January in Deer Creek

Starting to get a little scared about the lack of weather around here. Might as well take advantage though. 7 of us rode through Deer Creek and the biggest problem was dust. Nathan and Tom are flying down the "improved" trail, smoother but less fun. The Forrest Nazi's like to make everything useable for everyone. Pretty soon there will be handicap ramps.

 I think his name is Chris.

 Jordan and Scott? I suck with names.

"Skinny" Tom. I think every one had a great ride. The down hills were super fast. Hopefully we will get some weather soon and be forced out of these trails soon. 

Miles of dirt

 The forest Nazis were nice enough to close the whole forrest for a winter closure, even though its almost impossible to find water out there let alone mud. I took Katie and enjoyed the silence. I pedaled for three hours and never saw a single soul. There are hundreds of miles of trails and fire roads accessible from my front door.

 Luckily I found water for Katie

Its hard to believe that it's January. There is a little snow, but not much. the only place I had to ride through snow was by Lyons.  

End of year suffering

 Dan at Victory Vello put together an end of year ride combining Round Mt. trail and South Yuba trail. We started with 14 freezing riders. 

This crossing is after Round Mountain. We headed up to South Yuba from here. South Yuba is an awesome ride but you need to be ready to suffer. All together in a little over 30 miles we climbed over 5000ft and pedaled for 5hrs for a total of 5000 calories burnt. I hate being the slowest guy there, but 3 people didn't finish so I guess I wasn't last. Thanks to Dan for setting it up and Sean for dragging me up there. 

Changing seasons

 The cold has moved in for the year. So have the Bald Eagles at Lyons.

 I'm pretty sure Lucas and I got the last ride on Sand Bar this year. The dirt was perfect. What an awesome ride. 

First time I've ever had to worry about snow at Glory Hole. Surprisingly there were a few other riders to look out for. It was fun making first tracks though. 

2nd most fun

 Jet light says that night riding is the second most fun you could have at night. They might be right. This is on the upper section of the Damn trail Friday night. 

I forgot how much fun it is. The tunnel of vision makes you concentrate on only the stuff that matters. I was able to match my time from the week earlier so I'm going the same speed as I am during the day light. Everybody should ride at night at least once a year.

First snow

I am bummed that the high country is gone for the season, but I'm not giving up riding. Thank god for Gore Tex. I think Katie was colder than I was. It's crazy how much longer it takes to get to anywhere riding in goop. Fun first ride.

October Weekend

 I've been trying to squeeze as much riding in before winter as I can. I took the whole family up to Nevada City Saturday. Jeanie took the boys on the race loop they did last year while Sean and I took the single speeds up Pioneer trail to find out how out of shape we are (Very).

 The boys had a ball!

Today I drug Tom up to PCP for his first full run down the whole thing. Only 2 flats and no blood.