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Carla A-G
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"Monkeyboy" John, Joe, Jim and myself did a night ride in Belmont State Park. It was the first time
Jim and I rode there. John and Joe were to be our guides for the night. The trail is mainly flat,
fast, double track with tiny sections of singletrack thrown in. The ride was intended to be short
and fast. The trail was covered in deep snow that was packed down in some sections from the hikers,
while the rest was deep, white and fluffy.
The park is well known for its criminal activities. Last week, John found a pair of bloody gloves
and a blood trail in the snow. It was reported to the local authorities and it is still under
investigation. He also once encountered a fully naked man riding his bike in the woods, he was also
reported to the local authorities because there were children playing in the woods. Soooo, Jim and I
cautiously made our way to John's house to begin the ride from there. He lives a few blocks from us,
so we rode the frozen and icy streets to get there.
We rode down the block and entered the park at the end of the street. The pace was fast on the
packed down double track. As soon as we hit the sections of singletrack, the deep snow made it
difficult to ride. We had to maintain the momentum in order to stay upright and cut through the snow
with our tires. The logs that crossed the trail didn't make it any easier.
The whole loop runs about 12 miles in total. We were not going to do the whole thing, it was much
too cold to remain out there for long. About 3/4 of the way through, we stopped for a pee break.
Standing around and chatting for a bit, we noticed a car with flood lights coming up the double
track. Uh oh, it was a cop. We fully expected that we would encounter one somewhere along the way.
He stopped about 20 feet from our group and pointed his blinding light in our direction. We waited
for him to step out of the car, but he didn't. He continued to sit inside his car with his lights
pointed towards us. John decided to go over and explain why 4 people, with lights and layers upon
layers of bike clothing were doing standing in the middle of the woods. Really, we're not crazy,
officer. The situation was explained, the cop was cool with it and went about his merry way, looking
for any possible murderers hiding in the woods. We rode on and finished the last 1/4 of the trail.
Fortunately, we encountered no nasty situations. No bloody gloves, no dead or naked people. Just 4
frozen mountainbikers, happily riding in the woods...
- CA-G
Canadian Girls Kick Ass!
Jim and I rode there. John and Joe were to be our guides for the night. The trail is mainly flat,
fast, double track with tiny sections of singletrack thrown in. The ride was intended to be short
and fast. The trail was covered in deep snow that was packed down in some sections from the hikers,
while the rest was deep, white and fluffy.
The park is well known for its criminal activities. Last week, John found a pair of bloody gloves
and a blood trail in the snow. It was reported to the local authorities and it is still under
investigation. He also once encountered a fully naked man riding his bike in the woods, he was also
reported to the local authorities because there were children playing in the woods. Soooo, Jim and I
cautiously made our way to John's house to begin the ride from there. He lives a few blocks from us,
so we rode the frozen and icy streets to get there.
We rode down the block and entered the park at the end of the street. The pace was fast on the
packed down double track. As soon as we hit the sections of singletrack, the deep snow made it
difficult to ride. We had to maintain the momentum in order to stay upright and cut through the snow
with our tires. The logs that crossed the trail didn't make it any easier.
The whole loop runs about 12 miles in total. We were not going to do the whole thing, it was much
too cold to remain out there for long. About 3/4 of the way through, we stopped for a pee break.
Standing around and chatting for a bit, we noticed a car with flood lights coming up the double
track. Uh oh, it was a cop. We fully expected that we would encounter one somewhere along the way.
He stopped about 20 feet from our group and pointed his blinding light in our direction. We waited
for him to step out of the car, but he didn't. He continued to sit inside his car with his lights
pointed towards us. John decided to go over and explain why 4 people, with lights and layers upon
layers of bike clothing were doing standing in the middle of the woods. Really, we're not crazy,
officer. The situation was explained, the cop was cool with it and went about his merry way, looking
for any possible murderers hiding in the woods. We rode on and finished the last 1/4 of the trail.
Fortunately, we encountered no nasty situations. No bloody gloves, no dead or naked people. Just 4
frozen mountainbikers, happily riding in the woods...
- CA-G
Canadian Girls Kick Ass!
