Beers, Bikes, Burritos!

October 11, 2012

Since the BC Bike Race in July (photos here) it has been one of the busiest summers for me. Between various local photo work and taking important time to be with my wife and daughter I had the opportunity to spend the month of August on the road shooting three consecutive mountain biking trips.  The images and stories from these trips will be trickling out in the near future (one of them is here ). September saw more local work and catching up.  Last week I hit the road to Utah for the second year in a row with a few friends to view and demo some of the 2013 mountain bikes at Outerbike and most importantly ride some great desert singletrack.  While the priority was on riding (all I packed was my D700 body with 50mm 1.4 lens) I did manage to capture a few images:Mountain biking  the Slickrock trail in MoabDS_121003_0045 Mountain biking  the Slickrock trail in MoabDS_121003_0047

Martin Ready of Island Mountain Rides on the Slickrock bike trail.

 

Mountain bikers on the Slickrock trail in MoabDS_121003_0058 Panoramic photo of the Colorado River in MoabDS_121003_Panorama Mountain biking  the Slickrock trail in MoabDS_121003_0069

Ross looking for any sign of shade.

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Shade break.

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Ryan and Frank climbing the steeps.

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Jeremy working the Singlespeed.

 

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Early morning shuttle to "The Whole Enchilada" trail

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Shuttled to 10,300ft, pedal/hike to 11,200ft followed by 7000ft of 'down country'

Mountain biker climbing to Burro Pass, Whole Enchilada Moab UtahDS_121004_0159

Frank working his lungs in the La Sal's

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Enjoying the top of the pass

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Jeremy and Jeff Dropping in on 7000ft of trail.

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Ross pretty much sums it up


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