Before the Snow

Got out on a ride sat with Siren Mary. Headed out of Idie with the intentions of finishing in Warner Springs. Got sidetracked by the May Valley trail system .........man was that good.
Hit the road to Paradise corners and headed South. Trails were loose from this point down. Slow moving on the ups and drifting on the downs. Pulled off on Coyote canyon and a rendevous was setup with Yumi our ride home.Thanks Huney...we made it back in time for a bit of springtime snow.

Garner view from a kick ass May Valley session.

View from Lookout mountain.

Mary descending table mountain with barely any hydraulic pressure in the front brakes. She rocked all the tech sections with scary brakes........and even rode a giraffe at one point.

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Phooey with 9 to 5

So it has been a weird week. A couple of nites ago crime hit me. Someone during the nite opened my unlocked truck ............ (D'OOOOH) and walked off with my North Face pack. The pack included all my riding tools and my helmet light....

So I replaced the pack with an Osprey Talon 22 ....1st impressions is that it is a bigger bag and overall weight is much lighter. Straps don't seem to be as sturdy but we will see how it travels on saturday.

Friday is finally here and I rode the House loop with the addition of the grotto loop. Nice way to get work out of the mind. Nice clear day with the cloud level sneaking up the hill.

The new ride still needs a name. Nothing has stuck yet but an unconscious theme has started........Salsa Bars,frame color is named "hot tamale" and I'm trying a new rear tire named Ignitor. After a good suffer ride I'm sure something will stick.

Clouds sneaking up.

Shared this with Yumi last weekend.........Russian River's Damnation.....a Belgian style ale...................Taste like yummy.

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Silly Fun

Saturday nite's Beer before sundays ride. Speak Easy Brewery in SF.....I highly recomend this Barley Wine ifn you're into that kinda stuff.

So I met up with Marlin,Dawne and Phil.Phil and Marlin decided that they were going to Climb Art Smith and met Dawne and I at the Benches on Dunn Road. So Dawne and I started at Pinyon and connected over to the meeting place.

Dawne at Pinyon.......it was a nice cool morning and she rocked Pinyon and Palm.

Flowers blooming everywhere...jus a perfect time to be on the trail.

Hey Frankie remember this climb right after the 3 mile wash. Luckily this time I didn't have to climb it.

Phil finishing off the mid climb on Art Smith.

Good ridin on good trails with GREAT PEOPLE. Enjoyed some Mexi food and I believe we all got a lil tipsey.

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Spring is almost here

Fri went on a lil hike with Yumi. Back in the BearTrap creek area. They've cleared alot in that area but had a good hike. Was able to get out a lil later and did the house loop. Thanks goes out to whoever cleaned up Optimatr. Just can't get enough of that trail. Goodness gracious that was a fun loop.

Enjoyed sharing one of these with Yumi.

Sat left the house pretty early wanted to get in some mileage in before Emi and Sage's B-Ball
game. So ISOMATA was the call. Left the house and linked trails down to Hell Razor. Upper and Lower Tubs is just superb. Wow it's a pity what the did to ChimneyFlats and Oz. Rode Hell Razor for the first time on this bike.......trail is perfect and the bike handled well. Climbed out of the hole and ran into Marlin on the Grotto loop. Just another good ride in Idie.......

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Cravin Mexi Food

So I took the long way to Anza.

Yumi and the kids met me at La Cocina.

Got in a good 6 hour ride with the new fork.........Really diggin this big wheel rigid thing.

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