5th Wheel Cycling Team

Since the helmet mount for my light is broken, my weekday ride options are now severely limited.  There are only two trails close enough that allow me to squeeze in a ride before it gets dark after work.  As usual, I chose the one that is closer, more fun,and off-limits.

For a trail that’s supposedly off-limits, it sure got a lot of traffic this Thursday evening.  Once again, I met up with Trent and his friend Doug.  They’re slowly getting back into the mountain biking swing of things, and it looks like they’re close to returning to top form.  Both those dudes are also tri-dorks, so it won’t be long before they are leaving me in the dust.  We did the usual route and came across a group 0f 9, a group of 3, another group of 3, a group of 6, another group of 3, and a group of 5.  There were probably more people out riding out tonight and there were any given night a year ago when the trails were still open.  From across the ridge, we spotted a white truck, which could have been a ranger on patrol.  I guess these rides are no longer “under the radar.”

Tonight was nothing different.  We did push it a little header than I was expecting since they needed to get home in time for a BBQ (a BBQ I wasn’t invited to).  Even though I’ve ridden these trails countless times, I still get stoked when I am zipping through the singletrack under the wooded canopy.  It’s getting darker a little earlier now, so I may have to shell out the $25 to get a new helmet mount.

Here’s some GPS data from a similar ride I did back in November: http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/activity/7444274.