Ride Report What Happens in Mammoth goes on STR!!

nancy, i didn't know he crashed on the log jump and true to a man's ego... he said he was fine after that rock jump crash... i think nearly everyone crashed at least once, i did 3 times :lol:...

 

My favorite weekend photo

Guys always say they are fine after a crash. I made him go to lunch after that (that's why we disappeared). He couldn't eat, and he kept holding his side saying, I can't turn, I think I might have broken some ribs. I offered to take him for xrays but he declined.

This morning I rebandaged his hand, put my rib belt on him and sent him off to work. Seems as though the ribs are okay as long as he keeps moving and doesn't laugh, cough or sneeze.

P.S. I was actually crash free this weekend. :lol:

This is one of my favorite pics from the weekend. This is at 3:30pm on Saturday after lunch at the Yodler. After this we went back to the top for one more run. Whilst sliding down Kamikazee, my front brake and derailleur decided to freeze. Made for an interesting descent (especially since it was frozen in granny gear). Oh, and did I mention that on the way down, our friends Brad and Taurino were off the side of the road pelting us with snowballs (no photos, sorry).

Where's my ice scraper?

 

Moving in for the kill

Sorry Steppie - Am I the only one that thinks this looks like uncle Pervy making his move?

 

The view from the top of that rock drop where Roger crashed was ugly. When I saw him seemingly roll in on the drop, I was thinking "Why are you going so slowly? You can't roll that, WTF? How the...? OMG! That's going to hurt! That hurt!" all within about two seconds.

BTW, props to Roger for going for this jump. He was the first person to nut up and go for it.


I hope he's ok. As my dad once told me after accidentally smashing my thumb with a hammer, "It'll feel better when it stops hurting."

 

OUCH!

 

Hey...

 

GREAT photo, Nancy!! That really kinda sums it up Hope Roger heals up quick.

 

Looks to me like the move was made and Nam accepted the offer.:steppie:

 

Tree huggers

How about this one???

 

I'd say they're not wearing protection, but Roger does have his helmet on. :beer:

 

You guys look comfortable enough with each other, you should join the Incycle team!:lol:

 

Saturday – The forecast called for snow from 3:00 PM till 8:00 PM. Roger, Denmother and I were up bright and early. Drink coffee/hot chocolate, getting our bikes ready.

The rest of crew…we weren’t sure if they would awake before noon. Come 9:00 AM when the lift opened up, I think everyone was ready.

Mechmann – Getting ready:




Baconspokes – The only other rider with any fashion sense this weekend. (Hockey jersey.)


Girls Gone Wild!


Switch_youth – Going from a FR hardtail to a Switch can’t be all that bad. Right Dino “The Traitor” Brown?


Hum, are those steps icy? (Shot at the top.)


Ok, maybe just a little. (SlideyStepsSpokes picking herself up.)


Tkblazer – Always matching on Skidmarks:


Sprockethead – Sunday would have more snow here:


Allison:


Some fire road action:
















A pair of regroup shots:




Play time of Bullet…

Mechmann – Maybe them Slowcoms aren’t so FRO after all?








Hoosierdaddy:




A man with good taste in bikes:


Continued...

 

Another fun section:












Next up, Allison – Time for a sequence:












A little A-frame tree roller.

Sprokethead surprises me:


J_Sims:


aframespokes:


aframe_youth:


Allison on the log ride on Shotgun:


logride-ohshootmaybeishouldn’tdothis,toolatehereigospokes:


Continued...

 

what an awsome ride guys! wish I went- I've gotta do this one day!!:bang: There will definitely be a newly acquired freeride bike by then.. great photos as well

 

Once in town we took the Shuttle back up. Roger, Denmother and I hooked up with their old riding buddies: B-rad, Martin and Taurino. We took the gondola up to McCoy and dropped Chain Smoke.

Poor Roger, 40-less:


B-rad with a nice sequence:






Don’t worry, Martin and Taurino are always there to keep B-rad’s ego in check. The gondola rides with these three are hilarious and worth price of a lift ticket alone. If B-rad ends up in counseling for low self esteem, we know who to blame.

And another rider:


The run out:


We also ran into a now blonde Gab-re-ella out with her husband. Of course she was putting 97% of the male mountain biking population to shame.

Saying hi to Sally SuperMom:


Once again the 6 of us loaded up in the gondola.

We got off at McCoy, but B-rad called us a bunch of “vertical smiles”, so we pilled back in to the gondola and rode to the top. Part of the ride up we could not see anything.

Visibility down Kamikaze was poor and there was maybe two inches of snow. Riding was not too bad. Maybe the first quarter mile was tough, then we had good traction. Several of us were quietly cussing B-rad. Once we reached Shock Treatment, everyone was smiling and glad we had followed B-rad.

Roger and B-rad rode the wood with success.

B-rad – Notice the pant legs:






We were almost done with Shock Treatment when disaster struck:




My rear derailleur got sucked into my rear wheel ripping it in half. “Oh crap, my weekend is done”, I thought.

Martin was nice helped me get the power link undone. I removed the chain and wrapped the two broken spokes. Roger guided my powerless Horse down the fire road while the rest of the group finished up on Richter.

Of course when you ride with Roger and Denmother, some disasters can be fixed. Poof, a new SRAM X-9 derailleur appears. Roger and I are able get things fixed. The shifting was good enough for lift riding. Man what a relief!!!

We went and had lunch at the Yodler.

Then it was back up to the top to repeat the last run with the addition of Sally Supermom on her MKIII.



Taurino and B-rad reload for another snowball ambush on Kamikaze:


They would somewhat regret making snowballs when their gloves were cold and wet.

I must say that the Novara cold weather biking gloves that I picked up from REI were awesome. My fingers never got cold and I was able to control the bike with ease. Also, thumbs up to wool sock liners and SealSkinz waterproof socks. My feet stayed warm all weekend.

Here I am takin a break on Kamikaze:


My old Army raincoat really came in handy this weekend. Sadly it is so old that the inner plastic was flaking. I had to put her down after the weekend.

B-rad rides into a small drift in the same corner:


Sally Supermom on Shock Treatment:


B-rad – Just about to clip me in the corner:


No harm, no foul.

Denmother:


Roger:


Smile Martin!


B-rad Shock Treatment wood sequence:














A little group shot at the end of Shock Treatment. From left to right: Martin, Denmother, B-rad, Roger, Sally Supermom and Taurino:


Riding with this group was the highlight of my weekend.

Continued...

 

Roger finishing up on Richter:


Denmother:


Marin:


I think we did a run down Velocity, with B-rad I doing multiple runs till closing. Good stuff!

Nice dinner at the Italian/Pizza joint that night.

 

Winston - love the nick names. The photos are gorgeous!

 

Wow...you ALL had some AMAZING photos, looks like a great trip!

Now you all make me want to go to Mammoth next year. So many trails, so little time...off work, that is, so I can RIDE all the places on my to-do list!

 

Time for a new battery for the camera but here are a couple of cool shots.... More later:beer:

Here are a couple of shots on the top as we were riding on Sunday






here is Allison JRA



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