Go forth and ride, then bring back pics

[Montana Rider]

[QUOTE=homemadesalsa;6020237]4th and 5th of July up on the CDT west of West Yellowstone. Maybe Panchosdad will chime in with more pics.

Nice, looks like Targhee Creek to Mile or ???

How were conditions? I haven't been out much yet this summer, and the grizzly bears seem extra (h)angry in the Henry's this year...

Reach out the next time you two are in Island Park as I have two SWMMBA Copper City pint glasses I've been trying to "gift" y'all for over a year now.

[Joey Joe Joe Junior Shabadoo]

A few from the last few weeks. My 9yo is doing mtb camp in a few weeks so we've been getting her feet wet on some of the easier stuff around here.

[mtnjam]

Few weeks back did a nice big, dumb ride. 104 miles, ~16,600 feet of climbing, 14.5 hours moving time. Doing this once a year really scratches the itch and takes some edge off, doubly so this year.
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Some really cool terrain on that side of the ridge. Nice job getting the JA100 under your belt. I would've cramped up at the top of the ridge road. I have an open invite to do it every year, but I'm just not into sufferfests.

[Shredhead]

A few from the last few weeks. My 9yo is doing mtb camp in a few weeks so we've been getting her feet wet on some of the easier stuff around here.

Nice! I think I may have see you with the girls on Lowline a couple of weeks back. You sporting the bright orange shoes?

Be careful, I flushed a large blackie on Tom Blake this morning.

[Joey Joe Joe Junior Shabadoo]

Nice! I think I may have see you with the girls on Lowline a couple of weeks back. You sporting the bright orange shoes?

Be careful, I flushed a large blackie on Tom Blake this morning.

That was probably someone else, my shoes are black, but my helmet is orange. I live in Fairway 3 though so I'm pretty sure I see you and your dog on the path through my backyard all the time. If I'm out back next time I see you I'll give you a shout.

And word on the bears, I flushed a cub on 7 Star a week ago. Luckily didn't have to stop or slow down because I didn't want to see if mama was anywhere close by.

[cbgarrett]

Good riding around Ketchum right now. Cool temps.

[panchosdad]

[QUOTE=Montana Rider;6020713]

4th and 5th of July up on the CDT west of West Yellowstone. Maybe Panchosdad will chime in with more pics.

Nice, looks like Targhee Creek to Mile or ???

How were conditions? I haven't been out much yet this summer, and the grizzly bears seem extra (h)angry in the Henry's this year...

Reach out the next time you two are in Island Park as I have two SWMMBA Copper City pint glasses I've been trying to "gift" y'all for over a year now.

Those are the CDT from Targhee Pass south. We rode Watkins to Coffin Lake also. Fair amount of mud still on the CDT section. No bear sign.

[panchosdad]

Love this shot. Ripping alpine singletrack is the best.

[rideit]

^^^^^^^^LIKE^^^^^^^

[rip]

[Rossymcg]

My local trails, Blackrocks in the Amber Valley, Matlock, UK. Its a hill of 2 stories. Top from the trig point is a fast rocky blast pick your line stay loose and let the bike rattle about ubder you. Lower in the woods steep rocky rooty. Pure fucking MTB heaven

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[Dantheman]

Fruit Punch Brisk FTMFW

[RootSkier]

Whoa, it looks like the stem adjusts from roadie to comfort?

[mtnjam]

Whoa, it looks like the stem adjusts from roadie to comfort?

Just needs some bar ends positioned straight up that way they can hook brush and trees.

[mooseknuckle]

Just needs some bar ends positioned straight up that way they can hook brush and trees.

Have 2 sets I’ll send for cost to ship!

[huckbucket]

Road rides can be aesthetic too.

[mall walker]

this is a lot more fun than I expected

[jono]

The fun regressed last weekend, starting with type 3. That Prince guy is not afraid to walk. Which is lucky



Sometimes we rode up, but that hurt more. The trail was made by mules driven by whip testers whose ghosts haunt the blind left turns that hide surprise assents of easily bypassed knolls. The map says they only hit 45% grades, but if that were true someone would have taken a picture. Photos stop at 46%.

Look away, it's hideous



Aw, hell with it. Type 2 fun was achieved. Sometimes the trail went down a little.


Type 1 fun was brief. Some tried to savor it.



Mrsjono eventually built a little momentum.



What goes up must stop and enjoy the view briefly before a white knuckle descent of 2500' in < 2 miles on orange pow. In this case, view was enjoyed with biting flies. That one got me inside my left calf. Or his cousin. No, I blame him.



Orange pow pics were few and far between once 50% grades became common. I did get this last one before that, though. It's not a great pic, but it makes a perfectly viable receipt: everyone rode. Until they didn't.



Then came switchbacks, some had enough room for 3-point turns. Others had room to ride, and made 46% grades seem fine--as long as "fine" means re-mounting while holding the bike by its front brake, jumping on one pedal to keep the rear end on the ground and releasing brake in time to save the family jewels from the top tube. Mostly. If that worked 46% was fine. Until it got steeper. I'll never forget saying "oh hell with this, I'm walking!" My ballistic trajectory ended as my cleats rammed into the earth as gently as a maul striking a fawn--only to look back and see I'd been dead last to reach the only logical conclusion. It got fun again, though. Eventually. Before it didn't.



Overall, a beautiful moment of distraction on our nation's birthday. 2020 distraction is painfully earned. And totally worth it.

[springsproject]

Steep, rutted, muddy. There's a really hard corner that this leads into that I couldn't get last night. I went 0 for 3 with 2 awkward crashes

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[Rossymcg]

Steep, rutted, muddy. There's a really hard corner that this leads into that I couldn't get last night. I went 0 for 3 with 2 awkward crashes

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looks like fun, what was the drama with hitting it right? mental blockage and stiffening up?

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[grskier]

“Road” ride yesterday.









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[springsproject]

looks like fun, what was the drama with hitting it right? mental blockage and stiffening up?

Couldn't keep the front wheel from trying to slide out of the rut, it was pretty greasy

[zion zig zag]

[sethschmautz]

Mountain bike date nights are my favorite nights.

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[CS]

Got out on one of the few "alpine" rides we have around here.