RR: Maple Springs -> Motorway July 9th
Good ride today, guys. It was me, Jeff (aka Triscuit), Rob (turnerRob), Lance (ecoDork), Patrick (mcGrath), and Aldo (bananaseat).
Started closer to 7:30 then 7 but the paved road was shaded and at a nice temp. Bugs never really got out of hand although they were out there. Held a pretty good pace to the spot where it turns into dirt. Rested there for a few minutes, gathered up the troops, popped some cubes, and we were on our way.
Maybe 2 or 3 miles up, Aldo, Rob, and I stopped in a shaded area to wait for the others. Waited for probably over 10 minutes and saw Jeff and Lance coming up but no Patrick. "Where's Patrick?" we all wondered. Lance and Jeff had waited for him at a lower spot and even rode down a bit but no sign of Patrick. We figured the reality of the climb had settled in and he had decided to go watch the world cup final? It was a bit wierd because he didn't seem too tired after the paved road.
Continued on up to 4 corners holding our middle gear pace. The heat never became unbearable on Maple Springs, which was a welcome surprise. We huddled under a bush for shade at 4 corners, to rest again, eat a bit, and snap a few photos. On main divide you could feel the sun, especially on that one steep b!tch. I think everyone cleared that one - first for me! :bang:
Surfed over to and down the motorway with no injuries or mechanicals. Actually the only slight mechanical was a hole in Rob's tire which stan's sealed up. Didn't see Pat's truck at the lot.
Rob at 4 corners
Patrick!
Lance at 4 corners
Post ride group photo - taken out of a shade = bad lighting
Group at 4 corners - bad lighting again
Good ride today, guys. It was me, Jeff (aka Triscuit), Rob (turnerRob), Lance (ecoDork), Patrick (mcGrath), and Aldo (bananaseat).
Started closer to 7:30 then 7 but the paved road was shaded and at a nice temp. Bugs never really got out of hand although they were out there. Held a pretty good pace to the spot where it turns into dirt. Rested there for a few minutes, gathered up the troops, popped some cubes, and we were on our way.
Maybe 2 or 3 miles up, Aldo, Rob, and I stopped in a shaded area to wait for the others. Waited for probably over 10 minutes and saw Jeff and Lance coming up but no Patrick. "Where's Patrick?" we all wondered. Lance and Jeff had waited for him at a lower spot and even rode down a bit but no sign of Patrick. We figured the reality of the climb had settled in and he had decided to go watch the world cup final? It was a bit wierd because he didn't seem too tired after the paved road.
Continued on up to 4 corners holding our middle gear pace. The heat never became unbearable on Maple Springs, which was a welcome surprise. We huddled under a bush for shade at 4 corners, to rest again, eat a bit, and snap a few photos. On main divide you could feel the sun, especially on that one steep b!tch. I think everyone cleared that one - first for me! :bang:
Surfed over to and down the motorway with no injuries or mechanicals. Actually the only slight mechanical was a hole in Rob's tire which stan's sealed up. Didn't see Pat's truck at the lot.
Rob at 4 corners
Patrick!
Lance at 4 corners
Post ride group photo - taken out of a shade = bad lighting
Group at 4 corners - bad lighting again
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I was feeling good and set the pace the rest of the way up to 4 corners. I didn't want to leave the shade and the nice strong breeze that was blowing there as I knew what lay ahead of us......some steep hot climbing. 
We all cleaned the "hell climb" and made it to the top of Motorway. We were all pretty toasted by then but amped up for the ride down. The Motorway was very loose and rocky, probably the loosest I've ever seen it. You "surfed" down it in quite a few sections which made you stay in focus. After hitting a few very HOT air pockets on the way down we all made it without incident. Got back to the cars and sure enough as I figured those of us w/o Adventure Passes had tickets on our windows. First time I've ever gotten ticketed for that.....oh well I guess I'll pay the $5 
