youcantbuyland:#Repost @jeredgruber ・・・ I don’t normally post pictures of bikes. I’m not sure why, I
youcantbuyland:#Repost @jeredgruber ・・・ I don’t normally post pictures of bikes. I’m not sure why, I just never really have. I will make an exception in this case, because: ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 1.) It shows @howlingfauna in a rare moment of high altitude induced near collapse, and… ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 2.) I love this @rodeolabs Trail Donkey. This bike has changed the way I live as a bike rider. I actively seek out anything that isn’t pavement - dirt roads, trails, roads that only exist on a map, roads that might have once existed, but clearly haven’t in at least 50 years. Anything. Everything. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I can hardly contain @ashleygruber’s excitement when it comes to riding dirt now. She gets mad at me if we do too many road rides or ride too much pavement in general. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I’ve never ridden a bike that has changed my bike riding life as much as this has - the places I’ve ridden (and walked), the people I’ve met, the rides we’ve shared. It sounds silly, but I don’t know if I can give a bike higher praise than that. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I am NOT trying to sell the world on gravel bikes. They’re not for everyone. Mountain bikes are AMAZING, motos are pretty cool in the Colorado High Country, road bikes rock too. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ For me though, this is my jam. This is where I want to be in ten years - bye pavement, bye cars, bye angry people who entertain thoughts of killing me, bye people looking at their phones who don’t even know I’m there. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Hello, open road. Hello, tiny trail I probably should ride a mountain bike on. Hello, steep, brutally hard, but oddly satisfying climb. Hello, wild descent. Hello, new places. Hello, four wide on a road no one ever uses. Hello, fun. That’s why I ride. I ride because I want to go outside, hang out with friends, do something a bit silly, get super tired, and have a bunch of fun doing it. -- source link