xc62701
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At this point I'm just doing the road thing. I do hear there are plans for a connector though...
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At this point I'm just doing the road thing. I do hear there are plans for a connector though...
xc62701
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Got my ride in. My Garmin was on the fritz though. About 65 miles in 7 hours moving time. 7:30 total time.
My route was Parsip to Soccerfields, up to top of Skyline on Cannonball, then Yellow to left on blue then right on red to Ringwood. Once in Ringwood I jumped on Renegade and then the Skylands trail and out to Shepard Lake. At that point I took one of the connector trails and rode over to a deli on the way to Ryerson school where I jumped back in and did the double S trail and 6 bridges. Then up Pierson's ridge to blue to white to yellow and back to the top of skyline and the same stuff back to home. It was a good ride. I was struggling a bit in the beginning until I lowered my rear tire pressure. Then I settled in and had fun except for the insanely high endo I did of one of the bridges in the middle of nowhere. Massive face plant in a mud pit. It was lovely. Especially since I snapped my Garmin mount off. The rest of the ride went well and was a nice day in the saddle.
1 side note for those that may not realize this. If you have a mechanical - fix it on the side of the trail where as not to clog up the trail. I had to walk in the muck around a few friendly fellas that clogged up the trail fixing a flat. Just a friendly public service announcement.
My route was Parsip to Soccerfields, up to top of Skyline on Cannonball, then Yellow to left on blue then right on red to Ringwood. Once in Ringwood I jumped on Renegade and then the Skylands trail and out to Shepard Lake. At that point I took one of the connector trails and rode over to a deli on the way to Ryerson school where I jumped back in and did the double S trail and 6 bridges. Then up Pierson's ridge to blue to white to yellow and back to the top of skyline and the same stuff back to home. It was a good ride. I was struggling a bit in the beginning until I lowered my rear tire pressure. Then I settled in and had fun except for the insanely high endo I did of one of the bridges in the middle of nowhere. Massive face plant in a mud pit. It was lovely. Especially since I snapped my Garmin mount off. The rest of the ride went well and was a nice day in the saddle.
1 side note for those that may not realize this. If you have a mechanical - fix it on the side of the trail where as not to clog up the trail. I had to walk in the muck around a few friendly fellas that clogged up the trail fixing a flat. Just a friendly public service announcement.
elzoller
El Guac-Oh
no rain???? :hmmm::hmmm:
damn it... I knew it...I am jinxed...I should've stuck with plan B: Ringwood.....
It poured on me at Allamuchy!! Felt like 24HOA 2006 all over again...it must be me with the dark cloud...still was a blast!
sounds like a great ride, except for the pavement 😀.
damn it... I knew it...I am jinxed...I should've stuck with plan B: Ringwood.....
It poured on me at Allamuchy!! Felt like 24HOA 2006 all over again...it must be me with the dark cloud...still was a blast!
sounds like a great ride, except for the pavement 😀.
xc62701
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I think I had 56 rain drops hit me over a span of 10 minutes. That's about it. The trails were in pretty good shape. The dirt was a little tacky and clung to the tires making climbing all the rocks a little sketchy. It was good though. If I could do this on all trails it would be amazing but no luck. I was contemplating that a 100 mile loop would be possible with just a little road thrown in. That may be on tap for the fall. Stay tuned...