Marquette Trails in November Bike Magazine

Just above the right brake cable, Marquette made the cover of Bike magazine. Check out The Flow here.

Hale and I got out for a spin last Friday evening...just for awhile. Winter weather is creeping in, so it's time to make the most of the milder temps.

We found the brohiohouse.blogspot.com grafitti. Cool.

Fall Mountain Biking - Marquette, MI

Harlow Lake

Leaves, slippery roots, and rain will make biking a little more tricky on the trails in the next couple of months. We have done some late season riding together on the trails north of Marquette -- the Noquemanon, Harlow Lake, and North Country Trails all have sections of technical singletrack and wider two track for both of our riding styles.

Hitler and the 29er

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jElwljxGGs&feature=channel

Pretty funny.

Salsa Fargo

Double Fargo. It's a Fargo Fargo.

This Salsa Fargo was at Wells Fargo...not in Fargo, but in Marqette.

If it was in Fargo, ND it could have been a Fargo, Fargo, Fargo. That would be something, eh?

Sold 'Em

The Remedy - full suspension, orange and brown, 26-inch Trek has been sold.

The Cobia - hard tail, silvery, 29-inch Gary Fisher has been sold.

The new bike is a NINER MCR. Steel 29er, GOLD color, fully rigid.

Some parts were swapped over from the Cobia to the Niner.

Ebay drama with the Cobia.

Copper Harbor Fat Tire Mountain Bike Race

The Copper Harbor Fat Tire Mountain Bike Race is this weekend (Labor Day weekend). There may be a trip up to Copper Harbor in store for us to hit up some of the bike trails either before or after the race.

Here's the weekend agenda for the fest:
ADDITIONAL WEEKEND ACTIVITIES:
Thursday September 3: 6:00pm Group Ride--no cost. Plan to ride one lap (14 miles) of the race course at a group ride pace. Food and drink to follow at local establishment.

Friday September 4: Keweenaw Adventure Company Downhill Shuttle Runs in our 15 passenger van from 12:00-6:00pm--preview the downhill sections + other sweet trails not in the race without having to exert too much energy: $5/run or $15 day pass.

Saturday September 5: Keweenaw Adventure Company Downhill Shuttle Runs. 12:00-6:00pm. $5/run or $15 day pass. Race course will be marked during the afternoon and open for folks to pre-ride at their own pace.

9:00- Midnight--Fat Tire Reception at the Keweenaw Mountain Lodge--Social time and live acoustic music with Mike Labeau...no cost (cash bar available).

Marquette Biker in Leadville 100

Lance Armstrong won the Leadville 100 earlier this month.
David Grant from Marquette finished 100th.

100. David GRANT in 08:49:21.5 MARQUETTE MI M4

http://www.velonews.com/results/96668

We've seen David out training this spring and summer on a Gary Fisher Superfly (I think). He and his wife Nicole Alexander won the Ore to Shore soft rock races individually. WOW. The pictures are of her climbing a sandy hill exiting the Forestville area. She beat the tandem by 21 seconds in the end.

David Grant recaps the Leadville 100 here: http://chocolayacecyclingteam.blogspot.com/2009/08/dave-grant-wins-12-hr-o2s-soft-rock-and.html

Gary Fisher - Cobia

After swapping out the white and silver components (seat, seat post, crank, and stem) he rode this 29er hardtail with the stock fork. Now he is riding it fully rigid with a black aluminum Bontrager fork. It is a FAST BIKE.

South Trails - Marquette, MI - Britton's Techy Trail

Perfect day for a ride.