TR: Mosquitos & Cows

Last year, I bought my Slayer. Because of that, I was more stoked to go ride new places than I've been since. That, and like most of the Rockies, we were enjoying a long and snowing winter that went well into May.

I wanted out to go pedal. In reading some beta, trading some PMs with some maggots and wanting some desert; Vernal it was.

Because I'm stoked to go riding tomorrow and I'm stoked for bike season, I'm sharing last June's stoke. Sprockets can never have too much stoke, right?

STOKE

After the long slog through Wyoming and some torrential rains, we made it to Red Fleet campground. This was our camp spot:
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Obligatory vehicle stoke shot:
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This was our view:
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So was this:
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With the sun setting, we went for a hike:
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Yah ... the photo ops were pretty good, I guess:
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Turns out we could have brought our climbing gear and done some top roping:
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Lots of this hiding all over. It is the desert, right?
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Oh ... this is a bike TR? Right, about that.

The view from the 3 Amigos trail:
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Where 3 Amigos gets its named, I think?
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Perpetually 12 years old:
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The terrain varied wildly, but was so fun:
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More action:
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What's a TR without some carnage?

Full-on blow-out while riding Jazzy. Turns out Stan's can and does eat out the inside of a tire. Low tread depth helps:
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Some duct tape and new tube, and we were off like a prom dress:
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Out riding McCoy Flats, my front derailleur cable decided to explode. Adding insult to injury, it was Sunday, so nothing was open. And, we were riding Retail Sale. I was about to leave the bike in this heap:
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The next day we headed out to try and ride the Flume trail. The run off was so severe, it was a no go. Even the trail that paralleled the road looked like this:
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More scenery pr0n ...

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Dawn over Red Fleet Reservoir:
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Greybird above camp:
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Now, go ride your bikes, damnit!
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sweet! Vernal is fun, thanks for the stoke bomb

Your slayer makes me miss my slayer. And the desert. Nice photos.

Wears teh kows? Don't post pics if the cows are the fat chicks you rolled in the next campsite. Looks like a lot of fun.

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Originally Posted by Vt-Freeheel

Wears teh kows? Don't post pics if the cows are the fat chicks you rolled in the next campsite. Looks like a lot of fun.

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Ha! Yah, I was waiting for that ... no real scenic or stokeworthy pics of the bovine. They were there, mooing late into the night and started at the wee hours of the morning.

Good thing there's 4 of those sketchy home-made bolts - looks BOMBER.

Sweet trip.

That's Vernal, UT?

Looks fuckin' Sick!

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Originally Posted by Poop~Ghost

Good thing there's 4 of those sketchy home-made bolts - looks BOMBER.

Sweet trip.

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Hand bent aluminum plating and some rusted out drywall screws? Totally legit. :fmicon:

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Originally Posted by Hott Butt Mud

That's Vernal, UT?

Looks fuckin' Sick!

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'Tis. But it is pedally country. Very much XC territory. My Slayer and my buddy's X1 were a bit much for the majority of the trails.

Your slayer would have been lovin the little jump trail out at red fleet or the red mountain jeep trail with extra credit single track sections. The jump trail is super fun and has great flow until it peters out at the bottom. Only like a half mile long you can do a lap and pedal back up the pavement to the top in 10 min.

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Originally Posted by frider

Your slayer would have been lovin the little jump trail out at red fleet or the red mountain jeep trail with extra credit single track sections. The jump trail is super fun and has great flow until it peters out at the bottom. Only like a half mile long you can do a lap and pedal back up the pavement to the top in 10 min.

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We spent the afternoon lapping that thing with a shuttle. It was uber fun. I'm just terrible with built features since we have so little of it around here. I also heard Mojo was the business if you like gravity, but we ran out of time with the FUBAR that was the flume trail.

awesome, i'm glad you got dialed in to that. I haven't heard of mojo, where is that?

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Originally Posted by frider

awesome, i'm glad you got dialed in to that. I haven't heard of mojo, where is that?

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Derp. I meant Rojo. I've been reading too much about the Mojo HD.

So it looks like I will be in vernal Sunday afternoon, I will probably only have about 2 hours to ride. What trail would you recommend?

To give reference I love riding Fruita whether riding 18rd or the kokapelli side, although more fun kicked my ass I still had a blast.