Wednesday, August 5

dan and dale's excellent adventure

Dan says about 4 pm Saturday that he has a crazy idea. We're on the road for Gunnison, CO by 9:30 pm. Hit a great VFW breakfast west of Denver around 9 am Sunday and arrive in Gunnison about 12:30. We're here to deliver a new bike for Dave before a triple pass Monday on a 7 day bike tour.

Dan and I bring along the mtb's and hit Hartman Rocks while waiting. This pic is about the 4th time we stopped for air riding up from the parking lot barely visible at the bottom.

After pushing and riding some rocky stuff,
we headed out on some flatter, more open trail.


We rode about 4 hours and were toast. Then delivered the bike after swapping over some stuff. After slamming a taco bell feast, we're on the road by 8 pm and pull in +700 miles later to Dan's a little after 7 am Monday. Great mtb ride, totally outrageous service.

3 comments:

Biker Bob/Runner Bob said...

that's just crazy. Looks like it was a fun adventure.

dmars said...

way to represent the single speeds guys!! are there openings for bike delivery people? :)

dale said...

Fortunate to have flexible families that allow us to have a high school or college road trip experience every now and then.

Dan and I reworking the model to try and have a day of riding before and after deliveries. 8-)

Dan is actually spinning an 8 spd internal hub and really likes it. He's had enough of hydraulics and installed bb7's already.

Next time, I will try and take out another seat so the non driver can lay on an air mattress to sleep.