Posts with keyword: biking

8 entries

Riding the Temple Tour

Thu Jun 28 17:46:00 2012

The Temple Tour is a new bike ride we've started at Kynetx. It's a good excuse to get out on a hot June morning.
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For the last three weeks I've been riding my bike to work when occasion permits. Unfortunately, that usually only works out to a few times per week. I live in Lindon and work at Thanksgiving Point, about 17 miles one way. One of the first things I discovered was that I needed a good way to carry my laptop. I have a backpack and a messenger bag. I immediately dispensed with the backpack since it's up high and made me too hot. The messenger bag keeps the weight low, but after 17 miles, it's a boat anchor around you
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Squaw Peak Ride

Fri Oct 19 21:40:00 2007

Orem and the north end of Utah Valley from the Squaw Peak lookout(click to enlarge) I rode to the Squaw Peak lookout today for my afternoon ride. I've never been on that ride before--last year I made it 1/2 a mile up the road before I turned around. I really wanted to do it this year. I figured after riding the Alpine Loop last week it would be doable--but not easy. That was accurate. The Squaw Peak lookout is 2200 feet above the valley floor and you're doing most of that in a little under 5 miles. The whole
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Riding the Alpine Loop

Sun Oct 14 21:01:00 2007

Timp(click to enlarge) At the beginning of the summer, I had two biking goals: ride a century and the Alpine Loop. If you've been following along, you know that I rode the ULCER Century in August. I rode the Alpine Loop on Friday and had a great time. The fall colors were simply spectacular. The yellow aspens were so bright that they almost hurt your eyes to look at them. It was a little cloudy and cold, but there was almost no wind and that made for a very nice ride. The Alpine Loop is a highway (US92) that
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Fall Colors in South Fork Canyon

Tue Oct 2 21:06:00 2007

Fall Colors at the top of South Fork Canyon(click to enlarge) I was on a bike ride up South Fork Canyon this afternoon and the colors were spectacular. This picture, from my iPhone, doesn't really do them justice. If you're in Utah county and want to see the colors on the Alpine loop, I suspect that this week is the time to go.
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Riding the ULCER Century

Sat Aug 11 19:22:00 2007

(click to enlarge) One of the things I've wanted to do for a long time is ride a century. Today was my day. Every year, the Bonneville Bicycling and Touring Club sponsors the Utah Lake Century Epic Ride or ULCER that goes 111 miles around Utah Lake (a large fresh water lake south of the Great Salt Lake). This year was the 23rd annual running of the event. The ride started and ended at Thanksgiving Point in Lehi and went south on the east side of the lake and north on the west (clockwise). I took pictures while I
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Bikely: Bike Routes on Google Maps

Tue May 1 19:56:00 2007

I found a cool little application that uses Google maps for bike routes called Bikely. Here's a route near my house that goes around Utah Lake.
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Provo River Trail on ActiveTrails

Tue Aug 1 15:21:00 2006

Bridal Veil Falls(click to enlarge) I frequently ride the Provo River bike trail. It's just a few minutes from my home and offers a great ride through some spectacular scenery. Over the last few years, I've taken pictures of the trail and the scenery surrounding it. A few weeks ago, I wrote about a project one of my students is doing called ActiveTrails at Between the Lines. ActiveTrails let's users submit GPS data for trails they hike. Other users can comment on the trail. Each trail is shown on Google Maps and has elevation data. What's more, there's a USGS
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