Another beautiful February Saturday in the desert, another chance to get out on the mountain bikes—this time with my buddy Joe. Average speed on this trip? 3.9 mph. Clearly, I was the anchor1 on this venture. But who cares? We had a blast.
1But if you factor out all the “J needs oxygen—stat!” standing-still time, we had a 7.2 mph average speed.
This is the mind dump of J Maxfield, a former whitewater river guide, bike shop mechanic, and kayak rental dude that now finds himself making a living in 