Below is a fun article written by my buddy Craig DeMartino. It’s based on a an MTB ride that Craig and I did a few weeks back. Craig is one of Cloudveil’s Inspired Mountain Ambassadors and a total sarcastic punk.

My New Riding Partner
Posted by Craig DeMartino
November 4th, 2009

It’s not easy to get motivated some days to do anything. Even living where I live, in beautiful Colorado, it can be tough. With all the heavy trauma I went through after a climbing accident seven years ago, some days my body is just not psyched to climb or mountain bike. That’s when I lean on my partners. Most of my climbing partners are younger than me and ready to get out whenever they can. I usually can round up one or two fellas to go boulder when I need to. But biking can be a bit of a chore. I ride because it’s a great way to cross-train my body for climbing. I like to ride, don’t get me wrong; it’s a blast to rip down a single track in the mountains, cross a stream. I even like climbing. It has a really nice quality of repeated movement that is soothing to me. Watching the chain rings turn with my head down, watching the hill slowly glide past, is some days sublime.

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Andy B
outsideallday.com