Just when everything was going well and we were all getting into a rythmn disater struck. I was following Tom when I saw him pull up quick and look down at his radiator. Sure enough he had punched a thumb size stick straight through it and it was dumping coolant. It was a heardt shot and his day was done so we all rode back slowly to the cars and loaded him up. Sad to see him go but better that happen on home turf than on a big ride somewhere else.
Mike soon had us back into epic trails and this one folowing him is a good example.
http://www.youtube.com/user/singletrack71?feature=mhee#p/u/4/TG1sTD-TGxw
Everytime we stopped ChrisT would be there on his rental. To say he did well is an understatement! It was set up for runs up the beach and not for what we were doing. Super soft suspension and a cut out switch on the kick stand that would kill the bike everytime he landed a jump or hit something hard. Out came the fencing wire and we solved that problem but it meant he did have to find a suitable tree to lean against whenever we stopped which was not very often.
There were trails of all types from terraced logging tracks
http://www.youtube.com/user/singletrack71?feature=mhee#p/u/3/S8LKzsE5wA0
http://www.youtube.com/user/singletrack71?feature=mhee#p/u/2/RnBVjJ06uPM
To open flowing ridge line fire trails
http://www.youtube.com/user/singletrack71?feature=mhee#p/u/6/juylXVL-cn4
And plenty of hills to keep things interesting
http://www.youtube.com/user/singletrack71?feature=mhee#p/u/0/o8UPIKACrWk
To Be Continued
