For Steve from West Michigan-
Thanks for asking about the trails. They are great.
Here's some info to get you started until I can get a better review.
Also, East Coasters Bicycles has been updated our ride info pages for Roanoke mtn bike riding. They are quite improved with lots of great info.
Carvins Cove: Great variety, lots of options, newly signed, local favourite
Explore Park: Great design, fewer trails, possibly closing :-(
Dragon's Back: Wicked tough, intermediate to expert riding only, poorly signed
Mill Mountain: in town single track fun
Check www.blueridgebicycleclub.com for their ride calendar as well as www.roanokecycling.org for their rides.
Check back later for more in depth reviews.
19 January 2008
04 January 2008
from the cookie...
Fortunes from the cookie on New Year's Day. Courtesy of Red Palace Chinese Buffet - Valley View.
"Idleness is the holiday of fools."
"The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do."
Funny. I had just finished a 25 mile mountain bike ride with friends to celebrate the New Year.
"Idleness is the holiday of fools."
"The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do."
Funny. I had just finished a 25 mile mountain bike ride with friends to celebrate the New Year.
time for the epic rides...
Last Sunday 30 december 2007 - last ride of the year and a very much needed ride for my sanity. I thought I would try to beat the rain. Read the following quote to find out what happened.
"you know you're wet from riding in the rain when you stand out of the saddle and feel all the water move in your tights. that's waaaay past a wet chamois. 1.5 hours and half way with no where else to go but keep riding; so i did."
I was in the middle of Bradshaw Road and the temp was in the mid to lower 40's.
I started shivering the moment I made it back inside my flat... because I stopped moving and generating heat from the inside.
Props to my clothing choice. At least 1.5 hours in soaking rain and my core was still dry. Arms, legs, hands, feet, and face were soaked, but my core was dry. Amazing what a wind vest can do.
"you know you're wet from riding in the rain when you stand out of the saddle and feel all the water move in your tights. that's waaaay past a wet chamois. 1.5 hours and half way with no where else to go but keep riding; so i did."
I was in the middle of Bradshaw Road and the temp was in the mid to lower 40's.
I started shivering the moment I made it back inside my flat... because I stopped moving and generating heat from the inside.
Props to my clothing choice. At least 1.5 hours in soaking rain and my core was still dry. Arms, legs, hands, feet, and face were soaked, but my core was dry. Amazing what a wind vest can do.
02 January 2008
Honest Tea and the Lorax
another Green Dragon Honest Tea, another tea lid... and another saying.
"Unless someone like you cares a whole lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not." The Lorax - Dr. Seuss
(it's a good book. i own a copy. i'm a forestry / resource management major remember?)
