Placing Yourself In the Saddle Right Here
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Placing Yourself In the Saddle Right Here
Rode 100 miles to meet others for lunch in Guffey, CO. On the return I chose a different route (you all can probably relate to this) and this meant riding north on a road I typically ride south on. I was reminded how different the "texture" of a ride can be by simply riding a road in a different direction. Is this true for any of your in-the-vicinity rides?
So I'm struck by the setting and pull over at the top of modest Currant Creek Pass. No one coming or going. I hang around for about ten minutes, alone, then hear the rumble in the distance. I fish my Droid phone out of the pocket to take a pic. This is where you can place yourself. Can see the empty winding road in the distance...
You know, while Currant Creek Pass on Colorado 9 south of Hartsel isn't that high in elevation, it is an example that pass elevation quantity does not necessarily equate to pass riding quality. Yes? So a descent is made and I have to pull over for a sight the Ute Indians would behold in this area 170 years ago. I'm not sure anything has changed since then while looking this direction. No sign of man made intervention. Looks like it was a good year to have some offspring...
Just a little further and I pass this tree. I ride a little further. OK, I have to turn around. What a valiant effort to survive alone in these high and windswept meadows of South Park. From the scraped and thinned bark, possibly it was the bison it couldn't overcome. Not a whole lot has changed this direction either. I wait for the clouds to part...
OK, I wasn't on the Street Glide, but there is a lot of shared genetic material here!...
So I'm struck by the setting and pull over at the top of modest Currant Creek Pass. No one coming or going. I hang around for about ten minutes, alone, then hear the rumble in the distance. I fish my Droid phone out of the pocket to take a pic. This is where you can place yourself. Can see the empty winding road in the distance...
You know, while Currant Creek Pass on Colorado 9 south of Hartsel isn't that high in elevation, it is an example that pass elevation quantity does not necessarily equate to pass riding quality. Yes? So a descent is made and I have to pull over for a sight the Ute Indians would behold in this area 170 years ago. I'm not sure anything has changed since then while looking this direction. No sign of man made intervention. Looks like it was a good year to have some offspring...
Just a little further and I pass this tree. I ride a little further. OK, I have to turn around. What a valiant effort to survive alone in these high and windswept meadows of South Park. From the scraped and thinned bark, possibly it was the bison it couldn't overcome. Not a whole lot has changed this direction either. I wait for the clouds to part...
OK, I wasn't on the Street Glide, but there is a lot of shared genetic material here!...
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Kind thoughts all. There are those famed journeys in CO, like Trail Ridge, Pikes Peak, Million Dollar, etc., and they deliver the scenery overload, but if you ride for the road, there are arguably better places to point your front wheel towards. Colorado 9 is one of them. You will be in a lonely riding zone. And for sure, this isn't true just for CO. Those zone roads exist in your own backyard as well.
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Steve, I always appreciate your posts as they seem to point out the obvious and not so obvious. Great pics and thanks for sharing.
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Great pics and thoughts. I agree on the view looking different depending on the direction. There's a couple local loops that we ride often, and depending on which direction we start out in, the view is quite different coming or going.
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