{"id":2134,"date":"2010-07-07T09:07:20","date_gmt":"2010-07-07T15:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/?p=2134"},"modified":"2010-07-07T09:20:17","modified_gmt":"2010-07-07T15:20:17","slug":"day-14-fruita-first-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/?p=2134","title":{"rendered":"Day 13- Fruita First Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Despite plenty of beer-drinking and fireworks-watching after the Natz race, Ryan and I were up early again on the 5th to strike camp and head to Fruita in order to escape cold nights and high altitude of Breck.<\/p>\n

Our first stop was Over the Edge Sports<\/a> in Downtown Fruita. When I was searching for info about the area, I found that they are responsible for a lot of what is there trail-wise, and they’re good for advice on where to ride and camp. I also needed to get my singlespeed wheels trued since I’d abused them a little during the race.<\/p>\n

They were helpful, though I’ll be nice and just say that the mechanic was kinda grouchy. I guess I’m just used to the nice mechanics in Memphis that don’t act like they’re doing me a favor by getting paid to work on my bike.<\/p>\n

We decided to go out to the Bookcliffs area where you can camp for free smack in the middle of a great trail system. Using the trail guide, Ryan planned out a solid 15 mile route that would take us through all but a couple of the trails. The trails were interesting- a lot of flowy, banked stuff, but also a lot of short, steep (~30%) ascents and descents. Thanks to the “Zippety-do-dah” trail, I quickly learned to NOT go around every corner with a full head of steam, lest the trail drop away from me in an unexpected direction on the other side… lots of\u00c3\u201a swings between grinning and puckering…<\/p>\n