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Met up with rueler's Wednesday night ride crew. A great bunch of folks. We started with the jug-a-lug warm-up and then went into the cemetery twisties. I was third through there and the guys in the lead were going at a blazing pace. Totally not feeling it and appreciated the break right before the last techy section. Almost cleared that. Stepped out once on a bobble.
Then on to the Cronwall/Fat Kid climb. Scott took the lead and was out of site in minutes. I was thinking he would break at maybe one of the usual spots, but I never saw him so I just kept pedaling. I was eventually passed by Tom as I was desperately trying to recover while rolling. :lol: But I kept on going and pushing and pushing. I thought one or both lungs might collapse, but pressed on and just tried to recover when I could. Got to the one techy rocky area that gets most of us and cleared it! Still no rueler. Keep pedaling. And pedaling and pedaling. Up past the big rock. It was at this point I was determined to clear the whole climb in one pass. The last ledge on the left right before the fire road had me concerned. I was thinking I would be out of gas by then. Tried desperately to recover right before it and when I got to it, I pedaled with everything left. And made it!
Fire road to fire road. Ridden clean and no stops. Psyched! 8) Gonna be tough to stop on that stretch now. Scott and Tom were waiting on the fire road, hardly breathing. Bastards!
Then on to the rocky areas at the high point. I cleaned them all including the short sketchy ledge down. The sketchy loose downhill was pretty cake. No leaf action in there anymore. Then onto the rippin' Cornwall DH. Had a blast tailing Tom on that. Finally on to the 69er heading south. Rides waaaaay better in this direction. 3 or 4 distinct small rollers and just good flow. At the skinnies, the others pressed on while Scott and I sessioned the shorter one between the logs. It took Scott a few attempts and then he got it. Two more tries and I made it! Actually got up on the log and came close to riding across a number of times, but kept stepping out. So psyched I made it. Thanks for waiting for me Scott.
We then ripped out of there. 6.5 miles in about 2 hours. Nice pace, especially considering the climb in there. Almost thought about a short jaunt into Sessions, but light was fading with the heavy overcast. Anyway, nice crew you got there Scott. I hope to crowbar my way into a few more rides with you guys this season. Good stuff. Track record and map:
http://crankfire.com/trails/data.php?dataid=552
http://crankfire.com/map/index.php?tid=7&t=552&w=0
Then on to the Cronwall/Fat Kid climb. Scott took the lead and was out of site in minutes. I was thinking he would break at maybe one of the usual spots, but I never saw him so I just kept pedaling. I was eventually passed by Tom as I was desperately trying to recover while rolling. :lol: But I kept on going and pushing and pushing. I thought one or both lungs might collapse, but pressed on and just tried to recover when I could. Got to the one techy rocky area that gets most of us and cleared it! Still no rueler. Keep pedaling. And pedaling and pedaling. Up past the big rock. It was at this point I was determined to clear the whole climb in one pass. The last ledge on the left right before the fire road had me concerned. I was thinking I would be out of gas by then. Tried desperately to recover right before it and when I got to it, I pedaled with everything left. And made it!
Fire road to fire road. Ridden clean and no stops. Psyched! 8) Gonna be tough to stop on that stretch now. Scott and Tom were waiting on the fire road, hardly breathing. Bastards! Then on to the rocky areas at the high point. I cleaned them all including the short sketchy ledge down. The sketchy loose downhill was pretty cake. No leaf action in there anymore. Then onto the rippin' Cornwall DH. Had a blast tailing Tom on that. Finally on to the 69er heading south. Rides waaaaay better in this direction. 3 or 4 distinct small rollers and just good flow. At the skinnies, the others pressed on while Scott and I sessioned the shorter one between the logs. It took Scott a few attempts and then he got it. Two more tries and I made it! Actually got up on the log and came close to riding across a number of times, but kept stepping out. So psyched I made it. Thanks for waiting for me Scott.
We then ripped out of there. 6.5 miles in about 2 hours. Nice pace, especially considering the climb in there. Almost thought about a short jaunt into Sessions, but light was fading with the heavy overcast. Anyway, nice crew you got there Scott. I hope to crowbar my way into a few more rides with you guys this season. Good stuff. Track record and map:
http://crankfire.com/trails/data.php?dataid=552
http://crankfire.com/map/index.php?tid=7&t=552&w=0
