Sheeeit. That LBST is just a morning ride in Moab. Head out in the afternoon for a lap on Amasa Back after that one...
Climbing TWE
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I remember riding The Ribbon one year in Junction and someone had glued little yellow reflector things to the rock on top so people wouldn't get lost on the slabs.
And this was a long* time ago.
*not long in geologic terms
Someone needs to do that at Bartlett, I couldn't find the trail last time I got onto the rock thereI remember riding The Ribbon one year in Junction and someone had glued little yellow reflector things to the rock on top so people wouldn't get lost on the slabs.
And this was a long* time ago.
*not long in geologic terms
"trail?"Someone needs to do that at Bartlett, I couldn't find the trail last time I got onto the rock there
Just aim left of the mushroom
I can imagine mushrooms can enhance the climbing experience, still doesn't look like fun.
You found it!
You denverites have all kinds of weird stuff out there on your list of honkey accomplishments in moab. I have no idea what goes on out there. Probably got some kind of strava based geocache course to connect authentic tacos or some shit.
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Hey don't lump me in with those Kansas dwellers. I have an extra 2200ft+ of moral superiority to bask in their smog over them.
Oh, don't think that you're special just because you live up there at 8K feet with all those millionaires.
dammit ....
Maybe for lunch today I'll wander over to Tacos Selene...
The mushroom woo refers to above is the rock outcropping just to the left of my wife in that photo at Bartlett Wash, totally different area of Moab from TWE. Search for Bartlett mushroom drop on the youtuber, I'm sure there's plenty of old school and newer vids.
how big a drop is that anyway? I remember first seeing videos of Canfield and Krispy hitting it on yuge bikes, now it embraced by the spirit of enduro guys. 6-8 feet? ish?
From the lip straight down it's probably 8-10 feet? But going off of it at speed, I'm pretty sure the landing spot is gonna be 20-ish feet down? Whatever it is, it's loco-gringo.
Before I got deployed I was tackling the whole smith rock parking lot to Burma road to grey butte and back without stabbing a foot. I feel insignificant now, thanks
probably more like 12, maybe 8ish straight underI'm pretty sure the landing spot is gonna be 20-ish feet down? Whatever it is, it's loco-gringo.
I pedaled at this and it's definitely not 20.
poking off like 8ish??
You can obviously go deeper but it gets a little lumpy beyond that first pic. I remember thinking I didn't want to be compressing on divots. But oh boy if I had a 29er!!!! (I would break wheels and not have a face)
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Esta loco. Muy loco.
did not fagerlin have a video of that trail...?I remember riding The Ribbon one year in Junction and someone had glued little yellow reflector things to the rock on top so people wouldn't get lost on the slabs.
And this was a long* time ago.
*not long in geologic terms
edit....yes...website is still functional...
6ish hours to ride the loop...FKT "route" somehow doesn't ride back to the start point in town, but ends at the tunnel.
Not sure how the FKT segment is 5hr50, yet her time for the ride was 6hr40...
www.strava.com
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edit2: messed around for 40 minutes at the start before crossing the segment time and 10 minutes at the end, brings it down to 5hr50...
Not sure how the FKT segment is 5hr50, yet her time for the ride was 6hr40...
Whole Enchilada - FKT | Strava Ride Segment in Moab, Utah
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Whole Enchilada- FKT - Hannah O's 56.8 mi bike ride
Watch the film: https://www.competitivecyclist.com/sc/hannah-twe-fkt
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edit2: messed around for 40 minutes at the start before crossing the segment time and 10 minutes at the end, brings it down to 5hr50...
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Only 60 miles?
pffffft.
How hard could that be, right?
EDIT: often, that damn ride back to town is the hardest damn part.
pffffft.
How hard could that be, right?
EDIT: often, that damn ride back to town is the hardest damn part.
I'm reasonably certain that loop would kill me.
You know a better place to die ?
I can think of one better place to die.
I don't speak Denver
What's FKT?
What's FKT?
Dumb speak for "Fastest Known Time", when referring to riding a recognized long distance unpaved route unsupported.
I better not find out there was a tailwind on any of these "unsupported" FKTs!
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Yeah, but there are plenty of worse places to die. More a statement about my current physical abilities, than about a desirable geographic location for leaving a corpse.
I'd love to leave my corpse right in the middle of porc rim.
the denvers would fight with the slc mormons other whether it needed a prayer to save or an IPA to honor
IPA
fight!
either would be a total disgrace to the beautiful living soul that once inhabited it but who gives a shit, it's dead.
Mmm... IPA.
If you're close to the edge can we push you off the cliff and see how big a dust cloud your impact makes?
For science obviously.
For science obviously.
