The other day I was our with the ECC mountain bike club and their fearless leader, Mike Daigle, told me I was quite the prolific writer. My first thought was, “I have been posting one or two rides a week. I have to think most bloggers produce close to that volume.” Then I suddenly began…
Hyponatremia from Exercise
Have you ever heard of Hyponatremia? I hadn’t until I discovered why my body revolted on long mountain bike rides. Here is my story. We had biked about 30 miles in the eastern Arizona desert and things had gone as planned. Steve and I had carried out our usual pattern on this ride. I rode…
Bucket List
I was riding my bike across the desert, heading for Beal Well. I had made the trip to the well several times. I had to climb 10 miles up an alluvial plane, trying to stay on top of the thin crust caused by flash flooding. The trip up was always kind of a grind, gradually…
Too Good to Dump!
Well, when I started this new website I vowed to start over. Forget all the material we had developed the past 4 years and just move on. However, after looking at my old site (mountain-bike-diaries.com), I have decided I will transfer some of the more helpful material over to this site … especially the work…
Come Join the Family
Hello, my name is Joe Unden (second from the right) , and welcome to my new blog site. As you can see from this photo, I am part of a big family … a big happy family! I have spent the past 4 years developing mountain-bike-diaries.com, a substantial website with tons of content for all…