Category Archives: Mountain biking

Arizona, Bikes, cycling, Mountain biking, outdoors, Prescott

Mtn. Bike-Apalooza

Saturday Novermber 7th we road our bikes into the the parking lot of the Cayus trail head and we witnessed this beautiful crowd of  fellow mountain bikers waiting for the go word.

Here are just a few pics of the crew that showed up here in Prescott.

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The Raven Singletrack leadership said there were at least 52 people that did the ride.

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Single speeders Rick Brazil and Ed Furbush

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Got to meet Daryl of FORM Cycles out of Sedona.

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I followed these guys for about half the ride until I bonked .

Great day of friends and bike fun.

Thanks to ;

http://www.ravensingletrack.com

for bringing us all together.

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Arizona, Bikes, family, Mountain biking, outdoors

The Best Parts Of Parenting

Proverbs 22:6 confirms what I was feeling on my most recent mountain bike ride with my daughter.

” Point your kids in the right direction— when they’re old they won’t be lost.”

There is just something amazing about being able to be 50 plus and still have a great relationship with you adult children.

Yesterday in the late afternoon I managed to squeeze in some time for a pre sunset mountain bike ride with Natascha my amazingly focused and goal oriented daughter.

Really, I might say she squeezed in the time.

Anyway, as I looked behind me to watch her flying over babyheads and cleaning some “non average terrian” I thought about Proverbs 22:6 and how I have watched Tash find her own way along lifes path without getting lost.

Man, the rewards of parenting for the long haul just keep getting better.

Here are some pics of my reward as well as hers.

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Helmet heads having a blast in this life! 🙂

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If you are parenting here is a qoute from one of my heros Pastor Bill Wilson of Metro Church in NY city.

“It’s easier to build boys and girls than it is to repair men and women.”

And just a note to self : It is a lot funner too.

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Arizona, Bikes, Mountain biking, Prescott, SINGLE SPEED

Trail 396 – One of the best Prescott has to offer.

Yesterday, Robert Middlemore and I road our singlespeeds up the 396 and took the Felmire back down to the trial head and parking lot.

The 396 is a special kind of climb because it offers tons of rewards as well as challenges on the singlegeraed bike.

Most of the time you can see both the lower as well as the upper Goldwater lakes. In the Fall it is fabulous.

Here are just a few pics of the great ride.

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Just a little side note. It is always good to ride over the spot where I broke my ankle.

Just feels good to overcome something.

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leadership, Mountain biking

LEADVILLE 100 MTN. BIKE AMAZEMENT

Leadville 100 Cycling

Lance Armstrong of Aspen, Colo., navigates a trail on his way to winning the Leadville Trail 100 mountain bike cycling race in Leadville, Colo., on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2009.Also, (note to self) take a look at at the  vitical climb and think next time you feel like whinning during or before a climb Steve.

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THAT IS 12, 500 FEET TO THE TOP.

Here is a great link that covers the story.

http://singletrack.competitor.com/

Great video from the 2008 match up.

http://www.superhumanmag.com/content/view/763/48/

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Mountain biking, SINGLE SPEED

PRESCOTT SINGLE SPEED SCENE

THE EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED – RESCHEDULED IN 2010

Greg Ooley has been working on getting the Prescott Blue Ribbon Mountain bike race together and I wanted to post his event on this blog.

Here you go.

The PBR Cometh

Posted in Uncategorized on August 11, 2009 by Raven Singletrack

We’re finally fleshing out details for the first Prescott Blue Ribbon singlespeed race.  It’s actually starting to resemble a mountain bike race.  Weird. Jenn-Hopkins-singlespeed

Here’s what we have so far:

– October 3, 2009 (Saturday)

– 10:00 AM start time

– Start/Finish @ Schoolhouse Gulch Trailhead (White Spar Campground, S Hwy 89A)

– $35 donation to benefit local trails, includes sexy t-shirt

– Limited to 74 participants, so RSVP early to get in

– Singlespeed Only (sorry Lance- you won’t be able to do the Peeber)

We agonized (no, seriously) over how to include our derailleur-laden friends in the PBR… but in the end we got tired of talking and decided it would be easier for people to beg, borrow or steal a SS bike than it would be for us to figure out how to keep the geared bikes from slowing down all the singlespeeders on race day.  (Kidding!)

But we do have good news to accompany the bad, so listen up.

Ed Furbush, resident rastacycleon at Southwest Sounds & Cyclery, has vowed to do whatever possible to get people on a singlespeed bike for the race.  He’s building a few loaner rear wheels, stocking a few SS conversion kits, and will work with people to make the conversion as low-cost as humanly possible.   So if your bottom lip starts to quiver at the mere thought of missing the 2009 PBR, just email us (ravensingletrack@gmail.com) or call Ed at SWSC and we’ll hook you up!

