Hi all. I'm back from my Tahoe trip. What a week! I rode 5 of the 7 days. Four of them with my wife. The day I rode by myself, I climbed up to 8,840 feet! That ride kicked my a$$!

I'll give more details and pictures later.

 

Sweet! I'm looking forward to going to Tahoe next month. It will be nice to get out of Sac

 

Here are a few pictures from Tahoe

On day one we headed up from the Big Medow parking lot in the direction toward Mr. Toads.



Here is one of me on Flume Trail. There were great views that I could see out of the corner of my eye, but the trail is so narrow in lots of places that if you looked you die.



Same spot but wider shot.



My wife (Bobbi) on the Flume



Bobbi and I on the Flume

 

Randy!!!! Welcome back to town. You missed a great ride today with me and Don. Trying to get him ready for HITG in a couple weeks. Let me know if you want to go with. Looking at the 29th or 30th right now, and will invite a few riders to join (4 to 6 people more than likely).

 

I wish I had seen this post in time. I would have ridden it with you. And you would have had the Motion Based info you wanted.

 

Thanks Lance! I'm very sorry I missed the ride.

I've got to work a trade show in Michigan on the 29th and 30th. The weekend after I will be back and ready to ride.

 

i got to ride Tahoe!
that trail looks great!

8,000'+ OMG!
yer and animal!

 

I plan on doing this FATRAC ride on the 23rd. It say "Family Ride," but Bert and I plan on riding more after the official ride is over. I hope some of you can join us.

Pioneer Trail Family Ride
RideDescription: The beginner ride will be at Harmony Ridge Market (Hwy. 20) Call for details. 14 miles and 500ft climbing. Intermediate ride will be 20 miles.
Logistics: 14 Miles, 500' gain, Pace-Moderate, Difficulty-Stimulating
Meeting Location: Auburn_Flower_Garden_Bakery
Meeting Time: 8:00:00 AM
Leader: Craig Wilson 916-663-9608

 

Who's up to ride this weekend? Looks like rain Saturday, which might not necessarily be a bad thing.

 

well this has turned out to be an adventure.
this was the first bike i've built.
started off as a "hey I should convert the old HT into a SS to ride at lunch."
turned into "OMG i need this, and this, and this and..."

i finally finished it up.

old and busted (previously):




new hawtness!








specs:
'05 Fetish Obsession frame (M)
WTB Dual Duty Wheels & WTB tires
180mm FSA V-Drive SS crank w/ 32T ring
FSA Mega-Exo BB
Crankbros Mallets
Surley Tuggnut
Forte SS conversion (spacers and 16T rear cog)
SRAM P1 SS chain
Easton seatpost holding a WTB Speed-V saddle
RST Gila fork (prolly next thing to change out)
Ritchey headset, riser bars and stem
WTB grips
Shimano LX brake levers pulling tektro brakes.

the bike is a BLAST!

 

I'm still planning on doing the FATRAC ride Sunday. Saturday I could be convinced to ride if it's not raining to hard.

My wife and I are riding Olmstead today. It will be interesting to see what it's like now. I'm betting the dust is gone. We had a pretty good bit of rain up here.

 

Not too big on Olmstead, but what time you riding?

 

About 2 hours ago. Your reply came in after we left. We did Olmstead because it's close and we had limited time today. There was lots less dust than before the rain, but parts of it still had some dust. I'll bet Foresthill is better because most of it doesn't get as much sun. It may have gotten more rain than Olmstead too. I know we did.

Depending on weather, we could stil do something Saturday.

 

Hey, dude, you should ask around on MTBR before you guys head up to HITG next week. This thread says there was a lot of snow up there today. The weather for next week looks pretty good so it will probably melt, but I'd still check

 

Thanks Matt, I can't believe there is snow already! Good lookin' out, and I'll check the weather and trail conditions a couple of days out.

I'm going up on Saturday for all thoes interested in riding for once

Time: YTBD
Place: HITG
Date: 9/29/07