by Bill Plock | Jul 13, 2020 | Dirt Journal, Featured, Mountain Biking
“When I ride in New Mexico I Switch My Garmin from Vertical Feet to Calories–At 2,000 You Stop.” Rob Quinn Rob Quinn History test. Pencils up. What happened in July 1776 that impacts the American West today? Pencils down. If you wrote that the...
by Bill Plock | May 26, 2020 | Dirt Journal, Featured, Mountain Biking
Colorado’s resorts are busy planning for the new reality. Rob transitions from his last day on skis to thinking about biking at one of his favorite places and shares how Snowmass (and probably most resorts) see their summer right now, as always Rob sets a colorful...
by Bill Plock | May 6, 2020 | Community, Dirt Journal, Featured, Mountain Biking
Yes I am a pirate, two hundred years too late, The cannons don’t thunder, there’s nothing to plunder, I’m an over-forty victim of fate…Jimmy Buffet Rob Quinn By Rob Quinn Early on I loved Jimmy Buffett’s lyric writing. When Dylan covers your songs that usually...
by Bill Plock | Apr 13, 2020 | Dirt Journal, Featured, Mountain Biking
By Rob Quinn Dateline. Venice Italy. January 8th. 1324. A good day to die. With no refrigeration. A cold day in January was better than a hot day in August in Venice, Italy near the end of a period we know as The Middle Ages. Time was running out on the old...
by Bill Plock | Apr 4, 2020 | Community
By Rob Quinn How I saved the greatest U.S. Cyclist in the world. One thing I remember from my Journalism classes was a good headline is imperative to pique the interests of your reader. For instance, if the headline said “How I talked a tough guy out of kicking my new...
by Bill Plock | Feb 9, 2020 | Dirt Journal, Mountain Biking
By Rob Quinn In Ancient Greek folklore, a phoenix is a long-lived bird that cyclically regenerates or is otherwise born again. Associated with the sun, a phoenix obtains new life by arising from the ashes of its predecessor. Sort of ironic that 5 years ago when the...
by Bill Plock | Dec 8, 2019 | Dirt Journal, Mountain Biking
By Rob Quinn When fat bikes first came out, I really did not give them much consideration. I’d put my bike away in late November and ski, board, skate, kick-n-glide and combined with a few hours a week on the spin bike I’d stay in shape. It was a nice break from...
by Bill Plock | Oct 5, 2019 | Dirt Journal, Featured, Touring
By Rob Quinn Ok bike people that know everything there is about the sport, I have a pop quiz for you; name the Bicycling Capital of America? Pencils down. Let’s take a look at your answers. Boulder, CO. Home to the pros with great road riding and limited access...
by Bill Plock | Aug 26, 2019 | Dirt Journal, Mountain Biking
By Rob Quinn, Dirt Journal Angel Fire – got its name from the Moache Utes. Seeing mysterious tongues of red and orange licking the morning sky, one of the elders claimed it was the “fire of the gods”. Later Franciscan Friars interpreted “fire of...
by Bill Plock | Jul 15, 2019 | Dirt Journal, Mountain Biking
The Rattler MTB series takes place in Bear Creek Park. The next race is on August 14th, go here to learn more about this race and all the races put on by Rattler Series…click HERE By Rob Quinn The snake has always been the villan. The comparisons to the devil...