Yep. Was it a muddy mess?

Got myself over to Ninham this afternoon.

Deliberation - there area couple lines once off the bottom - which one today?
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Waldoing.
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Preload and pop. (trying to catch myself in the air - didn't happen)
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Yo scrubby saw your car in the lot. Whereabouts are you?
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Managed to hook up with a couple buddies for the latter half of things.
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New brakes - there were a couple terrifying moments while they were still bedding in. Threw on some skinnier meats as well. A touch less grip than I've become accustomed to, but sooooooo much faster rolling. I think they'll stay on the hardtail for now.

Only a few spots on S side, most of it was all-good.

But Red Rock Canyon in CS is bone dry & brought a huge smile to my face.
Definitely gonna be spending some time down south this year.

Had a great time cruising around some trails yesterday. Until my bars finally caught one of the beaver cages wrapped around tree trunks...........went down kinda hard, but had to laugh! I was warned, and was being careful about them, they were painted the same color as the bark.....

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My riding partner for the day bailed, so just me and Ty Mer.
Had brought the big bike to do some shuttle/tower side runs, but not something I do solo, so it was just pedal and play today. Stopped for a nice mid-ride beer.

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Finally ran a GPS at my local spot. Squeezed 11mi out of my local trail. Rode everything that's there, minus a short connector. Overlapped one small area to get to another.

So basically, I can fit in 11mi of singletrack otw home from work w/o getting bored.

More dry dirt exploration in the Springs
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Now the fun stuff begins: 2,000' down in 6 miles w/very little ups thrown in. :D
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...and that descent was FUUUUN!

^What trail is that? Looks fun.

Nice. Thanks

Was gonna go for a ride today. When i woke up 7 hours ago it was about 70 degrees out and sunny. Not a cloud in sight. Now its snowing... Gotta love NorCal weather.

Beautiful morning for a pre-work pedal at Evergreen + 3 Sisters
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Sweet dirt when there wasn't ice

Big group, big ride, big fun & big crashes....
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I rode XC trails over on the South Hill bluff after work with a couple guys tonight. My legs were a bit tired from a hammerfest on Saturday, a brisk ride on Sunday, and two on Monday. But most of tonight's ride wasn't too intense, except for one super-steep climb (peaks over 35% grade) where I dabbed on the first section (grrr!).

Anyway, conditions were excellent, we found just a couple places with a bit of ice remaining and the rest was moist trails in the process of freezing for the night.

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Eerie & moisty
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Is this the way to Mordor?
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Icey-ness
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Studded tires would have been real nice today.

http://www.city-data.com/forum/attac...ollum-head.bmp

Eerie indeed!

One does not simply ride their bike into Mordor!

Found a cool little trail while just doing some exploring yesterday (since it was amazing outside, unlike today). Really tight, uneven singletrack. Wish it were longer though. I'll get the gopro out next time the weather's good.

Bunch of good riding the last couple days, few pictures. Blue Mtn. on Monday. Wilton Woods Wednesday. Ninham Thursday. Millers Pond today. Ninham again tomorrow, before work the rest of the weekend.

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I rented a 29er in Palm Desert....had some major climbing and a pretty fun trail but am glad I rented a 29er so I could find that I hate the bigger wheels. was fun, but now I know.....
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Shakedown run out the back door. :)
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Need to hit a 'real' trail now to see if I got the fork set up correctly.

This looks a lot like the horse trails along the American River bike train here in Sacramento. It fun riding and a good work out to stay within such tight tracks....... Fun stuff!

Yeah. Because there's literally millions of small trees lining the trails here, it's a real balancing act. I like it.

looks sweet lubes!