A time and place to meet will be published soon by the ever elusive blue toed PIMP; (person in most power) Ryan.

We will be doing —– Up Hogs Hollow –> Down Canyon Hollow –> Up Clarks –> Down Hogs Hollow

Meet at the shop, ready to leave the shop at 5:38pm MST.

JON – This is your special invite so get off your ass and come bike with us.

We’ll see all of you there.

I will leave Wes  in charge for this ride (he takes charge anyway). His idea of a “FUN” ride is 25 miles up hill at 10%-13% grade while carrying small children on his back so come ready to sweat!!

We will meet at 5:30pm at the dirt parking lot on the right side of the road right as you enter AF canyon. Come one come all.

And to all you Bike Peddler fans out there – feel free to put your training wheels on and ride with them. Us real men will be up AF canyon killing bears with our bear hands, taking down Moose with one hit of our bike and and having a BBQ to eat our kill.

As I rolled into the parking lot of Lambert Park’s Bowrey area, I saw none other than Chuck Ibis (Ibis founder and mastermind Scot Nicol) setting up a tent and unloading bikes from the van. If you ask me, it speaks volumes about the company that the founder would be hitting the road on a demo tour. It shows how much they care about their customer’s opinions.

Dan, wondering which Mojo will get his Mojo going.

As I wandered over to the van, Chuck smirked at the site of my 29er Single-Speed. Little did he know that I was still reeling in the pain that the SS had dished out to me the night before.  He and Ryan both pushed me to the Mojo HD for my first ride.

Ibis Crew prepping each test bike - Perfectly!

I headed down Rodeo from the Bowrey for a few minutes while I got a used to the bike. I then turned it around and rode up Middle just short of the rodeo grounds parking lot. I flipped the pro-pedal lever on at the start of the climb – felt pretty good, but a little stiff. So after a few minutes, I turned the pro-pedal off, barely any movement in the rear end – and if anyone can get a rear suspension to bob – its me (my smooth cadence on the road doesn’t transfer over to the trails – go figure!).

The real pleasure was the descent down Rodeo – pure bliss.  The bike handled like a dream, soaked up the ruts and handled my horrible choice of line selection like a champ! It’s a shame that Clay wasn’t behind me again like last week to see just how powerful the Mojo HD’s brakes were.

As I began rolling up to the van, Ryan and Mark convinced me to turn around and do another ride with them. OK, twist my arm (sorry to everyone that was waiting to ride a Large Mojo HD – time just slipped away from me). Mark and Ryan were gracious enough to keep the pace uphill nice and slow. They got quite selfish, however, when we got to the switchbacks – they didn’t walk like I did. At the top, we rearranged positions for the descent (ie, I moved aside and let Mark and Ryan get in front of me again).

We were making short work of the descent down Rodeo when I heard someone say, “Behind you.” Now, I thought I was going plenty fast, but as I came to a clearing, “On your left, please”. I obliged and pulled right  for a second then watched Judd fly by. He picked off Mark and then Ryan in short order. Funny, Judd and I were on the same bike – but he was so much faster?

I’ll spare you the rest of the test ride review – but suffice it to say, the Mojo SL rides just as well as the Mojo HD (for me at least – Judd may argue the point since he’d be able to actually make use of the extra travel provided by the HD). I was much too tired to take a spin on the Tranny, and certainly don’t have the skills to ride the skinny-tire Hakkalugi cross-bike.

But check out these matchy-match triplets…

Matchy Match - so cute!

We talked our friends at Ibis Cycles into bringing their demo tour to our neck of the woods. Mark next Thursday (June 24th) on your calendar because this is the only Ibis demo stop in Utah this year. So come 5pm we’ll be hanging out at Lambert Park’s bowery equipped with 4 Mojo HD (the 160mm travel carbon all-mtn wonder bike), 6 Mojo SL, 4 Tranny and a pair of Hakkalugi. Don’t miss this opportunity to try out these amazing bikes from Ibis.
If you have any question or need directions just give us a call at 801-796-7500

Ready to Ride

Our guide didn’t show, so we did our best to find our way.  We started out near the race course in Provo Canyon and climbed the fire road for a while until we hit some singletrack. Then we climbed some more (yes, some of us hiked).

After about 20 minutes, a few of us realized we’d separated from Wes’ group, so we did what any good Boy Scout would do – we kept going. With Aaron leading the way, we rode (hiked) up more single track. We got to what I thought was a manageable grade, so I threw a leg over my bike to start riding again. Two revolutions of the cranks mixed with some weaving and I was listing hard to the port-side. My Crank Bros pedals showed no mercy, and over the edge I went.

So, I continued to hike the edge of the cliff whilst the others rode off without me. They were kind enough to wait once we hit another fire road.  After a bit, we shot left up another chute (because when you’re lost in the mountains – you keep going up away from base camp). Finally we saw three riders way off in the distance.

The Great Divide

We screamed and finally got their attention – somehow Aaran was able to decipher their screaming to mean that we should turn around and continue on the fire road to get to them – which we did.

From there, it was decided that Alter wasn’t doable since I was with the group, so we proceeded to the downhill where I demonstrated the stopping power of my disc brakes to Clay for the entire run. He didn’t thank me as he shot past me at the next open section – but I’m sure he was grateful.

The ride ended with a gentle cruise down the Provo River bike trail. Well, gentle for most of us. For one of us, there was a wheelie which became an assie. Then there was a front tire which slipped off the edge of the trail resulting in a spectacular display of over-the-bars tumbling skills.

At the parking lot, we met up with Dan. He said he’d quit after just a few minutes because it was cold – but we know better. He’d probably ridden up to Alter and beyond twice in the time it took us to ride the bike trail back to the cars.

Overall, a good ride. We hope you’ll join us for the next one.  If you do, Dan promises to show you the “Belly-Button Victory Solute”

Our ride: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/37258355

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