20-M-O-H in SoCal
The Tubinator, BT and Me decide to ride the granite hills of the southern Mojave for some tech riding practice. Last time here, it was January fro-zone but with the temps now in the upper 80s, Perdition is all fired-up. After ignoring a couple calls from some telemarketer saying something about being late to the staging area, we pulled-in and parked to find BT (Bajataxi) waiting. Bushwhacking between the staging area and the riding zone, my bike found a nice place for a short stand-up nap… the guy in front always gets the surprises…
The target was to explore some west side trails first...
Ran across a few friendly people on mountain bikes sharing the use of the single-track … good attitudes are good to find.
We turned around at the man-made obstacle that now splits that trail system in half ... because less attention is more. Back-tracking, we found even more branches to the trails there … good tech stuff (meaning lots of skid plate and balance “issues”). Next, over on the north side, a nice section going up …
BT coming through…
Around the corner we found a group of 4X4s parked and hiding from the sun playing with their RC buggies in the dirt … probably because that type of drinking & driving is still legal.
We headed straight up from there into the tech stuff again and worked our way east…
After a little break to cool-off the orange steamer, BT finds an 80s-era Shoei on top of a ridge and mounts it on a rock. After we all brake-slide down the steep rutted trail on the other side of the ridge, he realizes he left his glasses on his fender when up top. Nice. Now it’s a challenge to see who can clutch and dog-paddle their way up helmet-hill first. I won the sweat fest … on to the next event. I threw-in this next pic of BT topping this hill LAST TIME because his horse refused a second try at this same hill THIS TIME.
Came to this next nasty hill and I talked Tubinator into making a run at it. By this time, BT notices that if I don’t jump-in and go first, maybe it’s good to let someone else try … hmmm …
Next, the trail over to the water slide for a break in the shade…
Going through…
(continued...)
The Tubinator, BT and Me decide to ride the granite hills of the southern Mojave for some tech riding practice. Last time here, it was January fro-zone but with the temps now in the upper 80s, Perdition is all fired-up. After ignoring a couple calls from some telemarketer saying something about being late to the staging area, we pulled-in and parked to find BT (Bajataxi) waiting. Bushwhacking between the staging area and the riding zone, my bike found a nice place for a short stand-up nap… the guy in front always gets the surprises…
The target was to explore some west side trails first...
Ran across a few friendly people on mountain bikes sharing the use of the single-track … good attitudes are good to find.
We turned around at the man-made obstacle that now splits that trail system in half ... because less attention is more. Back-tracking, we found even more branches to the trails there … good tech stuff (meaning lots of skid plate and balance “issues”). Next, over on the north side, a nice section going up …BT coming through…
Around the corner we found a group of 4X4s parked and hiding from the sun playing with their RC buggies in the dirt … probably because that type of drinking & driving is still legal.
We headed straight up from there into the tech stuff again and worked our way east…After a little break to cool-off the orange steamer, BT finds an 80s-era Shoei on top of a ridge and mounts it on a rock. After we all brake-slide down the steep rutted trail on the other side of the ridge, he realizes he left his glasses on his fender when up top. Nice. Now it’s a challenge to see who can clutch and dog-paddle their way up helmet-hill first. I won the sweat fest … on to the next event. I threw-in this next pic of BT topping this hill LAST TIME because his horse refused a second try at this same hill THIS TIME.
Came to this next nasty hill and I talked Tubinator into making a run at it. By this time, BT notices that if I don’t jump-in and go first, maybe it’s good to let someone else try … hmmm …
Next, the trail over to the water slide for a break in the shade…
Going through…
(continued...)
Nice RR though. 
