MattiThundrrr
Kona Fan
Those look like great trails, the stuff I absolutely adore. I could spend a minute or two poking around out there. Reminds me of the real wild stuff up north.
Today's Ride
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Nabeaquam
BoTM Winner
My father used to have a camp between Chapelau and Hornepayne in Northern Ontario. No trails. We got off the train at a river and floated 10K to his moose and fishing camp on an island in the river. My job was to hike a mile down the rr tracks and another bush wack mile down the river to his boat and motor shed hidden in the bush. The River went to James Bay. You could only travel by water. The cabin was an old logging headquarters with jack pine log out buildings built for him by Native Americans. The cabin was disassembled at its original location and Natives floated it to the island on catamarans made from two freighter canoes. An addition was later added when a train derailed and dumped lumber in the woods and solvent chemicals into the river. The solvent ruined the fishing for many years. Nothing there and I mean nothing except moose, wolves and other bad critters up there. No farms, villages or people. That place was unsettling. It’s not the end of the world here in the UP but you can see it from here. It’s on the other side of Lake Superior, the real north woods, all the way west to Kenora and east to Atlantic Canada. It dips down a little into Northern Minnesota. We’re fringe woods that is being converted to McBush.
The morning was really nice, not much cloud so could watch the sun rise. Quite cool in comparison to previous weeks, and it actually took me a couple of miles before I warmed up. I am unfit at the moment so the cooler air was welcome later on during the ride and worked out about right. It did cloud over for half an hour or so, and looked like it might rain, but then the sun came out again and warmed the world once more.
Headed out a bit further, did actually plan a longer loop but after an hour or so I had the chance to take a shorter one so took that instead. It meant that I could keep a better pace through the woods and enjoy the singletrack more, which a lot of it I have not ridden for about a year, so had to rediscover the larger roots all over again
The trails are still dry and hard so running very quick still, great fun!
Lots of people out by mid morning, some with dogs, some with bikes, and a couple who by my reckoning were lost. The best bits of trail were clear though for most the ride and enjoyed to the fullest.
Another great ride.
Headed out a bit further, did actually plan a longer loop but after an hour or so I had the chance to take a shorter one so took that instead. It meant that I could keep a better pace through the woods and enjoy the singletrack more, which a lot of it I have not ridden for about a year, so had to rediscover the larger roots all over again
The trails are still dry and hard so running very quick still, great fun!Lots of people out by mid morning, some with dogs, some with bikes, and a couple who by my reckoning were lost. The best bits of trail were clear though for most the ride and enjoyed to the fullest.
Another great ride.
CassidyAce
Senior Retro Guru
^ That's a good looking bike.
Another nice morning to start the day.
Went for an unplanned ride this morning, felt i had a bit of energy to burn. The air was very cold, my fingers were numb quite quickly and next time i will be wearing some thicker gloves. That said, when the sun had had a chance to warm things up it was a really nice day, warm in the sun, as there was zero wind, and cool in the shade, cold when moving through the air but it balanced itself out.
The light in the woods was amazing today, usually ride around looking at the trail, ended up looking at the trees for the most part, looked like a totally different wood.
Nobody about apart from a couple of dog walkers, all in good spirits. Great ride again.
Went for an unplanned ride this morning, felt i had a bit of energy to burn. The air was very cold, my fingers were numb quite quickly and next time i will be wearing some thicker gloves. That said, when the sun had had a chance to warm things up it was a really nice day, warm in the sun, as there was zero wind, and cool in the shade, cold when moving through the air but it balanced itself out.
The light in the woods was amazing today, usually ride around looking at the trail, ended up looking at the trees for the most part, looked like a totally different wood.
Nobody about apart from a couple of dog walkers, all in good spirits. Great ride again.
talpfa
Kona Fan
Már a Kona is nagyon ismerős volt, de hát így egyértelmű lett, hogy te csak a Kisherceg lehetsz!short lunch break ride today
Author Ronin 2017
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