February trails

Just a list of trails that are in their prime for the month

Feb trails. From my wish list.

Trail	Area	State	Effort	skill	Primo
Thumper Trail Loop (dead horse park)	Cottonwood	Arizona	Moderate	Intermediate
Soldiers Trail Loop	Flagstaff	Arizona	Easy	Beginner
Greene Haven Slickrock	Greene Haven	Arizona	moderate	Intermediate
Arizona Trail	Jacob Lake to Patagonia	Arizona	Long ride	Expert
Badger Trail	Kingman	Arizona	difficult	Advanced
Camp Beale Loop	Kingman	Arizona	moderate	Intermediate
Moss Wash Mines	Kingman	Arizona	Moderate	Intermediate
Slaughterhouse Canyon	Kingman	Arizona	moderate	Intermediate
Valley Drive	Monument Valley	Arizona	Moderate	Intermediate
Page rimview trail	Page	Arizona	Easy	Beginner
Patagonia Ghost towns loop	Patagonia	Arizona	long ride	Novice
Cypress Thicket	Payson	Arizona	moderate	Intermediate
Doll Baby Ranch	Payson	Arizona	moderate	Intermediate
El Oso rd	Payson	Arizona	tough	Intermediate
Houston Mesa	Payson	Arizona	Moderate	Intermediate
Little Pine Flat	Payson	Arizona	moderate	Intermediate
mt peely road	Payson	Arizona	tough	Intermediate
Slate Creek Divide	Payson	Arizona	tough	Intermediate
Alta trail - Soutn Mountain	Phoenix	Arizona	Tough	Expert
Black Canyon Trail System	Phoenix	Arizona	Long ride	Advanced
Bulldog Canyon - Goldfield mtns	Phoenix	Arizona	moderate	intermediate
Coast to Coast - South Mountain	Phoenix	Arizona	Very Tough	xxx expert
DESERT CLASSIC - South Mountain	Phoenix	Arizona	Moderate	Advanced
Double Bypass - McDowell mtn preserve	Phoenix	Arizona	tough	Advanced
FINS (Fantasy Island North Singletrack)	Phoenix	Arizona	Moderate	Advanced
Helipad tt	Phoenix	Arizona	tough	climb
National Trail - south mountain	Phoenix	Arizona	severe	Expert
Papago Park	Phoenix	Arizona	Easy	Beginner
Phoenix Canals	Phoenix	Arizona	easy	Beginner
Phoenix Mtns Secret Trails	Phoenix	Arizona	All	All
Phoenix mtns trail 100	Phoenix	Arizona	very hard work	expert
Phoenix Mtns Trail 1A	Phoenix	Arizona	Tough	Expert
Phoenix mtns trail 8	Phoenix	Arizona	moderate	Advanced
Ridgeline Loops - South Mountain	Phoenix	Arizona	tough	Expert
Apache Trail	Phoenix - Apache Jct	Arizona	tough	Intermediate
Lost Duchman trail loops	Phoenix - Apache Jct	Arizona	Moderate	Intermediate
Lost Goldmine Trail	Phoenix - Apache Jct	Arizona	Moderate	Advanced
Queen Creek	Phoenix - Apache Jct	Arizona	easy	Beginner
Silly Mtn	Phoenix - Apache Jct	Arizona	Moderate	Intermediate
White Canyon	Phoenix - Apache Jct	Arizona	Tough	Intermediate
Woodbury Rd	Phoenix - Apache Jct	Arizona	Tough	Intermediate
Devils Hole	Phoenix - Carefree	Arizona	tough	Intermediate
hombolt mtn	Phoenix - Carefree	Arizona	difficult	Intermediate
new River Headwaters	Phoenix - Carefree	Arizona	moderate	Intermediate
New River Mesa	Phoenix - Carefree	Arizona	easy	Beginner
New River West	Phoenix - Carefree	Arizona	moderate	advanced
Sheep Bridge	Phoenix - Carefree	Arizona	moderate	Intermediate
Trail 4 - cave creek trail - Seven Springs	Phoenix - Carefree	Arizona	Difficult	Expert
Casa Grande Mtn	Phoenix - Casa Grande	Arizona	Moderate	Intermediate
Area 52	Phoenix - Florence	Arizona	tough	Advanced
Thunderbird park h1 - h5	Phoenix - Glendale	Arizona	easy	intermediate
Estrella Mtn Park (race loops)	Phoenix - Goodyear	Arizona	Good Workout	Advanced
Margies Cove	Phoenix - Goodyear	Arizona	Easy	Beginner
Blevins Loop - Usery park	Phoenix - Mesa	Arizona	easy	Beginner
Cottonwood Camp	Phoenix - Mesa	Arizona	moderate	Intermediate
four peaks	Phoenix - Mesa	Arizona	tough	Intermediate
Hawes rd - red mountain	Phoenix - Mesa	Arizona	tough	advanced
Moon Rock Loop - Usery park	Phoenix - Mesa	Arizona	easy	Beginner
