The Great Escape : Colorado ... Boulder, Day 2

dilluns, de novembre 20, 2017

Colorado ... Boulder, Day 2

Sunday morning,

Boulder is just the perfect city I will have no problem to retire...if it was not so expensive :(

The city is 30 minutes from Denver and all the amenities there, 40 minutes to an international airport with connections to all the big hubs in USA and Europe. University of Colorado campus is in the city limits, and the atmosphere of young people, start ups, cycling and mountain lovers creates an spirit I've seen in very few cities.

So as explained on my previous entry, we decided to have our first ride here in Boulder before to drive to Crested Butte. It was a hot day, Luis rented a Pivot Firebird, and I had a Santa Cruz Tall Boy Carbon. Both bikes were top line, but the weather was way hotter than expected, so instead of hitting the local trails from downtown, we drove some miles up the valley trying to fins some cooler air.

The guys from University Bikes recommended us an area just 15 minutes from town, with enough elevation but without having to drive so far away, and we followed their advice.

Just the driving was perfect, Colorado is such a beautiful estate, that at some point you will not even think about riding the bikes ... but we came for the MTB, so we drove to the trail area. just arriving there there was plenty of cars with bikes or bike hangers, no way to be lost looking for the area.

We started really slow, it was so hot and dry, that we needed to adjust ourselves to the high and dry air. It was amazing the feeling, first ride in Colorado ... but at some point, it turned more in "first ride in high elevation since La Cerdanya" ... and you know how difficult is to adjust.

Now I just attach here some pics, they speak more that I can do with words.