Best riding images of 2012.

[mikesee]

As in *your* best. No need for lengthy 'splanations--we just wanna see some solid images.

Here are ten of my favorites from the year.

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Enjoying the season with Cutty up high.





An anniversary for me, and an intro to bikerafting for Flipper and Fettucini.





Getting flithy with the boys while bikerafting the Dirty Devil.





Doom and Vlad, killing it on the CFTT.





Savoring all that is precious about summer in the mountains.





Testing the limits of traction on the rock of Gooseberry, and the limits of giggles while so doing.





Herself, exploring our favorite part of the redrock desert near Moab.









Ripping through the autumnal woods with Greg as the sun set on both the day and the alpine riding season.





Toodling through Hell.



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Your turn--whaddya got?

[kjlued]

You post pics like that and then ask what others have?
I would be embarrassed to show the few pics I have. lol

Living within a few miles of both Pisgah and Dupont, I have had some good rides, but fall short in the pic depart. I need to start taking more.

[jollybeggar]

Post desktop formatted please.

[bigworm520]

Yeah pretty much the hardest act to follow but I'll give it a try. Thanks Mikesee







Nothing beats being out on the trail at the perfect moment.




Living in the desert is rough.


Taking the wife on an epic day.


And this one just because can't always ride.

[Lead-Sled]

Here's mine.

[longboarderj]

None of these are great but they are my favorites from riding with my kids this year.

My oldest son Jake.









My Daughter Ryan.









My youngest son Conner.



And finally me, these were taken by Jake who is a budding photographer at 12 years old.




These were taken by two of my friends

[evasive]

I didn't take it, but I'm in it:


And I've used both of these pictures as desktops:

[rydbyk]

great shots everyone. nice work.

[wyatt79m]

Some good pics here...

[WKD-RDR]

published in Dirt Rag (riders eye):

[grundy]

Great stuff WKD-RDR

Here's me, getting happy on a frame I bought off of WKD-RDR

[robncircus]

I spent most of 2012 in Afghanistan, but her'es a few since my return to the bike in October.

[WKD-RDR]

Great stuff WKD-RDR

Here's me, getting happy on a frame I bought off of WKD-RDR

Oh, sweet. Hows the Yelli treatin ya?

[Wild Wassa]

2012 was a crazy year of off-road touring. Record rain falls in the Northern Australian Alps and on the SW Slopes and record flood levels on the flatlands west of the Divide, gave a year like no other.

I didn't take any special shots this year, but I did record the year from astride my bike on the Bicentennial National Trail, along the Murrumbidgee River and on a few Travelling Stock Routes.

[Code Runner]

Here are a few favorites of mine from this year.

[zebrahum]

I demand you tell me where to obtain that jersey!

(also, great shots)

[Ryan The VW Tech]

A couple from my (formerly) local MTB race, I couldn't ride cause I broke my carbon superfly again so I went and took pics.







And these are from November when I moved to the front range (Colorado)

[LeeL]

Pics compressed - heavy mountain and glacier biased

North Vancouver


North Vancouver


North Vancouver


South Chilcotin


Canmore


Grindelwald, CH


Marjalensee, CH


Bruneck, South Tirol, IT


Goldseeweg, South Tirol, IT


Whistler, BC

[fultoejame]

I broke my carbon superfly again so I went and took pics.

[grundy]

Oh, sweet. Hows the Yelli treatin ya?

Love at first sight. I just got it done fairly recently, built it up as an SS to replace my 26" SS, and managed to get it on the trail just in time for the wet weather. I like it better in every way than the bike that it replaced.

[BeanMan]

Bottom of Burro Pass


New Years Day on Slickrock

[bmf032]

Welcome home and thanks for your service Brotha! I'm glad that you're getting time on the bike.

[cutthroat]

Riding with your buddy.....

[michaelsnead]

Hi Folks,

This is my "best" riding image of 2012. Obviously, that's not because of the photographic quality of the image, the artful nature of the composition or the spine-tingling bravura of the action.

It is because this is a shot of me "returning to the scene of the crime"....so to speak. I broke my left femur at Northstar Bike Park in August of 2009. 3 surgeries, a year of physical therapy and a boatload of All Mountain rides later and this shot was taken of me dropping Big Daddy on Boondocks Trail at Northstar Bike Park:


Yee Haw, my limited edition of Free Ride is back!

Have fun however you get dirty,

Michael

[BlackCanoeDog]

in chronological order