MrCrash
King of FAIL
- Joined
- Mar 3, 2002
- Location
- HayWEIRD
- Moto(s)
- CBR600F4, Mojo SL, Anthem X 29er, XTC 29er Composite, XTC 29er Singlespeed
- Name
- Mikey
I did Demo yesterday with Harpo and one of his buddies. Our route:
Buzzard Lagoon > "Secret Squirrel" > Aptos Creek Fire Road > Smurf Trail > Aptos Creek Fire Road > Ridge > Saw Pit > Hihns Mill > Tractor (up, ouch!) > Ridge > Braille > Hihn's mill back to the parking lot.
18 or so miles, with a ton of fun downhill stuff. Lots of jumps and stunts built up onto Ridge, Braille, and the top of Tractor.
It was fun, as we all hard our strengths. I went well on the flat, fast, winding singletrack and was able to grind out some of the more technical climbs. Harpo's friend Ivan was an incredibly efficien pedalling machine - climbing madman. Both he and Harpo made the 1.5 mile climb up Tractor (which is pretty steep in places) without stopping. I think I stopped about a half dozen times on that ascent. Harpo was as aggro as ever, flying up hills, bombing down ridiculously steep, rutted descents, and getting air off of everything he could.
Until he got a jump wrong, that is. "Watch. I've been nailing everything all day - now that there's a camera going (a camera phone), I'm going to fuck it up"
Sure enougj, he hung it out about 3-4 feet in the air, but somehow tilted sideways and landed on his side. Hard. I'm sure Ivan and I have it coming for laughing our asses off as we ran up to him with the camera phone. "Dude he fucked that up bad!"
If only we knew how to download or send the footage!
I've been playing around a lot at other parks, but a trip to Demo was a reminder of how awesome that place is. Sure, we've done Skeggs, both sides of China Camp, Tamarancho, and Annadel. But for fun, flowing, furious all-mountain riding in the Bay Area, you can't beat Demo. When I get my Cannondale back (I did it on my GT I-Drive backup bike), I'm going back!
Buzzard Lagoon > "Secret Squirrel" > Aptos Creek Fire Road > Smurf Trail > Aptos Creek Fire Road > Ridge > Saw Pit > Hihns Mill > Tractor (up, ouch!) > Ridge > Braille > Hihn's mill back to the parking lot.
18 or so miles, with a ton of fun downhill stuff. Lots of jumps and stunts built up onto Ridge, Braille, and the top of Tractor.
It was fun, as we all hard our strengths. I went well on the flat, fast, winding singletrack and was able to grind out some of the more technical climbs. Harpo's friend Ivan was an incredibly efficien pedalling machine - climbing madman. Both he and Harpo made the 1.5 mile climb up Tractor (which is pretty steep in places) without stopping. I think I stopped about a half dozen times on that ascent. Harpo was as aggro as ever, flying up hills, bombing down ridiculously steep, rutted descents, and getting air off of everything he could.
Until he got a jump wrong, that is. "Watch. I've been nailing everything all day - now that there's a camera going (a camera phone), I'm going to fuck it up"
Sure enougj, he hung it out about 3-4 feet in the air, but somehow tilted sideways and landed on his side. Hard. I'm sure Ivan and I have it coming for laughing our asses off as we ran up to him with the camera phone. "Dude he fucked that up bad!"
If only we knew how to download or send the footage!
I've been playing around a lot at other parks, but a trip to Demo was a reminder of how awesome that place is. Sure, we've done Skeggs, both sides of China Camp, Tamarancho, and Annadel. But for fun, flowing, furious all-mountain riding in the Bay Area, you can't beat Demo. When I get my Cannondale back (I did it on my GT I-Drive backup bike), I'm going back!
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