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

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.

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

Look, more pictures of big rocks

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.

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.

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

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

Did I mention it was foggy?

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

Nice and cozy eh?

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

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

 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.

There’s not much difference, but it blends nicely

Then I made a fork for it

Brief ride intermission just for fun

and we’re back,

fixturing the front triangle

That’s all for one night

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

More flowers

The cliff overhang earns the name Hanging Valley

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

Start with this:

Cut to fit

Apply copious amounts of electricity

Brakes are good

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.

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

for this bad unit!

The whole fleet

First up, is a straight forward road bike.  It’s got all of the essentials, Sram Force, Edge fork, and a light wheelset.  The misty blue color is really hard to photograph, but it just pops in the sun with the green and white logos. The flat transitions on the seat stays were begging for a little logo action.

Next, is a classic road bike with room for bigger tires and fenders.   It currently has 28c tires mounted.  When I built it up, I was able to slide a 45mm Planet Bike Fender in there too!  Although it accepts bigger tires and fenders, its first goal was to be fast.  I’ve kept the geometry much closer to a traditional road bike on this one.

This thing doesn’t really need an explanation.  Ti + Sram Red + Alpha Q CX20 + Ritchey WCS Carbon= race bike.

I also had two titanium mountain bikes there.  I had a new shiny one and my bike.  The new one continues down the path of what I consider to be a great trail riding bike.   They both have 120mm thru-axle forks, full gears, 28 inch wide handlebars, and an aggressive geometry.  I’ve been enjoying mine thoroughly.  Please excuse the lack of front derailleur.  I had to borrow one after I took the pictures

All studio shots by the infamous Loretta “I take pictures of bikes and then some” Strong.