Tag Archives: Saddlepeak Road

Canyon Love: The Top of Saddlepeak

Canyon Love

The light is hard and damn near horizontal when the bike crests the canyon. What had been going up suddenly dives down. The machine whirls forward – oblivious to the change in pitch — with such momentum that there’s little time to breath. Let alone … Read More

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Private Canyon

Sweat is beading up. Bits of perspiration grow unchecked. First there’s one. Then two. Now, three. Until the moment comes when the collection of water hits its critical mass and the weight exceeds the liquid’s suction power. A second later, I feel the momentum of … Read More

Heaven Spillth Over

This afternoon I got a fantastically relaxing hundred mile loop in even though at the outset of the day I didn’t think I’d get a chance to ride. Yet as luck would have it I was able to make a break for the canyons roughly … Read More