The Cannell Plunge. It's Time!

Are You In?

  • Yes! I am In!

    Votes: 19 61.3%

  • Nope! I'm Out (Although I'm not sure why I'm telling you)

    Votes: 7 22.6%

  • I'm a Strong Maybe and will let you know.

    Votes: 5 16.1%
  • Total voters
    31
Mikie said:
If you bring the Trail Pistol and you let me touch it again. Then you can go! :p

Here is the scoop. There is only a couple of climbs in this ride but they are at altitude. The first climb is an altitude butt kicker, there is one fire road climb and once that is done the tough climbing is over. That is not to scare you off, just an observance. If you look at the profile in the OP you can see it is indeed mostly downhill. But with that said, there is a fair amount of technical singletrack, and upper section prior to the cabin with some nice chunky rocks where as the Plunge is more flowy with some big boulder rolls and goodness. I would say based on the Big Bear Social, we will have a faster pace with a lot less stops, but I got the impression you could do the Cannell Plunge. Taking your time, everything is rideable!

Edit: It's a gracious group... always! This is not a social pace per se. But how else are you going to stretch and grow... if you don't go. I say go.
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Id have no problem breaking this into two distinctive groups. We all see each other at the start and then we all see each-other at the end (or not). You guys know that I like to stop and smell the roses and this ride has lots of roses to stop and smell. Personally, I'd prefer to stay the night after the ride to get cleaned up and feel refreshed the next morning before the long drive back home.

If anyone is open to shacking up, the more, the cheaper the room will be, split between us. Breakfast in Kernville is fantastic, BTW.
 
Mikie said:
Edit: It's a gracious group... always! This is not a social pace per se. But how else are you going to stretch and grow... if you don't go. I say go.
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This is definitely my mindset, but just want to make sure it doesn't tread on anyone else. Gracious is an understatement, but I don't want to take advantage. And truthfully I think I'll ride better with fewer and shorter breaks than we took on the BB social.

Faust29 said:
I think he'll be fine
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And you have seen me at my worst, but the worst does exist. Murphy's law, but the two times you've been right behind me I turned into a ping pong ball on a bike.

Alright, so if this sticks for 9/7 then I'm in. I do appreciate the inclusiveness, but in all seriousness if this ends up distilling down to a bunch of rippers that want to rip, I'm ok with bowing out. \,,/
 
Cautiously in! I can ride anywhere (I think) but am slow doing so. So an A and B group pace would be cool as I want to enjoy the ride w/out holding the rabbits up.

Camping options around there? Group camp, cookout, farting, and consumption of beers and whiskey seems like a natural for this one.
Keyesville rec area is just down the road if nothing there.
 
Cyclotourist said:
Cautiously in! I can ride anywhere (I think) but am slow doing so. So an A and B group pace would be cool as I want to enjoy the ride w/out holding the rabbits up.

Camping options around there? Group camp, cookout, farting, and consumption of beers and whiskey seems like a natural for this one.
Keyesville rec area is just down the road if nothing there.
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I'd be into the group camp idea if nobody wants to grab a room or a suite.
 
Faust29 said:
I think he'll be fine, but the top section is chunky as all get out... Like chunky enough that I'll say this is the only ride I won't do on the hardtail again, if I can help it. And I'll have the 2.5 DHF on the front.

I also like the top half a lot more than the plunge... For that reason. :D

The exposure on the plunge freaks me out a little...
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That 1st climb mentioned by @Mikie is not fun. The 1st time out, I rode 98% of it and my heart almost imploded. The last two times out, I spin up as far as I can comfortably do so and then push. My ego can handle it.

The chunky stuff up top (rocks dumped in what seems like tons of moon dust) is indeed some kick ass fun and about 12000X better than the actual Plunge which is great at first but just gets monotonous. I don't really consider that "exposure" though I wouldn't want to crash at those speeds either.
 
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buggravy said:
This is definitely my mindset, but just want to make sure it doesn't tread on anyone else. Gracious is an understatement, but I don't want to take advantage. And truthfully I think I'll ride better with fewer and shorter breaks than we took on the BB social.

BTW I'm sure we will be staying at least one night up there.


And you have seen me at my worst, but the worst does exist. Murphy's law, but the two times you've been right behind me I turned into a ping pong ball on a bike.

