A day at the rodeo

Dante participated in his first Bike Rodeo as part of Bonedale Bike Week. Naturally, he wore his Stars and Stripes skinsiut, as would any serious athlete. He kept saying "bicycle race", then would ride as fast as he could, chasing the other kids, all of whom were considerably older.

He made multiple laps through the chalk-line course, and was well behaved in line waiting his turn.

He also participated in the paperboy race, although he needs a bit of work on this throwing arm.

In this photo, his paper caddy assisted in the race. Dante was in bike heaven all day- he had to be pried off the bike to go home.

This past weekend, he rode about a mile on the Prince Creek trails- up Porcupine Road to the Porcupine trail, then a bit of singletrack and then back to the car. The whole way he chased Dad and Newman and kept shouting "bicycle race!"

out of order

The weather turned nice in late February and early March, so Dante went out to do laps around the driveway.
Naturally, Billy (the small cat) went along.

All in all it was a good day for ridin'.

And now we are 2

Here's a ski pic from Dec 27 at Ajax. We put on little plastic skis and stood around the top of the hill watching the gondy go by.

First, let me just say, that's a lot of cat.

Marge had another hit with her wooden tractors- it was the first gift he opened, and when he was offered more wrapped presents, he said "No more. Done."

Eventually, he came around.

Tooot.

Tub toys.

The best part: playing with fire!

So, we'll try to post more pics for this year- really!

Fruita, Baby

We just had to go to Fruita for some cruising at 18 Road. Nic, Rebecca, Richard, Dave, and Jess all went along to supervise DZ. The ridign was spectacular, a bit dusty, but a perfect day for singletrack on cyclocross bikes. And, that's a SNAZZY suit.

Dante rode his Strider around the parking lot a bit but mostly was concerned with making sure we had enough chips.

Walla Walla with Uncle Brian

The Coolest Thing EVER

So last week at the 12 Hours of Snowmass, Dante threw the biggest meltdown of his career. Turns out it was because he saw a bike he wanted to ride, and when told 'No', he turned pro with kicking and screaming.

Let's face it: We've all been there.

Today, this nifty Strider arrived, and though he was very busy pushing his plastic bus around, it was quickly forgotten. The photos tell the rest of the story:

Hangin' with the Big Dog

It was a good day for Dante hanging out at the inagural 12 Hours of Snowmass race. He got to check out some cool bikes while Dad and Scot snuck in a ride.

Dante also offered tech support, he was ready to re-pressurize your shocks.

Newman put in 8 laps in the Solo Clydesdale category. Nice work if you can get it.Nic and Dave rode a great 2-man team race, but never really managed to outrun the baloons.

This guy kept riding by our camp, over and over again, like some sort of stalker.

Lap after lap, he had his Race Face going. His team won, beating some mountain bike legends, and he did not have the fastest lap of the day.