In a recurring theme this spring, we were scheduled to go to Annadel but the trails there are too messed up, so we headed back to Joaquin Miller, where things were beautiful as always. We picked up another Bay Area transplant, Emele, who does a lot of street and impressed us with huge hops. Always […]
We had been scheduled to go to Camp Tamarancho, but the trails there close in the wet. So on a wet day in Oakland we headed over to Dimond and Joaquin Miller. This ride always sounds a lot easier than it winds up being. 17km and 380m of altitude delta; that’s not that much, right?
The California snowpack is at a 22-year high, the reservoirs are full, and we got to celebrate with a beautifully wet and muddy MUni ride. Newcomer Campbell got his first taste of redwood MUni; much different than the trails in Georgia. Ray also got a taste of MUni when he won Best Biff with a
We got our training series going with a reasonably mellow ride up in Joaquin Miller. No major biffing (Best Biff was a toss-up between Harrison’s awkard step in the stream, and George’s mount failure pedal smack). Everything was pretty damp up there, and I even did a bit of trail work (armoring a pothole in