Usery Pass	Phoenix - Mesa	Arizona	No Sweat	Advanced
White Tank Mountains Goat Camp Loop	Phoenix - Peoria	Arizona	Tough	Expert
White Tank Mountains Sonoran Loop	Phoenix - Peoria	Arizona	Easy	Beginner
San Tan Loops	Phoenix - Queen Creek	Arizona	moderate	Beginner
Cave Creek	Phoenix - Scottsdale	Arizona	Heap O work	Advanced
Dynamite and Pima	Phoenix - Scottsdale	Arizona	Not too tough	Intermediate
McDowell mts Pemberton Trail	Phoenix - Scottsdale	Arizona	moderate	Beginner
McDowell mts Race Loops	Phoenix - Scottsdale	Arizona	race pace	Advanced
Sonoran Mtn Preserve	Phoenix - Scottsdale	Arizona	Tough	Intermediate
Toms Thumb	Phoenix - Scottsdale	Arizona	Tough	Advanced
Union Hills Loop	Phoenix - Scottsdale	Arizona	Long Ride	Beginner
Granite Basin Loops	Prescott	Arizona	easy to difficult	Advanced
Thumb Butte Loops	Prescott	Arizona	nothing too tough	All levels
White Rock loop trails	Prescott	Arizona	Moderate	Intermediate
Yankee Doodle trail	Prescott	Arizona	Tough	Advanced
Airport Mesa Loop	Sedona	Arizona	Pretty tough	XXX Expert
Bell Rock Loops	Sedona	Arizona	fairly easy	Beginner
Boyton Pass	Sedona	Arizona	Long easy roll	Beginner
Cathederal Rock Loop	Sedona	Arizona	Moderate	Advanced
CocksCOMB LOOP	Sedona	Arizona	medium work	Beginner
Deadmans Pass Loop	Sedona	Arizona	Moderate	Intermediate
Dry Creek	Sedona	Arizona	Moderate	Intermediate
Huckaby Loop	Sedona	Arizona	Hard	Expert
Llama Trail Loop	Sedona	Arizona	Hard	Expert
Robbers Roost	Sedona	Arizona	easy as pie	Beginner
schnebly hill trails	Sedona	Arizona	a good sweat	Intermediate
Secret Trails	Sedona	Arizona	tough	Advanced
Submarine Rock Loop	Sedona	Arizona	hard work	Expert
Brown Canyon Loop	Sierra Vista	Arizona	moderate	Beginner
Carr Canyon Loop	Sierra Vista	Arizona	Fairly tough	Advanced
50 Year trail (the chutes)	Tucson	Arizona	A good sweat	Advanced
Chiva Falls	Tucson	Arizona	tough	Expert
Cobre Ridge	Tucson	Arizona	moderate	Intermediate
Elephant Head	Tucson	Arizona	tough	Intermediate
Fantasy Island	Tucson	Arizona	easy	all levels
La Milagrosa	Tucson	Arizona	tough	xxx expert
Molino Basin	Tucson	Arizona	tough	Advanced
Peppersauce Loop	Tucson	Arizona	severe	Expert
Saguaro National Monument East	Tucson	Arizona	Fairly Easy	Beginner
Starr Pass - Yetman wash	Tucson	Arizona	moderate	Intermediate
Sweetwater Preserve	Tucson	Arizona	Fairly Easy	Beginner
the Tortolitas	Tucson	Arizona	easy	Beginner
Tucson Mnts	Tucson	Arizona	Moderate	Intermediate
Gila Mountain	Yuma	Arizona	moderate	Intermediate
Martys Ridge to Liberty Bell	Yuma	Arizona	easy	Beginner
Gabrielino Trail	Los Angeles	California	moderate	Advanced
Borrego dessert state park	San Diego	California	moderate	intermediate
Florida Canyon	San Diego	California	Easy	Beginner
Miners Ridge Trail	San Diego	California	Good Workout	Intermediate
Sun Devil way	San Diego	California	good workout	all levels
Anderson truck trail	San Diego - Alpine	California	Tough	Expert
Marys Loop	Fruita	Colorado	Moderate	Intermediate
Munro trail	Lanai	Hawaii	tough	intermediate
Secret Trails	Maui	Hawaii	moderate	Intermediate
Mt Haleakala	Maui - Kula Forrest preserve	Hawaii	Tough	Expert
Aiea Loop	Oahu	Hawaii	Moderate	Intermediate
Kaaawa Valley	Oahu	Hawaii	Moderate	Beginner
Maunawili Trail	Oahu	Hawaii	moderate	advanced
Baby steps	Moab	Utah	moderate	Advanced
Gooseberry Mesa	Zion	Utah	Moderat	Intermediate
Little Creek	Zion - St. George -Hurricane	Utah	tough	Advanced
Greenline #6	Olympia	Washington	Tough	Expert
Cranberry Lake	Seattle - Anacortes	Washington	moderate	Intermediate
Japanese Gulch	Seattle - Mukilteo	Washington	moderate	Intermediate

