Exit Verdi and find Bridge St. off of Business 80.  Go past the school and over 2 single lane bridges then take the right fork this is Henness Pass Rd.  The road crosses back into CA and we'll be outlawin on the left by the power substation.
 
Barriers on the flat and run up, a running rock garden, pavement, singletrack-all the things for a good X race

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Okay everyone here's the skinny on thurs's outlaw,

The next course will be at the boat ramp on Prosser Dam road.  Currently the construction of the new roundabout has Prosser Dam Road access blocked (although it may be open this early).

So access Prosser Dam road via the detour at the main roundabout.

See you at 8!  Cousre will be twisty turny and dismounty.

Hope you're ready folks cause snow is happening' right now.

We will be skiing soon enough till then this weather should make for some interesting cyclocross races this weekend.

 Rrrrrrrrace fans. Outlaw #2 will be held off the Overland trail exit off of Hwy 80, near the bug check station. Lap times were around the 8 minute mark. 20% bike path/40% single track/10% blazing trail/30% fire-road. 2 barriers each lap. Some short, soft, hard climbs.
 
    From Reno:

• 80 W to bug check station
• tell the people at the bug check that you have no fruits or vegetables and you're going to ride the bike path in Tahoe City
• Take your next exit (Overland Trail) appx 1/4mi
• At the bottom of the exit, look your right at about 2:00. See that little parking lot..... that's you baby.

 
    From Truckee:

• 80 E towards Reno
• Overland trail exit (after the Hwy 89 exits)
• Left at bottom of exit
• Go under the Hwy
• Look left for bikes, bikers and bike related goings' on.

 

Paul Newman

The Stable Quiver is now selling Gaerne cycling shoes.  Handmade in Italy using carbon soles, micro-adjustable ratchet straps, and Lorica uppers these shoes offer offer quality and styling.

Get your cross on Thursdays form the first week in Oct. till...  Locations to be determined. 

Somewhere out in the middle of the NV desert we had to decide north to Sun Valley or continue east to Park City.  Both are mountain bike destinations and both are new to me, but we had to pick one.  We stayed on eastbound I80 to PC, UT.  What we found was the mountain bike there sucks.  If you do go there to ride defiantly don’t do Mid Mountain or Flying Dog...just kiddin this place is so where it's at.  Go there now.  Right now!!!  We rode till our legs felt like they were going to fall off.  After 5 days of epic rides we had to force ourselves to leave or we never would be able to get out of town.  The attraction of riding perfectly sculpted, mapped, signed, hardpack trails with great views would be too much to overcome if we stayed any longer.  Like Arnold in Terminator ”I’ll be back.”

"I thought of it while riding my bicycle."  Albert Einstein

This weekend anyone?

 

The Super 8

 

Starting in Tahoe City up to Page Meadows, around Stanford Rock, dropping down through Alpine Meadows, some bike path, onto Western States, past Watson Lake and across to Brockway then the road up to Martis Peak and dropping in Dirty Harry’s, then Martis Valley to town and the Sawtooth trails service roads and singletrack back to the TRT, then down through Burton Creek crossing the Fiberboard again and on to the TRT ending in Tahoe City.  Cold beer, post ride dip in the lake, etc.

 

Mostly singletrack, plenty of places to stop and reload food/water, plenty of places to bailout if the bag of dicks gets full.  On paper the route looks like a figure eight so I’m calling it.

Today’s mountain bike ride turned into a good day for finding some connector trails for a planned Tahoe City-Stanford Rock-Western States-Sawtooth-Northstar-Dirty Harry’s-TRT-Burton Creek ride.  I was feeling a bit bummed about not going to the wheelmen hillclimb TT but after ripping down some new to me singletrack I forgot all about the race that I was missing. The combination of late night and my share of dark beer, mostly Deshutes Porter, at the blues and brews fest last night had as much to with not going to the hillclimb as anything.  Having never biked at Northstar before today I had to wander around for a while, but in the end it was worth it.    

The Stable Quiver is now an authorized dealer for Chris King, and Stans (No Tubes).  King hubs and No Tubes rims are great additions to the custom wheelbuilding options already offered.  I'm also looking forward to my future of pressing in those sexy King headsets.