Danimal
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push/ride...it's all good and any day out with the bike is a good day.
That Cholla is a beast to climb, And yah that's crawling...
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We should have an Anti-Strava race to see who can climb it the slowest! Instead of KOM it can be KOC King of the Couch. Who's in?!?!?
On STR I started a Ride Cholla in over 7 min. club. The rules were, you had to keep riding, couldn't stop or walk, and you had to be actually trying to get up the hill as quickly as you can. The slower the better. I thought I was doing well in that competition, until you posted 11 mins. I am guessing you violated at least one of the rules.Probably...
On STR I started a Ride Cholla in over 7 min. club. The rules were, you had to keep riding, couldn't stop or walk, and you had to be actually trying to get up the hill as quickly as you can. The slower the better. I thought I was doing well in that competition, until you posted 11 mins. I am guessing you violated at least one of the rules.
That was today????Yea I rode my bike today. 17 riders and one epic ride on Cannell Trail. Enough said
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Almost didn't ride today cause I believed the weather forecast. First we went for a monster walk with Rusty that was uphill both ways and dodged the rain so I decided to try my luck and ride. My go to stuff at Tapia usually resembles a slurpy machine after a rain so I opted to play it safe and just pedal some other fire roads & blacktop. Rained for about 3 minutes and was a perfect 60°. After the ride it was time to drink beer and unclog drains. Should have just stayed out riding cause I don't like working on plumbing.
Besides I gotta wait for my fingers to thaw out
Besides I gotta wait for my fingers to thaw out
He told his wife that if he ever rides again he wants to get a mountain bike cause a mountain biker was the only one nice enough to stop for him.
Sunday brought me that chance to match J's epic 10K ride. Somehow a kids ride broke out. The sprinkles kept about 1/2 of the kids at home but the those showing up had a great ride on the single track around Irvine Regional. Thanks to SHARE and Non Dot for taking over the reigns for this fantastic "Ride Like a Kid" Day.
Stats - nothing recorded but I'd say a very healthy 2hr ride, 5 miles with 400'; a few mechanicals and one poor lass who lost traction and slid into a road post.
Looking back down the trail, Laurel Springs is that little flat area.
I love this! This good stuff!Sunday brought me that chance to match J's epic 10K ride. Somehow a kids ride broke out. The sprinkles kept about 1/2 of the kids at home but the those showing up had a great ride on the single track around Irvine Regional. Thanks to SHARE and Non Dot for taking over the reigns for this fantastic "Ride Like a Kid" Day.
Stats - nothing recorded but I'd say a very healthy 2hr ride, 5 miles with 400'; a few mechanicals and one poor lass who lost traction and slid into a road post.
I love seeing this... Awesome! I wish I had gotten back into biking while mine were still little. What a blast!
I'll probably be in that exact same spot tomorrow and I may even have a bike to get around the cross country course... Watching my oldest run one of his last high school races.
Actually, Laurel Spring is located at the end of the little trail that curves around BELOW Harding Truck trail. The little flat area you are referring to has something to do with the Forest Service and I think it may be a water drop point for fighting fires.
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Bnut Thanks for the correction, I'll have to check it out next time I'm up there.
If you do, leave your bike on Harding and walk down. It isn't really a bike trail... doesn't go anywhere and is in poor condition. There used to be a sign on Harding pointing to the Spring, but it lasted only about a season.
There is a trail post/marker at the top of the trail....it is just hard to see.
I know the marker that USED to be there. It is gone. First the sign went missing, then the post. If there is anything there now, it certainly isn't very visible from Harding, because I looked yesterday (I've been up that section of Harding four times in the last four weeks). I think one of the reasons tortoise might have gotten confused is that someone has marked the Forest service clearing with yellow Police tape - both where the short service road meets Harding and up at the clearing, so if you don't know what you are looking for you see the tape and assume that's Laurel Spring...
What we really need is for someone to drive up Harding with one of the welded steel trail post signs, and sink it in 1000 lbs of concrete.