The Darners; Taf, Keith, Louie, Flo, Shorty, Bronco and Edie, made a trip to the Fruita area for Taf’s Spring break. Many a mile of single track were had as we checked out the XC loop for the Rabbit Valley race in April. And man, is the Western Rim Trail going to be a delight for those XC racers! We rode almost all Fruita had to offer under perfect weather conditions.

Under partly cloudy skies and temperatures in the mid 40s, a few of the RPM riders got together to do some gate training here in Nathrop, Colorado. Many gates were had along with some good ole’ ranch burgers. After three hours of gates and shenanigans, we headed up to the mountain cross courses to do a little work on the start hill in preparation for the new gate.

There’s nothing like getting to listen to how a group ride went, when you were the one stuck back at home working. So, after 3 weeks of hearing about how cool the trails were, how fast everyone rode, how much Proctor can eat,  it was finally our turn to get in on the fun. We pulled out of Darner’s after work on Thursday with 5 RPM riders and all our gear, and headed west...

I busted out of my last period class all fired up for my first ride with the RPM squad. There was only one setback: one long nine hour drive ahead of us.  So I packed up the car.  I put the bikes in, I put the bags in.  I bought a car charger for the iPod.  We were set.  We left Los Alamos around high noon.  All was going as planned.  We blasted through Santa Fe...