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Yeti 575

Hard to believe that it's been a year since I test rode that sweet 575 at McDowell mountain park and met the great Anthony Sloan. He left us way too soon. Would have been great meeting up with him again.

Biggest Looser third weigh in - plus other stuff

Third weigh in. 216.2 pounds. Down three more pounds. Total of 6 lbs lost since I started the contest two weeks ago. Biggest lifestyle change = riding the Outcast29 to work.

Maybe I can win this thing?

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Anyone heard of Electra Bikes out of San Diego?

My wife and I were furniture shopping and the owner was selling them. The bicycle looked really well made. Lot of wood on this model. Really pretty nice. It's actually a three speed.

I can just imagine myself cruising mission beach on one.

As my ride in Balboa park? Rather have a mountain bike. Commuter to work? This would work, but it's too nice. This bike is selling for $850 but looks much nicer. Wouldn't want to expose the wood to the elements for any length of time.

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Rode Desert Classic today. Almost bit it once on a turn as I drifted into some sand. Other areas was riding high on the banks. Could really feel some g's. This trail is like a roller coaster, especially during the rainy season. Get that same shhh sound you get skiing. Often described as velcro conditions.

Here's a photo of Amit's bike. Kind of like his bike as it is a bit unusual. No conventional front fork. The shock is above. No weld joints. I guess it was molded. Got to admire Cannondale for trying different ideas.

Also took a short Video of the return to warpaint.

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I luv gadgets

I love my Kitchen Aid Mixer. It's my favorite Kitchen gadget. So Versatile. Made in the USA; the way we used to make things.  Quality. Sturdy. Strong. Dependable. Powerful. Think of other positive adjectives, they will most probably apply.

I started competing in another Weight Lost contest this past Thursday. I weighed in at 222.2 lbs. That's why I am torn. Want to make some chocolate chip cookies but am afraid I will eat them. Cutting calories is half my strategy.

The other half of my strategy is an increase in my exercise. I started riding the outcast29 to work again. It's been cold, but I enjoy it and it will help. Amit and I are riding Phoenix Mountain preserve today. Mountain biking will burn some calories.

I guess I will post my progress every week until the contest is finished. The contest is will finish about the same time the baby is due to arrive. Oh my. Give me strength.

