Finally, a ride in Colorado

Moab ended well. I took a group of 13 guys down the Porcupine Rim trail, and we all survived...amazingly. The more guys in the group, the more likely that something will go wrong...and things did go wrong. Mechanically, Justin Chamberlain did more damage to his bike, and physically, Smart Mike and Rob Kelsey both took some hard spills. Despite it all, the entire group finished the ride within 10 minutes of each other, which is incredible. Sterling McMurrin was kind enough to shuttle us to the top and pick us up at the bottom...with lunch.
On Saturday, the group split again, and this time, I took off with the bulk of the group from Utah and headed to try my first ride in Fruita Colorado. We drove to the north side of Fruita to the Book Cliffs parking lot out in the Fruita Desert. From there, we parked cars and rode our bikes up the road to start at the top. We rode Joe's Ridge, Kessel Run, and Zippety Doo Dah. These trails are amazing dirt singletrack, much different than the Moab trails just down the road. Alot of the riding takes place up on the ridges of the foothills of the mountains, so if you go off one side or the other, you are toast! It was like riding a roller coaster...I normally describe mountain biking that way, but in this instance, it was like being able to see the track expanding off in the distance...just like a roller coaster.
Kessel Run was kind of the opposite, where you were down in the valley, and you would ride back and forth through the ravine and ditch. Fun and fast, and it didn't require much pedaling, which is good because on the last run, my rear hub locked up, and I had to break my chain to even be able to coast down the trail.