probably a warning or a fine
The last person to post a picture from their last bike ride wins access to the white courtesy phone.
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Word in Brevard was that they'd confiscate one's bike...
Get back on your bikes, slackers!
Trails suck. Postholed to death, semi-slushy, without much support.
Trails suck. Postholed to death, semi-slushy, without much support.
Trying....Get back on your bikes, slackers!
Trails suck. Postholed to death, semi-slushy, without much support.
rode the classic Yancey Ridge loop in Le Grandfather District.
when we were up there 2 fuckit fridays ago we noticed a lot of downfall. so today i stuck the silky big boy in my pack and did some work. along with cutting out most of the major deadfall, i pruned a lot of growth back. great day in the woods. here’s the biggest one i dealt with:
when we were up there 2 fuckit fridays ago we noticed a lot of downfall. so today i stuck the silky big boy in my pack and did some work. along with cutting out most of the major deadfall, i pruned a lot of growth back. great day in the woods. here’s the biggest one i dealt with:
Oh wow, that's a pretty sizeable tree there for a hand job!rode the classic Yancey Ridge loop in Le Grandfather District.
when we were up there 2 fuckit fridays ago we noticed a lot of downfall. so today i stuck the silky big boy in my pack and did some work. along with cutting out most of the major deadfall, i pruned a lot of growth back. great day in the woods. here’s the biggest one i dealt with:
Practice makes perfect...Oh wow, that's a pretty sizeable tree there for a hand job!
It is impressive work; Silkys are impressive saws.
Ha ha!
The trail was still too wet to ride yesterday so I hiked in and did some trail maintenance. One of the sections I worked on.
The area inside the yellow circle is the original route, built by an individual who has zero concept of flow. It was more or less a tight switchback at the end of a 200-yard 4~5% downhill. Most people skidded, and naturally, ruts formed. Our trail boss, I, and an intern built a new turn a while ago.
7.6 inches of rain we got since October (2.2" was from Hurricane Rosa, average precipitation is 4.7" between Oct - Feb) confirmed the new turn is sustainable, so I closed the original route for good. Replanted some cactii, blended in bench cut, and tossed some rocks on.
With the crappy route gone, I could build a little berm by the white arrow. Not really necessary, but nice to have a bit of support to pump into before getting up the grade reversal.
Blue lines show water drainage.
The area inside the yellow circle is the original route, built by an individual who has zero concept of flow. It was more or less a tight switchback at the end of a 200-yard 4~5% downhill. Most people skidded, and naturally, ruts formed. Our trail boss, I, and an intern built a new turn a while ago.
7.6 inches of rain we got since October (2.2" was from Hurricane Rosa, average precipitation is 4.7" between Oct - Feb) confirmed the new turn is sustainable, so I closed the original route for good. Replanted some cactii, blended in bench cut, and tossed some rocks on.
With the crappy route gone, I could build a little berm by the white arrow. Not really necessary, but nice to have a bit of support to pump into before getting up the grade reversal.
Blue lines show water drainage.
Old crappy user-built bride was destroyed by muni. User group rebuilt bridge better than the muni builds bridges, muni not happy because it didn’t go through their approval process and cost less.
Elk Meadow?
Good call!
3 laps of the small lower loop in great conditions. We go to that King Soopers at Bergen Park and needed a grocery run so it's nice and convenient.
Dogwood Designs, they are very versatile, in warmer temps, I can just roll them up. You basically roll them inside out and then push them towards the center of the bars. They are soft enough that this works quite well and that way you can regulate the heat easy. The only negative is there are little loops inside that are intended to help keep them "up" on your arms, but they are kind of poor at this. They work, but I got much better results by sewing in little straps on the inside and putting little plastic hooks on the ends of my bar plugs. I have the heavy-duty revelate expedition pogies too, but I reserve those for significant cold on slower backcountry touring type stuff. Dogwood designs also makes an "extreme" version, but unless you are constantly riding colder than -20F, they are not needed IME. The stuff by Revelate and 45Nrth is too rigid for most general riding IMO.
Little bit better pic:
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Where's that in SC?Santa Cruz loam was good over the weekend
Bottom of one of the UCSC trails, it's called D Cups.
Tx. I have seen that stuff on the maps but have not managed to ride it.
More fun and flowy than some of the rowdy UC trails. Good trail to take intermediate riders on.
