"It's not that bicycling is so important, it is that everything else is equally unimportant."

Virgin Snow  
Well it came down on Monday...finally, our first snow for winter 2005. A few of us banded together at Wakefield to take part in the first snow ride and put down some virgin tracks. Conditions got a little sloppy and we ended up cutting the ride short, but damn it was nice to get out there and crunch up some snow. Winter snow riding has got to be one of my favorite aspects of mountain biking.

Riding in the snow is a workout, whether your going up, down, or just cruising the flats. Your not going to break any time barriers, but that's a good thing. You take the heart rate monitor, the cycle computer, and all the other stuff that might be weighing you down and you just ride. You straddle the line of being in control and becoming a human snow plow. It's hard work and takes a lot of concentration, but that focus is what really makes it fun.

With friends, without friends, it doesn't matter. The isolation of riding alone in the snow is an eerily beautiful thing and a nice stout at the end of the ride is the topping on the cake.

If you want pics, you'll have to surf on over to Steve's blog and check out the fun we had...

DT
posted by DT at 2:38:00 PM
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