Today's Ride

[FairfaxPat]

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Today-Thursday-cold and rainy out, so no ride, however, Gary Fisher dropped by my place to hang out and I got him to autograph a bunch of Repack posters I have. CK already signed them and Joe Breeze will on Friday...

 

[paulswheels]

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Went out for the annual pilgrimage to find the Kringle tree which I joyously did.

On the return however I was met with a severe bout of systemic catastrophic failure in

the worst way. They just don't make Shimano XT like they used too.

 

[longun]

today was race day, with a bit of a retro display thrown in for good measure (and i get to park in the infield)



was going well, stopped for a toilet break and a refuel



trails were ace, flat, twisty but very muddy in places, the lap after this pic, this happened



bloody expensive bike with a snapped mech that struggled with mud (tbf it was really bad in place)

sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo, after getting permission to swap bikes and having to get back to were the incident happened, furthest point away from the pits i was back out and on it



quick bike demud break and refuel again



all finished, still got 7th place from what i was informed and cant believe how good the saracen was all day, oh yeah i forgot to mention it was a 6 hour endurance race, buggered now haha

 

[FairfaxPat]

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Very cool, Longun- a long time to be racing, hope you didn't break off the hanger...Today-Sunday-Dry today, and to avoid the mud, we rode Iron Springs fire road up into the hills. It drains really well with a 6-7 % grade. Pretty nice when we got up about 900' or so. Warmer up high, but not by a lot. 50 F. when I left for the ride this AM. We found lots mushrooms, of the three you see in the pic, the ones on the left are edible, the middle ones not, and the right side one we haven't identified yet...

 

[FairfaxPat]

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Today-Friday-After lots of rain this week ( 5 inches yesterday ) the rainfall total is looking good for the year. After yesterday's hard rain, I rode the road about a dozen miles to the Bay and back- it was pretty cool out and really breezy...

 

[FairfaxPat]

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Today-Saturday-A chilly 52 F. (10C.) and sunny, so we rode straight up to the Council Rocks to keep warm, about 900' steep climb. There was a wildfire last summer just below the Goldman Trail, which acted like a fire break, along with help from fire hoses and an air tanker drop. It was blackened below the trail. So today it looks amazing-even greener than the part above the trail that didn't burn-Nature at it's finest...

 

[beepbeep]

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Like the pic above, looks like you're doubled up with laughter!

Meanwhile in the middle of Sweden...
Nearly didn't go out - too cold, too icy, too late - glad I convinced myself.

 

[FairfaxPat]

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Oh man-that's a frozen meatball Today-Sunday-Not nearly as cold here, about 48 F. ( 10 C. ) and sunny. Nevertheless, we were well dressed for the ride here as well. The climb up about 900' warmed us right up, and a long spell in the sun at the top didn't hurt either...

 

[Mr Crudley]

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Meanwhile in the middle of Sweden...
Nearly didn't go out - too cold, too icy, too late - glad I convinced myself.

Great shot. It sure must be tough doing the snow riding thing.

 

[k-rod]

ya - challenging conditions way up there in the north, for sure!