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"VincentMalamute-Kim" (VincentMalamute-Kim) 10/06/2019 at 23:02 • Filed to: None

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On Friday, a buddy and I rode up Virginia Canyon Rd out of Idaho Springs and then off onto smaller roads.

Continuous climbing for a few hours with great views.

Definitely some exposure to test my fear of heights. Although this site is a bit hyperbolic in it’s description as we drove back home on the road in my Toyota Sienna.

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I got a dual suspension bike a few months ago and fairly new to this. I’m intermediate / difficult trail rating level - no black diamond trails.

We hit the entertaining section coming back down through abandoned mining property. The rocks weren’t big but the 33% grade in this section was tough. Good planning as we hit this trail coming down - we certainly aren’t capable of riding up it.

dumpsterfire! > VincentMalamute-Kim 10/06/2019 at 23:36

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Not many more weekend fall days like today coming up, methinks.

VincentMalamute-Kim > dumpsterfire! 10/06/2019 at 23:48

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We want to ride the Old Fall River Road / Trail Ridge Road loop in Rocky Mountain National Park but it’s closed until Wed. Then temps drop for a winter storm on Thurs.

OFRR just closed to cars but is open to bikes until Nov 30 so there’ll probably be a warm day for it.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > VincentMalamute-Kim 10/07/2019 at 00:23

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I wanted to ride up higher this weekend but it snowed on Friday around 5000 feet and above. Oh well!

VincentMalamute-Kim > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 10/07/2019 at 00:26

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Do you ride in the snow? In the winter? It’ll be my first winter with a real mtn bike and wondering what to do to stay in shape.  I don’t want to deal with cold but it gets warm out here during the day.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > VincentMalamute-Kim 10/07/2019 at 00:28

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Up to a few inches yes, but then it gets too hard. I don’t have a fat bike so  I can’t do that. I just go skiing until it melts in April.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > VincentMalamute-Kim 10/07/2019 at 00:39

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Got to go out biking today. I didn’t get hurt but my son did learn what it feels like to kick yourself in the shin with your pedal. He’s always had bikes with plastic pedals and his new 24” has aluminum ones. He was climbing up hill and slipped off going over a tree root. He cried for a bit but I said “well son we have to get back to the car somehow” and said “right I’m not injured, just hurt” proud moment there.

He’s holding a bag of chips from the Mexican food we had for lunch. I don’t know why. 

VincentMalamute-Kim > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 10/10/2019 at 18:05

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Good for him! I would have cried for longer.

That mistake was mentioned in a ‘what not to do’ mtn bike video - illustrated by a man screaming in the woods loudly enough to scare Bigfoot.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > VincentMalamute-Kim 10/10/2019 at 18:54

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This is accurate. I’ve never done it with a MTB but plently of times on my BMX bike. And I used to run Odyssey Trilpe Traps, those pedals are gnarly as hell. I still have some on my trail BMX bike, and last time I rode it I cut the back of my thigh on them somehow. 

VincentMalamute-Kim > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 10/10/2019 at 19:42

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Back of the thigh has to qualify for some kind of an award.