Ridership is still low, only 6 riders out for this regular Tuesday night ride. Despite the lack of interest, the trail conditions are absolutely excellent. Red Head was in perfect shape and the climb yielded it's usual spring pain. Surprisingly there was no snow on the trail.
The decent was beautifully buffed and as smooth as it gets. Smiles were shared all around.
Over refreshments after the ride, there was talk of the Double Downhill venues and Holy Wow venues. I found a video that I thought might fuel the dreams of future rides. Enjoy.
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
HW RIDES AN OLD STANDARD "THE COFFEE RUN"
It has been a slow start to the riding season. People are holidaying in the south, hanging out at the beach in the South Pacific, doing spring construction projects, and waiting for the snow to melt. In spite of that, we mustered up about six members of the gang and held our first circle ride of the season.
For those of you who do not know what a circle ride is, just imagine 6 guys on mountain bikes riding in a circle until one rider leads us out to a ride of his choice. This always leads to some of our greatest rides.
Three circles and we were off. The decision was the Coffee Run. The Coffee Run is an old school trail that goes back to the first days of mountain biking in the Rossland area. It was used more for cross country skiing previous to the outbreak of fat tire bicycles. The trail surface ranges from tacky soil to boulder strewn. The rocks seem to grow up from the ground a little more each year. Bit of a technical challenge. OH YEAH, what about the SNOW.
We actually expected to be slogging through the snow but there was very little. The trail was in great shape. Trails seem to be smoother and tackier just after the snow leaves.The Coffee Run provided it's usual test and brought back a wave of great memories.
Up Milky way to the Saddle of Kootenay Columbia and a ripping decent back down Upper Pale Ale to KC Connector and the bottom of Snake and the thoughts of a cold one had infiltrated our minds.
First circle ride of the season in the books and the birthday boy was missing. Happy 60th Birthday Norm. Showing your age already. Had to skip Thursday night ride so you could ride on Friday. What's with that?
For those of you who do not know what a circle ride is, just imagine 6 guys on mountain bikes riding in a circle until one rider leads us out to a ride of his choice. This always leads to some of our greatest rides.
Three circles and we were off. The decision was the Coffee Run. The Coffee Run is an old school trail that goes back to the first days of mountain biking in the Rossland area. It was used more for cross country skiing previous to the outbreak of fat tire bicycles. The trail surface ranges from tacky soil to boulder strewn. The rocks seem to grow up from the ground a little more each year. Bit of a technical challenge. OH YEAH, what about the SNOW.
We actually expected to be slogging through the snow but there was very little. The trail was in great shape. Trails seem to be smoother and tackier just after the snow leaves.The Coffee Run provided it's usual test and brought back a wave of great memories.
Up Milky way to the Saddle of Kootenay Columbia and a ripping decent back down Upper Pale Ale to KC Connector and the bottom of Snake and the thoughts of a cold one had infiltrated our minds.
First circle ride of the season in the books and the birthday boy was missing. Happy 60th Birthday Norm. Showing your age already. Had to skip Thursday night ride so you could ride on Friday. What's with that?
Saturday, April 27, 2013
WE COULD USE SOME FLOW LIKE THIS AROUND HERE
Thought I would post this because I liked the caption that went along with it.
Arguably the best groomed trail I have seen in a long while, not a braking bump in sight, obviously they can all ride in New Zealand! Matt Walker flows his way along ‘The Dipper’ track in the Redwood Forest aboard his Pivot 5.7 Carbon.
This film presented by Kingpin bikes.. www.kingpinbikes.co.nz
Monday, April 22, 2013
HW MOAB NEW TRAIL- CAPTAIN AHAB
Another mountain bike season is upon us and the bikes are starting to show up here and there. Just about time for the Holy Wow Gang to start their regular rides around the Rossland area.
Moab has been one of our destinations over the years (2001,2006,2011) and we have found some good new trails each time we have visited. But, we still get excited when we hear of new trails in the Moab area. It gives us something to look forward to for our next trip down to the desert.
So here it is, the latest offering from our Sister City Moab. One of our members is going to Moab for the month of May and we are commissioning him to check this new trail out. Just in case he doesn't shoot any video, here is the latest release. Enjoy.
Captain Ahab Trail from Tyson Swasey on Vimeo.
NOW GO RIDE!!!!
Moab has been one of our destinations over the years (2001,2006,2011) and we have found some good new trails each time we have visited. But, we still get excited when we hear of new trails in the Moab area. It gives us something to look forward to for our next trip down to the desert.
So here it is, the latest offering from our Sister City Moab. One of our members is going to Moab for the month of May and we are commissioning him to check this new trail out. Just in case he doesn't shoot any video, here is the latest release. Enjoy.
Captain Ahab Trail from Tyson Swasey on Vimeo.
NOW GO RIDE!!!!
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