rob-charlies's blog

Wednesday Nov 27th Closing at 3PM
Thursday Nov 28th Closed
Tuesday Dec 24th Closing at 3PM
Wednesday Dec 25th Closed
Tuesday Dec 31st Closing at 3PM
Wednesday Jan 1st Closed

We went up Pacheco Canyon Road due to construction on the usual route. It is a very scenic dirt road and a substantial climb. Here are the results:

rob and charlie's now rents bikes.

FULL BIKE RENTAL INFO HERE

We have available:
Giant Trance X E+3 Full Suspension E-bike $120 per day
Giant Trance X 29 2 Full Suspension $ 90 per day
Giant Escape 3 Disc City Bike $ 50 per day

We highly recommend you make a reservation in advance!! We may be at capacity and unable to rent a bicycle the same day.

When available, bicycles may be picked up after 4 pm the day before.

Rentals are due back by CLOSING of the last day rented.

Bike Maintenance Classes
Tuesday May 14th First class: Flat prevention and repair. Learn how to prevent flats and fix one. We will cover patching and replacing tubes.

Tuesday May 21st Second class: Shifters and derailleurs. How to adjust shifters and derailleurs, setting limit screws and adjusting cable tension.

Tuesday May 28th Third class: Brakes, how to adjust road caliper, V-brakes and cantilever brakes. We cover compatibility with brake levers, and briefly discuss disc brakes.

rob and charlie's is now open on Sundays, from 9:30 to 3:00.

place first last time
1 Fortunato Ferrara 0:58:35
2 Keenan Amer 1:04:19
3 Ian McCarrell 1:04:31
4 Michelle Hummel 1:07:20
5 Jacob Bartman 1:08:35
6 Scott Steffen 1:09:07
7 Kevin Mix 1:09:52
8 Dan Armijo 1:11:53
9 Stuart Gardner 1:16:13
10 Alexander Weberg 1:18:02
11 Michael Hyde 1:20:51
12 Robert Feuer 1:21:17
13 Jared Sedillo 1:22:58
14 Connor McNellis 1:24:19
15 Phillipe Muller 1:24:20
16 Melvyn Tyloo 1:25:25

Giant Reign SXS 29
Size: Medium
Aluminum frame with 146mm of travel
Fox 38 Performance Elite fork, 170mm of travel
SRAM NX Eagle 12 speed shifter and derailleur
Shimano SLX 4 piston brakes
Sale price $3950 original price $4550

Trisalyn Nelson, Director of the School of Geographic Sciences and Urban Planning at Arizona State University has created a crowd sourced website, BikeMaps.org, that is a unique tool that lets citizens build a database my mapping their riding experience including crashes, near misses, hazardous conditions and bike thefts. Combined with Strava data, this is a valuable tool to assist in bicycle planning decisions. Learn more about how it works and how you can help our community by sharing your data and riding experiences via this app or the website.

Here are the results for the 2019 Santa Fe Hill Climb, and the New Mexico Regional Hill climb Championships :
Pro 1,2,3
place bib number First Last USAC age Time
1 497 Fortunato Ferrara 294241 40 0:58:17
2 400 Mark Aasmundstad 210273 45 1:00:39
3 436 Matthew Bopp 513404 34 1:02:05
4 499 Wristen Paschich 271620 38 1:06:49
5 500 Grant Soehnel 508078 37 1:07:03
Cat3
1 750 Quinn Abfalterer 501394 20 1:00:38
2 764 David Griffen 532044 33 1:05:48

place first name last name bib num USAC num Time
Men Pro,1,2,3
1 Fortunato Ferrara 379 294241 0:56:58
2 Mark Aasmundstat 734 210273 0:58:13
3 Tyrel Fuchs 735 439756 1:01:31
4 Grady Fowler 738 468720 1:01:59
5 Philip Neis 737 378616 1:01:59
6 Wristen Paschich 741 271620 1:04:53
7 Shawn Hall 736 120730 1:05:05
8 Matthew Bopp 721 513404 1:06:19
9 Chris Abbott 739 1019 1:07:04
10 Reed Soehnel 742 466133 1:07:09
11 Mark Tremlett 723 347850 1:13:34