Thanks to Tom, I now am the proud owner of a 2008 Gary Fisher Superfly.

Building will commence this winter. The question will be how to ensure clyde-durability in a light weight racing hardtail.

Did a little bit of riding this weekend, totaling about 15 miles. I hit part of T100, including a fun section that is immediately north of the Dreamy Draw parking lot. This thing is only 20 or 30 feet long, but is a nice decline into the horse tunnel.

I also hit some riding around the neighborhood. Made it up a steep slick rock climb that I hadn’t cleared before - good progress. There is also a nice part that sends you into a narrow channel next to a boulder, and also a smooth downhill that takes you out of the park area.

As far as I know, Clark’s TT was the first perpetual time trial on the web.

From that, others such as the Crank TT and Sidewinder TT popped up.

Locally, the first and subsequently largest perpetual time trial is the Helipad TT, followed by the Sunrise TT, maintained by MTBikeAZ.com.

Recently, the Dreamy Draw TT site was launched, which features five individual time trials based in the Phoenix North Mountains, on and around Trail 100.

I’m following suit based upon one of my frequent riding spots - McDowell Mountain Regional Park.

A new page has been added to theorangedog.net - the McDowell Mountain Time Trials page.

This page adds 5 new loops to the Phoenix Time Trial circuit, all based upon the major trail loops at the park:

• Long Competitive Loop
• Sport Competitive Loop
• Tech Competitive Loop
• Sport-Tech-Long Loop
• Pemberton Loop

The page was just recently launched, and already some leads have been seized and claims staked. I will be interested to see if anyone can take down Tyler’s 37:28 Long Loop time, which is unbelievably fast!

With the page in development, expect updates and additional useful information to be posted. This will include additional specifics, such as rules, and GPS files. However, while under development, the GoogleDoc is fully functioning and not anticipated to change - so feel free to post your time!