2 RCY RIDE REPORTS
Day
#1:
Chesebro Canyon
Saturday
02-17-07
Not much to say about Saturday's ride
except that it was a simply gorgeous day in Chesebro. Sunny, blue,
warm skies accompanied the five riders who showed up to pedal.
Tal, Nelson, Dean, Jamshyd and I headed over to the Sulfur Springs Trail for a
pleasant meander under surprisingly warm temperatures for this time of
year. Arriving at Shepherds Flat we decided to head over to Palo Comado
via the singletrack that was in excellent shape....hardpacked, yet
challenging.
Our creative inventor Tal
riding the connector single track between Shepherds Flat and the Palo Comado
Overlook.
[See Tal or me and I bet we
can give you a special deal :o) ]
When we arrived at the Palo Overlook
we decided to do the "Aaronson Loop"--ride down the Bones Trail and then ride
back up the fireroad to the Overlook again.
Nelson rides down the
rugged Bones SingleTrack
Dean enjoying the rocky
trail
Jamshyd lovin'
it
Nelson took some photos of
me riding the trail....I put them together for a composite
From the Palo Comado Overlook we
headed on back to Shepherds Flat and then down Sulfur Springs Trail to the
cars. While Nelson had to head for home, the remaining four of us headed
on over to The Corner Bakery at The Calabasas Commons for some fine dining and
chat.
Day
#2:
Bulldog @ Malibu Creek State
Park
Sunday
02-18-07
We had 8 riders arrive for Sunday's
MTB ride at Malibu Creek State Park. The day was much cooler than
yesterday but that was welcome news because we would be climbing the tough
Bulldog Motorway.
At the bottom of Bulldog,
the group poses:
Mitch, DavidR flexing,
Reuben, Dean's head protruding from Reuben, Matthew, RogerJ, and 'Bones'
Rod
We climbed the tough 3.4 mile, almost
1700 feet of elevation gain, fireroad, grinning all the way.....NOT! At
the top, after being refueled by The Appleman, we headed down to the Corral
Canyon parking lot and then on to the Mini-Moab section that would bring us
to The Elevator.
Multiple Matthews descend
the last steep slickrock section of "Mini-Moab"
Likewise, 3 Rods
descend
Roger took some photos of
me, Rob, descending the SlickRock
After SlickRock it was on to The
Elevator....
5 Crazy Riders framed
while taking a fast corner on The Elevator:
From the left: David,
Mitch, Reuben, Dean, and 'Sideways' Rod
Roger poses
wearing the cap of his racing sponsor.
At the bottom of The Elevator we
arrived at Tapia State Park where we then took the Tapia Spur Trail back to
Malibu Creek State Park. Click on the link: http://rcy.wwtrails.org/Video/TapiaSpur.AVI to
see a very short video of Roger following Matthew at the end of the Spur
Trail.
As we ended our ride by pedaling
the pavement in Malibu Creek State Park we came across a herd of deer in an open
meadow. I tried to zoom in.....
Back at the cars, 6 of us headed on
over to the Santa Fe Cafe for eats and talk to end a great day of mountain
biking.
Have a great week,
Robco Baggins
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