[splat]

So BadDNA posted up for our thursday night ride to go to Singletary in Milbury. I haven't been there in a while so sounds good. and BadDNA said He knew teh trails well enough to get us suffciently lost. good enough for me !

so tongiths riders consited of Me, BadDNA , the Silver turtle, and SloMoJo!!!

so we start out on the warm up loop , which basiclly you follow the fire road till you see the furniture then you turn right. no problem -o

SilverTurtle finds a Nice log to hop over ..

we we found our selves doing the warm up loop in the wrong direction, then we could find the exit , so we are only on the warm up loop and already BadDNA has us lost

BadDNA consults the GPS

well we found our way out , basically by Gut feel the GPS really didn't do it.

any way here Is SloMoJo , 2nd time back on the bike since he broke his Titus back in May

Now on to one of the Main loops ( we would only do one of them )

Silver turtle over a rock wall. ( tried to hop it but nother there really to hop off of )

Silver turltl off of a rcok, that looks like it would be a great natural gap jump , but has a sucky approach .

BadDNA going between 2 tight rock,s

SloMoJo same rocks.

after looking at it from this angle , it looks like the best line is Over the rocks.

on the way out SloMoJo tries on a 46 pound SX trail

and the turtle finishes up on an NRS

was a Great Night for a ride , and it was a great ride , thanks guys

 

[berkshire_rider]

Well, at least my bike got to ride, even if i didn't. How were the trails? They were perfect a week and a half ago.

 

[splat]

Well, at least my bike got to ride, even if i didn't. How were the trails? They were perfect a week and a half ago.

trails were in great shape! Now if I could just keep from clipping the trees with my Handle bars on the hairpins. that Put me down 3 times!!

 

[bent^biker]

46 lbs, holy heavy sx trail batman...how did you manage to build it that heavy

edit: and then ride it wearing spandex without the bike self destructing

 

[I Are Baboon]

so we start out on the warm up loop , which basiclly you follow the fire road till you see the furniture then you turn right.

Turning right when you see furniture is usually the correct thing to do.



Cool pics.

 

[McGRP01]

46 lbs, holy heavy sx trail batman...how did you manage to build it that heavy

My DH bike only weighs 43!!!

 

[Westy]

It cracks me up seeing someone on a 43lb bike and an NRS on the same trail. Not busting anyones balls, just different strokes for different folks.

 

[MMcG]

Is the NRS a loaner for Slomo?? He'll crush that thing the way he rides if he bought it.

So cool to see you guys out riding with no snow on the ground in late December!!

 

[Riding]

46 lbs, holy heavy sx trail batman...how did you manage to build it that heavy

edit: and then ride it wearing spandex without the bike self destructing

If I'm not mistaken, that's the Silver Turtle's bike, and unless he has reduced the weight a little bit over the summer, it's closer to 49lbs which is inclusive of but not entirely because of a Rohloff hub.

I would put my money on the ST on any technical climb over most riders on a 35lb Cross Country bike.

 

[berkshire_rider]

46 lbs, holy heavy sx trail batman...how did you manage to build it that heavy

edit: and then ride it wearing spandex without the bike self destructing

A Roholoff and Dave's love of soft compound Michey's have got the weight to wherever it currently is. Ironically, the weight of his bike has never slowed him down - he is one of the best climbers I have ever ridden with, and spends most rides at the front of the group.

 

[berkshire_rider]

Is the NRS a loaner for Slomo?? He'll crush that thing the way he rides if he bought it.

So cool to see you guys out riding with no snow on the ground in late December!!

It's a loner. There were 2 conditions placed on him with the loan of the NRS - (1) no hucking. (2) He has to join us on some of the Thursday rides and ride. :biggrin:

 

[splat]

A Roholoff and Dave's love of soft compound Michey's have got the weight to wherever it currently is. Ironically, the weight of his bike has never slowed him down - he is one of the best climbers I have ever ridden with, and spends most rides at the front of the group.

and last night was no exception! He was way out in front.

 

[berkshire_rider]

Now on to one of the Main loops ( we would only do one of them )

Time constraints?

 

[splat]

Time constraints?

and Lights and Lungs we were out 2 1/2 hours , SloMojo , was already on his 2nd battery pack. Silverturlte was bout to change batties , Mine was getting low ( since I had already used it for an hour riding home)

 

[mdc]

Splat, nice shots as usual. I think a few miles of new trail had been cut out there this past fall, but I have yet to check them out. Just out of curiousity do you guys ever ride the loop off the backside of Purgatory in Sutton? 4-5 miles of singletrack, raked etc. similar to rayburn/ribbon candy. If you've never been let me know and I'll shoot you some directions ( although it does seem that you've been to every area in Southern NE)....

 

[splat]

Splat, nice shots as usual. I think a few miles of new trail had been cut out there this past fall, but I have yet to check them out. Just out of curiousity do you guys ever ride the loop off the backside of Purgatory in Sutton? 4-5 miles of singletrack, raked etc. similar to rayburn/ribbon candy. If you've never been let me know and I'll shoot you some directions ( although it does seem that you've been to every area in Southern NE)....

actually , I have not riden the trails at Purgatory Chasm , at some point I will have to take you up on that offer.

 

[mdc]

Anytime. I rode there yesterday in the snow/sleet and got lost for 2.5 hrs. Lots of new stuff cut and raked. I met up with a couple of guys who were measuring the distance and they were on about mile 9. I may do a hangover ride there tommorow so if anyones interested let me know...