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Met up with MR. evil for a ride out of Stone starting at 2:30. I cleared both climbs leading in, well sorta. The first one has a big tree down almost at the top, but I made it to that. Cleared the second climb. We cranked through the Stone East trails, hardly stopping and riding that I think as fast as I ever have. We skipped the far SE loop and also skipped the Caveman drop trail. Tim sessioned a few rollers. I OTB'd in the Tunxis rock garden landing squarely on my feet...love when that happens. All the trails we rode over there were fine except for a few muddy spots where we pedaled lightly. We cruised out and headed up towards the Devil's Kitchen.
The Kitchen isn't just wet. It's a veritable river. I expected wetness, but there were ponds 2-3 feet deep on it and the main rocky descent was a fast slowing river of water. We basically walked the whole thing. The bypass is in fine shape. We should have descended the bypass and rode the Fat Kid back up. Upon getting back to Stone Road it started raining moderately. It then got heavy. And heavier and heavier. Already soaked we decided to session the roller after that big rock and down ramp. Well, Tim sessioned it and cleared it a few times. I just rode up to it trying to pick a line that I'm sure I'll eventually take. got back to the cars and we then went back up and did a quick loop through there again which didn't turn out quite as planned, but oh well. Rain was over by 5:00 pm when we finished. 6.9 miles. Good ride Tim:
http://crankfire.com/trails/data.php?dataid=576
http://crankfire.com/map/index.php?tid=7&t=576&w=0
The Kitchen isn't just wet. It's a veritable river. I expected wetness, but there were ponds 2-3 feet deep on it and the main rocky descent was a fast slowing river of water. We basically walked the whole thing. The bypass is in fine shape. We should have descended the bypass and rode the Fat Kid back up. Upon getting back to Stone Road it started raining moderately. It then got heavy. And heavier and heavier. Already soaked we decided to session the roller after that big rock and down ramp. Well, Tim sessioned it and cleared it a few times. I just rode up to it trying to pick a line that I'm sure I'll eventually take. got back to the cars and we then went back up and did a quick loop through there again which didn't turn out quite as planned, but oh well. Rain was over by 5:00 pm when we finished. 6.9 miles. Good ride Tim:
http://crankfire.com/trails/data.php?dataid=576
http://crankfire.com/map/index.php?tid=7&t=576&w=0