A serious Ride... 27 miles

Yesterday, Dan and I rode up Findley, up Ferris Gulch, along the ridge up panther gulch and came out on the top of East Fork road.  From east fork Road we cruised back on the road back to the house.  It was quite a ride and my legs are still a little tired.  There a couple of great singletracks on this ride.  Dan had a 05 rockhopper comp that our nephew left in the garage.  I thought I'd give it a try since it has a front suspension fork.  Only problem is that it is a 17.5"  Which is quite a bit smaller than my 19inch 96' kona Kilauea.  It gave a pretty good ride.  The geometry is radically different.  I'm going to give it one more ride before I decide to stick with it.  I felt myself having to learn over the handlebars a lot on the climbs.

Top of Findley and Back again...

Another quick ride... This time I had my riding buddy with me who left me in the dust on the uphill.  I got to the top in about 41 minutes so I had a little incentive to try to catch up with Dan and shave some time off the climb.  I sure wish I had a front suspension fork.  The road in a few places is a serious washboard!  We left at high noon so I think the temperature got to me a little.

Quick Ride- Up to the top of Findley and back down

Today I rode up Findley Road to the top and raced back down again.  It is a great ride.  Technical areas with ruts, rocks and roots.  Much more fun to come down but my rigid front fork tends to give me a pretty good shaking...  It gets bumpy when you are in the area where the locals drive their cars.  It took about 1 hr from the house to the top and back.  It is a 45 minute grind to the top so you can do the math on the downhill.