The snakes are out

[PacMan]

My bud and I set out on our usual Wednesday afternoon ride and ran into 5----yes 5, rattlers during our 14 miles. I was able to get good pics of the 2 biggest, each about 3 feet long.

[LBmtb]

Whoa, those are good sized ones. Where did you ride? I don't recognize that trail.

[PacMan]

That would be Lake Hodges in Escondido--North San Diego county.

[Von-Skipp]

Originally Posted by PacMan

That would be Lake Hodges in Escondido--North San Diego county.

Hodges used to my home turf when I was back in Carlsbad. How is that place doing? Did they ever finish building the expansion trails?

Pacman, have you ever ridden Daley Ranch?

[blurit]

I rode around 5pm at Bonelli and saw two rattlers on the trail north of the horse stables. I ride here about 2 times a week and for some reason I always see the snakes in the same area of this trail. Be careful keep your eyes and ears open.

[JamR]

Pic's from Tuesday

[TURNERob]

What freaks me out about this is that at El Moro (where I usually ride 1-2x a week) some of the fireroads are like singletrack now with all of the vegetation growing

[ShinKen]

Originally Posted by TURNERob

What freaks me out about this is that at El Moro (where I usually ride 1-2x a week) some of the fireroads are like singletrack now with all of the vegetation growing

that was a cool trail!! we should ride one of thizz days

[FoShizzle]

Originally Posted by TURNERob

What freaks me out about this is that at El Moro (where I usually ride 1-2x a week) some of the fireroads are like singletrack now with all of the vegetation growing

you need a 29er.....snakes run from 29" wheels yo'

[PacMan]

Originally Posted by IntenseKipp

Hodges used to my home turf when I was back in Carlsbad. How is that place doing? Did they ever finish building the expansion trails?

Pacman, have you ever ridden Daley Ranch?

Hodges is OK. Same old trail basically. They are doing some kind of construction between Hernandez Hideaway and the dam (rumored to be many things, I'm not sure what exactly they are building) and the trail is closed just past HH. My friend and I ride there a couple times a week after work mainly because it is convenient.

I love Daley. It's a bit of an @$$ kicker, but a great trail if you know the good spots/good route.

Originally Posted by JamR

Pic's from Tuesday

I wish my camera had zoom. On the trail, I just use a cheap Kodak 2.0 megapixel that I got for $80. It's small and fits in my CamelBak easily, plus I don't care if it gets broken in a crash. I have a really nice Cannon 4.0 megapixel that cost a whole lot more and I just don't want to take the risk of breaking it.

[RIDE 2 LIVE]

Originally Posted by PacMan

My bud and I set out on our usual Wednesday afternoon ride and ran into 5----yes 5, rattlers during our 14 miles. I was able to get good pics of the 2 biggest, each about 3 feet long.

I rode chino hills yesterday and saw i rattlesnake, must of been 12" long.there comin out from winter. tons of ticks, at least 10 of them on me! just my legs. i took my bike to work to clean it up and found a tick on a spoke. now its torture time!

[dirttorpeedo]

no dont hurt the tick! there so cute and little and cuddly. no [ICKLE POUNDER dont hurt it!

[RIDE 2 LIVE]

Originally Posted by dirttorpeedo

no dont hurt the tick! there so cute and little and cuddly. no [ICKLE POUNDER dont hurt it!

its lickal pauonder. that tick is history, the first method of torture is water on the forhead!