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On the street:
Rode all over Colorado this last week. On Monarch Pass:
My buddy taking a break next to my bike on Independence Pass:
Have to stop at Hellett on the way home to race so switching the bike back to race mode in the parking lot:
Yesterday on Monarch Pass on the way to Tulsa:
Rode all over Colorado this last week. On Monarch Pass:
My buddy taking a break next to my bike on Independence Pass:
Have to stop at Hellett on the way home to race so switching the bike back to race mode in the parking lot:
Yesterday on Monarch Pass on the way to Tulsa:
https://youtu.be/ywMWU2185HE
https://youtu.be/vnagqKvURx8
I'm jealous
Colorado is absolutely beautiful, i'm really trying to set up an adventure ride over there some time. thanks for sharing
The Shop
such an awesome place. trying to find some way to move to CO. sucks down here.
Nice! I just returned from a week in Colorado with a group of buds, myself. We did Cement Creek, Taylor Park and the Ouray/Uncompagre areas. Rode 350 miles over 4 days. The views and the riding were incredible, not to mention each days post ride festivities. If you're into dirt bikes, you owe it to yourself to plan a Colorado trip. We've already rented a cabin in Taylor Park for next year.
We crossed into Colorado just south of Moab, through LaSal Pass. Went down the west side to Cortez (no Tomac sightings, I looked). Then up through Telluride, over Ridgway and down through Ouray, Silverton and Durango. Beautiful roads, after Durango, we went through Pagosa over Wolf Creek pass then turned onto the same highway you were on, through Creede and Lake City.
That Lake City was an interesting place, population of probably 500 or less most of the year, and has a bunch of pretty big name country artists coming into town to play. Very friendly folks there, lots of Texans? I asked one guy about it, and he proceeded to tell me that Texas was a big place, but they don't have any big mountains............then made sure I heard about how on the original map Colorado was included in Texas, LOL!!!
Once we got to Hwy 50, we high tailed it to Pueblo (sister just moved there, obligatory visit). When we went over Monarch Pass the sky opened up and pounded us for about 20 minutes the entire descent. Good Times!
On the way back, we came through Breckinridge, looks like a fun little town. On up to Steamboat and back out Hwy 40.
It looks like from your video the state of Colorado must have used their entire guardrail budget to go over Independence Pass, cuz there sure weren't many on any of the other roads.
We were on cruisers, I have some video I'll try to get it edited an post some up.
We'll be going thru Independance pass next month for the Mudderella in Snowmass
Good stuff!
The heat was unbearable! On Saturday I led about 8 or 10 laps of my race then I remembered I am an old fat man who was about to have heat stroke. I ended up 4th. Sunday I actually ran a little faster but ended up 5th. Was around 100 degrees both days (without wind chill).
Btw...your hand drag photo is killer!
Ouray is the best, we like to chill in the Hot springs after a long day of riding, walking through town is relaxing too.
We go every Labor day...Looking at these photo's I cant wait to get back there in a month
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