted up old drunk, that's good for me!!" ~ Yosmithy

Details • Trail work on the Country Club Creek Greenbelt at 3199 S Pleasant Valley (dead end south of Oltorf) . This is a new trail near downtown Austin. There will be about 4 miles of trail when it is done. What we'll do We will be building new trail. Trail has been flagged and needs to be cleared. If there are enough volunteers we will also be cleaning up trash. We will be doing tread work and armoring the tread. There will be some people cutting weeds / tree limbs. Wear closed toes shoes and work / weather appropriate clothes. Children are OK with parental supervision. There is poison ivy and mosquito everywhere so cover up if you are allergic. We are scheduling lots of workdays so racers can start their 2019 Paydirt hours early. Don't get caught by next year's deadline. • What to bring Bring gloves and water (Camelbak or water bottle). ARR will provide tools (wheelbarrow, saws, loppers, shovels, etc.) and some gloves. Bring your own tools if you prefer your own. Bring your Pay Dirt form if you need Pay Dirt hours. • Important to know This is a new trail and needs lots of work just to clear the corridor. The Austin Ridge Riders is YOUR local not-for-profit IMBA Chapter. ARR builds and maintains the sweet singletrack we all enjoy. If you are not yet a member of ARR, SIGN UP TODAY! http://www.austinridgeriders.com/membership/ To get credit for pay dirt, you need to download and fill out the form. Bring it with you to have the ARR Trail Crew leader sign. http://www.austinridgeriders.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/paydirtform.pdfhere. aerial w topo 2015 Trail Concept 2.pdf

I'm driving up to Portland towards the end of next month, and would like to hit some mountain bike trails along the way and/or on the way back (maybe one on the way up, more leeway on my way back). Looking for some suggestions reasonably close to my route. I will be driving straight through Moab, so that's one option. Would love to do "The Whole Enchilada" again, but not sure if Burrow Pass will be open at that point. There's plenty of other trails I have not ridden in Moab, so open to suggestions there. I've also done the McKenzie River Trial in Blue River, Oregon a few times, which is amazing, so that's another possibility depending on conditions. And one year I stopped in Sun Valley, Idaho and rode some trails there. Here's the route: Thanks in advance for any suggestions. ..Al

In the Four corners area you could hit up Phil's World in Cortez.

Really depends on how many ride-stops you want to make and how willing you are to add a few hours to your trip. You could easily re-route through Grand Junction and do some nice riding around there. Likewise, a re-route through Bend, OR would afford some nice riding without too much of a detour. There's great riding around Hood River, OR as well though, which is right off of the route you have mapped.

Yeah, if you can get a couple other riders and split it 3 or 4 ways, getting an Airbnb is no-brainer. There are a ton of options for $100-$150 per night. You get a whole 3/2 house with actual toilets and showers, full kitchen, everyone get a bedroom, garage to store and work on bikes, and a backyard to drink beer in. That's hard to beat.

Ha I'm taking advantage while I can, since I'll probably have to go back to work eventually. I'm working on a deal now with a start-up and they're talking about an 18-month "lockdown" development period. That doesn't sound good at all! At my age, you never know even when you've got 18 months of riding left in you, although I'm shooting for another five years.

I rode Whole Enchilada in late October last year. You could get lucky on that one. If not the half enchilada (start at hazard county) is still totally worth it. I would also highly recommend Captain Ahab and Mag 7 in Moab. Great trails.

oops, posted twice by mistake.

Devil's Den or Devil's creek state park between Fayetville and Bentonville looks really nice. There are a couple of state parks in that area. You'd be out of the town, proper, but between Kessler and the bentonville stuff.

I think I've owned pretty much every *good* brand, and none of them have even come close.

They literally are the best you can buy. Anyone who chooses one of the equivalently priced kuat or yakima racks, (which are all covered in plastic) over a 1up, made a bad buying decision. Glad you got your new rack you are going to love it!

PD State park for the win then. Theres lots of camping, hiking museum and wildlife and a stream down in there. Super cool place. https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g55580-d109507-Reviews-Palo_Duro_Canyon_State_Park-Canyon_Texas.html Dont go during early NOV https://www.bikereg.com/39831

Now don't hold me to this one because its been at least 4-5 yrs since I've driven it, although I have done it about 3x's. But I recall this one being a solid 12hr drive (same for Taos). The difference is that with the time change, you seem to get an hour back (but loose that advantage on the way back home). YMMV. And just for reference on these types of trips, I usually drive about 75+/- and stop minimally. And just to contribute something more than a random outa-date driving time...here is a link to a website that I like to visit. Its a grass-roots racing site showing numerous organized events around the state. The first link is to a big ride in Santa Fe: http://nm-es.weebly.com/santa-fe-big-friggin-loop.html This ride is a monster, but I bet it could be broken up into bite-sized segments. Here is a link to the main NM page: http://nm-es.weebly.com Later, -CJB

http://www.degraylake.org/iron-mountain/ They had marathon Nationals there the last two years and there is an annual stop on the Enduro. 21 mile trail that is well marked. you can ride it forward and backwards for a different trail experience and 42 miles of unique trail. Its also easy to split up into Multiple 10 mile blocks. https://www.trailforks.com/region/iron-mountain-3734/?lat=34.219770&lon=-93.073742&z=12&m=trailforks

Good to know. I have never seen a single person camping there when I have gone and there has been tons of RV availability. I would give them a call. There are some VERY cheap and NICE air bnb as well in prime location just above ozone.

