Photo of the Day – Requiem for a Bicycle

Requiem for a Bicycle. Photo of the Day. San Francisco, California. November 29, 2014.
Celebrating EXPERIENTIAL Bicycling for 25 Years
Requiem for a Bicycle. Photo of the Day. San Francisco, California. November 29, 2014.
Cycling Utah’s
Fall-Winter 2014 Issue is now available as a PDF (8.5 mb download), Pick up a copy at your favorite bike shop in Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada, N. AZ, or W. CO or other location!
To celebrate Utah’s bike community, each year, we recognize the best cyclists in the state with Cycling Utah’s Year End Awards.
One of the things I like about Ely, and Nevada in general, is it seems like there’s nearly unlimited mountain bike potential. Local mountain bike guru and Fears, Tears and Beers promoter, Kent Robertson, tells me that they have everything from the high desert sagebrush trails I rode, to high alpine riding in the aspens.
When Editor Dave shared photos of the 7-11 Huffy featured here, I wanted to know where it was located and who owns it. Ed. Dave directed me to Alan Greenberg at Cottonwood Cyclery on Bengal Blvd to get the details.
The Great Basin Challenge is a 48.5-mile ride that explores Great Basin National Park in far eastern Nevada, near the Utah border.
It’s sometime after 8 pm on a Saturday night. There are four of us slowly and almost begrudgingly getting the bikes ready.