I'm good either day and up for whatever, just looking to go play in the dirt. Anyone want to get out and ride?
Maybe 10/31. Stand by, plans in progress.
Saturday, Johnson Lane, 10am.
Humm. Where is Johnson Ln?
google maps (https://www.google.com/maps/@39.0267888,-119.7050307,222m/data=!3m1!1e3)
Sounds good, should be fun to see some new terrain.
Rich, you in? Carpool?
Sure. Like the idea of going somewhere new. I can pick you up on the way down, 9am sound good?
Quote from: RichVee4 on October 30, 2015, 05:51:40 PM
Sure. Like the idea of going somewhere new. I can pick you up on the way down, 9am sound good?
Great, might want to make it 8:50am to give a little time to load the bike... Looks like almost an hour drive to get there.
See you in the morning.
Cool, see you guys tomorrow. Just drive to the end of Johnson Lane and when it turns to dirt you are in the staging area.
This will be a 40ish mile trail ride. Dirt/sand roads in and out, and a few connectors, and lots of single track. Bring food/water to be out all day.
Quote from: dub on October 30, 2015, 06:02:45 PM
Cool, see you guys tomorrow. Just drive to the end of Johnson Lane and when it turns to dirt you are in the staging area.
This will be a 40ish mile trail ride. Dirt/sand roads in and out, and a few connectors, and lots of single track. Bring food/water to be out all day.
Sound good, looking forward to it. See you tomorrow.
I mentioned it to my friend Craig and he is interested in coming. He went with us on our Henness pass ride last year. He is planning to meet us at the staging area.
Loading up... See you guys soon. GM rest up so you can join us next trip.
Some challenging trails today, worked up a little sweat. Ok a lot! Think we had Jonny Walker as a leader and doing a hard enduro training day. Enjoyed the company and exploring a new area. More technical than I 've ridden before but happy I conquered most of it and live to tell about it.
Thanks for the ride today Dub, I really enjoyed it!
I like being challenged and there were definitely some challenging sections for me today, glad to tackle the small waterfall/step up in the beginning. That's something I probably would have shied away from in the past, glad to find out it's a possibility for me now. I'd like to do that one again a few times in a row and see if I can't make it up with a little more control instead of just blasting it with throttle and hoping for the best.
Thanks for coming down guys. Sorry, that route was maybe a little more challenging that you had bargained for. Scott, that bike sucks, but you are doing really well on it! Get yourself on a more usable trail bike and you'll be loving life.
How was the ride back to the truck? Once Chris and I got up on top of a hill we were able to see just how far North we were. We were like up in North Carson. You guys must have had a long trek back South to Johnson lane.
Quote from: dub on October 31, 2015, 07:18:33 PM
Thanks for coming down guys. Sorry, that route was maybe a little more challenging that you had bargained for. Scott, that bike sucks, but you are doing really well on it! Get yourself on a more usable trail bike and you'll be loving life.
Thanks. Yeah, this bike's always been a challenge and I'm becoming more and more aware of it's downfalls. Really the only good thing about it is it got me into the sport but definitely getting time to upgrade.
The KTM 250 or 300 xc or xc-w are on the top of my list. Hopefully I have a great holiday season this year with my business and maybe I can treat myself to one if I do.
The 300 is amazing; I love mine. It's easier to ride than the 250. It has so much power down low that you can lug it like a 4 stroke. You can just tractor it up the gnarly hills in 2nd without having to worry about keeping it on the pipe.
Good to know, i was leaning towards the 300 to help make up for my fat ass.
After we split and headed west, I was surprised how far we had gone looking into Carson City. We then intercepted the power lines and turned south. We crossed a couple big washes but they kept getting bigger and steeper. We bailed and headed farther down hill and found a road that followed carson river, beautiful area. Worth a return trip, fall colors along the river were amazing. Pretty easy dirt road from there to the car.
Did another 50 mile trail ride on Sunday.
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Nice, is that out around the same area we rode the day before, looks like similar landscape?
That's a good bit of back to back riding. Sounds like a great weekend.
I just lounged around Sun and got some things done at home and work. My legs were a bit sore but not too bad. I think it was from following you through the whoops earlier on Saturday's ride. You were taking them at a faster pace than I normally hit them. I did find your quicker pace through them to flow much better than the slower pace I normally take but I was also feeling that it was working my legs much more.