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update, I made the cookies and I went for a ride. Even though it was raining.

Team: Goomba    Rider: frasiec    Date: 12/13/2009    6 average miles per hour

  

	Hours:	Minutes:   0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25  26  27  28  29  30  31  32  33  34  35  36  37  38  39  40  41  42  43  44  45  46  47  48  49  50  51  52  53  54  55  56  57  58  59   Seconds:   0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25  26  27  28  29  30  31  32  33  34  35  36  37  38  39  40  41  42  43  44  45  46  47  48  49  50  51  52  53  54  55  56  57  58  59	Miles ridden:
	Bike:	Motobecane - Outcast 29  Schwinn - Moab 3  Yeti - 575  Schwinn - Mesa GSX	Type:	recreation         training           competition        epic               Research           Patrol             School Field trip  Commute            Travel             Team               Timed Trials	Group Total:
	Trail:	*** Select Trail ***  .123 any street  260 loop - HiLine Trail  50 Year trail (the chutes)  Airport Mesa Loop  Alta trail - Soutn Mountain  Amole Canyon  Anderson truck trail  Apache Trail  Area 52  Arizona Trail  Around the Peaks (cosmic soulstice race loop)  AZ trail to Walnut Canyon  B & A trail  Baby steps  Bad Tom / Cranky Gulch   Badger Trail  Bell Rock Loops  Bill Williams Mountain  Black Canyon Trail System  Blevins Loop - Usery park  Blue Ridge Trail #107  Borrego dessert state park  Boyton Pass  Brown Canyon Loop  BST - Bonneville Shoreline Trail  Bulldog Canyon - Goldfield mtns  Butterfly Trail  Camp Beale Loop  Canfield mtn  Carr Canyon Loop  Casa Grande Mtn  Cathederal Rock Loop  Cave Creek  Chiva Falls  Coast to Coast - South Mountain  Cobre Ridge  CocksCOMB LOOP  Cottonwood Camp  Country Club Trail #632  Country Club/Los Burros Connector Trail #631A  Cranberry Lake  Crazy Jug Point  Crystal Spring Trail  Cunningham and Grant Hill Loops  Cypress Thicket  Deadmans Pass Loop  DESERT CLASSIC - South Mountain  Devils Hole  Doll Baby Ranch  Double Bypass - McDowell mtn preserve  Dry Creek  Dry lake hills loop  Dynamite and Pima  El Oso rd  Elden Loop  Elephant Head  Estrella Mtn Park (race loops)  Fantasy Island  FINS (Fantasy Island North Singletrack)  Fischer Creek Trail  Fisher Point  Flag to Grand Canyon  Flagstaff to Sedona  Florida Canyon  four peaks  French Creek st park  Gabrielino Trail  Galbraith Mtn  Gila Mountain  Gooseberry Mesa  Granite Basin Loops  Greene Haven Slickrock  Greenline #6  Hannigan Meadow  Hawes rd - red mountain  Helipad tt  hombolt mtn  Houston Mesa  Huckaby Loop  Ice Cave Trail #608 ( Blue Ridge Cave Trail)  Japanese Gulch  Javalina Loop - South Mountain  Kaaawa Valley  Kentucky Camp Ghost Town  La Milagrosa  Lake Tahoe Rim Trail - Flume trail section  Lambert park  Lava Cave and Wing Mtn  Little Bear Loop  Little Creek  Little Pine Flat  Llama Trail Loop  Los Burros loop 631  Lost Duchman trail loops  Lost Goldmine Trail  Lower Oldham trails  Lower Rock Creek Trail  Luna Lake Upper Loop  Lynx Lake Loop  Margies Cove  Marsh Creek St park  Martys Ridge to Liberty Bell  Marys Loop  McDowell mts Pemberton Trail  McDowell mts Race Loops  Mickelson Trail  Miners Ridge Trail  Mingus Mountain  Molino Basin  Moon Rock Loop - Usery park  Moss Wash Mines  Mt Haleakala  mt peely road  Munro trail  National Trail - south mountain  new River Headwaters  New River Mesa  New River West  Nordic Center  Observatory Mesa  Page rimview trail  Panorama Trail #635 ( Porter Mountain Trail)  Papago Park  Patagonia Ghost towns loop  Peavine trail  Peppersauce Loop  Phoenix Canals  Phoenix Mtns Secret Trails  Phoenix mtns trail 100  Phoenix Mtns Trail 1A  Phoenix mtns trail 8  Pima Loop - South Mountain  Pinery Canyon Loop  Porcupine Rim  Pt. Sublime  Queen Creek  Rainbow Rim  Ridgeline Loops - South Mountain  Robbers Roost  Rock Creek  Rocky Ridge Trail  Route of Hiawatha - Lookout pass ski resort  Saguaro National Monument East  Samaniego Ridge  San Tan Loops  schnebly hill trails  Secret Trails  Secret Trails  Sheep Bridge  Silly Mtn  Silver Mountain - Jack Ass  Silver Peak Loop  Six Shooter Canyon  Slate Creek Divide  Slaughterhouse Canyon  Slickrock trail  Soldiers Trail Loop  Sonoran Mtn Preserve  South Fork Trail  Sovereign Trail  Springton Manor Farms  Spruce Mtn  Starr Pass - Yetman wash  Strawberry Mtn  Submarine Rock Loop  Sucamore Rim Loop  Sun Devil way  Sunrise ski resort  Sunset Trail Loop  Sweetwater Preserve  Terry Flat Loop  the Tortolitas  Thumb Butte Loops  Thumper Trail Loop (dead horse park)  Thun trail  Thunder mtn  Thunderbird park h1 - h5  Timber Mesa Trail #636  Tiyo Point  Toms Thumb  Trail 4 - cave creek trail - Seven Springs  Tucson Mnts  Union Hills Loop  Upper Glidden Lake   Upper Oldham trails  Usery Pass  Valley Drive  Verde Hot Springs  Waterline Road  Whistle Lake  White Canyon  White Rock loop trails  White Tank Mountains Goat Camp Loop  White Tank Mountains Sonoran Loop  WhiteTail Creek  Willow Springs Lake  Windsor Trail;  Wolf Creek Loop  Woodbury Rd  Yankee Doodle trail			Rate:

