RR Ant Hill trails.

Marz said:

So I'm back in Houston and riding the local trails again. After two
months of moving house, packing, unpacking and starting again in
Houston I finally got around to clearing some space in the garage,
rebuilding the bike and heading out. Of course on the first ride I
find the rear rotor isn't straight anymore and I have to give up and
order a new one. So last weekend I head out for a couple of hours.

Houston's flat and they should really rename the Ant Hill trials to
something else as there are no hills. The biggest 'climb' is about
30ft, no real need to change gear. On my doorstep I have about
14miles of not too bad single track that twists and turns along the
local bayou. After such a long break I didn't feel up to a full thrash
through the trees and so the ride turned into slow technical hack.
Just sitting back and trying to read and ride a new trail, picking out
the lines, keeping things smooth. There are a lot of trees which means
a bit of shade from the 95 degree heat, but also a lot of roots to hop
over or climb up. I didn't get to see any other riders out that day,
which meant I didn't get a chance to find out more information about
the trails network and just had to follow my nose.

I may have to rethink my bike choice, I ride a semi-freeride-come-all-
mountain 7" travel beast, which was fit for purpose a few months back,
but now I know it's over kill for here. I don't really want to sell it
as I still hope to make it out to better trails around the US and so I
need a local hack bike. But getting a new bike past the wife is going
to be interesting, if not impossible right now (just moved, new house,
new cars, new job, no cash) and I may to reduce my quiver of bikes to
raise some cash.

laters,

marz

Sounds like good single speed terrain! Maybe rigid too.

Matt

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Marz said:

So I'm back in Houston and riding the local trails again. After two
months of moving house, packing, unpacking and starting again in
Houston I finally got around to clearing some space in the garage,
rebuilding the bike and heading out. Of course on the first ride I
find the rear rotor isn't straight anymore and I have to give up and
order a new one. So last weekend I head out for a couple of hours.

Houston's flat and they should really rename the Ant Hill trials to
something else as there are no hills. The biggest 'climb' is about
30ft, no real need to change gear. On my doorstep I have about
14miles of not too bad single track that twists and turns along the
local bayou. After such a long break I didn't feel up to a full thrash
through the trees and so the ride turned into slow technical hack.
Just sitting back and trying to read and ride a new trail, picking out
the lines, keeping things smooth. There are a lot of trees which means
a bit of shade from the 95 degree heat, but also a lot of roots to hop
over or climb up. I didn't get to see any other riders out that day,
which meant I didn't get a chance to find out more information about
the trails network and just had to follow my nose.

I may have to rethink my bike choice, I ride a semi-freeride-come-all-
mountain 7" travel beast, which was fit for purpose a few months back,
but now I know it's over kill for here. I don't really want to sell it
as I still hope to make it out to better trails around the US and so I
need a local hack bike. But getting a new bike past the wife is going
to be interesting, if not impossible right now (just moved, new house,
new cars, new job, no cash) and I may to reduce my quiver of bikes to
raise some cash.

laters,

marz

Sounds like good single speed terrain! Maybe rigid too.

Matt

not to mention the need for a 4 gallon camelback to combat the
ultra-humidity (had to use ultra in a non-roadie related term).

Gary (sposed to hit 110 today, time to ride)

MattB said:

Marz said:

So I'm back in Houston and riding the local trails again. After two
months of moving house, packing, unpacking and starting again in
Houston I finally got around to clearing some space in the garage,
rebuilding the bike and heading out. Of course on the first ride I
find the rear rotor isn't straight anymore and I have to give up and
order a new one. So last weekend I head out for a couple of hours.

Quoted message said:

Houston's flat and they should really rename the Ant Hill trials to
something else as there are no hills. The biggest 'climb' is about
30ft, no real need to change gear. On my doorstep I have about
14miles of not too bad single track that twists and turns along the
local bayou. After such a long break I didn't feel up to a full thrash
through the trees and so the ride turned into slow technical hack.
Just sitting back and trying to read and ride a new trail, picking out
the lines, keeping things smooth. There are a lot of trees which means
a bit of shade from the 95 degree heat, but also a lot of roots to hop
over or climb up. I didn't get to see any other riders out that day,
which meant I didn't get a chance to find out more information about
the trails network and just had to follow my nose.

Quoted message said:

I may have to rethink my bike choice, I ride a semi-freeride-come-all-
mountain 7" travel beast, which was fit for purpose a few months back,
but now I know it's over kill for here. I don't really want to sell it
as I still hope to make it out to better trails around the US and so I
need a local hack bike. But getting a new bike past the wife is going
to be interesting, if not impossible right now (just moved, new house,
new cars, new job, no cash) and I may to reduce my quiver of bikes to
raise some cash.

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laters,

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marz

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I am thinking along those lines. I saw a review of one of these
http://www.raleighusa.com/items.asp?deptid=11&itemid=341 a couple of
weeks back. It looks ok and cheap too. I may try my luck on father's
day 🙂

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Marz said:

So I'm back in Houston and riding the local trails again. After two
months of moving house, packing, unpacking and starting again in
Houston I finally got around to clearing some space in the garage,
rebuilding the bike and heading out. Of course on the first ride I
find the rear rotor isn't straight anymore and I have to give up and
order a new one. So last weekend I head out for a couple of hours.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Houston's flat and they should really rename the Ant Hill trials to
something else as there are no hills. The biggest 'climb' is about
30ft, no real need to change gear. On my doorstep I have about
14miles of not too bad single track that twists and turns along the
local bayou. After such a long break I didn't feel up to a full thrash
through the trees and so the ride turned into slow technical hack.
Just sitting back and trying to read and ride a new trail, picking out
the lines, keeping things smooth. There are a lot of trees which means
a bit of shade from the 95 degree heat, but also a lot of roots to hop
over or climb up. I didn't get to see any other riders out that day,
which meant I didn't get a chance to find out more information about
the trails network and just had to follow my nose.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I may have to rethink my bike choice, I ride a semi-freeride-come-all-
mountain 7" travel beast, which was fit for purpose a few months back,
but now I know it's over kill for here. I don't really want to sell it
as I still hope to make it out to better trails around the US and so I
need a local hack bike. But getting a new bike past the wife is going
to be interesting, if not impossible right now (just moved, new house,
new cars, new job, no cash) and I may to reduce my quiver of bikes to
raise some cash.

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laters,

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marz

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Sounds like good single speed terrain! Maybe rigid too.

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Matt

not to mention the need for a 4 gallon camelback to combat the
ultra-humidity (had to use ultra in a non-roadie related term).

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That's the truth, I have a 100oz mule and I go through that in under
two hours. What I need is some sort of ram that collects moisture as I
ride through this humid air or some sort of Dune type suit that
recycles the gallons of sweat I produce.