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Matt was in town from Gunnison for seminar, so I picked him up at the
hotel and headed on out to Apex park in Golden. COMBA was supposed to
be there, but the lot was virtually empty and although the threat of
rain was in the air it was just a little spit right now.
Matt was on his SS and I thought that would be to my advantage. Ha!
Steep climb doesn't mean anything to him. So, there we were heading up
Apex trail. He in a 2:1+1 and barrel assing up the mountain and me in
good old Granny gasping for air. It was nice of him to wait for my slow
butt and various intervals. I think I left a lung somewhere on the trail.
Up the fairly technical trail to the top when we meet up with Grubstake
loop. Another rocky trail which shoots around the mountain sometimes
down and sometimes up.
The final climb and we connect with Slucebox trail providing a fast
technical decent to an even more techy decent on Apex. The switchbacks
killed me as always although I did make three (two up and one down).
The drop-offs were my favorite part in addition to trying to keep up
with Matt. A couple of nasty looking sections had me hesitating and off
the bike, but the fortified portion of the trail ****** me off the most.
Somehow I got off the line and to the left when I should have stayed
right. Front wheel hits a tombstone and I stop dead in my tracks. Matt
cleaned it.
A short but fun ride before dark and a great introduction (they are all
like this one) to Front Range riding for Matt.
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o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-o
www.schnauzers.ws
hotel and headed on out to Apex park in Golden. COMBA was supposed to
be there, but the lot was virtually empty and although the threat of
rain was in the air it was just a little spit right now.
Matt was on his SS and I thought that would be to my advantage. Ha!
Steep climb doesn't mean anything to him. So, there we were heading up
Apex trail. He in a 2:1+1 and barrel assing up the mountain and me in
good old Granny gasping for air. It was nice of him to wait for my slow
butt and various intervals. I think I left a lung somewhere on the trail.
Up the fairly technical trail to the top when we meet up with Grubstake
loop. Another rocky trail which shoots around the mountain sometimes
down and sometimes up.
The final climb and we connect with Slucebox trail providing a fast
technical decent to an even more techy decent on Apex. The switchbacks
killed me as always although I did make three (two up and one down).
The drop-offs were my favorite part in addition to trying to keep up
with Matt. A couple of nasty looking sections had me hesitating and off
the bike, but the fortified portion of the trail ****** me off the most.
Somehow I got off the line and to the left when I should have stayed
right. Front wheel hits a tombstone and I stop dead in my tracks. Matt
cleaned it.
A short but fun ride before dark and a great introduction (they are all
like this one) to Front Range riding for Matt.
--
o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-o
www.schnauzers.ws