– Men’s A /Women’s A… 22 miles.

– Men’s B/Women’s B… 15 miles.

– CASH primes up for grabs at the top of The Wall, for those who aren’t afraid to puke trailside.

– Schwaggy prizes TBA

– Post-race rally hosted by The Raven Café.

Limited to 74 riders!  RSVP by email to ravensingletrack@gmail.com with your (a) name, (b) race category, (c) t-shirt size and (d) hometown.

To pre-register (so we have money in advance to pay for event insurance, t-shirts and a honeywagon), zap your $35 via PayPal to ravensingletrack@gmail.com.

More info, directions and course maps available at www.ravensingletrack.com/PBR.  (Give us a week on that one.)

I am really looking forward to the event and meeting a bunch of folks from the single speed tribe ! thanks Greg and company for putting this event together.

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broken ankle, cycling, Mountain biking

52 weekends ago this Saturday.

A year ago this weekend I broke my right ankle on what was a great mountain bike ride.

Today, Robert Middlemore and I decided to ride that same section of trail this morning.

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Robert was the hero that day when he drove me out of the woods in the four wheel drive.

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This is the spot where I ran into another buddy’s back tire and freakeshly broke the ankle.

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Kind of a personal victory for me to re ride this section one year from the accident.

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church farm, coffee, family, Life experiences, Mountain biking

DAY PARTS

I just wanted to post a few pictures Im calling “Day Parts”.

PART 1

Started out the way I love to – Devotion , Sunday preparation and strong coffee.

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PART 2

Then I went to work on getting these two canoes back to Missouri for my friend Mile Ketcherside.

We had to fix the Yakima racks on Annie’s Ford Explorer before they can be shipped. She hit a tree and did some damage to the whole system. Bigger project than I projected.

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PART 3

Hung out at Chruch Farm. It is really cool to see lots of people come by to help Thomas during the day.

All kinds of stuff growing – can’t wait for the harvet give away at “The Table”.

I met a young man from Virignia that is filming a documentary on “Building Communities” today. He is filming three cities and stopped by Church Farm to take a hands on approach to some of the work Thomas and crew are doing.

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I love using a canoe to very last drop. This one is helping us grow Kale and salad greens.

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The Potatoes are kickin it.

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Twila and Sophie have the life!

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PART 4

Just before sunset, I slipped in an hour of the “sweet spot” in the woods.

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PART 5

Finishing off the day by just hanging with the best bride on the planet! – She makes killer tacos.

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“As thy days, so shall thy strength be;”—Deuteronomy 33:25 (kjv)

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Ministry, Mountain biking, what I am working on right now

NIGHT VISION

Tonight I took my single speed mountian bike through one of my all time favoite sections of Prescott’s amazing trails.

Part of it takes you through a long tunnel that is under a rail road bed.

It is very dark in the middle of the tunnel you just have to keep looking to the exit for the way out.

Here is a picture of what it looks like biking through to the other side.

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Night vision is really a key if you are going to make it through to the other side.

I was reading through Bob Gass’s daily devotional and he writes about having night vision so perfectly I just had to share it on my blog.

 Night vision

Sometimes God doesn’t tell us why because He wants us to know who. In Psalm 23, David goes from talking about God, “The Lord is my Shepherd,” to talking with Him, “Thou art with me.” What happened in between? David learned that no matter how dark the way is, the Lord is there to guide us. He discovered that it’s better to walk through the valley with God than stand on the mountaintop alone. God doesn’t always light the path in advance, but He promises, “When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee” (Isa 43:2). When you feel like you’re out of your depth or in over your head, claim the promise! Job had many unanswered questions, but when he began to understand the difference between reason and relationship, he told God, “I…heard about you before, but now I have seen you” (Job 42:5 TLB). When you can’t find the reason, trust the relationship. God won’t fail you.

Contrary to what you may think, darkness isn’t always the work of the enemy. Sometimes it’s one of God’s best teaching tools. “About the fourth watch of the night He came to them, walking on the sea…And when they saw Him…they were greatly amazed…beyond measure, and marveled” (Mk 6:48-51 NKJV). You get to know the Lord by going through storms with Him. The Psalmist said, “To you the night shines as bright as day. Darkness and light are the same to you” (Ps 139:12 NLT). So instead of running from your problems, ask God to develop your night vision, to show you “the treasures of darkness…hidden in secret places” (NRS).

“I will give you treasures hidden in the darkness.” Isaiah 45:3 NLT

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