Went for an afternoon ride through Walnut, a nice city near me.
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Start of the trail. The bike is a Mongoose Rockadile (lol) that my buddy gave me. It needs a bit of TLC... I did manage to record a downhill time of 6:42 or something on the timed section. I basically don't have brakes. The rear brake doesn't really work, and the front is at 50% or so, which compared to a modern hydro disc brake on a good MTB is more like 15%.
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Going up...
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Switchbacks
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Nice area
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The start of the downhill. I rode this trail a couple weeks ago. In those two weeks or so, the Mustard and weeds have grown significantly, so I was unable to actually see the trail, thus resulting in me speed-bushwhacking downhill without good brakes. Fun.
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Mustard!
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Nice Walnut groves
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WTF vine is this? Note strange fruit.
Total of about 12 miles. Started raining at the end, and I snapped this pic:
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Koopa on Ty's mega light carbon fiber carabiner.
Fin