October, come and gone

Well, apparently it's been a month since I posted anything new. I guess that suggests I've been too busy to keep up with this, which is probably a good thing. Indeed, I have been busy. A knee problem stemming from back in June during the Tour Divide is preventing me from training hard and racing 'cross right now, so I've been spending more time doing non-cycling activities: research, fun with hydrofluoric acid in the cosmo lab, running, and pretending to have carpentry skills. Here's the highlights of all that, in photos:

Dan and I had a list of places to ride this fall. Snow has not cooperated.

I love the trails up here...never see anyone except for a few friendly motos

A few weeks ago I drove out to Ft. Lupton and picked up a new frame from Devin Lenz - a Leviathan 29er with 4" travel. Here it is being put through the paces on my favorite trials on its first ride. It was fantastic.

The veiw from these trails is tough to top

Alex about to negotiate some not-so-friendly roots. Alex will fail. I always fail.


And my sister got married! She brought our box turtle
to the wedding. Turtle was excited.

Henry, on the other hand, looked a bit worried.


And I raced a little 'cross. My knee didn't approve. And
too many of the courses around here are incredibly boring.

Photos from this weekend's adventures to come later. Today I found myself on snowshoes in the alpine, getting to the top of the first thing I've climbed in a long time. Now my legs hurt.