Hey all -
I just got back from a fantastic winter trail ride with Rolandisimo.
We went to an nature preserve near Albany NY called the "Pine Bush",
which is densely laced with awesome singletrack set down by the active
MTB community. The older, main trails which we've ridden before
(often at night, :eek🙂 are fairly winding, but not too technical, and
pretty smooth. Since the entire area is pine forest with lots of
ravines, even these easy trails feature lots of rolling hills for a
great workout, and enough roots to hold a rider's attention.
But today we ventured onto some of the countless, unmarked side tracks.
These are less frequently ridden, with bumpier surfaces, and the snow
and pine needles loosely strewn over the surface added a welcome
challenge and increased difficulty. The hills are steeper (some MUCH
steeper), the roots plentiful, big, and gnarly and there are plenty of
places to practice hopping over logs laying across the trail.
Also, these trails twist wickedly around on themselves, often just
after or even during a steep down, up or side hill section. Several
times while shimmying through a narrow, tightly-treed section of quick
twists, we found ourselves at the top of a steep downhill with a nice
abrupt root at the top giving us a few unplanned feet of air before we
re-connected with the earth's surface.
We were giggling like really sweaty school-girls by the time our
unmarked trails rejoined the main paths, and we kept a sharp eye out
for the next similar roller-coaster joy-ride. Finally, the setting sun
and the knowledge that we should both return to husbandly and fatherly
duties, brought us back down the path to our car. When we got back our
smiles were so wide they could only be removed surgically.
--
steveyo
steveyo
...like having your own personal rollercoaster...
Check out my 'uni race write-ups'
(http://home.nycap.rr.com/rduhan/uni_race_writeups/)
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