Maybe it’s like pornography- you can’t describe it but you know it when you see it. Well, not really. But it isn’t three loops instead of one, and it isn’t just a well known long ride, like say the 401 trail from town in the Butte. Don’t get me wrong, I totally enjoy those things, but they aren’t the Big Ride. I think there has to be an improbable or Replica Rolex watches unique combination of trail or trail networks, but the true essence is a liberal helping of uncertainty, that if it goes wrong, leads to moderately disastrous consequences.
Like, “the map doesn’t really show trail between X and Y, but it looks like it’s only a short hike-a-bike between them” only to find yourself at hour 8, shouldering your bike up a scree field in blazing hot sun or freezing hail for an excruciating 90 minutes between trails. Blows while you’re doing it, but makes a great story to re-live post ride. “Hey Replica Breitling watches Bill, remember when I kicked that rock down on you and it dented your new Ti frame? That was hilarious.” Or something like that. Now, a reasonable question might be “If this guy is so into big crazy rides and frontier-style adventures, why doesn’t he just do som ething truly badass like the Tour Divide.”
My defenseless answer is that while I love a good adventure and generally have a short memory for the Big Ride disasters, I am certainly not a true badass willing to ride thousands of miles on a bike laden down with camping gear, forego sacred post ride Replica IWC watches rituals (brews, duh) and sleep in an outhouse in the name of adventure.So as time winds down until the party starts in Breckenridge, I’ll be dutifully tapering my riding, getting together my KILLER Spot SS (Photos to be posted upon completion of the bike, guaranteeing rampant bike envy) and getting lots of rest. My friends and I will converge on our condo, set up our bike racing circus,
