It has been a great first few days hanging around Boulder, taking advantage of my good buddy Will Ganley's hospitality. Boulder is possibly the most bike friendly place I have seen; with bike lanes and paths around every road, pedestrian streets with bike racks everywhere - people actually ride everywhere ... keep reading
Written by Colin Davis in August 2007, about Events
Whereas in my last entry I said that crossing the continental divide was not as hard as I had imagined, day two of crossing the Rockies certainly picked up the slack. We started the day in Hot Sulfur Springs with our destination Estes Park, CO. About 20 miles into the ... keep reading
Written by Colin Davis in August 2007, about Events
Me pretending to be happy at 12,000ft in a thunderstorm Day one of the Rocky Mountains bore little resemblance to the horrors I had imagined. I started the day's ride to Hot Sulfur Springs, CO with my legs feeling like jello, not because I was sore - we had ... keep reading
Written by Colin Davis in August 2007, about Events
I am naming the Salt Lake to Denver section of this ride 'Chasing Abby'. Our new rider is a machine, and both John's have made the sane choice of letting me try to keep up by myself. They are going to catch up with me in Denver where I ... keep reading
Written by Colin Davis in August 2007, about Events
Upon hitting Salt Lake City on Friday, we broke the 1,000 mile mark for the trip and decided that after eight straight days of trying to make up time after Jon's incident with a Nappa Autoparts truck it was time to take a break. After two interviews on ... keep reading
Written by Colin Davis in July 2007, about Events
While the ride has been going great, I am having a tough time finding the time and cell phone service (Nevada seems to be the land that time forgot when it comes to phone coverage) to arrange interviews in the cities I am approaching. So I am putting out a ... keep reading
Written by Colin Davis in July 2007, about Events
Jon, trip cameraman who was recently sideswiped by a truck and had his bike destroyed Ride to Sustain is back in action, and we're making up for lost time. After having to backtrack to Reno, NV to replace Jon's mangled bike we have been putting pedal to the ... keep reading
Written by Colin Davis in July 2007, about Events
I am a glass half full kind of guy, so I'll start this post with the positives. The weather so far on the trip has been perfect. No single day has been too hot or cold, no rain, tornadoes, hail, etc; even here in Nevada where temperatures are routinely ... keep reading
Written by Colin Davis in July 2007, about Events
Leaving the Sierras was one of the most exhilarating experiences of my life for a number of reasons. I spent yesterday riding around Lake Tahoe and made the short trek to Fallen Leaf Lake to get a bit of scenic footage. Fallen Leaf is a hidden treasure tucked in the ... keep reading
Written by Colin Davis in July 2007, about Events
What appeared on a map to be a benign stretch of road from Placerville, CA to Lake Tahoe, CA wound up being a two day affair that involved one 31 mile, 13,000 vertical foot climb that I am sad to say included a few stretches of pushing our bikes ... keep reading
Written by Colin Davis in July 2007, about Events
