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  1. Original post
    vivalargo
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    After pounding rains for two days the only trail we figured was ridable
    today was the mile long rock tounge of Devil's Slide. First time down
    we stopped often and sessioned at every interesting bit, trying to stay
    out of the big sumps that were filled with rain. After we shuttled
    back to the trail head after the ride we decided to try and bomb the
    trail once more pretty much in one go. Man, that's not only a blast but
    a hell of a cardio and quad workout because the Slide is all relentless
    technical rolling with ledge drops and it works you like crazy. It's
    realy fun to tackle something like this as though it were a sort of
    street course, trying to power through with no breaks.

    Morgan was left to take pics since the rest of us were content to just
    ride. She's getting real good real fast, especially considering her
    Caltech grad school work load. She plans on being an astronaut (no
    [censored]) and I just betcha she makes it someday soon.

    JL

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  2. entropy
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    Morgan's in lab right now, but she had a blast. She improves in leaps
    and bounds every ride!

    Today we also introduced Terry (aka terrybigwheel) to our flavor of
    SoCal MUni. He did great, pushing his skillset to the limit and taking
    some pointers to heart. I expect he'll improve from his current level
    extremely quickly.

    My wheelset was in the shop for truing (completely warped after six
    months of hard riding) so I borrowed John's experimental rig which
    sported a KH wheelset with 150mm cranks. I'm used to 165mm, but I had
    no trouble with the transition, and had nearly the same success on all
    the lines I normally ride - with far less "crank-bangers" on the rocky
    trail.

    Jess and Eyal both maximized the experience, picking technical lines
    and using moves that wowed us all.

    Morgan took some good pictures:
    http://tinyurl.com/ll35e

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  3. terrybigwheel
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    I just wanted to chime in with a BIG thanks to Josh, Eyal, Jess, Morgan
    and John for making me feel welcome on today's fantastic adventure! I
    learned so much from watching and listening to all these amazing
    muni-ers! I can't wait to join this fun group again! (I promise not to
    leave my keys behind next time! LOL!) 😄

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  4. mango
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    Its cool to see how much the vegetation has grown back on that trail
    already! Thanks for the photos guys (+morgan) (well especially
    morgan!). Nice huck over Jess, Josh!

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  5. S_Wallis
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    Nice photos Morgan! Next time make someone take a couple of you riding.
    John, your unarmored knees look very vulnerable.

    Looks like another fun ride.

    Scott

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  6. mango
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    S_Wallis said:


    John, your unarmored knees look very vulnerable.

    I was thinking the same thing. 🙂

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  7. teachndad
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    Wow Guys and Gal,

    That is some great terrain. I filled up my drool cup plenty fast. I
    can't wait to get healed up. The best part about that trail is it is
    20 minutes from my house.🙂 Once summer hits, it's gonna be my workout
    area, especially in the very early a.m, with the onslaught of the
    summer heat.

    I love that image of Jess on top of the world. Need to make it a
    background.

    I am glad Terry got to ride with a group. He's a great guy and has the
    MUNi bug, bad. He's learning fast.

    Cheers everyone

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  8. Jerrick
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    teachndad said:

    I love that image of Jess on top of the world. Need to make it a
    background.

    I already got it set up for a background on my pc =p

    And the ride looked like it was tuns of fun, be kool to get a nice
    video of you all going down, just a non-stop, top to bottem type thing,
    with good music and editing, probably make a nice show =p

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