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Global Fat Bike Day 2016
It was pretty low key this year, just three of us out riding, Bullet, myself and Arden. There were some organized rides and parties up North, but we would rather just ride than socialize. We went back up to Pine Hollow expecting more snow (from two storms last week), and nicely packed trails. It was […]
First Snow
We haven’t been posting much lately, but that doesn’t mean we haven’t been riding. Fall is pretty busy with the high school mountain bike racing season. My son raced on his team (sophomore) and Bullet is the head coach of his local high school team and has two daughters racing. This takes up nearly every […]
Bikepacking 101 Clinic at Mad Dog Cycles
Tomorrow evening, Thursday, June 30, 6:00 pm we will be doing a basic clinic on bikepacking. We will also be showing slides of our recent attempt on Kokopelli’s Trail. We will also have our bikes there with our packs. Here is more information. Hope to see you there. https://www.facebook.com/events/272023349818610/
Kokopelli’s Trail Gear
Here is a post for the gear heads. I am no expert bikepacker, but I have been out a few times and know what works for me. I have also been backpacking for around 40 years and over those years have been through a lot of gear. In the past 15 years or so I have […]
Lone Peak Expedition Seat Pack Review
Recently I spent three days on Kokopelli’s Trail testing out Lone Peak’s new Expedition Seat Pack. Below is a link to it. (I have no affiliation with Lone Peak and paid full price for the pack). http://lonepeakpacks.com/shop/index.php/packs/seatpacks/st800.html I gave a first look review of the pack showing all the details here: https://fatbikebrigade.com/2016/05/04/first-look-lone-peak-expedition-seat-pack/ Kokopelli’s Trail was a […]
Bikepacking Kokopelli’s Trail: Part 3
Day 3: On to Fisher Valley After two days, we were 79 miles into this ride and had climbed about 8,000 feet over some pretty technical and rough terrain, and we were feeling it. In fact, we all admitted that this was tougher than we anticipated. There was nothing too technical or too difficult about any […]
Bikepacking Kokopelli’s Trail: Part 2
Day 2: Bitter Creek to Entrada Bluffs Luckily the wind died down that night and we all slept pretty well. The sun came up awfully early it seemed, but with those wide open desert spaces, there are no mountains to block the rising sun. The views from the top of this plateau were spectacular, from the […]
Bikepacking Kokopelli’s Trail: Part 1
We had been thinking about Kokopelli’s all winter, after all it’s practically in our backyard, and is supposed to be an epic mountain bike route through spectacular scenery. We rode regularly through the winter, with many trips up to the groomed trails in American Fork Canyon. Spring wasn’t quite as productive with all the rain […]
First look: Lone Peak Expedition Seat Pack
I have been using Lone Peak panniers for years now for road touring. In fact, between my kids and I, we have four sets. They are well made, durable, are made entirely in the U.S.A., and after years of use are hardly worn at all. So, when I saw that Lone Peak was making a […]
Fatbike Makeover
My Pugsley will be three years old this year and the original paint job was in rough shape. In fact, it came from the factory with a lousy paint job. I doubt there was even a clear coat on it. Within days of owning it, I had scratches all the way down to bare metal. […]
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