RR: Del Cerro with vondork and von bret

[LBmtb]

Good times as always. Thanks Bret and Matt for a good ride. We went out to check out a ladder drop that Matt had a video of and luckily we ran into Sean Evans (Turner pro DH'er) who took us to the spot. Of course I wasn't gonna hit it and Matt and Bret were worried about the landing. That whole area was super loose dirt and loose rocks. But they did hit a smaller ladder drop just after the bigger one. Vondork landed it as smooth as a babies butt. Bret's left leg came unclipped on the landing and he somehow managed to somewhat save it riding on super loose terrain with one foot. After that goodness, we climbed up the fireroad and came down slalom - a super fast, flowly, fun ST. Vondork seemed to love the bushes on this trail! Bret also had a nice bush encounter which I didn't get to see. After coming down that we rode back up the fireroad and hit the singletrack with the jumps on the left side. There's a new plank on the wooden jump which surprised me and I crashed into the bushes shortly after landing. Nothing too bad though. After that ST we rode back up the fireroad again and decided to do slalom again. This is when Bret had his meeting with the bushes. When getting ready to go back up the fireroad again, Greg was coming up and invited us to ride a short flowly ST. Hit that and then rode back up the fireroad. Decided to drop a little into the ST with the jumps to take some photos of that wooden jump. These photos were pretty sweet. Climbed out and back to the cars. On the way to our post-ride meal we spotted a gentlemen's club which seemed perfect for von skipp. Had some super healthy food at Tommy's and called it a day. Pics due up in a minute . . .

Vondork hitting the upper wooden jump


Me on the upper wooden jump


Bret on the upper wooden. Very nice action shot!


Sean nails the wooden drop


Matt (aka vondork) hits the 'smaller' wooden drop


Bret hits that same drop. Left leg comes unclipped after the landing


Bret and Matt discuss the drop


Bret says hello to bush on the slalom trail


The bigger drop and rock roll towards the top of the trail. Can't really tell in the pic but dirt is super loose in this area


Scenery going home


Super healthy post-ride food. Tommy's is good times Might regret it tomorrow but oh well.


Hi-res versions and more photos in the album.

[Epic_Mtn_Biker]

Nice RR, pix, and an excellent way to finish the ride with Tommy's !!
thanx for sharing! Del Cerro is on my "to do" list.

[TURNERob]

Great pics Gonzarillaroid! Guess I'm gonna have to go check out PV sometime now after seeing those ladder drops Bret, good to see you wearing your pads this time eh

Very nice ride report vonGONZOLAROLA! The pix came out great! I wanna try the bigger ladder next time. I'll put on the leg pads and give it a go. Sean made everything look easy! That terrain there is very sketchy, very loose and lots of shale. Rob YOU DEFINITELY HAVE TO CHECK THIS AREA OUT!!!

Thanks for posting the pix Gonzolorolaroid, lets do this again soon!!!

[Von-Skipp]

Nice hucks guys!! Glad to see Gonz hitting them. Im feeling the tractor at the gentlemens club.

~You can call me Von-Skipp for now

[shagginwagon]

Great pics . I saw you guys at the water tank when you hooked up with Sean . I was heading out on the black Big Hit . Slow or Die ( trail w/ the ladder drops ) is always real loose --- I don't get along well with that trail . LOL Anywho , drop a note next time yer headed out that way .

[tkblazer]

man that looks like a good time..

After further review, it looks like I tore a few knobs on the sidewall of my front tire. I knew there was one are that I was leaning hard into a turn on and rode over some rocks, I even told vonDork that I think my tire rolled over itself or something. Looking at the right sidewall I see about 5 or 6 "stained" looking spots where STANS has done its job. The tire is still holding a decent about of air, but it looks like I'll have to buy a new tire eh...

[jfromlv]

Nice pics, looks like I need to hit that place up. Sean definitely makes everything look easy when he rides, I've ridden "with" him before. Notice the quotes around with, we started at the same time, but he finishes alot sooner than I do.