Bike Trip Preperation

What seems like almost a year ago three of my friends and I decided to embark on an adventure. The adventure that we decided upon was to ride our mountain bikes from Telluride, CO to Moab, UT. One of Tom's old roommates did the trip a few years ago and said that it was amazing. So, that put the wheels on motion. Now, keep in mind that when we decided to take this trip I weighed 245 or so pounds and was getting pretty out of shape. I decided that I needed to lose some weight and, with the help of my friend Lee, I have been able to shed somewhere between 50 to 55 pounds so far. I also have taken a bike repair course to help ensure that we aren't left stranded in the mountains because of something that could easily be fixed with a little bit of know-how.

Now the trip is less than a week away and I'm getting ready to ship my gear to Telluride to ensure that the airlines don't have a chance to lose it, or confiscate my tools as "bomb making equipment". I will do my best to take some pictures so that I can detail the trip on this blog. For now I'll just post the picture of my bike with all of my gear packed on it during my "dry run" last week.