re: tOfficial Cycling Thread

I haven't been riding much either, as I've been doing a lot more fishing on my weekends and with my spare time. We did do a trip to Angelfire for downhill in October. It was peak leaf season, the trails were in great shape, and no one got injured. So wins all the way around! Here's my son's edit from that trip (keep reading for more on him).

My one ride I did do recently, I cleaned a couple of climbs that I don't usually clean (lots of slick roots on a steep and janky secion of trail). So that was great... and probably won't be happening again anytime soon since all our trails are leaf covered now and traction sucks.

Going to try to get in an afternoon ride on Friday, since I'll be working from home, but I really need to get back on the bike.

I know that SOME of you have been following my son's exploits on the bike. Long story short, he got diagnosed with testicular cancer the week after he graduated high school. Had to get surgery to remove a ball then spent 3 months doing chemotherapy. He still started in the Fall at Fort Lewis in Durango (mainly virtuallly to allow for chemo and doctor appointments), but he hasn't been on the bike a lot. Has surgery over Thanksgiving to remove a lymph node that's showing some activity (but could be due to previous surgery). If they biopsy it and its positive for terratoma, he'll need to get 5 more lymph nodes removed over Christmas in Indiana... then he SHOULD be done with this ordeal.

But don't feel sorry for him. Dude is living his best life due to his virtual schedule. Fishes every day. Bikes when he feels like it (he obviously didn't get to participate with the cycling team this year due to the cancer). Already been snowboarding this season. Etc.. etc..

He did go to the Green River Classic down in Utah, which is like... Burning Man for mountain bikes or something. Here's an insane edit he put together showing the carnage of the "Corecross" race they held there that went viral.