Chad & Colleen · Colorado

You won't hear
us coming

Electric dirt bikes in the San Juans. The bikes are silent. Chad is not.

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The honest version

Every ride starts the same way. The electric bikes really are quicker off the line — that part is true, and we bring it up constantly. We come off the bottom of the hill ahead of the gas bikes, silent, smug, insufferable.

Then they catch us. Then they pass us. Then we spend the rest of the afternoon explaining that we let them.

Colleen is the better rider. I'm the one doing the talking. These two facts are related.

Evidence

Colleen kneeling on a trail with a hand saw, cutting through a fallen aspen. Two bikes parked behind her. — Colleen, clearing the trail. I documented it.

A rider on a dirt bike with an animal skull balanced on top of his helmet, giving two thumbs up. — Meanwhile. I found a skull and everything else stopped for twenty minutes.

A dirt bike lying on its side on a narrow trail through an aspen grove. — The bike did this by itself. I wasn't even near it.

Colleen on her bike in the trees, purple gear, throwing a peace sign. — The better rider, being gracious about it.

Rider's view down a singletrack trail through aspens and wildflowers, another rider ahead. — Behind her again. Great view though.

A rocky two-track climbing through late-spring snowbanks toward high peaks. — San Juans, mid-May. The snow gets a vote on where you're going.

What's here

Friends & family

The rides

Video from the trail — 4K, searchable by rider, trail, and date. It's behind a gate because there are real people in these, and the music isn't mine. If you rode with us, ask and you're in. Watch on the TV with the free Chadman Productions app on Google Play (iPhone coming soon).

videos.chadman.net → Free

WolfPack Dash

A trail dashboard for any dirt or adventure bike — offline maps for every state, a live dash (GPS speed, elevation, weather), turn-by-turn nav on the trails, and your rides recorded as you go. Built it because I wanted one and nobody was selling it. Free, no ads, nothing to sell you. Works with gloves on, which was most of the point. Free on the App Store and Google Play.

chadware.chadman.net/wolfpack-dash → Non-profit

Trail work

The trails we ride stay open because people cut deadfall and fix drainage. That's WestCore. Saws, fuel, and time — donations buy the first two.

westcore.co → Build plan

Camper power

The 12V plan for our ATC PLA 450 toy hauler: one 600Ah lithium battery in place of two, and a second charger for generator days. Wiring diagram, parts, and the rules we're building to.

chadman.net/camper →