Tuesday Galisteo Basin Ride

After the successful White Ridge ride last week, the dirt ride will be back at the Cowboy Shack at 9:30 AM this Tuesday September 27. If you have any interest in riding off-road, please e-mail me davidmainland@icloud.com, so I can put you on the e-mail list. The blog...

Saturday road ride change – Texas hookup cancelled

We will meet at the usual place, El Camino Academy, at 0930 (note, time is 0930).  We’ll do some sort of ad hoc ride as decided at the start time. The Texans opted for a day off the bike rather than tootle around town with us.  Wise choice on their part.  If I...

Saturday Sept. 24 Ride with 1400 milers

This Saturday, Sept 24, we will ride with a group of riders travelling from Austin to Denver. They are staying over in Santa Fe Friday and Saturday and they want to do a 30ish mile local ride (on their day off!). They heard great things about the SOBs from the Texas...

Report from the dark side

While most of you have been speeding down smooth roads at 10-25 mph dodging potholes and cars while fighting the wind, we off-roaders have been dodging rocks, gravel, loose dirt, tight turns, mud, horse manure, cactus, etc. at 5-6 mph. It doesn’t sound so great, but...

New Mexico Century (and shorter) Rides

There are a couple of September rides that may be of interest to the SOB community: On September 18th: .gradient { filter: none; } Tour de Acoma is a 100, 50 and 25-mile bike challenge covering some of the most breathtaking lands on the Acoma and Laguna Pueblo...

Tuesday in Galisteo Basin

Another beautiful morning in the Galisteo Basin Preserve! Diane, Tom, Mark R, JP, and I started off from Cowboy Shack after admiring Mark’s new bike and talking to some senior equestrians who also seem to be Tuesday regulars. Unfortunately JP had to turn around...