Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Rock Creek Long Ride

My memory of last Tuesday is as indeterminate as this photo.


I do recall some brush crashing as we pioneered the NE corner of Pollywood.


At the taco table, the conversation quickly turned to the upcoming LRP -The Fro Ho Down. The first question wasn't how many miles, or will there be water, but will we be playing basketball afterwards.

After a warm up roll from Fro's house, the first big climb of the day was a bruising 800 feet ascent over 0.8 mile on loose gullied single track. XT cleaned, but I rode it faster, you decide who won. We followed that to another climb that according to the hand written note on the sign was the hardest trail out there.


And so went the day, red line climbs followed by white knuckle descents as we made a counter clockwise loop through the Rock Creek OHV area on trails 1, 4, 9, and 3.







The most important ride is always the one that happens next, and that’s tonight. 
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6 comments:

  1. XT has baseball, NH is out of state, Cappy is doing something bike related, someone else is rumored to have eaten a bad batch of crock pot, where's the rest of the team?

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  2. Glad you all got a taste of the trails I've been riding since the 70's, yes I have a picture of me starting a race up there in '76.

    Out - still working through the hamstring, rode MTB on Sunday, rode scared, thinking Sasquatch was going to smack me down.

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    1. We used to have to cross that creek before B built the bridge. That was always entertaining.

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  3. Newb Fro and I are headed for the Knott lot

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