Sunday, July 18, 2010

Mountain Biking

This summer we are going on a little mountain biking trek with the young men. We've been training for this by doing two rides a week. It has been fun. At first, I was borrowing Travis Roundy's bike. He's in the MTC preparing to go to Portugal. I was grateful that he let me use his bike but fearful that I might break it. So, I bought my own bike. I decided on a specialized rockhopper. The store I bought it from graciously took $100 off the already discounted price. It's a cool bike. I had to replace the shifters with grip shifters because shifting was difficult with my stubby thumbs. I hate grips shifts, but didn't see any other option.


We've been doing rides that are close by. Here are the ones that we have done:

  • Bonneville lakeshort trail (partial)
  • Big Spring 
  • Provo Canyon Raceway (2)
  • Lambert Park (2)
  • Deer Creek Trail
  • Dry Creek
  • Rock Canyon
  • Squaw Peak Downhill (partial)

2 comments:

Jay said...

I am very envious. Looks like you had some great riding. Too bad about the scrape but at least you were not seriously hurt. I went riding once in Denver. They have a lot of great trails in Co. Not so much around Houston.

Jay said...

You should get a helmet cam.