20110407 Schabarum Ride

TRs for ranges in California.
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Taco
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Not quite a TR I guess, but I'm bored so I'll post.

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.

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Hikin_Jim
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Whoa! Target is at the end of the rainbow? How much did they have to pay the leprechauns for that?

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Taco
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It's an Irish conspiracy. The only Irish conspiracy.
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Johnny Bronson
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Post by Johnny Bronson »

It is a wino conspiracy :P

Awesome pics about enjoying different trails and getting out on the bike,great stuff brotha =) That hairpin switch back is asking for some oversteer :P
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It's fun to drift those turns, when you have brakes! Otherwise you just kinda drift in and then understeer over the side into a cactus in a rather undignified manner.
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