              

trail	date	CalsBurned	MyJournal	Make	Model
Phoenix mtns trail 8	Dec 13, 09	753	Amit and I rode up over, the back on zipper. Not too much rain on us. Broke out the the rain jacket.	Schwinn	Moab 3
DESERT CLASSIC - South Mountain	Dec 08, 09	878.5	love this old Moab more and more. Feel a real connection to the thing. Better bike than the old Mesa it replaced. Looks like same frame, but it's better. Too bad Schwinn makes crap nowdays.	Schwinn	Moab 3
Papago Park	Dec 03, 09	502	Rode the Tempe Papagos. Looked over the ruins and such. Got a pretty good workout on the single speed ridged bike. The 29er is like a long pair of skis. More confident going down the steep stuff, but doesn't turn as quickly. I like it.	Motobecane	Outcast 29
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Another season ends without reaching Point Sublime

Another October 15th has come and gone and I still have yet to reach Point Sublime or even ride anywhere near the north rim of the Grand Canyon.

Ever since I first read about the isolated spot on the north rim, I have been wanting to mountain bike to it. Reaching the point should be little more difficult than completing a Pemberton loop.

Always have excuses, like I don't want to do it alone. It's difficult to get away from work during the summer months. I wasn't in shape this year. Too many projects for the house.

I will have to make it someday soon. Anyway, I was heartened today. The ride was getting much easier for me. I rode early morning from Tatum on trail 100 and 8.  The cooler temps and probably riding my Outcast to work each contributed to my ability to enjoy the workout.

May 15th is just around the corner. I will be a father by then. Maybe I won't even want to attempt this season.

Anyway, I really enjoyed the ride on trail 100  today. Started at Tatum. I was stronger and more energetic than the last few times. I am certain that the cooler temperatures and riding my Outcast to work both contributed to my increased abilities today. One thing I can say about 29ers. They are like a longer pair of skis. All the benefits and disadvantages come with the bigger wheels.