Go forth and ride, then bring back pics

[bagtagley]

Spent the day in Stokesville.

Literally


And, figuratively

[yeahman]

Great pics in this thread. I am experiencing a mtn biking resurgence this year, been riding a lot after a couple years of dormancy. Here's my friend Emily on the Mount Helena Ridge Trail this morning. Balsamroot in full bloom!

[jamal]

I really need to go over there and ride some weekend.

Got out for a decent road ride yesterday





We stayed at lake como and took a mtb lap this morning. It's pretty short so I was considering a stop for a 2nd ride somewhere. Ended up not feeling like it after lunch at bitterroot brewery.

[yeahman]

I really need to go over there and ride some weekend.

If you ever do, come with a group and you can rent my friend Eliza's bunkhousehttps://www.vrbo.com/700839. Really convenient to the trails, not to mention the brewpubs. Sleeps 8, $150 a night.

[lifelinksplit]

If you ever do, come with a group and you can rent my friend Eliza's bunkhousehttps://www.vrbo.com/700839. Really convenient to the trails, not to mention the brewpubs. Sleeps 8, $150 a night.

Nice I was up last weekend and did a quick mt Helena ridge lap. We usually camp in the belts but that's a nice deal! Looks like the shuttlefest was busy. Do we get to rally the 3 wheeler as part of the deal?

[yeahman]

Nice I was up last weekend and did a quick mt Helena ridge lap. We usually camp in the belts but that's a nice deal! Looks like the shuttlefest was busy. Do we get to rally the 3 wheeler as part of the deal?

Lol, yeah sure the 3 wheeler is included just as long as you sign the waiver. [emoji3]

Busy weekend with Shuttlefest. We didn't bother with it, just rode Wakina Sky up and then cut over to the ridge trailhead and rode that back, taking the Show Me the Horse descent from the ridge. Sweet route.

[Dantheman]

Jerrying


Not jerrying

[muted]

[WaistDeepGroomers]

Awesome 24 ish hours in Moab this weekend. Temps were perfect and riding was the tits.



Started with a shuttle up to top of Kokkopelli, Big John is a character and it was sweet getting a 5 pm shuttle up with no one (literally) on the trails. Snowaddict91 and Reid pumped to slay!







Hmm... Castle Valley.







So fun! Love that trail. Dumped the bike twice at the end pretending a rock could be a berm and otherwise getting tired and lazy. At he car with beers by 8:30 though.



Next day my college roommate Justin drove down from Aspen and joined for Mag 7.





La Sals still looking flush.



Confusion reigns at trail intersection.



Blue Dot to Gold Bar was flippin awesome. First time through and so many fun tech challenges.



As wel as sketchy proximity to giant cliffs.









So much rock hammering I actually had to retighten my shock bolts (will be remedying with lock tite asap).



Entrance to Portal, everyone trying to find that 3rd or 4th wind. 4.5 hours in at this point.



Really impressive, if that's the right word, that someone was allowed to build a bike trail on a ribbon of terrain hugging an enormous (HUDGE!) cliff. It was no joke.



Roommates for life! Got a solid tank top burn having not lubed up my shoulder blades :/

Still had to pedal 40 mins back to town -- staring with an uphill in a raging headwind -- but made it back just in time to return buddy's rental bike and find out some idiot in an Kia had knocked off my driver side mirror while speeding trough downtown.

Grateful to the wife for sponsoring a final desert trip before we move east. Hitting Brevard on the way and will be psyched to check another top bike spot off the list.

[Dantheman]

Nice, Dunf. Doesn't get better than those two rides back-to-back.

[yeahman]

^^Nice pics man, looks like some awesome riding.

[meter-man]

Sick pics. Gotta get out and ride those trails.

....before we move east.

Eh?

[WaistDeepGroomers]

Sick pics. Gotta get out and ride those trails.



Eh?

Moving to Portland me. Wife wants return to the sea and her network. Why can't all her friends live in Bellingham??

[Redsmurfer]

[alias_rice]

Flying Dog is in great shape right now.

[Skistack]

Moving to Portland me. Wife wants return to the sea and her network. Why can't all her friends live in Bellingham??

Portland's fun. Plus you'll be in great shape from trying to outrun the swarms of black flies and mosquitoes!

[WaistDeepGroomers]

Flying Dog is in great shape right now.

Had THE BEST run down that last night. Probably didn't drop from the top til 8:15 so we didn't run into a single climber on the way down. Perfect dirt, sun not blinding you from the side... beautiful. It felt like we were descending forever. I was slacking on that climb though.. clearly hadn't recovered from Moab.

[WaistDeepGroomers]

Portland's fun. Plus you'll be in great shape from trying to outrun the swarms of black flies and mosquitoes!

Ha yeah! Or dying in the humidity and in the flies anyway. We'll see. Blackstrap seems like a fun place to ride though.

[Dantheman]

Had THE BEST run down that last night. Probably didn't drop from the top til 8:15 so we didn't run into a single climber on the way down. Perfect dirt, sun not blinding you from the side... beautiful. It felt like we were descending forever. I was slacking on that climb though.. clearly hadn't recovered from Moab.

Best way to do Mill D, too.

[alias_rice]

Had THE BEST run down that last night. Probably didn't drop from the top til 8:15 so we didn't run into a single climber on the way down. Perfect dirt, sun not blinding you from the side... beautiful. It felt like we were descending forever. I was slacking on that climb though.. clearly hadn't recovered from Moab.

Nice! What I can't figure out is why so many people ride it clockwise. It's so much better the other way.

I'll have to check out Mill D in the evening. Last year I started riding Mueller in the dark to avoid the crowds, but the dark still holds you back. Evening is probably the ticket.

[buttahflake]

From today in Walpole, NH.

[dfinn]

Best way to do Mill D, too.

Bear trap is the best way to do Mill D.

[jackattack]

Last weekend

[panchosdad]

Lots of challenging, but mostly rideable trail.

Nice place to turn around.

[WaistDeepGroomers]

SF?