Go forth and ride, then bring back pics

[stuckathuntermtn]

Is that last pic the new Walman?

[jamal]

No but I have been on it a couple times, pretty good, really adds a lot over the old steep, straight, and loose bottom half.

Last attached pic I thought i deleted is trail going to spring gulch from the overlook. Other ones are top of ravine trail, blue mountain, deschamps, dean stone, snowbowl, looking down butler creek.

[wkd-rdr]

Fun week, for sure

[PlayItLeo]

^^^ that first pic. Drool.


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[VTskibum]

^^^ agreed completely, looks ridiculously fun


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[joetron]

Machico!


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[wkd-rdr]

Machico!


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Yeah buddy!

[smmokan]

Yeah buddy!

Fake news, you can barely ride North Table without crashing.

[wkd-rdr]

Fake news, you can barely ride North Table without crashing.

The trails were wide enough for my training wheels. Major stoke!

[rideit]

The trails clearly suck, and you should feel bad for not bringing me.

[raisingarizona13]

Perfect fall day

Fun Fun Fun!

[jamal]

Getting a little wintery out there

[hick]

^^^^snowy larch bike porn!! Thank you!!!


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[Touring_Sedan]

Enjoying these last few days....

[PlayItLeo]

That time of year when the high line is the only option.




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[parkmeister]

sunday, 30 October 2022, tahoe.
top of armstrong pass trail:

snow!

down lower, in the burn zone of the Caldor Fire:




the views of the forest in the burn scar were breathtaking, but not in a good way. ☹️ nevertheless, it was good to be in the mountains on a beautiful autumn day.

[jackstraw]

Blew the leaves off our roller coaster post ride today. Granite with leaves is no bueno.

[rideit]

Oaxaca

(Not my pic, but evocative)

[VTskibum]

2 days down in Harrisonburg VA staying in appropriately named Stokesville. Abnormally warm weekend, most of the descents were too fun to stop and take a picture.

Right after 4 hr car ride a 3k climb isn’t greatest feeling, but rewarded by fun 4 mile descent. First 1/2 mile of descent was some great rock techy/flow, before descending Magic Moss trail and back to Stokesville.




Day 2 we shuttled Reddish Knob in the rain. 9 mile, 2.5k descent over mossy ice slick rocks and leaf covered trails was extra spicy! Pinged bagtagley about joining, but he wisely declined given forecast and last min notice. Regardless kept everything upright and added another 10 miles of fun ridge lines and probably the best flow trail I’ve ever ridden, Tillman West. Progressive jumps & berms with plenty of rock work left intact to remind you it’s not a bike park. Quick snack break and did another semi-shuttle to get one last ride in before clocks change, still involved 1400’ fire road climb to Lookout Trail which is one of those where downhill was still chunky enough to keep engaged for whole way down. Did have great lookout spot and made it back to campground just before dark for beers. Had hoped to hit Western Slope of Massanutten in the morning, but pretty steady rain ended my trip a bit early.

Mostly cloud 12% chance of precip turned into spots of steady rain and another ridge line being pretty dry.


Rock staircase entry to the trail, bypassed given it was like ice w rain.


Lookout trail before sneaking last few miles in before dark





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[jamal]

Little bit of cyclocross in the snow last night

[buttahflake]

80 miles on the road rocket wearing shorts in November!
Perfect day for a long ride.

[MarcusBrody]

Not as scenic as most of your contributions, but after two years of riding my local trail system I decided to take a shot at the frontside DH trails. I'd somehow built them up in my mind, partially as the XC trails are pretty tough in spots and partially hearing people (including pro riders) talk about them. It was fine really. I'm obviously not going Aaron Gwin race pace, and there were multiple places I took a look at lines (and one move I totally walked), but it was much better than I expected and honestly a really fun couple of linked trails that I will be happy to do again. The only issue is that it's a 5 mile, 1100 foot climb/descent from the trailhead, so I'll either need to get up a lot earlier or get in a lot better shape if I want to be able to reguarly get a loop in before work. Still, I was buzzing after the ride this morning.

[smmokan]

Not as scenic as most of your contributions, but after two years of riding my local trail system I decided to take a shot at the frontside DH trails.

Bootleg? I rode a day there last winter, and those frontside double black trails are fucking gnarly.

