Utah 2020 Ride

[Mak10]

Sleeping quarters mid way on the Burr trail
Minor mayhem on the Moody canyon trail
Some good ole redUtah dust

 

[Sierra1]

Those "sleeping quarters" give me the creeps.

 

[Mak10]

CCC camp area, by Posey Lake A camp of 500 men was stationed here
Hells Backbone overlook
Posey Lake
Grand Staircase Nort

Mining Remains in Moody Canyon/circle cliffs area

 

[timebak]

Treasure Falls, somewhere in Colorado, on the way west towards Durango.

Petroglyph found on Johns Canyon trail.

View from Muley Point.

 

[eemsreno]

Tim
Tell us how your broken ankle is doing after riding on it for 6 days with no pain killer drugs.

 

[eemsreno]

I have found a few more pictures that I like.
This was taken on the Million $ Highway.

This is Mark coming down on the Johns Canyon Road.

This is the Burr Trail from the west end.

I probable have a bunch more I'll be putting up.

 

[fac191]

Great to see people tackling this sort of terrain on the S10. I take my hat off to you. Love the geology in Utah. Trully one of the most amazing places on earth.

 

[allsop]

nice trip i bet
wish to ride someday in USA
hows your bike holding up? ODO count way over 200000miles ?? oilburner?

 

[eemsreno]

nice trip i bet
wish to ride someday in USA
hows your bike holding up? ODO count way over 200000miles ?? oilburner?

219,000 miles. Just broke in.

 

[eemsreno]

Here is some more.

 

[eemsreno]

This picture was already in the story but I fixed it.

 

[MonkeyBut]

This is what I'm talking about!!! Always look forward to seeing your pictures. (Others post some great pictures as well.) That is a dream trip. For now I will enjoy living vicariously through your pictures. Never hesitate to post more. Thank you

 

[EricV]

Thanks for taking us along. I've been to a lot of those places, but didn't take as good of pictures as you guys did!

 

[Madhatter]

almost didn't recognize mark with a haircut , his hair was longer at our Moab ride. the John canyon picture reminds me mark could pick a line . I would have just bull dozed down the middle and try to hit all the rocks .

 

[Madhatter]

so Tims fall resulted in a broken ankle ? tough fellow to continue the ride .

 

[Mak10]

The memorable quotes of the trip

“cheeseburger, cheeseburger- Pepsi Pepsi”

“A man’s gotta know his limitations”.

 

[timebak]

Tim
Tell us how your broken ankle is doing after riding on it for 6 days with no pain killer drugs.

Wellll, I've got two fractures of the left tibia (shinbone) down where it connects to the ankle: one is a complete displaced fracture of the medial malleolus and a chunk of the tibia, and the other is a vertical fracture up into the tibia from where the tibia and talus (main anklebone) connect. So I've got to have surgery Monday, June 1st, to get a plate and screws put in to hold it all together so it will heal correctly.

Thank the good Lord that I was wearing my Alpinestar Corozal boots. They kept my ankle from being injured much worse. Plus, after wrapping my ankle with an ACE bandage, the Corozals stabilized my ankle well enough that I could continue the ride for 6 more days and then make it home. I took nothing but Alieve, aspirin, ibuprofen, and Tylenol. Kept rotating those to keep the pain in check.

Two things were major contributors to the spill that caused the fractures: first and foremost was that my gear was loaded too high on my bike causing the center of gravity (CG) to be too high. This caused the bike to be hard to control at low speeds, and when it did go over, it went fast and hard. Second, some of my gear is still too heavy and bulky. I made a great improvement over my first time out, but I've still got a ways to go.

I'm going to get some soft panniers so I can get my gear loaded much lower on the bike, thereby lowering the CG, making it easier and safer to handle the bike. And I need a lighter, less bulky sleeping bag. Also, a MUCH smaller tank bag that fits my Tenere better. And eliminate the tail trunk. And some other tweaks here and there.

 

[eemsreno]

Hope it all turns out good for you Tim.
I've broke a few bones riding and it's all part of the game. But you know that.

 

[Mak10]

You said that something went “pop”. Sorry to hear this.

 

[ballisticexchris]

Glad you are OK Tim. Riding/racing with broken bones sucks.