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I’ve Been Busy, Just Not Busy Blogging

You can’t find a photo from this ride without some dude with his shred face on carving through this turn.  Most days I lone wolf it, so I used this here piece of dead wood to prop up my bike and make it a cycling themed scenery shot……….. see how I did that.

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This coular is known by the skiing crowd for holding snow well into the summer months

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There’s still some turns left if you’re feeling ambitious.  A quick google search yielded this random blog

http://stevegilsonphoto.blogspot.com/2010/08/great-one-coular-norther-bridger.html

See I told you.

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This is a “local ride”, but there’s not much going on out there and I like that.

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Look, more pictures of big rocks

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Then I began work on my full suspension bike.  No build photos, but I have been putting some miles on it.  Two weekends in the rain has left it with a nice old world motif.

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Last weekend I went out and rode in the rain a bit more.  The first day I didn’t take any pictures because the weather was bad.  We had plans to move on, but the ride was so good we decided to make a two day event out of it.  Unfortunately the weather didn’t improve the next day and it rained the whole time.

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As we climbed higher the fog rolled in and the temperature dropped in a hurry.

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After about 4,200 feet of climbing, I stumbled upon Kaczynski Kamp 2.0.

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Did I mention it was foggy?

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I’m guessing that roofs weren’t a priority back then.

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Nice and cozy eh?

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I’m also finishing up a cyclocross frame that’s on its way to Spectrum.

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What can I say?  I can’t get enough of this new beast.

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More Rides

I felt like making a bike, but I didn’t have anything specific in mind.  I had some Columbus chainstays and a pair of seatstay I bent a while back.  I also had the parts for a cross fork, so I decided to make an all-arounder/cyclocross bike.

 I’d already added an s bend to the seatstays earlier on.  I added a little bit of sweep to the chainstays for heel clearance.

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There’s not much difference, but it blends nicely

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Then I made a fork for it

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Brief ride intermission just for fun

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and we’re back,

fixturing the front triangle

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That’s all for one night

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Rides and New Rides

Below are some pictures from a cool ride I did last week in the Big Belts

A view from the halfway point on the climb looking out the valley.

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More flowers

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The cliff overhang earns the name Hanging Valley

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Last night I went into the shop to bang out a fork for my new townie.

Start with this:

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Cut to fit

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Apply copious amounts of electricity

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Brakes are good

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Brazing the crown race.  Then I miter the steer tube for more tire clearance and good looks.  I use a larger diameter cutter for cross forks so that it matches the top of a fender.

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Then I swapped out the old rust bucket I built at the end of December

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for this bad unit!

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Flower Season

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Photo Friday

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Pipestone/Helena

I got out for some more “prototyping” this weekend.  Not much in the way of pictures, as the riding was particularly good (read: not into stopping)

 There’s a new Frame coming this weekend.

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Vernal, UT

 

I had to get out of dodge, so I headed south.

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Retail Sale 

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Serendipity 

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More Hoes 

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A cool wind speed meter on the ridge of More Hoes made from an old Edge Cycles frame 

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A bad patch job to fix a bike with too much seat tube extension. 

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Thought I heard the tire rubbing after descending off the ridge. 

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Product Testing

I’m  rounding the bend on finishing up the new hardtail.  However, I got a little distracted riding the old one this weekend.

 

It will be a sad day when the Ibis griptape final wears off the welder footpedal.

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Fall Rides

Adam’s Ridge

 

 

Redfish Lake

 

 

Garnet Moutain

 

Weekend Rides

Friday Night

Blackmore to South Cottonwood

                     

Little Wapiti