SLO's Modanna Rock Garden (video)

blackohio · Mar 13, 2010

where was the rock garden? Did I blink and miss it?

downhillracer · Mar 13, 2010

I think the whole trail is supposed to be a "rock garden". looks fun anyways.

stoney · Mar 13, 2010

I think there are people on the East Coast dying of laughter right now.

demo 9 · Mar 13, 2010

The Joker said:
I think there are people on the East Coast dying of laughter right now.

I wasnt going to comment but since you started it. :rofl:

J · Mar 13, 2010

The Joker said:
I think there are people on the East Coast dying of laughter right now.

Heh, yeah it's tamer trail. Lots of fun on an xc or small bike though! Not a "downhill" trail by any means. Check out this vid for a real San Luis DH trail-

. Picks up about 4 mins in.

demo 9 · Mar 13, 2010

J said:
Heh, yeah it's tamer trail. Lots of fun on an xc or small bike though! Not a "downhill" trail by any means. Check out this vid for a real San Luis DH trail-

. Picks up about 4 mins in.

^ awesome

TrailzHozer · Mar 13, 2010

j said:
heh, yeah it's tamer trail. Lots of fun on an xc or small bike though! Not a "downhill" trail by any means. Check out this vid for a real san luis dh trail-

. Picks up about 4 mins in.

sick!

stoney · Mar 13, 2010

Tower has eaten me more than once.

gemini2k · Mar 13, 2010

J said:
Heh, yeah it's tamer trail. Lots of fun on an xc or small bike though! Not a "downhill" trail by any means. Check out this vid for a real San Luis DH trail- . Picks up about 4 mins in.

I think how quickly he accelerates at 4min gives you an idea how steep that trail is...and then it clearly gets steeper as it gets into the rocks. I know of people who have taken several east coaster's on that trail who kept talking about all the "rocky and technical trails" on the east coast. Let's just say they're weren't exactly having fun on that trail.

slowmtb · Mar 14, 2010

J said:
Heh, yeah it's tamer trail. Lots of fun on an xc or small bike though! Not a "downhill" trail by any means. Check out this vid for a real San Luis DH trail-

. Picks up about 4 mins in.

I think that silenced the critics

dirtboyracer · Mar 14, 2010

Rockgarden is no piece of cake for the haters out there. At speed it becomes a whole ne ballgame.
The fact that Tower is the second (third?) toughest trail in town should tell you something. I haven't done Tower in a few months but from the highway, it looks like the bottom steep section has a foot deep rut in the middle of it right now

ScarredOne · Mar 14, 2010

J said:
Check out this vid for a real San Luis DH trail-

. Picks up about 4 mins in.

If anyone thinks that's bad, you woulda messed yourself if you rode Tower back in '98. It's changed quite a bit since then. Good riding, fellas.

J · Mar 14, 2010

dirtboyracer said:
Rockgarden is no piece of cake for the haters out there. At speed it becomes a whole ne ballgame.
The fact that Tower is the second (third?) toughest trail in town should tell you something. I haven't done Tower in a few months but from the highway, it looks like the bottom steep section has a foot deep rut in the middle of it right now

You're right about Rock Garden. For the most common trail users (weekend XC riders) it is gnarly! Or try and go fast and it gets interesting as well. Here is another movie of Rock Garden that shows the trail a bit better...

The rut at the bottom wasn't too bad two weeks ago. There was a rut up top that sucks but the trail isn't as steep there so its no biggie.

Sorry to derail the thread bikesair! Just rode Rock Garden through Lemon Grove this evening and yesterday evening. SO sick right now. Great all mountain loop.

dirtboyracer · Mar 14, 2010

After doing Rock Garden at night on my XC bike with no lights and a full moon, I have new respect for that trail. I'll have to check it out then. The rut looked like it eats wheels for breakfast but that was probably just the angle.

TrailzHozer · Mar 14, 2010

same trail
hauling a$$

ScarredOne · Mar 14, 2010

TrailzHozer said:
same trail
hauling a$$

thanks for making me seasick, Bro.

p-spec · Mar 14, 2010

Please tell me you guys dont actually ride downhill bikes on these xc trails.

Banshee Rider · Mar 14, 2010

gemini2k said:
I know of people who have taken several east coaster's on that trail who kept talking about all the "rocky and technical trails" on the east coast. Let's just say they're weren't exactly having fun on that trail.

Because its a straight line for 6 minutes perhaps? I thought it looked fun, but hardly anything that would give >sport racer a hard time. East vs. West threads are lame.

p-spec · Mar 14, 2010

I consider myself lucky to be 45 minutes from this place....

you should see the rest of the mountain.
All the american guys I rode with years ago always said the same thing,how much they loved coming to ride here.

Last time was up there was a while,rode with smutok and few sinister guys,and a kid ( who is probly my age now on a chumba f4 ) with his mom who I helped on a solo run urly in the morning I was taking.

His mom was AWSOME,she rode DH AT BROMONT ARE YOU KIDDING!!! stab primo with deemax's and a shiver.She was Hardcore.

That was a amazing day of riding,will never forget.

