[rainbow_smoke]

So joel is having a wedding reception on saturday and to make the trip more fun me and pete are bringing our mtb's and thinking of riding on galbrith mtn. and figured since we don't know anything of the trails there some people might want to ride with us and show us around. would be friday morning to early afternoon or so
pm or post here if your interested

and its DH no xc unless you want to walk with us and our dh bikes hehe

 

[odiwik]

Just to let you two know, you have to do some xcountry to or from the DH on Galbraith...! I wish I was there to ride it with you two; I miss that place.

 

[glowbug]

If you have time you may want to check out the Padden festivities:
http://www.whimpsmtb.com/paddenMain.htm

 

[kinghami3]

hmm, I just got back from B'ham tonight. Tempting though. Take Evolution down to Dan's then hit Trix are for Kids? It's been too long...

 

[SuperSlow]

have joel call me. Walking to the top? why?

 

[rainbow_smoke]

well we will ride if we can but DH bikes don't go up well

 

[SuperSlow]

you can pedal the dh bikes to the top its a pretty mellow fire road climb

 

[Transfer]

you can pedal the dh bikes to the top its a pretty mellow fire road climb

To the towers? that's a good one. :nuts:
Yeah you can do it, but you better be ripped.

 

[kinghami3]

To the towers? that's a good one. :nuts:
Yeah you can do it, but you better be ripped.

I agree, I can just barely pound the whole thing out non-stop on an XC bike but there's no way you're doing it on a DH rig.

 

[SuperSlow]

its a grind but i guess my dh bike is pretty light and alot more fun on the way down

 

[mplutodh1]

i've made it to the towers once on my dh bike only having to walk about 100 yards, although I don't want to do it again... some parts you can ride, others you can walk, mix it up and you wont get too tired and wont waste too much time.

 

[dwaugh]

I agree, I can just barely pound the whole thing out non-stop on an XC bike but there's no way you're doing it on a DH rig.

haha, one time I went up the whole way on my hardtail in gear 2-6 from my house. I'm not sure why. But it's really not that bad.

Trix are for kids, what trail is this?

 

[rainbow_smoke]

so would sunday work better for people?? we might change it to sunday late morning/early afternoon

 

[kinghami3]

haha, one time I went up the whole way on my hardtail in gear 2-6 from my house. I'm not sure why. But it's really not that bad.

Trix are for kids, what trail is this?

It's the short one just after Dan's, has a ladder at the beginning, steep section that shoots you onto a bridge over the creek, had a couple roll-overs, then puts you out onto the road heading towards Kaiser. There's a lot of names for it though.

 

[TtotheJ]

To the towers? that's a good one. :nuts:
Yeah you can do it, but you better be ripped.

Ha ha, you need to get out and ride more, you used to ride your RM7 up there. This last weekend I rode my new Demo 8 all the way up except for the last steep stretch to the towers (coulda rode it but didn't feel like it ).

I think my favorite route on the mountain for the big bike is Evolution to Dan's then Flying Squirrel, back up to 911, back up to Shaun's then the last two trails below Shaun's.

I'm also surprised no one has suggested the real DH/FR trails on the "other" mountain. If I was coming up here with nothing but my big bike I would definitely ride there instead of Galby.

 

[SuperSlow]

yah but i think they may be trying to avoid black eyes and such for the reception

 

[dwaugh]

This last weekend I rode my new Demo 8 all the way up except for the last steep stretch to the towers (coulda rode it but didn't feel like it ).

Even I hate that hill, and I'm the kind who really doesnt mind death climb and such.

 

[rainbow_smoke]

ok well change of plans to sunday!! pm me if you want to show us around since we know nothing of galbrith