I have to admit most of these blogs are written while I am moving, literally moving. I think the movement energizes my creative juices!!! I can’t sit down and write in front of the computer but as soon I walk, run, ski, ride, the words start to flow. The first one was typed on my phone while I was walking to work in Steamboat. The second one was written while balancing on my trainer and the last few while I have been riding my road bike. I tried to dictate to Siri while I was riding along but between my accent and the wind blowing in my microphone she seems to get about one tenth of what I actually say. Needless to say this blog was inspired on the Yampa Valley Core Trail and on a backcountry road in Routt County. What inspires you to ride? Are you inspired to get out because it is a ... [Continue Reading]
Spring in Steamboat Brings Out Your Inner Bike Girl
It’s time .. Spring in Steamboat The mountain closed this week, my beloved board has her coat of storage wax, my skis are strapped together in my shed and I am officially allowed to jump up and down in pure excitement and scream ... IT'S BIKE SEASON. Now don't get me wrong I enjoy ski season it's what I do but I love bike season. I mean luuuvvvv. Love love love it down to my core. My body thaws after a long winter and the cold fog lifts from my brain. There is this picture circulating of a little girl riding her bike with the biggest grin on her face and the caption says "this is what bike riding feels like everyday". I am that little girl. It doesn't matter if I am on my commuter bike riding to the grocery store on the Yampa Valley Core Trail, on my brand new mountain bike ... [Continue Reading]
Add a Fat Bike Adventure to Your Ski Vacation
Winter. Bikes languish in the garage as we keep an eye out for the next blower storm and deluge of Steamboat’s legendary Champagne Powder ©. Even in an excellent ski year, you may notice packed single track on Emerald Mountain, or a knobby track snaking up Why Not. There is still biking to be had, and a new generation of machines make it not only possible, but fun. Fat bikes and their clownish tires open up incredible new terrain to the intrepid cyclist, and one of the easiest and most enjoyable introductions to the sport may be had at the Lake Catamount Touring Center (970) 871-6667. A short drive from town, Catamount has gently rolling terrain and many kilometers of groomed track for Nordic skiing and Fat Biking. Plan a morning trip, as the trails will be firm and fast, ... [Continue Reading]
Bike Girl in Bike Town - Winter Training
Welcome to the Bike Girl Blog. Who am I? Just a girl, who moved here 16 years ago and fell in love with the biking culture that Steamboat Springs has in abundance. Stay tuned for tales and misadventures from the road and trail about Steamboat’s biking world. It’s the beginning of February, and even though I love every minute of ski season, I am so ready to start riding my bike. But it snowed another 6 inches last night, its 16 degrees, and I still have plenty of mindless TV to catch up on. So what am I to do? Set up my trainer, work out how to use my Comcast On Demand, and find my bike shorts, of course. What is a trainer you ask? Trainers come in all shapes and sizes and allow cyclists to train inside without moving. My friends like to call it my “bike to nowhere” program and it ... [Continue Reading]