exciting
was out there this morning braving the massive winds, 1st impressions were "wow" lots of water there, and then I saw the gate/fence. Mugger then alerted me to the fact that we have to go all the way up there (points at the top of the 4X track) before getting near the trails. Damn!..ahh well I jumped on the Jamis Parker Mk 2 and we hit it , punched (well, pushed) straight to the top on the fire road while the real XC boys rode all the way. The few bits I saw of the DH track looks pretty cool so we decided to push all the up the top to the where the fire road turns into switchbacks but I bailed out after doing a few switches and not knowing how much further to go. So we rode back down a bit then cut into the trails.
I can't remember which ones we did (looks for mugger) tunnel of love maybe or tunnel for the ICB but track 1 was super fun and the wall ride was sweet, I rode it pretty high and almost overshot at the exit and at that speed when you gap the fau log step down into the lil tabletop it's super short, maybe a lil slower coming into it next time. We went back and hit it again then got hit with a left rear blowout. Ohh, and what did I say as we rode thru the gate.... shit ! I left my spare tube in the car, ahh its cool I won't get a flat....sheesh. So that was the end of the riding for me, opened up a powa bar had a rest and then pushed back to the car.
I got some cool POV footage of mugger losing control and also myself in the dusty dry condition, I'l ledit it at work on mundee and post it yup.
Overall, I was really impressed and will be back again. I think in the dead of summer people are going to die out there but now with the temps, its perfect. I would like to camp there also for a weekend and do a lot more exploring/riding.
Andy, Like others have said... the gate is in the wrong place, or is it going to be opened up in future?. I think moving it up to the top of the 4X track and turning that area into a parking lot would be ideal. Also, I don't see many people wanting to do the 4X and push back up all the time, shuttles there would be good if dudes are just there to run the 4X for practise.
>goes off to buy a Turner RFX
see you at the TOP.