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Year: 2014

My Broken Bike

By Alex Posted on December 3, 2014 Posted in Bikes Are Cool, My Story

But I was just riding along… Those three notorious words–“just riding along”–that every bike mechanic has heard a million times over.  Usually a euphemism for “I broke my bike but I don’t want to fess-up and admit that I did …

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Trail Toil Day 8-9; Trail Recon in the State Park

By Alex Posted on November 26, 2014 Posted in Texas Tagged with big bend ranch state park, Puerta Chilicote, rattlesnake, Solitario, trail work

Friday morning I was up and on the bike at 9am.  It would be a long day so I had plenty of food and water, clothes, tools and even a satellite phone packed for the day.  On Wednesday, Tim, Amber …

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Trail Toil Day 4-7; Big Bend Ranch State Park

By Alex Posted on November 25, 2014 Posted in Texas Tagged with big bend ranch state park, cinco tinajas, papalote encino

Back home from the Lajitas trail-work weekend, I had to unpack, organize, then repack all my gear for a week living out of the Bunkhouse at the Sauceda Ranger Station way out in the Big Bend Ranch State Park.  The …

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Video: Water Hole Trail 101

By Alex Posted on November 25, 2014 Posted in Texas, Video Tagged with big drop, video, water hole trail

After a week spent way out in the Big Bend Ranch State Park, Barrett and I got out for a little front country ride Sunday.  Along the way, I decided to have a little fun.  Took a few roll-ups to …

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Trail Toil Day 1-3; Snake Pit and Lajitas Trails

By Alex Posted on November 22, 2014 Posted in Texas Tagged with lajitas, snake pit, trail work

For the past eight days, my life has been defined by one single task; trail work.  At three distinct locations and with a multitude of wonderful people, I’ve been lopping cacti, building cairns, mitigating erosion, turning double-track into single-track, moving …

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