nice! where is this is?
The last person to post a picture from their last bike ride wins access to the white courtesy phone.
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Fernie, BC
Some permijs...
Got your text too late
With the moisture from last night conditions were prime. Will hopefully head there next weekend for their last of the year. Your participation should be mandatory.Got your text too late
High Desert Trails, yes?
Cobra low-profile cable ties. I tighten the crap out of it with a pair of pliers, and then trim it with a flush cutter or a sharp razer blade.
Yessir. I'd take it you've ridden there?
Yup, a couple of years ago. Encountered fresh mountain lion tracks.
All I saw was their dehydrated poop and a lousy "Predator control area" signage... not that I wanted to come face to face with a big cat.
Kelly lake, Walden, CO
401 Crested Butte
Some Crested Beauty
Doctor park!
Monarch Crest pics to come
401 Crested Butte
Some Crested Beauty
Doctor park!
Monarch Crest pics to come
dang-freeride ain't dead! where is that?
TL: DR - I have been cleaning my local trails.
[Story/rant]
MTB Association of AZ hosted an enduro race last year in our town, and (foolishly) decided to come back for another round. As if bypasses cut by Strava-possessed riders aren't enough, I've seen enough cheating-bastard tactics and behaviors displayed by otherwise-rational adults in regional racing series just to win some plastic trophies, I'm totally turned off and absolutely don't give a crap about racing. I watch World cup/champs DH, and that's it. No offense meant if you race...I hope you race fair and square, unlike some semi-pros around here.
That said, I'd like our trails to be in presentable and safe(-ish) condition when many out-of-town riders show up in en masse. So I have been climbing up the hill and cleaning up the segments for proposed race course when my eyes get sore from staring the monitor trying to finish my tax filing.
So there's this local guy, let's call him Jon. Jon was the main instigator for having MTB races in our town. He's very much obsessed about Strava, KOM, and stuff.
I ran into him the other day, and he criticized that I'm wasting time spending too much effort cleaning straight parts of the trail, and that I should focus on cleaning corners. Jon is reasonably fast, but corners are his main weaknesses. He's racing in this MBAA series, perhaps he's trying to gain an edge. Or, he's worried his KOMs will be taken away by out-of-towners during the race if the trails are in pristine shape. Maybe both.
So there's clearly misunderstanding between Jon and I. I guess he thinks I'm doing this for them. No, as noted, I really don't care about their little shit-flinging contest. I work on trails for my own reasons (meditation, and neglected trails make me sad). I'm simply doing them a favor by cleaning the segments that will be used for enduro first, even though there are many areas higher on my priority list.
And each time I rake the trail, some soil inevitably gets removed from the tread so I'd rather do a through job once a year than half-baked jobs multiple times, not to mention I don't like doing the same work twice.
Irritated, I responded to his request (complaints) by leaving all turns in the conditions shown below. Jon will be alright as long as he goes fast enough to take the high line.
Not really, obviously. I can be a spiteful a-hole to select individuals, but not to this extent. And even though Jon makes me uncomfortable with his unhealthy level of racing/Strava obsession, he's generally a decent guy and he works on trails when he can, so he's not on my shit list. I cleaned the area before I left.
/[Story/rant]
Le sore, and I want to drink beer nao soaking in hot bath. Alas, I have to work today.
[Story/rant]
MTB Association of AZ hosted an enduro race last year in our town, and (foolishly) decided to come back for another round. As if bypasses cut by Strava-possessed riders aren't enough, I've seen enough cheating-bastard tactics and behaviors displayed by otherwise-rational adults in regional racing series just to win some plastic trophies, I'm totally turned off and absolutely don't give a crap about racing. I watch World cup/champs DH, and that's it. No offense meant if you race...I hope you race fair and square, unlike some semi-pros around here.
That said, I'd like our trails to be in presentable and safe(-ish) condition when many out-of-town riders show up in en masse. So I have been climbing up the hill and cleaning up the segments for proposed race course when my eyes get sore from staring the monitor trying to finish my tax filing.
So there's this local guy, let's call him Jon. Jon was the main instigator for having MTB races in our town. He's very much obsessed about Strava, KOM, and stuff.
I ran into him the other day, and he criticized that I'm wasting time spending too much effort cleaning straight parts of the trail, and that I should focus on cleaning corners. Jon is reasonably fast, but corners are his main weaknesses. He's racing in this MBAA series, perhaps he's trying to gain an edge. Or, he's worried his KOMs will be taken away by out-of-towners during the race if the trails are in pristine shape. Maybe both.
So there's clearly misunderstanding between Jon and I. I guess he thinks I'm doing this for them. No, as noted, I really don't care about their little shit-flinging contest. I work on trails for my own reasons (meditation, and neglected trails make me sad). I'm simply doing them a favor by cleaning the segments that will be used for enduro first, even though there are many areas higher on my priority list.
And each time I rake the trail, some soil inevitably gets removed from the tread so I'd rather do a through job once a year than half-baked jobs multiple times, not to mention I don't like doing the same work twice.
Irritated, I responded to his request (complaints) by leaving all turns in the conditions shown below. Jon will be alright as long as he goes fast enough to take the high line.
Not really, obviously. I can be a spiteful a-hole to select individuals, but not to this extent. And even though Jon makes me uncomfortable with his unhealthy level of racing/Strava obsession, he's generally a decent guy and he works on trails when he can, so he's not on my shit list. I cleaned the area before I left.
/[Story/rant]
Le sore, and I want to drink beer nao soaking in hot bath. Alas, I have to work today.
Langesø, Denmark. The area has just about 100 feet of elevation to play with, but it is covered in lines, all legal. There are also more normal "enduro" lines, a dirt jump line and soon a pumptrack. The really big stuff is hit by only a handful of riders, but I think it is cool that still all are helping building it.
That's cuz I'm an asshole.Doesn't look like 33 mm tires and drop bars to me, but if you say so: congratulations!
