Sundays Single Speed Ride

[dstepper]

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.

 

[ShinKen]

whoahh!! Nam was infront of the Ssers? wooHOOOOO!!!:bang: u rock dood!!:beer:

 

[Burner]

Great ride today!

 

[Good_ol'_slappy]

Yeah, def a great ride today. I wasn't prepared for the weather at the start, but it ended up being a great day all-around.

 

[Pain Freak]

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.

 

[dstepper]

I can't believe I didn't crash once. Must have been due to all that road biking.

Maybe I should take up road riding I crashed twice.

 

[Pain Freak]

Maybe I should take up road riding I crashed twice.

True dat.

BTW, I think Matt wins the best looking SS award,. Gawd, that is one BEAUTIFUL bike. Excellent craftsmanship.

 

[tkblazer]

awesome ride guys! i gotta thank deano for pickin me up and showing me the san gabriels :beer:

anyhow here are some pics

mike cheating on the climb

glen smiling on a climb?

 

[khai]

nice ride, nice ppl, nice weather(although it was cold at the top the saddle).

 

[Burner]

Hey Mike, how's that middle finger taste?

Nam, what kind of camera do you use, your pics look really good.

 

[dstepper]

Matt, Nam. THX for the pics.

 

[ShinKen]

fooo real Nam what type is it? pics look sweet!

 

[Pain Freak]

Hey Mike, how's that middle finger taste?

Nam, what kind of camera do you use, your pics look really good.

It wasn't in my mouth....It was in my nose and no I still haven't found what I'm looking for!

 

[tkblazer]

Hey Mike, how's that middle finger taste?

Nam, what kind of camera do you use, your pics look really good.

nick, thanks man! i just use an old olympus c3040 3.3mp digi cam. its about 3-4 years old, but it works well enough for me.

 

[new2mtb]

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. !

 

[gurp13]

my photos

Here's my photos... The first is Nam and Romeo climbing the fireroad...

Nam on the switchbacks...

Dean and Matt discussing the Vulture at the saddle.

Mmmm, singletrack.

I can't tell who that is tackling the exposure...

Romeo going for the exposure

Damn, what a beautiful day!!!



The group just before we hit the downhill.

 

[dstepper]

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.

 

[tkblazer]

awesome pictures glen, some of them don't even look real!

 

[gurp13]

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.

awesome pictures glen, some of them don't even look real!

Thanks, guys. I used my Canon Powershot SD450 with the "My Colors" setting that takes pictures with saturated color as if it was on slide film. I didn't touch them up in Photoshop. That's how they came out of the camera. I did it to emphasize the greens and blue sky. It helps me not to miss my SLR and polarizing filter as much.

 

[tkblazer]

can you post a full size pic of pic #4, that would make an awesome background