- Trailhead: Hopkins Hill Rd Parking Lot
- Riders: Chris, Patrick, Spencer, OMMB
- Distance: 4.5 miles tracked, at least a mile longer
- Weather: clear
- Temp: 59
- Trail Conditions: some areas of single track were trashed by random mid-woods waterfalls
- Technical Level: very
- Wildlife: some flying turkey or pheasant or something
- Whoops, Yikes, and Oh Sheets: a season opener endo by Spencer (log hopped a bouncy log, log bounced him over the handlebars), a whoops and a Holy Sheet by Patrick...end result of a rocky decent.
Notes: We decended from the right side of the parking lot and turned right into what used to be solid single track. Most of the trail was washed out by what appeared to be random waterfalls, not close to any rivers or ponds. Pat had a little sideways whoops, no biggie. His brakes were not working very well. We continued on, then stopped so Pat could adjust his brakes. After crossing several small streams we climbed a nasty rock outcropping. No one made it up without stopping. After the climb, the trail dried up okay. We stopped so Pat could figure out what was wrong with his middle front gear. It had a bent tooth, not a bent crank. We hit the double track for a half mile or so and jumped back into the woods where we found more stream and mud crossings. After getting to higher ground, we stopped so Pat could pump up his rear tire (starting to see a trend?). After several rock gardens and rest stops to fill Pat's tire, Spencer lost the battle with a bouncing log. NICE endo! It was time to leave the single track behind and take a rocky decent back to the double track that circles the lake. Did I mention "rocky decent"? Did I mention Pat had issues with brakes? Did I mention his rear tire was loosing air? The end result of these points looked like a scene from CSI!!! A Holy Sheet crash due to loosing the line on a downhill with too much speed. Luckily no serious injury, only a nasty scrape and bruised leg. We cruised back to the lot after crossing a pretty deep stream (bike wash!). Pat climbed the last hill riding the rim, flat rear tire!
When CSI showed up, they had no clue as to "what the hell happened?"
Tidbits:
This trail was pretty difficult (heard of the "perfect storm"? this ride featured the "perfect trail"!!)
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Happy Trails,
OMMB
- 1 mud point for Spencer
- 1 blood point for Patrick
Some pix by SOL...one of many mid-woods streams...
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