Western Spirit Cycling

While fully half of the country is still shoveling out from last weeks snowstorms it seems Spring has finally arrived here in Moab. I’ve been wrong about this before, but I think we had three consecutive days that broke into the 40’s! Roadies we’re out in full force over the weekend and friends from Colorado have started to call for weather reports. While the pumptrack is still a bit too muddy, Kip & I brought out the trail a long for to test it’s mudbog capabilities down Mulberry Lane over the wknd. The results were surprisingly positive, but I’m glad we had fenders and ditch boots on.

Since early December it’s felt more like Gunnison, CO than Moab, UT. It’s been such a cold & snowy winter in fact in the Moab valley that folks are really going to get after it as soon as the sun comes out in full force. I think it will be hard to keep us here in the office when spring fever really hits. Good thing I got that new smartphone.

One of the more exciting things that all this snow will bring is an awesome Spring wildflower display. If you can’t wait until it happens in the Moab area, check out our Tucson based Sonoran Desert Tours in mid March. http://www.westernspirit.com/tripinfo.cfm?id=1198805643203 Super fun singletrack on the Arizona trail with blooming cacti everywhere! What’s not to like about that? The 1st two leave on 3/15 & then again on 3/22. The last one 3/29-4/2 is a family itinerary so grab the kids and come on down.

Wow  - the days sure are getting shorter! Every day it’s colder, darker and feels a little bit more like off season. We’re still in a full on drought, but our latest weather reoprt;

“A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE REGION MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL

MOUNTAINS”

Well……

It seems positive to say the least. Rode A Rockstacker to Jackson’s loop yesterday and didn’t see a single

person! Even on a Saturday. granted the high was like 35F or so.. but the trail was dry, the skies we’re … kinda blue and the skiing pretty much everywhere STILL sucks.

That should(hopefully) change soon, but all those signs point to the depths of off season.
Western Spirit has sold it’s entire rental fleet, the guides are all off at the ski areas and those left are thinking of Holiday X-mas parties or soon to be deep dayz @ ALTA.
Well it’s time to stick another log on the fire & refresh my cocktail, so until next time keep those wool knickers close by and the skis waxed.
And since it was Der Kaiser’s b-day a few days back… Have a braut or three for the Holidays

Wow - just got back from a recon camping trip last weekend over in the four corners area and am really excited about a new family trip we’ve got coming up for next season.

It’s going to meet in Durango, CO and explore the best of Hovenweep National Monument and Mesa Verde National Park over the course of a week.

I could go on and on about all the amazing discoveries we had, but you can read the details on our website right here;

http://www.westernspirit.com/tripinfo.cfm?id=1256329684915

It’s that time of year again where Western Spirit sells off their fleet of bikes. For this year it’s not just the mountain bikes either. It’s our entire lineup of Specilized’s incredibly popular Roubaix road bikes as well as many of our kids bikes - all which are in top notch shape.

A used bike is one of the best investments you can make. They’re watched over by our trained guides all season and babied compared to all other rentals out there. All that and at a fraction of what you would pay at retail.

After the season is over our ace mechanic goes through each and every bike with a fine toothed brush, bringing them all up to snuff before boxing them up and shipping them to your doorstep. If you’re not 100% completely psyched (which you will be) all you have to do is send it back to us within a week for a full refund.

These are the same bikes that consistently rank #1 in not only virtually all of the cycling publications, but in such non-biased periodicals as Popular Mechanics and Consumer Reports.

They’re priced to sell, so they’re going to go fast this year. Call us for more details and to reserve yours today. Or if you’re in Moab this fall, stop by to pick yours up in person and save $50!

http://www.westernspirit.com/used-specialized-mountain-bikes.html