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Zark

Zark

Hey little girl, do you want some candy?
Oct 18, 2001
6,254
7
Reno 911
On Saturday I rode a trail I've known about for years but rarely ride.
Its usually an overgrown mess, but someone has been busy hacking back the poison oak and bramble, the trail was clear! The trail is an awesome 4 mile descent thats straight up old school. No big stunts, no huge jumps, just threading the needle on cliffside singletrack and hauling a$$. So fun, too bad it soo fast its over in 17minutes:imstupid:

I wrecked myself pretty bad trying to launch a rock outcropping (on my trailbike no less) Some nasty rock grabbed my front wheel.

But here's the amazing part: there was no one on it. Not a single car at the trailhead. No eco-nazi, Sierra clubber hating on me, no stopping and saying "two more coming up" No one. I love having the trail to myself and it almost never happens now. Too bad it takes a 4x4 to shuttle it or it'd be in regular rotation....
 
Jensen

Jensen

Monkey
Apr 30, 2007
248
0
UC/SLO,ca
Zark said:
But here's the amazing part: there was no one on it. Not a single car at the trailhead. No eco-nazi, Sierra clubber hating on me, no stopping and saying "two more coming up" No one. I love having the trail to myself and it almost never happens now. Too bad it takes a 4x4 to shuttle it or it'd be in regular rotation....
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Thats pretty amazing. DO you know gordon? rides an r9? does he know of this trail? i was planning to come down that way pretty soon. ill hit ya up if i do
 
Zark

Zark

Hey little girl, do you want some candy?
Oct 18, 2001
6,254
7
Reno 911
Gordon doesn't know of this trail and I certainly won't show him. Gordon's a scumbag.
 
Zark

Zark

Hey little girl, do you want some candy?
Oct 18, 2001
6,254
7
Reno 911
gemini2k said:
Lol, hes not THAT bad.
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pm me if you want the story. I won't turn a thread about the great experiences of riding bikes into a flame fest.

BTW, when are you getting back into town, and when are you getting a trailbike?:monkeydance:
 
beaverbiker

beaverbiker

Monkey
Feb 5, 2003
586
0
Santa Clara
hey Zark, do you know who built that trail? I'm not trying to get any info or anything, but a buddy of mine who used to live down there built a trail that kind of fits that description and was wondering if it was the same one. I rode it many moons ago. More like 4 years ago. The guy I'm thinking of, his name is Erik.
 
Zark

Zark

Hey little girl, do you want some candy?
Oct 18, 2001
6,254
7
Reno 911
beaverbiker said:
hey Zark, do you know who built that trail? I'm not trying to get any info or anything, but a buddy of mine who used to live down there built a trail that kind of fits that description and was wondering if it was the same one. I rode it many moons ago. More like 4 years ago. The guy I'm thinking of, his name is Erik.
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This trail is OLD. I've been riding in SB since '94 and I hiked it when I was younger still. I don't know who built it, but I want to know who's been maintaining it, because its primo....and it used to be an overgrown mess.
 
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jamesdc

Monkey
May 6, 2007
469
0
Zark said:
This trail is OLD. I've been riding in SB since '94 and I hiked it when I was younger still. I don't know who built it, but I want to know who's been maintaining it, because its primo....and it used to be an overgrown mess.
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maybe it was gordon, i would be up for riding said trail sometime
 
gemini2k

gemini2k

Turbo Monkey
Jul 31, 2005
3,526
117
San Francisco
Zark said:
pm me if you want the story. I won't turn a thread about the great experiences of riding bikes into a flame fest.

BTW, when are you getting back into town, and when are you getting a trailbike?:monkeydance:
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I think I'll make a trailbike a birthday/xmas gift to myself this winter. Probably gonna get the gt sanction or the mongoose khyber. 32-ish pounds, 6-ish inches of travel, should be fun, SB XC bikes i figure. I'll be back around may hopefully?
 
beaverbiker

beaverbiker

Monkey
Feb 5, 2003
586
0
Santa Clara
Zark said:
This trail is OLD. I've been riding in SB since '94 and I hiked it when I was younger still. I don't know who built it, but I want to know who's been maintaining it, because its primo....and it used to be an overgrown mess.
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yea, different trail. he cut this one from scratch like 4 or 5 years ago. it was mint. no people.
 
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