[raisingarizona13]

Not as scenic as most of your contributions, but after two years of riding my local trail system I decided to take a shot at the frontside DH trails. I'd somehow built them up in my mind, partially as the XC trails are pretty tough in spots and partially hearing people (including pro riders) talk about them. It was fine really. I'm obviously not going Aaron Gwin race pace, and there were multiple places I took a look at lines (and one move I totally walked), but it was much better than I expected and honestly a really fun couple of linked trails that I will be happy to do again. The only issue is that it's a 5 mile, 1100 foot climb/descent from the trailhead, so I'll either need to get up a lot earlier or get in a lot better shape if I want to be able to reguarly get a loop in before work. Still, I was buzzing after the ride this morning.

I'm going to hit you up man! I have never ridden Boulder City before. I need to change this. I really like the Southwest Diner in town there. That green chili is legit.

I'm also interested in riding the Cowboy trails, Blue Diamond stuff, Ebb and Flow, The Hurl etc. Brohemian Rhapsody looks rad as well Good Call>Bipolar and a bunch of others. I'd like to do a week long trip this winter.

[MarcusBrody]

Bootleg? I rode a day there last winter, and those frontside double black trails are fucking gnarly.

Yep, Bootleg. There's a gradient within the double blacks and I was riding on the easier side (Sidewinder -> Snakeback - Reaper), but none are particularly easy. I was telling my wife that I'm making progress on my goal to "ride" every trail at least once, but that there were some - notably Ginger - that I was pretty sure I'd never clean. After showing her picture, she suggested that I just take our 6 year old sons bike as it would be lighter to carry as I downclimbed the length of it. ha

I'm going to hit you up man! I have never ridden Boulder City before. I need to change this. I really like the Southwest Diner in town there. That green chili is legit.

I'm also interested in riding the Cowboy trails, Blue Diamond stuff, Ebb and Flow, The Hurl etc. Brohemian Rhapsody looks rad as well Good Call>Bipolar and a bunch of others. I'd like to do a week long trip this winter.

I definitely need to spend more time at Cowboy trails. I set up an interview on that side of town specifically to get a ride in a few weeks ago, intending to hit Boneshaker, which is supposed to be a lot of fun. Brought all my pads, a whole variety of clothes for different potential temps, everything. As I was pulling up though, it suddenly occurred to me that I had basically everything including a back protector and hip pads, but I hadn't grabbed a helmet. Dammit. I'm hoping to get back there soon.


So my son/wife are off school/work today, but I had to go in to get some stuff done so I decided to ride my bike. It's about 7.5-8 miles with maybe 150 ft climb, 300 feet descending on the way in, mostly on a dedicated bike trail. But I thought to myself. I can ride singletrack that roughly parallels that route for 75% of the ride. It will add maybe 3 miles overall, but it won't be that bad. Bold strategy, Cotton, let's see how that worked out for me:

It was a lovely day to ride (at least when you were sheltered from the wind), but much of the first trail I took was basically like riding in a gravel pit. We had a pretty good monsoon season this year and this trail hasn't been maintained since, so it was super loose. There's a decent amount of exposure so loose gravel and washouts made it trickier than other times I've ridden it.



I kept deciding that I should probably definitely intentionallypause halfway up technical features so as to document the experience for this thread.



At the trail junction you got a nice view of Las Vegas. Look a that snow over there on Mount Charleston. You all might want to reschedule any plans you have to visit Utah or Colorado and instead consider lovely Lee Canyon.



Look at this nice trail in the distance snaking toward my office. Those parts of the hill that look like mine slag surely won't be an issue, will they?



Wouldn't you know it? They were an issue. This trail was probably the rockiest I have ever ridden. There were places where it seemed like they'd just pulled a few rocks from a scree field to bench it a bit and called it a day. Like grapefruit to cantaloupe sized, cubic rocks for a hundred yards. Then steep descents down rock gardens with bigger (and thankfully more stable) rocks. The picture below isn't even of the bad sections, I didn't think to take any. The trail is at the low point here and so it keeps things more compact and doesn't want to tip you off the edge. It took me almost 45 minutes to ride 3 miles with a net elevation loss.


So let's check. Efficient way to commute?



Hmm I'm not sure if I can regularly spare 2 hours 20 minutes for my morning commute. I will say though, that now having ridden that second trail once, I am pretty sure that by cutting out breaks to check my phone for navigation purposes and photo-ops, I could cut that section down to 42 minutes. 2 hours 17 minutes seems more reasonable.