Alright, so if this sticks for 9/7 then I'm in. I do appreciate the inclusiveness, but in all seriousness if this ends up distilling down to a bunch of rippers that want to rip, I'm ok with bowing out. \,,/
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Just don't expect this to be your birthday ride. You had your chance last Saturday. :whistling:

Seriously though you'll be fine. Jennifer has done it before and she did great. She's not the fastest downhiller but I don't remember waiting too long for her.
 
buggravy said:
I'm going to watch and see how the dates and group evolve, but I'm interested in doing this. I throw this out there for feedback as well though. Having watched the videos, read previous reports, and sought outside counsel, I feel like I can handle the trail. That said, I'm very aware that a ride is a function not only of the trail, but also of the group riding it. There's surviving (and enjoying), and there's being an anchor. While I'm fine with being the slowest, I'm absolutely not fine with altering the pace of the ride. If at any point, be it now or later in the planning as the group evolves, someone who has seen me ride says this is not the ride for me then I take no offense whatsoever. I know there will be plenty more.
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I say go for it, you have the skills and likely just don't know it yet. My modo is f@ck it, how bad can it be. So what if you walk a couple sections, I have and I'm not too proud to admit it. Trust me you'll ride some stuff and clean it just fine and feel like a super hero. The key is just come prepared. Like if you have asthma and rarely ride your bike please bring your inhaler so we don't sit there for an hour and have to send somebody back to search for you only to find out you turned around and went home (true story).There's almost always mechanicals on a ride like this as it's an easy place to slice a tire or rip the derailleur off your bike and fresh brake pads are a must. Like others have said the first climb really sucks. IMO it's pointless to kill yourself trying to climb it even though I've witnessed others do it. The second fireroad climb is a grind but really not that bad. The downs are ridiculously fun. Some go ballz out and others conservative. It's easy to get sucked in to the "imtb cannell smack talk", trust me it'll happen.
 
SnakeCharmer said:
Id have no problem breaking this into two distinctive groups. We all see each other at the start and then we all see each-other at the end (or not). You guys know that I like to stop and smell the roses and this ride has lots of roses to stop and smell. Personally, I'd prefer to stay the night after the ride to get cleaned up and feel refreshed the next morning before the long drive back home.

If anyone is open to shacking up, the more, the cheaper the room will be, split between us. Breakfast in Kernville is fantastic, BTW.
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I like the idea of two groups
 
Voodoo Tom said:
I say go for it, you have the skills and likely just don't know it yet. My modo is f@ck it, how bad can it be. So what if you walk a couple sections, I have and I'm not too proud to admit it. Trust me you'll ride some stuff and clean it just fine and feel like a super hero. The key is just come prepared. Like if you have asthma and rarely ride your bike please bring your inhaler so we don't sit there for an hour and have to send somebody back to search for you only to find out you turned around and went home (true story).There's almost always mechanicals on a ride like this as it's an easy place to slice a tire or rip the derailleur off your bike and fresh brake pads are a must. Like others have said the first climb really sucks. IMO it's pointless to kill yourself trying to climb it even though I've witnessed others do it. The second fireroad climb is a grind but really not that bad. The downs are ridiculously fun. Some go ballz out and others conservative. It's easy to get sucked in to the "imtb cannell smack talk", trust me it'll happen.
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I'm officially in. After looking it through I wasn't really worried about being able to hang with the trail so much as being able to hang with the group on trail. But with all the encouragement, "f@ck it let's do this" is the only appropriate response. ROWYCO.
 
CBone said:
Haha, you didn’t finish last, I did.
Tom had to drag me in. Dog walkers were passing me on the little climbs.
So, you think I can do this ride? :unsure:
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Haha Tucker the bottom line is you didn’t give up and you finished. What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. Those dog walking folks we kept trading the lead with were super friendly as were everyone else we ran in to. I’m pretty sure our detour at the end of the ride was likely longer than the others.
 
Voodoo Tom said:
Haha Tucker the bottom line is you didn’t give up and you finished. What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. Those dog walking folks we kept trading the lead with were super friendly as were everyone else we ran in to. I’m pretty sure our detour at the end of the ride was likely longer than the others.
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So you are saying we out rode every one else? I knew there was a reason I like you. :thumbsup::thumbsup: :)
 
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