So it is Wednesday night ride time and Manhattanprjkt and I decide it is time to open a section of trail that we have been working 2-3 nights a week and usually one day a weekend for the past 4 months on. The trail is probably 2.75-3 miles long, and has a bunch of little play sections where you can stop and session or just keep on truckin.
This was also Manhattans maiden voyage on his new Transition Bottle Rocket so I took a bunch of pics of him and his bike sessioning some of the fun spots.
On the first climb we were all feeling the heat and humidity, and Manhattan and I were feeling extra @SS-kicked from all the work in the past week to have the trail ready!
At the top of the climb I whipped out the cam for a quick shot of the new bike!
After a long climb it is always nice to have something to play on! Here is Manhattan and our friend Longhair Larry playing on a fun little drop. Its probably only 3 feet high but it is to flat, so it rides bigger!
We made another long climb, and ended up gathering all the troops at our new trailhead. The first section we heard people whoopin and hollerin the whole time about how sweet the new stuff was, and then we came upon our little 2 foot kicker that lands in a perfect transition and across a trestle bridge we made. Here are Manhattan, Larry, and I all hitting the kicker. This thing is fun!
Then we hit a long section of trail with a few features including a ladder to log crossing or you can skinny the logs also. I nailed some gutter guard from HD onto the slick logs, and it is super tacky! (Ill get some pics of it next time), and a fast downhill through pines with tons of ferns lining the forest floor except for the singletrack!
After some climbing you get to another trestle bridge that I built off site and assembled on site. Just after the bridge we made a drop to creek bed transition, here is Larry hitting it damn near perfect!
He was praising us for how smooth it is. It is probably 4 feet of drop at the slowest you can hit it, and just gets to be further with speed!
After the ride we all headed to our local Mex restaurant for some grub and beer! I picked a fitting one for how I was feeling after all the work and hard riding! But damn it tasted good!
Come to Pittsburgh you guys and we'll show you some good singletrack, and fun stuff!
This was also Manhattans maiden voyage on his new Transition Bottle Rocket so I took a bunch of pics of him and his bike sessioning some of the fun spots.
On the first climb we were all feeling the heat and humidity, and Manhattan and I were feeling extra @SS-kicked from all the work in the past week to have the trail ready!
At the top of the climb I whipped out the cam for a quick shot of the new bike!
After a long climb it is always nice to have something to play on! Here is Manhattan and our friend Longhair Larry playing on a fun little drop. Its probably only 3 feet high but it is to flat, so it rides bigger!
We made another long climb, and ended up gathering all the troops at our new trailhead. The first section we heard people whoopin and hollerin the whole time about how sweet the new stuff was, and then we came upon our little 2 foot kicker that lands in a perfect transition and across a trestle bridge we made. Here are Manhattan, Larry, and I all hitting the kicker. This thing is fun!
Then we hit a long section of trail with a few features including a ladder to log crossing or you can skinny the logs also. I nailed some gutter guard from HD onto the slick logs, and it is super tacky! (Ill get some pics of it next time), and a fast downhill through pines with tons of ferns lining the forest floor except for the singletrack!
After some climbing you get to another trestle bridge that I built off site and assembled on site. Just after the bridge we made a drop to creek bed transition, here is Larry hitting it damn near perfect!
He was praising us for how smooth it is. It is probably 4 feet of drop at the slowest you can hit it, and just gets to be further with speed!
After the ride we all headed to our local Mex restaurant for some grub and beer! I picked a fitting one for how I was feeling after all the work and hard riding! But damn it tasted good!
Come to Pittsburgh you guys and we'll show you some good singletrack, and fun stuff!
