It had been some time since my last visit out to the fun trails of Gold Canyon. Roy does weekly rides every Sunday morning, but he enters the trail system from a few little known singletrack gems off of Peralta Rd. This was a really nice way to start & end the ride, fast, smooth, twisty desert singletrack for about 3 miles. I'm going to start calling these trails 'Big Ring' in honor of Roy, he's a swell fella too.
Another guy, Dave, from the
AZ mtbr forums came out to join Roy,
Seron and myself on this fine, dare I say almost 'cool', August morning. We got rolling around 6:30a and about 30 minutes later tied into the familiar to us trail network of Gold Canyon.
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| Mandatory Vortex lap. |
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| Phil, we approve of this trail!! |
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| Dropping down the Outer Limits line. |
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| Also giving Outer Limits a go. |
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| That saguaro demands your attention, go right, go left, just don't go straight!! |
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| A man for all bikes, diggin' the 26er on this day. |
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| Finally did the roll, not sure why I waited so long! Photo by Seron. |
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| Nice steep roller. |
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| Close your eyes & hold on, right? |
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| