650b is fast!

Went for a damn fun ride at South Mountain in Phoenix last Saturday.  Decided to do it on a Ti VooDoo that I have with 650b wheels on it.  I am pretty much a die hard 29'er guy so it took me a few miles to get used to the smaller wheels.  Once I did it was pretty fun shreddin'!  

I really don't know all the trails my friend Ben Withey took us on but some of the names I remember are National, Heli pad, and Mormon.  That area is full of short power climbs and several long steep grinds.  The descents are loose with tight switchbacks and rock drops.  SO FUN!  We missed the rain by hours and after burritos and beer by the pool we headed off to watch the AZFixed.com Gold Sprints. Some 300m single speed road bike race on rollers held at a bar in Tempe. They were great to watch and my buddy Kale won the whole enchilada with a sub 15 second time and our boy Handlebar Sandwich got a smokin third place! Man those guys have fast legs!  I drank about 10 $1.25 PBR's while I yelled and screamed at the races.  The next day my throat hurt so bad!

Meanwhile back in Flag we got crazy amounts of snow and cold temps again.  Time to head out on skis a while longer...  ~jb