Riding the Peak

So I went down to the springs for the single speed sunday ride. I've known about these for awhile just never made it down. The plan for the day was the ride the peak trail. It is a trail network that circles around Pikes Peak. Lots of killer singletrack and one shitty ass, LONG! dirt road climb. Started the day with six strong riders from town.
Up to the first set of singletrack to see the sun come up. We started pedaling around 5 am and ended about 5 pm. It was a solid day of riding. There was quite a bit of hiking to be had today. However, every brutal climb was followed by some killer singletrack.




Getting some water from a spring along the way.


Did I mention we pushed our bikes a bit today?
Water filter break.
View at the top of the final climb.
We ended up with 12 hours of riding, 72 miles with approximately 10,000 feet of climbing. Killer ride in the springs!

Here's a well written little piece from Scott!