Headed up to Cowles mid morning and finally rode a bit of the upper section. Taj Mahal was great! The climb up to it was some serious hike-a-bike and what's worse? As I was climbing I realized I left my Camelbak back on top of the car!!! Duh!
I was hoping to do more of the upper section but I beelined it back down to get the Camelbak....
...and decided to finish off the morning with a quickie at Smith School. I had just leaf blew the back trails at Parcel 3 at Smith and wanted to ride the crazy dip into the crevasse (which surprising I hadn't seen before!)
Later that day I headed over to Plainville to ride with the NEMBA guys a Shade Swamp. There were lots of us and downs and I baled early (at the XX) and rode back to the Transcend Brewery via the roads. We head a nice social time at the brewery when the full ride was complete.:-)
Central CTNEMBA had its annual NembaFest ride at Tyler Mill Today - the weather was perfect! About 60 riders or so turned up and the vibes were great (donuts/coffee, pizza galore and raffle and a bunny hop contest).
I had a great ride (destination the Rivertime trail) and --needless to say-- the pedal assist served me well!
We ended a little after 12 noon and I was still jonesin' for more bike time so I rode the trails. East of Keeney. I discovered a good amount of trees down in the dirt biked area north of Howe but managed to slog thru the confusion and hit the Fun Loop.
Since quite a few trails were getting hard to distinguish I returned a bit later and leaf blew a few of the "harder to discern" trails and made a reroute on Backtracks.
Why did I call this a lithium day. Well the two rides AND the leaf blow were all powered by lithium batteries so why not call it that ?:-)
I did an hour and half ride around a good amount of trails at Tyler Mill today (late afternooon
Heck - I am beginning to really like the place!
It was a 45 minute drive and when I arrived, I was the only car in the lot - that made me a little apprehensive from the start. Not having ever been here before, I of course checked my Trailforks map at every intersection but somehow I ended up on this abandoned trail with deadfall logs blocking the trail every 10 feet or so. The initial blue trail climb was kinda tough in spots - lots of rocks and a continual climb but I cautiously managed it! But after getting way off the beaten track I decided to bail and headed back out, somehow hitting a loose rock and bashing my knee on the easy trail out!
I thought - crap - I can't call it a day... lemme go over to Tyler Mill and redeem myself.
The Tyler Mill Ride was great--a mix of easier (green) and some challenging (blue). Somewhere in my travels I bloodied my leg but the ride was definitely worth it. I have totally changed my thoughts on this park - I love it now and will try to return more frequently.
It was a beautiful day so I headed down to Hurd State Park mid afternoon for a mountain bike ride.It was my first time here so obviously I relied on the Trailforks map quite a bit!
The River Trail has a fun wicked descent but the ascent was even worse--rocky and steep so this old man had to walk it :-(
It a nice park but not that much of a thrill for me. I'll be back but probably only occasionally.
Today I wanted to ride a section of Case I hadn't really explored before (Splinter, Mr. Pickles trails, etc.)
