[pixelninja]

I finally took my new camera (Canon S500) out on a ride this weekend. Only took pics when I rested, so they're not the most exciting, but it was a great day and since a riding thread is due, here it is.

Here's my buddy Jon at the first break. That itty-bitty teeny-tiny chunk of rock behind him is just a teaser for the 100 ft of HELL that awaits you around the next switchback.

Can you spot the rider???

Here he is!

Just a little scenery looking northeast

Jon coming down some singletrack goodness

Denver off in the distance

And finally a little pano from the top before we bomb back down

 

[splat]

WOW !

very nice

 

[Jozz]

Nice!

Whats the name of that trail?

 

[pixelninja]

White Ranch. Just north of Golden, CO.

 

[jdcamb]

Wow a post about riding.....good job guys Looks like a fun trail.....jdcamb

 

[Morryjg]

I haven't ridden White Ranch in a long time. Did you get on Belcher?? I heard that it was in really bad shape.

I rode the Mt. Falcon/Bear Creek/Lair o' the Bear/Little Park loop yesterday. It was really nice! The Bear Creek trail is getting beat up from people locking up their brakes going into the corner though. I wish people would learn to use their front brake and feather everything so they don't skid.....

 

[LordOpie]

Great pics, thanks Dave!

I rode the 60 mile, 8500' road loop, Boulder-Lyons-Ward-Boulder on Saturday and hike Mt. Yale on Sunday.

How'd ya get away from your beautiful baby to ride?

 

[pixelninja]

I haven't ridden White Ranch in a long time. Did you get on Belcher?? I heard that it was in really bad shape.

I rode the Mt. Falcon/Bear Creek/Lair o' the Bear/Little Park loop yesterday. It was really nice! The Bear Creek trail is getting beat up from people locking up their brakes going into the corner though. I wish people would learn to use their front brake and feather everything so they don't skid.....

Is that what is called Super Falcon? And have you done any of the loops at the top of Falcon?

Belcher is in GREAT shape...up until the cutoff for Longhorn (first pic where Jon is resting). If you continue up Belcher it turns to loose dusty sh*t. We always ride up Belcher to Longhorn, cut off at Longhorn, take that to Shorthorn, back to Longhorn, to the top. We usually take a combo of Belcher and Mustang back down, but Sat we took Belcher all the way down. I almost washed out no less than 5 times due to the loose-ness of the trail.

 

[pixelninja]

Great pics, thanks Dave!

I rode the 60 mile, 8500' road loop, Boulder-Lyons-Ward-Boulder on Saturday and hike Mt. Yale on Sunday.

How'd ya get away from your beautiful baby to ride?

I have a wonderful, understanding wife that realizes that if I don't get out and ride occationally, I turn into the husband from hell. Besides, she likes to get out and run, so its only fair that I get out and ride sometimes.

Hey, I thought you were training for the Triple Bypass? What happened to that?

EDIT: I just saw your reply in your electrolite thread

 

[Morryjg]

Is that what is called Super Falcon? And have you done any of the loops at the top of Falcon?
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It's called Super Fun! ....except for all the road at the bottom. I don't have a problem with road, it just kinda blows on a mt. bike.

I've done all the loops up on Falcon. I think my favorite is climbing from the bottom up to the parking lot and then hitting Parmalee Gulch.

 

[SkaredShtles]

<snip> I wish people would learn to use their front brake and feather everything so they don't skid.....

This coming from the guy I had to chastise on that very trail for skidding?

-S.S.-

 

[neversummersnow]

Good! but nothing like the Front Range trails out my back door....hehehe

 

[pixelninja]

It's called Super Fun! ....except for all the road at the bottom. I don't have a problem with road, it just kinda blows on a mt. bike.

I've done all the loops up on Falcon. I think my favorite is climbing from the bottom up to the parking lot and then hitting Parmalee Gulch.

Parmalee Gulch rocks! The views down highway 285 are awesome.

 

[Squeak]

Belcher was loose and rocky on the fireroad portion last time I was there. It was in much better shape earlier in the spring.

 

[pixelninja]

Good! but nothing like the Front Range trails out my back door....hehehe

And which trails would these be?

 

[Full Trucker]

And which trails would these be?

That would be those one trails... you know... THOSE ones...

 

[Morryjg]

This coming from the guy I had to chastise on that very trail for skidding?

-S.S.-

On a section of jeep road. :eviltongu

 

[SkaredShtles]

On a section of jeep road. :eviltongu

There aren't any jeeps allowed back there anymore.

-S.S.-

 

[SkaredShtles]

That would be those one trails... you know... THOSE ones...

Yeah! Yeah! I know 'em. *Those* trails ROCK!

-S.S.-

 

[Skookum]

nice pix man diggin em. looks like some smooth goodness....

 

[TreeSaw]

Sweet pics...those trails look like fun!!!