Hiring someone who looked like an older version of Arnie’s woman disguise from Total Recall was always going to be a high risk strategy.

I'm pretty sure you camp right in the mix in Blowing springs which puts you in the middle of a sweet trail system and a few hundred yards form the start of the Back 40. https://www.goodsam.com/campgrounds-rv-parks/arkansas/bella-vista/blowing-springs-rv-park-201301143/

Dude, Drive to Tyler state park, Camp and ride in the beauty, then head a few more hours over to Iron mountain and repeat. The only problem is Tyler is a texas state park and may have limited availability. Both of these places are really neat with their iron packed soil and rocks.

The area is "meh" in regards to the riding. A lot of it is just gravel grinding. BUT, the scenery more than makes up for that fact, so it is indeed a great location. Maybe my perception of the area is skewed, to the positive, by how much fun I had at the two Desert Fests I went to. But I think it would be worth the drive for anyone.

There are some, not on Peddlers though.

I dont even have to ask about tomorrow morning do I? MAYBE instead I can bust out my Klunker and ride the path from the Y to points North and back.

I'll be honest, I clicked into this thread with hopes of mtb babe pics. Disappointed, I am.

Do tell

Oh no sir..I ain’t crying about a woman..anymore lol

damn you. You made me look.

I can provide

And in the older Mojo days, pics would be involved.

in the old Mojo days, this would have quickly escalated into a Parrotboy thread.

Those are great insights. I just used the times from google maps (downtown to downtown). We can adjust the drive times in the thread topic based on general feedback. I'm also going to add some summary information to each of these thread headers based on feedback from historical posts, general info from MTB Projects, etc.

Well worth the trip. We went up for the 24hrs in the Canyon, had a great time! The Crew that maintains the trails do a great job, and are very dedicated. Lots of sandy sections, lots of rocks, lots of ledges. Carry plenty of water, it gets stupid hot down there.

Will have a ride report after this weekend. Should be dry with highs around 90 and lows in the 60s.

I live south, and never make it up to Lake Georgetown, apparently this was at Cedar Breaks though, and it sounds like this lunatic works there.

@Albert take a look at the first 2 threads I started. Thought it would be handy to include the drive time in the actual thread topic, although I should have stayed consistent with my formatting. Anyway, I included the google map and the MTB Projects link for each respective area as a starting post. Figured for each area, we could then start dumping in posts regarding trails to ride, places to stay, places to eat, etc. If you like this approach, I'll move forward with threads for Bentonville, Mountain View (AR), Big Bend, Santa Fe (NM), Angel Fire (NM), Tucson (AZ), and Colorado Springs. These are all destinations that can be easily reached with a day's drive (13 hours or less).

If they continue to ride Deception without helmets on Walmart bikes, that problem is going to take care of itself.

I think this is going to get worse - not better. The last few weekend rides I've taken on Brushy I've seen multiple people riding Deception without shirts, without helmets, and on Walmart bikes. These were all "twenty-somethings" who unfortunately are riding, I believe, not because they hope for this to become a passionate, life-long endeavor, but simply because it is one of the "cool" things for them to do right now. I'm confident that those same joy riders would view wet, muddy trails as being even more enticing. I did plenty of careless, reckless things myself growing up; so it's hard for me to be too judgmental. Still, it's a dilemma that impacts all of us who are trying to preserve the integrity of the sport and the trails. I agree that signs specifically may not help, but ongoing education in various forms will have a positive impact, just like HB taking the time to give feedback to this individual. As another example, I met up and rode with some youngsters a few weeks ago who were riding as part of the Peddler's Wed. night group. They were clearly very interested in the sport and not just the activity, and they were getting great guidance from an experienced rider who was with them. The more of the young people who we can take under our wings and grow into the sport, the fewer will be left to ride recklessly and carelessly.

I'm fortunate enough to be able to keep a bike in Colorado Springs. If I leave on the first DIA flight Friday morning, and take a late afternoon flight back on Monday (usually using miles), I get four awesome high altitude rides in. Don't get rid of your old bikes - make friends in Colorado!

Yep, this is the route I hinted at it my prior post. Its safe, fun and has some decent rollers in it. -CJB

There are lots of routes from Zilker to 360 near Scottish Woods. I go under MOPAC due west of Zilker on Rollingwood. At Bee Caves the same road becomes Old Walsh Tarlton Follow that road until it "T"s at Wilderness. Turn right on Wildernest. Turn left at Walsh Tarlton and next right (less than a normal block) on Pinnacle. At the Westlake schools (jr high and high school) turn left on Westbank. At the top of that Westbank climb is 360 directly across from Scottish Woods. This sounds complicated but I recall this is actually a marked bike route so it is easy to follow. But in terms of easy to follow, Austin Bike's route is hard to beat.

See, the reason the repair has held up is because you didnt paint it........... Sorry, had to😁

Singing in the rain...

I don't ever actually "change" mine. Just top off with 2-3 ounces every 4 months or so. With new tires I start out with about 4oz per tire. This method has worked for me, but others may have varying opinions on the topic.