Who wants some Chromag?

Or maybe some kind of sexy beast?

A good 20 of NRG’s core dealers were here.  This is my network as well, so it was looking like a sick group of riders.  All kinds of talent in the pool today.

Our mission was to start with a bit ofa shuttle up to the sub-alpine.  With almost 30 bikes to deal with, we had an extra van and the adorable Leah along  to help.

For those of you just joining the party, she’s MARRIED.    Not everyone got that memo, much to the amusement of those who did.

After the unload, it was a mixed climb and push to the ridgeline.  The peloton looked hungry…

A tight group, we hit the summit at 7200′ in only 50 minutes, with only a 10 minute gap between first and last.

It just happened to be Shreddie’s birthday, so we had to have some sparkly cake and singing up in this most excellent of venues.  This is also the location of Brandon Semenuk’s memorable segment from NWD10.

From here, it was 28 switchbacks down to Cody, and then Sandon.

It’s a bit of a scenic place.

It was only doubletrack, but that was fine by me.  We had a long haul ahead of us before we got to the chilled ones on the beach.

Almost all the old roads out here are relics of the mining that occurred here over the past century.  Some of them look like they’d make nice jumps, too.

Johnny I liked this one.

Our old pal the Big Pig also showed up.  Here we are enjoying a rest in the ghost town of Cody.

Here’s the boys as they found out that Leah (the only woman for miles at times today) is happily married.

Kurt didn’t care.  He was just gathering his forces for the next 2000′ climb on Idaho Pk.

We didn’t bother with the summit, but went to Choices instead.   Which is fun, because it has this rad steep section in it.   Check out this pic of the first ever descent of Idaho Pk. on a Salsa 29’r with titanium moustache bars.

This isn’t the first of anything, but Shawn should get his pic up, ’cause it’s a pretty spiffy shot.

We did a different route today, riding down the old Sandon Road to the beach.  Haven’t done that ride yet, but it’s a super cool way to get to New Denver.  Plus, beach and beers after.

Pasty fat guys in lycra.   Just need some techno music and it we could call this one “Clubbing Seals”.

It’s a joke…get over it.  Ramen liked it.

I think everyone had a decent time.

Hopefully they remember that there’s more tomorrow…