Guess its' been a while since I have written anything here. Well I haven't been that motivated to write...
So CG in Wyoming is some place that I have never ridden. After doing some of the Laramie Enduro course pre-ride with Ron, this told me that there's some good riding up in Wyoming so I jumped at the chance to hit some new trails.
Dave and I met, Gale, Todd and Scott in Winsdor and we carvan'd up to CG. The temps were perfect and life doesn't get much better. While we were getting ready, I noticed that Scott and Todd were riding new mount
s. Scott was demo'ing a Specialized FS uint and Todd got himself one of those Full Carbon Yeti FS race bikes.
We take off and the trails are sweet. Single trak that flowed pretty well with the occasional technical area. Dave and Todd were on fire, setting a good tempo up front. I wasn't up for a hammerfest, and I was glad that this was going to be pretty mellow.
One fun thing about the ride is that we took some time to do some do-overs to improve our technical skills. The rocky sections were pretty solid so there was plenty of traction here. I was wishing that I had some of those elbow guards since I ended up scraping my forearm trying to clean something that Todd made look pretty easy.
Everyone was riding well and challenging their comfort levels along the way. I was impressed with some of the stuff that, well everyone was able to ride. There wasn't much that someone in the group didn't attempt, and most of the stuff was successfully negotiated. I am still so pleased with the Yeti 575 as it seems to do everything really well.
Even with it's weight penalty, it's well worth having the extra margins it provides....
After our 1st little loop we went back to the cars for some refueling. Dave noticed that Joe Bagely's tour truck was there. I spoke to a woman from Houston that mentioned that there was whole crew from Texas up here and that Joe was still out on the trails with the rest of the crew...
Time for us to go back out and ride some more. I really like the trails up here, but they are a bit loose for my taste. For some reason I am not that good at loose stuff and I haven't figured out the best way to weight the bike so that the front wheel doesn't push on occasion. I have noticed that some of the BC boyz, Ron and Kent in particular are much better at loose stuff....
We are under time pressure and we take to one of the new trails. On the way there, Dave had some tire trouble where it got low and then when inflated was wobbling all over and the cause wasn't obvious to anyone.... So we ended up on this trail with lots of switchbacks which always make me nervous. Dave seems to have no problem easily working the swithces, but I am barely able to do some of the tight one's if at all. I am pretty sure it's just me, something I will work on in the future.
This trail that we took was still under construction and Todd was enjoying himself with some of the tools of the trail. After making it through all of the rough stuff, the group decided to take a different way back which included some dirt road. We did make it back to the single trak, but it was loose. Todd
and Scott, Gale were moving briskly up front. This loose stuff here was pressing the limits of my skills to go fast here. Dave backed off the pace a bit, due to his tires washing all out a couple of times.
Back to the car finally and I stop and see Joe Bagley's posse, eating and enjoying a fine post ride time. I spoke with Joe for a bit and he mentioned a Moab Kokapelli trip he was putting together and said I should think about it and pass the word to my crew.
A good time was had by all. Nice to do some new trails. I wonder where all of the other MTBr's from the BC crew are though!
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