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10-08-2006, 04:11 PM
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Sundays Single Speed Ride
Strawberry Peak Loop, San Gabriel Mountains
First thanks to Epic Riders for another great ride and Nam and Justin from Orange County for joining us. About 13 of us started the ride, a couple bailed out before Josephine Saddle. I did not count, but it was about a 50/50 mix between singlespeeds and geared bikes. I am not doing a trail report because I do not know anyone that has been on SPT...if you have not been on it you suck. Matt (Burner) busted out his new Vulture for its maiden voyage. Very sweet custom built 29 inch fully rigid singlespeed. Kudos to you for being brave enough to try a unknown trail for a maiden ride. Pictures do not do the bike justice, it does not capture the metal flakes.
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10-08-2006, 04:57 PM
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Dean, you have a knack for taking pictures. Good ones. Riding this today on the ss has shown me how far I've lost my ss ability from not riding it. But the dh was a blast and I can't believe I didn't crash once. Must have been due to all that road biking. Keeps you looking at the trail constantly, that and the fact that Tin was breathing down my neck. Damn, sometimes I thought he was so close he was sitting on my seat. Then he'd start hollering... Funny! That was a fast ride and real fun too.
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"The best rides are the ones where you bite off much more than you can chew—and live through it." — Doug Bradbury "When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realised that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me." — Emo Philips |
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10-08-2006, 05:03 PM
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10-08-2006, 05:06 PM
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BTW, I think Matt wins the best looking SS award,. Gawd, that is one BEAUTIFUL bike. Excellent craftsmanship.
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"The best rides are the ones where you bite off much more than you can chew—and live through it." — Doug Bradbury "When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realised that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me." — Emo Philips |
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10-09-2006, 06:56 AM
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awesome ride guys! i gotta thank deano for pickin me up and showing me the san gabriels
 anyhow here are some pics mike cheating on the climb  glen smiling on a climb?      
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10-09-2006, 09:42 AM
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Matt, Nam. THX for the pics.
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10-09-2006, 06:29 PM
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10-09-2006, 09:06 PM
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10-10-2006, 11:18 AM
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nice ride last sunday guys!, had a great time meeting new faces, nam and matt especially. I already know mike cheats, he does that every ride hehehe . i did notice justin looking bored, he didn't even sweat the whole way, someone pls put rocks in his camelbak instead of mine next time.
had a blast on the dh, evenwith the 100mm 29'er i was still getting beat up my hands were numb at the parking lot. the ridde was good, we gotta do it again before end of yr. ! |
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10-10-2006, 09:19 PM
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my photos
Here's my photos... The first is Nam and Romeo climbing the fireroad...
IMG_0829.JPG.jpg Nam on the switchbacks... IMG_0838.JPG.jpg Dean and Matt discussing the Vulture at the saddle. IMG_0846.JPG.jpg Mmmm, singletrack. IMG_0852.JPG.jpg I can't tell who that is tackling the exposure... IMG_0854.JPG.jpg Romeo going for the exposure IMG_0855.JPG.jpg Damn, what a beautiful day!!! IMG_0859.JPG.jpg IMG_0865.JPG.jpg The group just before we hit the downhill. IMG_0867.JPG.jpg
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10-10-2006, 09:42 PM
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Nice pics Glen, I liked the ones with the clouds that shows how blue the sky is up there. That trail has never disappoints me.
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10-11-2006, 05:36 PM
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