Its that time of the year lets see some photos of your rides this year

Not too many group rides for me this year as riding with a worn out knee keeps me from being able to ride more than a snails pace uphill. Had lots of great rides with my husband and teamates!

Bootleg Canyon


Mt. Zion


Nascar


Girls ride at Oaks


Cyclofemme Day at Noble Canyon

 

Overnight trip to Beef Basin with my family. Here descending into Bobby's Hole.

 

I had lots of great rides, but because I worked weekends for the most part and have weekdays off, I did a lot more solo rides in 2012 than in any other year. Not too many group shots, but a couple here and there. I'll share some of the more scenic pics I took in 2012 which made the rides I did very memorable.

Jan: We had just brushed the entire trail of Los Pinos the week before. No better time than to ride it as you can see the trail running along the ridgeline in this pic.


Feb: Late Winter TAV patrol at El Moro


Mar: Early Spring up in Mt Pinos offers some very cool temps and clear skies


Still snow or actually it was solid ice on the ground here near the top at the Nordic Center


Looking back at a section of McGill with the snow on the ground


Mar: Cheeseboro Canyon is beautiful and green this early in Spring. Like many places in SoCal, best time to ride there.


China Flats


Modelo Trail


March: The Main Divide looking into Pine, Silverado and Ladd Canyons


The Motorway as the sun begins to set


April: Lower Switchbacks, San Juan Trail


The view from Upper portion of SJT


May: Lower Monroe Truck Trail


June: Upper Santiago Truck Trail heading to Old Camp


July: O'Neil Park, Gilleran Drop


cont...,

 

Sept: Dave aka Kish Me on STR rding through the Manzanita Tunnel on Just Outstanding, Kernville


KWH on Wagy Ridge, Kernville


A little break at Big Meadow before continuing on to the Cannel Plunge in Kernville


Giant Sequoias on Freeman Creek Trail in the Sequoia National Forest


One of the many things to enjoy on Camp Nelson Trail


A view from Summit Trail


Oct: Dell aka Ladd Jasper and Timmay! aka jasonmason climbing toward Mt Islip at Crystal Lake, San Gabriel Mountains


Timmay! and Dell enjoy the views


Nov: Nice Fall day in Malibu Creek


New Millenium Trail in Calabasas


Las Viregenes View Trail is an awesome trail


Heading back into Malibu Creek State Park


Nov: Noble Canyon. Lost one of my front brake pads on the trail before Noble. Had to descent Noble without front brakes which made for some added fun ; )


Late Nov: Del Cerro, a view from a top Barn Owl


Another view from the Forrestal Reserves in PV


Dec: Last TAV Patrol of 2012, El Moro

 

Whats TAV Patrol mean?

 

Trail Assistance Volunteer. Many of us on STR volunteer to the parks. We provide info on trails, directions and help out other users of the park if needed

 

A quick ride today..Its been a month since my last one...

 

A Tip Of The Trip Iceberg For Me!

Stellar trips this year!
Mammoth for the first time in 15 years I'll bet. There were none of the features there last time I went. At least not like this.
Can't remember the name of the guy doing the jump. He's not STR but it's a nice shot.



My buddy Kim, she'll try anything, and she's usually pretty damn 'on'. This time though..owch! A tweaked shoulder from this limited her riding for a couple months after this.








Crested Butte and Thunder Mountain too.
Good year for riding. Not for much else though.
I insist next year be better!

 

Started the year off in Sedona...


Early season blur through the trees in Whistler...


My shadow chasing me back to the trailhead at Charmlee Wilderness Park overlooking Malibu...


Beat the summer Calabasas heat with a weekend trip to Montana de Oro State Park...


Labor Day Weekend in Mammoth...


The Backbone Trail is my local Fall fav...


Bark Park - New Millennium - Malibu State Park - Grasslands - Bark Park is my hometown loop...


Off to Sedona again tomorrow to end 2012 and Red Rock the New Year...

Happy New Year to all!

 

Oh Yeah-and some trail critters!

 

I had a pretty wild year even before it got started. Injuries were;

Fractured knee cap at Noble followed
Broken elbow at Lake Hodges
Dislocated shoulder/blown disk in my neck at Anderson Truck Trail.

I blame my new bike pushing me harder and farther than I knew I could go. Late 2011 I switched from this



To this



Multiple trips to Noble were the norm and then we started to step things up. Mammoth



Dville





Santa Cruz



Palm Canyon



El Prieto



And a lot of new local dirt









It seemed like everywhere I went there were multiple HD's around







Probably because I get paid to sell expensive things and I talked all of my friends into them. In total seven of my ridding buddies bought them this year! A few in the garage



In addition I found Strava and became totally hooked. Say what you will, but I have met more like minded riders in the last 8 months than I have in 20 years on a mountain bike. In addition I realized how little I was really riding my bike. It also showed me a lot of new trails out of my garage with everything from simple rides to 25 mile 3.5K climbing rides. It also got my competitive juices flowing again and started racing Super D and Enduro.

By far my best year riding and I have had 30 of them starting at 12!

 

It must be Halloween, because a lot of threads are being resurrected from the dead...