Mason through the switchbacks
I’m averaging two to three days of mountain biking per week right now. I guess I would say that I’m making up for lost time after my broken foot last year. It didn’t happen on a bike, but it happened at a bike “event.” I’ll spare you the details on that one. Suffice it to say my summer last year kind of blew.
This time around things are much different. A successful freelance contract is keeping me busy work wise and I have plenty of free time. Sunday I met up with Mason and Billy to ride some trails. We headed to Bingen and took in some pretty intense cattle trails. Lots of off camber, foot-wide, eroded trails on steep climbs. Once at the top of the gorge we chased some cattle down the trails and then bombed back to the bus. The trail we took down had a rather wide section with small boulders down the center, kind of like large lane markers. Small boosts on the for about half a mile made for some sweet little airs.
We’re headed to Mollala River tomorrow and probably Sandy Ridge on Sunday. If this is what they call training, then I’m totally game.
And if that wasn’t enough I’m set to take off for a 4 day bike tour to Seattle in June. It’s in preparation for another tour I’ll be taking in September. I’ll have more on that later.