the fun friday ride went to mahlon dickerson today, icy, but 100% rideable, sorry no selfies for you
Colder than I planned for too this morning. Busy day planned so dark start it was.
Did they realize when they built this that they were building something for the ages? I love this stuff.
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Warren,
Where in Edison is this?
Just north of Liberty St. behind St. Joe's HS.
Just north of Liberty St. behind St. Joe's HS.
Riding local easements, trails and side streets. 2 hawks swooped down in front of me and then landed in a nest. I figured it was a warning... Time to go. Don't have to tell me twice.View attachment 63445
That is about right. Funny that they chose to nest so close to a busy trail.
Of all the weather, I struggle the most to bring myself to get dressed to go ride in the "winter rain". I've been caught in the rain. I've tried to time a ride to get in before, after or between, the rain. But, when its already raining and expected to rain all day, I just concede that its an indoor day.
Gym, here I come.
Uh oh, @Kaleidopete is slipping. Keep riding, bro, grind it out!
15hrs, 4 min (whoever Doug Delisa is, he beat me by 1 min)
209 miles
3 mtb rides this week now that we found awesome trails within riding distance.
First things first, had to celebrate my world champion Philadelphia EAGLES with a hangover ride on Monday:
Then some new trails - Sarasota County Off Road Riders (SCORR) built these trails called "Live long" and "prosper". Fun up and downs, twisting between trees along a winding creek full of alligators:
After hitting these trails, I rode another singletrack section they built thru pig country, saw quite a few, and some big ones. When I stopped to take this pic, I inadvertently stepped on a fire ant nest, and the swarmed my leg, stinging like crazy. Good thing I wasn't allergic, would've likely been doomed:
Then I tried to find a loop back to where I started, but the trails heading south were flooded much worse than above. I should have just turned around but stubbornly kept going. On one stretch I tried to push my bike through the water, when it got to my waist, I turned around and looped around slightly higher ground. Learned my lesson.
The best singletrack park around here reminds me of a mini-6mr, twisty as hell and many short little ups and downs, only with tropical scenery. The whole system (about 10 miles of trails) is built on a large island between both sides of a river. Lizards scatter everywhere on the trails. There are even some bridges:
Palm and palmetto roots look prehistoric and some are very large, I guess the SW FL version of rocks. Still many more parks to explore, I want to hit Alafia State park (about 1 hr drive) that's supposed to be fantastic, built on an abandoned phosphate mine so much larger ups and downs, similar to Santos.