Been slacking at the blog a bit lately, but here we go on some catch up. A month ago, the 18th of November to be exact, I met up with Steve, Jay P, Dave Newman of the Breakfast Club to do the new Ginny Trail up at Bobcat Ridge. A handful of Jay’s co-horts glommed on in the parking lot and off we went.
According to Steve we did the trail “backwards” or up the service road and down the trail. Personally, I like this type of ride where the climb is brutal but the trail down is sweet. And sweet it was – to date I think this is my favorite local trail!! It’s a Towers-like fitness test of a climb, and the downhill is flowing, ups, downs, curves, exposure and rocks… but always moving. With 8-9 riders or so all near the same riding level, the comradery was fun.
I did however get my first flat (in the field) of the season. Not bad eh… made it all the way to November. But I was asking for it… my Nevegals are shredded with small tears in the side walls and a few missing side knobs. I have some new Big Betty’s I’ll be putting on the hoops to try out next. If anything they’ll be good for training, as in like heavy. Note: I have had several flats this season, 3 overnight while hanging on the garage wall, and two while sitting in the back of my truck (weird).
Click on either of the pics here to go to the flickr photo set.
You can get a full write up of this ride on Steve’s blog HERE.
And here’s a cool pic of Steve with the new Yeti in a fire burn out area… you can the see the trail leading off in the distance…
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