RR: Santa Barbara w/ VIDEO

[Winston]

Santa Barbara, CA. Saturday I had the pleasure of participating in a Santa Barbara run put together by DenMother. I seem to get up there once a year, but wish it would be more. Traffic on the way home seems to be the only deterrent.

Friday night I was like a little boy on Christmas Eve. Tossing and turning with anticipation.

Here the group gets ready for our first run of the day down Tunnel:


VIDEO:

Tunnel (Please right click and select Save Target As…)
This one stars Nancy with a short guest appearance by Roger wearing black shorts.
Duration = 6:54
File size = 59.6 MB

For those of you that have never ridden Tunnel, it starts off smooth for a short distance. Then you hit the rocks and the trail starts to beat on you. No problem, this won’t last too long will it? Yes it does, the trail continues to beat on you until you begin to secretly wish that someone ahead in the group will flat. A break never felt so good.

Here DenMother tries to express her happiness while wearing her full face helmet on our first run:


First run action:








Roger in action:








Time for run number two down Tunnel.

Uh oh, someone’s Socom needs a little TLC. “Girls bikes”…lol:




Doublewide lends John a hand:


One of the highlights of the trip for many of us was the opportunity to meet and ride with Gabriella…pictured with her back to the camera:


Her stories and opinions were a riot, especially...

- “The SOCOM is a girl’s bike.” (Poor Roger. Gabriella rides a SOCOM and loves it.)

The rest I will keep to myself.

As for her riding ability, she was probably the third fastest rider out with us that day. Though she would turn around during a break and politely ask Auk and I if we wanted to pass. (I’m sure we would like to, sadly won’t have the speed or skill to do so.)

Looking back waiting for the rest of the group to catch up:


John and Doublewide:




That’s two runs down Tunnel complete. At least one person in the group would flat on each run.

- Continued -

Our third and final run of the day would take us down Cold Springs.

Cold Springs seems to allow riders a better flow by spreading out the beatings a little.

Some of the action:














After the third run I was ready to throw in the towel and go eat. PHEW!!!

Thankfully DenMother and Roger said it was time to head to the Chicken Ranch. I felt a second wind coming on. (I’ve seen the HBO series Cathouse, maybe I’ll get to meet Air Force Amy!)

Sadly the Chicken Ranch only serves dry chicken and Tri-Tip. Oops, my mistake!

Great ride guys and gals!

[foofighter]

great pics and great VIDEO! that does look harsh...how long was the route?

[mottmcfly]

What a great report along with pics AND video! Great song selection and finally a helmet cam not pointed straight down.

Mott

[Winston]

I think Tunnel took the group around an hour. (Wide range of rider skill levels in the group plus some flat tires. Also have to be mindful of other trail users.)

[grandpa]

Cool video and pics! Looks like an awesome ride. I'll have to get up there sometime.

[Sprockethead]

Fantastic video Winston! I love the song, so appropriate. I wish I could rail switchbacks like Nancy does. Glad to see you riding again. That means more videos to watch.

[mtbcat]

winston good to see your back at it see ya soon mtbcat.

[andy aka rut]

Glad to see you are up and riding...again.
Tunnel trail sure brings up some great memories with Winston, Tam, Steve T, Drew and everyone else.
Thanks Winstud for posting.

[Acadian]

C'mon Win - you know you should have gone right....

as always great recap and video...thanks for sharing.

[spookydave]

those 2 trails are in my top 3 list for sure. I hope to get up there next month.

thanks for yet another great video

[denmother]

[quote=Winston;102884]

Here DenMother tries to express her happiness while wearing her full face helmet on our first run:


That picture says it all!!! Winston, thanks for the helmet cam video, what a way to make my video debut!!! You made me look like I know how to ride.

[Chaos]

It's good to see you back on the bike and getting all the footage we've all come to enjoy!

[denmother]

Sadly we only get up to Santa Barbara 2-3 times a year. It seems like some of the old crew always comes out of the woodwork whenever we make a sojourn. This trip, Bryan and Martin decided to come out and play. We had 16 total throughout the day.

Roger, Nancy, Blaine, Martin, Bryan, Tom, Dave, Winston, Tani, Mike, John, Mark, Eric, Gabriella, Hunter, and Andy. And a big thanks to Perla, Courtney and Saly for being our designated shuttle drivers, it's always a treat when you guys come along!!!

Highlights of the day: Flat tires (I didn't get one but Roger did), my helmet cam debut courtesy of Winston, Tani losing his helmet on the way to Cold Springs (that biatch rides faster than me even being cautious with no helmet) , meeting up with old and new friends for a day of fun, PRICELESS!!! The full photo album is here: http://www.socaltrailriders.org/gall...67&ppuser=1115

P.S. We have to bring the Super Mann's next time and pop their SB cherries!!!

Group Shot (Run #1 on Tunnel)



Winston



Mike



BJ



Blaine



Martin



John waiting for his do over and Roger



Roger's backside



John's do over



Blaine



Roger

[Winston]

One last highlight:

Let's not forget the vicious bee or yellow jacket that attacked Martin on Tunnel. I think Roger and I were taking a break when we hear screaming coming from just out of sight behind us. Did he break something, is he ok? Nope, the little bugger got inside his full face helmet and the fight was on. I think Martin reported 5 stings. Roger tried to help by beating on Martin, but the bugger was crafty and avoided Roger's swings. Both competitors would survive to enjoy the rest of the day.


[SIZE=1]Photo by DenMother[/SIZE]

[MTBBill]

Nice Vid Winston!

[Flat Broke]

That looks like a good time. Was there any video shot on Cold Springs?

Chris