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Tl:Dr; long day, plenty of challenge then: Surprise! Davila Ranch is a donation rest stop paradise. Skip past the preamble to the important part: Davila Ranch. Happy Juneteenth! For various reasons (see Taint Misbehaving) I haven’t been going quite as far as I’d thought. I seem to be petering out around 50-60 miles. Maybe the…

Hey everybody, long story that I won’t go into right now, but check back on this post later. I have developed some saddle sores that are making things slow going. I’m mostly out of cell service so expect fewer updates. Overall safe and sound. Thanks for your support. After a little double checking, I’m mostly…

Tl:Dr; Packed up and riding by 8:30. Beaverhead at noon – lots of walking. Washboard downhill is bad. Washboard uphill is far worse. When the grade of the slope gets greater than 5 or so I’m pretty much walking, which means I walked a lot this morning. Found John at Beaverhead work station – waiting…

It almost smells like popcorn. Very buttery.

Tl:Dr; Gila singletrack is hard. Take more water. Trail angles rock, hole in sleeping pad. The plan for today was ride from Silver City to the Black Canyon campground, about 56 miles and 6200 feet of elevation. A fair bit of pavement with hiking trails (aka singletrack) through the Gila National forest. Seems doable… Except:…

The next town is Pietown, some 180 miles & 16k feet of elevation away (those are the conservative numbers, probably 20 miles more TBH). Zero chance of doing that in a day. Most folks seem to stop at Beaverhead – 80+ miles and over 11k feet of elevation. That sounds like a lot. Yesterday was…

The last post was pretty much about repair, but I had a good Father’s day in Silver City. A few calls to bike shops in the A.M. All closed. I walked into town for some breakfast, and to see if I could find anybody at a shop on their day off. Breakfast was at Roxy’s…

My rear brake is pretty done – I think it got air in the line on the plane. My front is still working ok, but also seems soft (and it’s annoyingly dragging a bit). Hoping to get some repair today. Update: all the bike shops are closed, so I’m working on a backup plan: Baby…

Tl:Dr: CDT south to north, then Silver City. Slept ok, good breakfast. Thank you Hatchita Bike Ranch. Later: 70 miles to Silver City is a lie, but I mostly had fun. Current status: taking an outlaw bath at Motel 6. Maps & stats at Strava: https://strava.app.link/ZbpD5hk7sKb More below the photo… Song of the day: Every…