A Cruise with Frank

So Frank showed up for a ride sporting his Giant XTC converted singlespeed. Good looking bike Raptor did a good job.
Proposed route was leaving from my house to Isomata linking to May Valley,Hurkey Creek,Lil Thomas,Ramona and back to the house.
Well the ride went as planned all the way to Ramona trail. Just a good singletrack descent at the bottom the decision was made to take the road back. Made it all the way to the elementary school and Yumi picked us up. Frank started to cramp and wasn't to comfortable. Ended up being 45 miles and a real comfortable ride for me. Good riding Frank.

One less car every chance you get.

Rider down. My boy Raptor got hit by a truck he was on two wheels the moto kind. Heal quickly my friend.

Is this the same person?

Do they look alike?

Cats with a powerful STINK

Rode May Valley on the way home.
Ran into a couple of angry skunks. It's funny how something so small and cute could stop you in your tracks.
Overall a good day of dirt. Got a little moisture on the ground and the speeds were up.

A special thanks goes out to my wife for understanding my passion.Love Ya Honey.
















And a big congrats to the Queen of all Frogs and the Raptor man himself for solidifying an address in Flag.

Doubts

I always had in my head the Black Mountain climb had teeth. It just had a bark.

Climbed it this weekend from the house. The climb was downright comfortable. PCT drop will always include this climb now.
What this ride did was inspire a new route including the back roads and trails to Fulmer in combo with the Black mtn climb.
I guess judging to early held me back from a new route. I will combo the two this coming weekend.
Spent a good weekend with the family at Boulder Basin.
Felt like a power spot to me.
Reflection and meditation came natural and clear.
My kids Rock on their Singles.
Just a Kool pic with nothing to do with this Post.

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So it has been a while.

So this is the readers digest version.

Clouds to Cactus. The infamous and mystic downhill.

8000' of descent in 11 miles.

B.Long showed up for this ride and this kid has some serious skills.

Left the house at 2:30 am. This ride also had some serious hiking to get to the trailhead.

Under lights we hiked up Devil's Slide to the saddle actually got there quicker than I thought and I didn't feel that taxed. We then got to ride a fun singletrack for a couple of miles called Willow Creek.

Then another couple miles of hike a bike up Long Valley. This was a tough hike as Brian looks at me and says,"Man that was rough" coming from him that means a shitload.

A nice litlle techy descent to the trailhead. By now the sun was up and we rode quietly by a few rangers sleeping on the deck of the station. We've been super no no riding a poach by all means but we arer at the trailhead now and the trails is legal.

C to C is a serious downhill. Did I mention the heat yet. must be close to the high 80s at 6 in the am.

Downhill but techy as can be. Obstacle after obstacle. Ride ..walk..carry..

I was slowing B down to much so I let him go.

Damn feeling weak..hot..and probably not enough calories.

But heat exhaustion set in and I was in for some extreme suffering.

B finished a couple hours ahead of me but I finally finished.

Ride of a lifetime nothing comes close to this one in Socal.

So an old friend came back into my life Frank is his name.

We rode Idie on a friday and by next thurs we were driving to Brian Head.

4 days of riding in Brian Head. I always forget how scenic this area is.

Bla Bla Bla we all know the area so I won't bore you with stories but here is a list of trails ridden.

Bunker Left

Bunker right

Louders Pond

Dark Hollow

Navajo Lake

Virgin River Rim

Thunder Mtn

Where is Raptor if you see him tell him to pedal a bit.