We had a nice-sized ride, 8 riders plus Grace walking along, as we explored Skeggs Point, where none of us had ridden since 2001. MUni has changed a lot since then. The park is great for a workout (with a finishing climb that rivals Soquel Demo Forest’s beginning climb), but if I go back it’ll […]
I was down in the South Bay this weekend, where a group of us (some still using the training wheel) started out on Rob’s Ride and then embellished it by throwing in Sick and Twisted, the climb on the UCONN trail, and then picked our way down through the UCSC campus on social trails. The
We went down to Los Gatos, ostensibly to see off Ryan Atkins, but Ryan’s flight got changed so we just hung out with Nathan and Grace. We did a mixed road and dirt big wheel ride near Lexington Reservoir, with a huge on-road climb (2000′) up to one of the local peaks. Dirt on the
Tamarancho last weekend was a lot of fun; I’d only been there once before, and I’m definitely going back. The trails are all tight singletrack, with a ton of sharp switchbacks (probably 30-40 total on the loop), and some good technical challenges, although it’s not super-technical stuff. More technical than China Camp, less than Skyline
