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Tate and i rode a nice 44 mile section of the Colorado Trail this morning.  we started up near Bailey and rode east on the CT trail through Buffalo Creek/Top of the World/Waterton Canyon.  it was a great ride and after riding tons of sweet singletrack, we didnt see any one else on the trail until 2 1/2 hours in, hikers, then we saw our first mtn bikers at almost 3 hours.  the wind was nasty and it was a pretty cold ride, but it was a good time!  we are getting ready for the Front Range 50 and the BC bike race later in June!   here is the GPS site and elevation profile.  After looking at the elevation, it was kind of like a 44 mile Super D!     - jesse

Photo by: Deb Funk 
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Colorado Premier Training (CPT) and BikeParts.com are offering a chance to win a free wind tunnel session, Mavic Wheelset and Kurt Kinetic Fluid Pro Trainer, valued at over $2000!

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Race Results are posted with Team BikeParts.com fielding 6 pro and semi-pro riders for the first MSC event in Fruita. Thanks to all the guys that made the trip over Fruita!

BikeParts.com team rider Jesse Swift mapped the Fruita Rabbit Valley Mountain Bike Race Cross Country Course with his Garmin Edge 205 and posted it here for everyone to view. Check it out!
MAP: MSC #1- Rabbit Valley XC | Mountain Biking | Fruita, Mesa, Colorado, United States

The BikeParts.com professional racing team is heading to Fruita, Colorado this weekend for the 1st Mountain States Cup Series Event. We will be riding our new Maverick race bikes.

Rabbit Valley, Fruita, CO - The Mountain States Cup, one of the nation’s leading mountain bike race series, kicks off April 12-13 with the Rabbit Valley Rally.
The series opener treats riders to a blistering off-road time trial and a traditional long-loop cross country race.

Stay tuned for race photos, results and team updates.

Event website: http://www.racemsc.com/events/rabbitvalleyrally.html

We have setup a YouTube Channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/bikepartsdotcom to post all of our video. Check it out.

Check out Team bikeparts.com Youtube site for glimpse of a life from a  professionally cyclist point of view!

The new 2008 Maverick Durance bikes are starting to arrive at the shop!  

Well, Winter Park got another 7″ last night and it snowed in Golden yesterday too…  can anyone tell me officially when will spring sprung?

Team bikeparts.com Pro Ride, Colin Osborn got his 2008 Maverick DURANCE on Monday!  Look for him on the trails in Durango and in the startline at the NORBA Nationals this season!

So, I took my new Garmin EDGE 205 GPS out for a ride today. Check out the map and this link to all the ride details! - swift

2008 Fort Lewis College Squawker Classic, Durango, CO

I headed down to the downtown crit today and watched the A race. 50 degrees and windy, typical spring mountain riding weather.

Dave Hagen, FLC cycling top dog, works like crazy to put on great events and run a solid race team with over 10 National Championship victories. http://cycling.fortlewis.edu/

Celebrity sightings included Alex, Colorado School of Mines student, cycling team member and highly valued BikeParts.com/Peak Cycles shop employee. Troy Wells and Steve Owens were also spotted.

Troy Wells with tha Bling Bling glasses.

Steve Owens from Colorado Premier Training http://www.ColoradoPremierTraining.com/

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Today we went for a 4 hour ride on the mountain bikes and only had to ride pavement for a handful of miles! I love Golden, Colorado!

So, I just found this bike for sale on Craigslist… the colors are right and I think it would make a SWEET Super D bike!

It’s finally spring time, at least in AZ. After 3 months of  cold weather riding I headed down to Fountain Hills, AZ for a week of MTB. McDowell Mountain Park is a great local trail system, and former home of the Cactus Cup. In fact, the last time I had ridden there was the 1998 Cactus Cup. Ride you bike to the park from Rio Verde or Fountain Hills and pay $1 to get into the park. Drive and pay $6 for a car.

I vividly remember my buddy Will making monkey sounds at Gert-Jan Theunisse during the crit. We all use to think that Gert hit the sauce a little too hard in his career and ended up with a Neanderthal forehead. At the time Gert was coaching Bart Brentjens and Filip Meirhaeghe. Filip was later popped for epo.

I rode a new Giant 2007 Anthem 0, stock OTB with mavic crossmax wheelset XTR pedals and Ron Andrews custom Titanium King Cages.

McDowell has a sweet trail system, directional and clearly marked. The “competitive track” area is composed of three main loops, the long loop ,sport loop and technical loop. All are fairly wide open and fast. The sandy, gravelly trail surface is slippery at high speeds. Drifting corners while navigating cactus is a necessary skill. I ran about 160lb in my Fox front and rp23 rear shox. A little high but ok due to high speed, rocky conditions.

Corners can be very slippery.

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So, the closest “mountain bike” race to Denver is the Battle of the Bear in Lakewood at Bear Creek Reservoir. This course is flat and fast with 7-8 laps. One year it snowed 6″ the day before the race, only to have 90 degree temperatures the next year. I always enjoy the race because its a good time for the family and friends to come out and cheer at a course that doesn’t send me 30 miles into the lonely wilderness. I was excited to see that this year they have lengthen the course so you dont get dizzy racing it! Check out the map of the new course and the race website! See you on the dirt! - swift

Garmin Edge 205 GPS Unit - used to make this map!

So, Matt, Tate, Colin, Josh and I headed west for the weekend and spent a relaxing weekend riding some new trails in Moab. On Saturday, we climbed Amasa Back and looked for the RockStacker trail. After Josh slipped on the sandstone, we found the killer trail. Click here for more photos of the days adventure!

Then, while it was snowing 12″ inches in Denver, we went for a ride up Porcupine and down the Portal Trail! It was a little chilly but much better then the Front Range! Click here for some photos of Sundays ride!

As much as I love riding outdoors, its that time of year when you look out the window and it looks beautiful. Sunny and blue skies but the temperature is only 18deg! Tyler and I beat the cold and ended up getting some “indoor training” at the Woodward Indoor Park here in Golden! - Swift