Search & Rescue for Adam, Mike, and Alan's bikes

[Big Guy]

[I am available to help Saturday morning, I'll be there at 8:00 am]

Sorry, something came up, I wont be able to be there Saturday.
Good luck finding the bikes

[moochy]

I have class sat morning...but i think i'm gunna try and get out there on thurs to get 'em....Does anyone know if they evacuated silverado?

[LBmtb]

Here's some info on who took and posted the picture. Thanks to scott (silver spot) for letting me know.

It was posted on the team basso yahoo group site by this guy: "Willie Hunt" <willie@surefire.com>. The message:
With all this rain, I rely on pavement or Maple Springs road and the Harding Truck trail (both have enough gravel that they are barely muddy and they generally do not rut out from MTB tires) So, on Sunday I rode up from Ladd Canyon road up Silverado Canyon Road and continued past the gate up Maple Springs. At the first creek crossing there were riders saying the creek was impassable further up, yet it was not so bad right there as it was mid thigh and moderate water speed. Before reaching the second crossing I saw this:

http://www.cs.indiana.edu/~willie/MTBcrop.jpg

Wow, someone was hating it! Obviously this person failed to make the water crossing further up and the bike was carried down stream. I hope this person was not seriously injured.

Anyway, I proceeded and did not have any problem crossing, but I dismounted and walked across. I also has MTB shoes with lugged rubber soles so I can get good footing. I continued up to the Main Divide, but the weather was getting bad so I went down the Harding.

Willie

-Scott aka SilverSpot

[silverspot]

Originally Posted by LBmtb

Here's some info on who took and posted the picture. Thanks to scott (silver spot) for letting me know.

Happy to help. Good luck on retrieving the bikes.

[badfishgood]

Well I was planning on helping out this weekend... however I'm going to have to come in to work on saturday...again.

Which reminds me... I need to start looking for another job...

Be safe fellas.

[Ladd Jasper]

I'll be in the area and will try to head up Silverado for some recon, if nothing else. Probably be there around 2:30p if anyone's interested.

so when is everyone meeting up? I may do a ride in the morning at STT>

this is alan.

[erider]

i'm new to this board. i have climbing gear (harness) with me i can use to retrieve your bikes (or lend). i can head out on saturday for sure and possibly friday or thursday if you let me know in advance. i'm in west la by the 405/10. i definitely need directions. h

[LBmtb]

Saturday at 8:15 ok for everyone?

[JamR]

Originally Posted by LBmtb

Saturday at 8:15 ok for everyone?

I'll be there

[LBmtb]

From the 55 Freeway in the City of Orange, use Chapman Ave. exit. Drive east. Chapman will turn into Santiago Canyon Rd. after about 5 miles. Continue 5 more miles Silverado Canyon Rd., turn left.

[Ladd Jasper]

Walked the area for an hour and a half today, with no sign of the bikes. Water's still running pretty high though, so who knows.

Seems my Momma raised an optimist. Guess I'll see you Saturday.

[JamR]

Originally Posted by Ladd Jasper

Walked the area for an hour and a half today, with no sign of the bikes. *Water's still running pretty high though, so who knows.

Seems my Momma raised an optimist. * Guess I'll see you Saturday.

Here's an idea for Saturday. Since you were the only one in our group who came out with a bike. What we should do is spread people out along the whole stream bed, take your bike up to where I lost mine; then throw your bike in and follow it down stream to see where it ends up. Should lead us right to our bikes.

What do you think?

hahaha, that sounds like a plan!!

[JamR]

Just thought I'd let everyone see what's sitting upside-down beneath the mystery tire in the stream.

If anyone see's it in the stream or being pedaled beneath someone on the trails, let me know.

Hopefully we'll be able to recover all three bikes this Saturday if no one has snagged them from the stream already.

very nice..

or should i say, was very nice..

[Ladd Jasper]

Originally Posted by JamR

Here's an idea for Saturday. Since you were the only one in our group who came out with a bike. What we should do is spread people out along the whole stream bed, take your bike up to where I lost mine; then throw your bike in and follow it down stream to see where it ends up. Should lead us right to our bikes.

What do you think?

I had an idea eerily similar to yours, but in my plan the bike is replaced by a small child in a life vest with a camcorder (waterproof, of course). Not very feasible, I'm afraid, but effective!

Besides, it's not like Stumpys just grow on tr...wait, scratch that.

JAMR,

would u mind listing the components on that bike?

[JamR]

Originally Posted by carnetorta

JAMR,

would u mind listing the components on that bike?

Mavic 517 rims
Pauls Word rear hub
Syncros forged cranks
Avid Arch Supreme rear brake
Avid Single Digit front brake
XTR Levers
Thompson Seatpost
Race Face Carbon riser bars (less than 12 hours old)
Lizard Skin lock on grips
Rock shox Duke Race 70-105mm
Mangoat frame (won at the Toad Festival)

Was a real sweet SS that I wasn't afraid to beat up and abuse.

I try to be gentle with my Yo Eddy's these days since they are pretty much irreplaceable and the steel frames are prone to rust. I don't take them out in bad weather any longer.