Muni track from Hell -- Venezuela

send me the pics and I'll get busy wit it

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Well, here goes on my attempt to post a few pics of the Muni track from
Hell, in Venezuela. The first shot is a master showing a 5 mile long
ridge that I believe could be ridden, but at great peril and effort from
an absolute madman.

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You shouldn't have shown me these...now I'll have to visit Venezuela
too. 😉

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That looks like a muni paradise! Looks really grippy, and sooo
technical, thanks for sharing.

Andrew

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The sickest I've seen is the Vortex in Florida. I could not find
pictures to do it justice, but there are a few pics and writeups 'here'
(http://tinyurl.com/8u6ou) 'here' (http://tinyurl.com/ceu9y) and
'here' (http://www.egad.net/brenthaesekercom/bike13.asp)

Like one post mentioned, some of the drops could not be ridden. One must
"launch" and hope to start peddling near the bottom. There were lots of
lines that were only 50 feet tall or so, but extremely steep (and
smooth).
The pictures above (Valencia, Venezuela) are more techinical but, my
guess is that the Florida drops are "faster."

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I've been exploring the mountains of Valencia with Google Earth. 🙂
Very tempting to visit.

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John, that is some crazy stuff!!

Yesterday 7 of us bay area riders went to Northstar and rode the
ski-lifts up and muni'd down. Some of the double-black diamonds there
are insane! They rival the stuff at Santa Barbara.

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Andrew, thanks for posting those pics for me.

Corbin, that sounds great. We went for 3 hours in Santa Barbara then
Eyal's car broke down when we shuttled back to the top of the mountain
to get our cars. Not nearly so hot as last weekend.

Changinglinks, you're right. the trails in Valencia are super techincal
and slow going. Get going fast and you'll die. But there are other
steep dirt trails that go upwards of 50 degrees, and those would be fast
by any measure. I'll get some more pics next time.

Great thing about the really grim trails in Valencia is they are mostly
limestone, no loose stuff, so real technical steep runs are possible.
That rock grips like a vice.

Some day soon . . .

JL

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:eek:

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