So I got up around 7 and hit the road and met up with Toddre, Chris and Bill for a loop at 8 a.m. at the WH Reservoir. It was a beautiful morning - great sunshine, great temps, no bugs, and nice tacky trail conditions for the most part.
Toddre was riding his Steel Stew 29er - that he built himself at UBI this winter, Bill on a fancy schmancy Carbon fibre enduro and Chris on a Salsa El Caballero that was scary light. Here are a few ride pics from that first loop - more riding was to be had later little did I know.
Chris through the rocks:
Toddre on his Steel Stew:
Me tackling a climb that you can't really tell from the pic that it is a climb:
Bill on the Blinged out Enduro:
Chris on a climb:
Toddre and John (who joined us for a portion of the ride)
So we broke apart and Todd and Bill hauled back to the parking lot so Bill could get to work at Bikers Edge in Bristol and then Toddre doubled back and he and I finished up the loop.
We came in to the parking lot and low and behold who do we run into ?? IAB, MBC, Quo Fan and Big T. I had missed MBCs last minute email about a 10 a.m. ride - but found em perusing some tents for a Recreation Day Event at the Reservoir. So I decided to join them for a second loop. I'm glad I did. It was a blast to ride with them - we hadn't been out in this group since last year and much fun was had. MBCs first mtb ride of the season and she rode like a champ.
Here are some shots from the second loop for you:
IAB, MBC, and Quo on a little dip:
Quo Fan descending and getting some air:
Beautiful Dogwood tree!
MBC up the rocks:
Hello over there!
Phil on a small drop - I took the shot a little too early but you get the idea:
More rocks:
Logs too!
We wrapped the ride up just as the skies were clouding up. Good times with good peeps on fun trails. Great way to spend a Sunday.
It was so nice I had to do two!
Toddre was riding his Steel Stew 29er - that he built himself at UBI this winter, Bill on a fancy schmancy Carbon fibre enduro and Chris on a Salsa El Caballero that was scary light. Here are a few ride pics from that first loop - more riding was to be had later little did I know.
Chris through the rocks:
Toddre on his Steel Stew:
Me tackling a climb that you can't really tell from the pic that it is a climb:
Bill on the Blinged out Enduro:
Chris on a climb:
Toddre and John (who joined us for a portion of the ride)
So we broke apart and Todd and Bill hauled back to the parking lot so Bill could get to work at Bikers Edge in Bristol and then Toddre doubled back and he and I finished up the loop.
We came in to the parking lot and low and behold who do we run into ?? IAB, MBC, Quo Fan and Big T. I had missed MBCs last minute email about a 10 a.m. ride - but found em perusing some tents for a Recreation Day Event at the Reservoir. So I decided to join them for a second loop. I'm glad I did. It was a blast to ride with them - we hadn't been out in this group since last year and much fun was had. MBCs first mtb ride of the season and she rode like a champ.
Here are some shots from the second loop for you:
IAB, MBC, and Quo on a little dip:
Quo Fan descending and getting some air:
Beautiful Dogwood tree!
MBC up the rocks:
Hello over there!
Phil on a small drop - I took the shot a little too early but you get the idea:
More rocks:
Logs too!
We wrapped the ride up just as the skies were clouding up. Good times with good peeps on fun trails. Great way to spend a Sunday.
It was so nice I had to do two!
Why did I put the camera away!?
Heavy MTB traffic on those trails. You can't beat the location though.
