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Man, I don't know what it was but I had an awesome ride this afternoon. Perfect weather - cool and clear, trails in perfect shape; a bit leafy but nothing that impacted travel, I felt strong, and I had a bike that was shifting beautifully. Everything was clicking.
Met up with migs 01, o3jeff, MR. evil and Grassi21. Sorry I rolled in right at 4:30 vs. being ready to ride at 4:30. Taking 6 West to 69 north is a sucky way to go IMO. I'll stick with 118 to 4 and south on 69. Anyway, I tried to get ready quickly and we headed out.
Rode the swamp twisties and found the stunts in there - an A frame, a small ladder ramp drop thing, and a flat ladder drop. I skipped the last one. The boulders on either side were messing with my head. Saving it for another day. After some brief sessioning there, we were off to hit the rest of the route.
Finished the rest of the swamp warm-up, crossed Scoville to the mudhole which rode beautifully, crossed E. Chippens, down B street to the logging area, back up to the blue, and straight back to the lot. Jeff and I pressed on after saying bye to the others and hit the cemetery twisties to the fire road and back. Less leaves on the trees really makes it easier to push fading daylight. 6.49 miles. Crankfire trail record.
I gotta say that Grassi21 really kept up really well. Really cool of migs 01 to hang back a bit and ride his rear most of the ride. I think it kept Chris moving and challenging himself. He looked pretty shot at a few points, but I think he liked the ride. In typical Grasssi fashion, he didn't need/want long breaks. Anyway, nice job pushing yourself! That was a moderately quick pace. Our overall was 4.4 MPH. Moving average was probably well over 6 MPH. More mileage than I expected. Awesome ride.
Met up with migs 01, o3jeff, MR. evil and Grassi21. Sorry I rolled in right at 4:30 vs. being ready to ride at 4:30. Taking 6 West to 69 north is a sucky way to go IMO. I'll stick with 118 to 4 and south on 69. Anyway, I tried to get ready quickly and we headed out.
Rode the swamp twisties and found the stunts in there - an A frame, a small ladder ramp drop thing, and a flat ladder drop. I skipped the last one. The boulders on either side were messing with my head. Saving it for another day. After some brief sessioning there, we were off to hit the rest of the route.
Finished the rest of the swamp warm-up, crossed Scoville to the mudhole which rode beautifully, crossed E. Chippens, down B street to the logging area, back up to the blue, and straight back to the lot. Jeff and I pressed on after saying bye to the others and hit the cemetery twisties to the fire road and back. Less leaves on the trees really makes it easier to push fading daylight. 6.49 miles. Crankfire trail record.
I gotta say that Grassi21 really kept up really well. Really cool of migs 01 to hang back a bit and ride his rear most of the ride. I think it kept Chris moving and challenging himself. He looked pretty shot at a few points, but I think he liked the ride. In typical Grasssi fashion, he didn't need/want long breaks. Anyway, nice job pushing yourself! That was a moderately quick pace. Our overall was 4.4 MPH. Moving average was probably well over 6 MPH. More mileage than I expected. Awesome ride.