Nebraska Life mag visits Potter's Pasture for the day !!

Nebraska Life mag visits for the day !!

We recently had the pleasure of spending the day with Chris Amundson editor and publisher of the magazine Nebraska Life. Chris brought along Dan Spray who is an avid MTB racer/rider to check out Potter's Pasture and do a ton of photo's for a future article in the mag. It was kinda nice to hook up with these guy's who happen to be from my hometown of Norfolk Ne. !! I will hopefully be riding with Dan on the trails they have built when I go back to visit family!! Chris has extended an offer for new subscriptions that are done either on line or via phone !! Just mention “Potter’s Pasture—Free Calendar with subscription” in the order form comment box atwww.NebraskaLife.com. Or, you can call them and order directly 800-777-6159 .

The climb out of "New Camp" CQ & Dan Spray
Jeff Caldwell droppin' in on Nugget
Dan Spray enjoying what Potter's has to offer
CQ on Ceder Ridge above "Old Camp"
The man himself Steve Potter !!!!!

Took a little trip .......... to Steamboat !!!

Steamboat Springs 

 It was August before we finally had enough time in between Merries summer sessions in school to arrange a trip !!! It also happened to coincide with Nichole and her beau to get to tag along making a family vacation. I hadn't been able to pull off the usual three to four visits to ride and just plain have some good times with my brother Bret in the place I simply call "Heaven on earth"!! So off we went !! I made the mandatory stop at Sierra Trading Post in Cheyenne to see what I could find. I scored some Teva sandles and I also nabbed a Craft riding jacket for ten bucks !!! I love Sierra !! We happened to catch the weekend of the last free summer show which featured G-Love and Special Sauce. Having never heard him before I was wondering what it was all about. It really turned out to be a very sweet show !!! Enjoy the pics !!
                Happy Trails my Friends !!!  CQ

My brother Bret showing me the local lines !!!

Yours truly 

My brother and his cross country bike !!! He rips it my friends!!

On the Red Dirt trail 

Relaxin in the Yampa river

My girls Merrie and Nichole

The Quigley family unit 

Winter came back !!

Well it was real nice to get some sun on a few rides. The day after the Wiggins/Gillman loop it started a turn for the worse!! All week it was just gloomy,cold and then the off and on snow and ice started. Well I decided to hit my usual ride south into the hill's anyway. I donned my gear and figured I could use this as an opportunity to test the newest item. It is the North Face "just in case Anorak" shell. It didn't take long to find out this piece of gear is awesome!! It took the sleet,snow,ice pellets and wind very well all while I was comfy warm.I ran into Steve Potter on my way back and spoke with him for a bit. If what he filled me in on happens Potters Pasture will be a truly epic area to ride!! I decided that after the condition's on today's ride I deserved a treat, so a stop at the KOA on the south side of I80 was in store to see what was in the cooler. Hear are a few pics of what was supposed to be a short jaunt of 10 to 15 miles that turned into a 37 mile ride!!

                                             Run turkey run !! There was around 50 !!

                                                Wiggins canyon from the top looking north.

                                            Lucky Bucket Lager.Wasn't bad at all.

                                                                            Chad Q

Let's get this thing rollin' !!!

  The first post on the new blog!!  I've been hitting the rides pretty hard this year so far.  I must say it feels really good to enjoy it again!!  I have to admit I was in a "funk" for quite awhile, as many people around me will attest to. Well the year of the "funk" is over, done, gone, CYA!!  Ya know, life happens and you have to just hope for the best, right?  Well I have had the results with some "life" that can only make me proud, happy and most of all relieved.  A weight has been lifted and it's time to enjoy what I have a whole lot more!! Enough about that!!  Time to move on to the bike stuff.
  I will just say the gravel/dirt road exploring has been going very well.  I believe the stash is so untapped that a bicycle quite possibly never rolled these areas, and that is very cool!!  I also have motivation this year since I've entered the Dakota 50 and I've made the decision that to just finish is not in the cards.  I want to apply myself and see what I can do!!  I hope to surprise myself as well as others around me and if for some reason I don't, it is no big deal.  I will have a ton of fun doin' it anyway.  I also have some covert motivation to do a bunch of rides that may be revealed in the future.  All I can say is I AM SUPER STOKED!!
Here are a few pics from the latest rides.
                                     Enjoy my friends and GO RIDE a BIKE !!

                                           Chad Q