I have so many great memories from this year, but if I had to pick just one ride: 90 mile mixed surface mess of a ride on a drizzly, blustery day with a group of badass adventure riders and racers. It started out way too fast, we kept getting lost, a couple of light crashes occurred, we wound up in people's backyards, horse trails, fast road descents, on fairly techy singletrack, farm tracks, highways etc. Both my bike and myself were covered in mud and horse s%^t by the end. I was soaked to the bone, bonking and mildly hypothermic. It was the best kind of disaster. Everyone was exhausted and laughing at the end.