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your TV-- the Nature channel is on 24-7 in Gallup NM...come ride.The music on this page is Hoobastank--Same Direction. My buddy, Aaron, had made a mp3 compilation for me. I played it as I was headed out to map some trails for my book...I thought it was funny that "Same Direction" was the first song on the list. I was rocking out...nearly drove off the road.
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your TV-- the Nature channel is on 24-7 in Gallup NM...come ride.
Short 6-43 second Quicktime video clips (no
sound) of trails around Gallup and rides found in my book, click on an image
to view: You'll need Quicktime on your comp-u-tator. 
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Redrock ride pg.24 Aaron and I show an alt. way off the rock. 7.65MB - 25 sec. |
Turkey Nest Trail (TNT Tr.) --part of the Quaking Aspen ride pg. 36 My Albuquerque buddies, Scott,(Local- Orin), Dave, and Brad enjoy their annual visit to Gallup. 6.79MB - 22 sec. |
Aspen Corridor pg.24 Orin and I spinout on Singlespeeds one fine fall day. Late Sept. first weeks in Oct are best here. 6.34MB - 22 sec. |
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Dawn'til Dusk switchbacks pg. 26 The 12 hour race in April goes down these. Here Gary Blakley and Cliff Loucks go down on 29ers no problem. http://www.dawntilduskrace.net/ 13.3MB - 43 sec. |
Quaking Aspen Tr. pg. 36. Here, riding the trail in reverse, Julie zooms through the aspen section. 4.8MB - 15 sec. |
1 st Mesa Tr. pg. 18. Our local trials rider, Andrew Baca, demonstrates how to properly hop a rare H2O puddle on the small slick rock section. Nice job there sir Drew ! 2.01MB - 6 sec. |
1st Mesa Tr. pg. 18. At the very top of the loop and viewpoint overlooking the town site of Alison, I start my down hill ride...now you can see why I wanted to name this trail "Alison Wonderland" 4.17MB - 13 sec. |
Y2K Tr. part of the Quaking Aspen ride pg. 36. I found that holding one hand on the camera and only one on the brakes on this section is not very safe-- I was gaining speed quickly :) 6.51MB - 21 sec. |
Kahuna Rock part of the Surfin' the Rincon ride pg. 46. Local sufer, Brian Culligan, leads the way as he drops in on his wave. Beats sittin' around checking for surf, EH? 5.34MB - 17 sec. |
Jamie Kripke a freelance photographer out of San Francisco does a little location scouting for the Bike Magazine article on my articles page. 4.35 MB - 14 sec. |
Jamie hard at work, here he shoots Eric Manske as seen on the 1.5 page spread in the Bike Magazine story. I want this guy's job...he shows up to new locations and gets shown the best trails and features then moves on to more good stuff. No Video here |
The "golden photo op light" has set and it's time to pack it out...Albert, Bill, his dog Daisy, and Jamie exit the Red Rock Ride near the Stone House 4.58 MB - 15 sec. |
Aspen Corridor Red Rock ride. The first week in Oct is usually when it looks like this.
Dawn til Dusk switchbacks--the D2D race in april goes down these. Sometimes the southwest gets hit with sudden flash flood storms. Check out this video by the publisher of Dirt Rag Magazine, Maurice Tierney, when he came to Gallup in late Sept.--we rode this switchback in the downpour and there was an instant waterfall: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtPQm0CB_Sw
This photo was taken on the High Desert trail (Dawn Til Dusk race course) by Maurice Tierney. It is one of the coolest photos of me, for I am usually not the subject of photos.
Orin K. jammin his Single-Speed bike, Betsy, up the Red Rocks.
This is what happens when you let your bike mechanic friend get ahold of your old bike and say: "fix it up Singlespeed any way you want" ... Meet Betsy !
As I sit a top the White Cliffs view, I wonder where all the motorist on I-40 are traveling and if THEY are wondering if there is mountain biking in the hills that they pass through Gallup--but of course!