J · Mar 14, 2010

p-spec said:
Please tell me you guys dont actually ride downhill bikes on these xc trails.

Most of the time no- but it is a good time to take the DH bike on an XC ride. It's fun to pass the spandex guys on a climb with a full DH bike then watch their reaction when they see us drinking tall cans at the top. Hate if you want, its fun and keeps me in shape.

I'm sure you can tell exactly what the trail is like from all these helmet cams too!

J · Mar 14, 2010

p-spec said:
I consider myself lucky to be 45 minutes from this place....

you should see the rest of the mountain.
All the american guys I rode with years ago always said the same thing,how much they loved coming to ride here.

Last time was up there was a while,rode with smutok and few sinister guys,and a kid ( who is probly my age now on a chumba f4 ) with his mom who I helped on a solo run urly in the morning I was taking.

His mom was AWSOME,she rode DH AT BROMONT ARE YOU KIDDING!!! stab primo with deemax's and a shiver.She was Hardcore.

That was a amazing day of riding,will never forget.

Sounds like that is a good place to ride. It's good you consider yourself lucky! I think I'm lucky too. High five!

p-spec · Mar 14, 2010

J said:
Most of the time no- but it is a good time to take the DH bike on an XC ride. It's fun to pass the spandex guys on a climb with a full DH bike then watch their reaction when they see us drinking tall cans at the top. Hate if you want, its fun and keeps me in shape.

I'm sure you can tell exactly what the trail is like from all these helmet cams too!

NAw man im not hating :rofl:

I just hope you guys dont spend all the money on big dh bikes to ride those trails thats alls

ianjenn · Mar 14, 2010

p-spec said:
NAw man im not hating I just hope you guys dont spend all the money on big dh bikes to ride those trails thats alls

Fast boys around here buy them to break and ride on this.

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p-spec · Mar 14, 2010

I own chainsmoke 2 on vhs,it is still to date my favorite dh vid.

Rennie on the yeti is the best part.

I dont even need to watch that clip its landcasters part in the beginning of the vid.

p-spec · Mar 14, 2010

tower trail=the nuts.

ianjenn · Mar 14, 2010

p-spec said:
I own chainsmoke 2 on vhs,it is still to date my favorite dh vid.

Rennie on the yeti is the best part.

I dont even need to watch that clip its landcasters part in the beginning of the vid.

The part where Rennie blasts that big gap on the road is shot out at Pozo right near here. Here is a teaser pic from today. They are having another race soon but nobody is gonna is break Richard's time from way back it was low 1:40's HAHAH. I will have more shots soon of the testing that went on today. Nate crushing Thumb Breaker!

Uncle Cliffy · Mar 14, 2010

I think I want to go ride "Tower trail" now. Good stuff!

p-spec · Mar 14, 2010

ianjenn said:
The part where Rennie blasts that big gap on the road is shot out at Pozo right near here. Here is a teaser pic from today. They are having another race soon but nobody is gonna is break Richard's time from way back it was low 1:40's HAHAH. I will have more shots soon of the testing that went on today. Nate crushing Thumb Breaker!

Awsome

thats pic is nuts too.

The trio on the tower were moving.I would also glue myself as much to the left too.

J · Mar 14, 2010

ianjenn said:
The part where Rennie blasts that big gap on the road is shot out at Pozo right near here. Here is a teaser pic from today. They are having another race soon but nobody is gonna is break Richard's time from way back it was low 1:40's HAHAH. I will have more shots soon of the testing that went on today. Nate crushing Thumb Breaker!

Nice pic Ian, it actually shows how steep it is!

ianjenn · Mar 14, 2010

J said:
Nice pic Ian, it actually shows how steep it is!

We should of had you come and shoot video. Next time out....maybe this week some time. Email me when you are available to do it? Oh Thanks I got some killer images this time pretty stoked about em!

DirtyMike · Mar 14, 2010

bikesair said:
http://vimeo.com/10130504

Nothing really special here. The quality is okay (Hero SD) but I think it gives everyone a good perspective of what there up against!

The trail has actually changed quite a bit recently. We've been getting quite a bit of rain that has really been exposing a lot more rocks. On my '05 Giant Faith for this one. Hopefully the pace is quick enough to keep it interesting haha.

The Embedded worked on MTBR but I can't seem to get it to on here. Any tips?

Embediing here is all bracket coding..... No HTML. For vimeo its everything after the last slash<10130504> then you have (vimeo)10130504(/vimeo) But instead of the Parentheses, use brackets [ ] [/[ ]

You video was cool, but man the standard Gopro just doesnt do justice to how fast your going. I had the standard for awhile myself, an decided to go with the wide angle...... Much more stable, shows your true speed on film alot better as well.........

J · Mar 15, 2010

ianjenn said:
We should of had you come and shoot video. Next time out....maybe this week some time. Email me when you are available to do it? Oh Thanks I got some killer images this time pretty stoked about em!

Finals until Thursday and secret trail practice on Friday. It would be cool to get someone to shoot the race for me... or I could step out of the race and shoot it myself.... ugh, can't decide. I'm down to do a photo/vid shoot though. Maybe the following week over my Spring break?

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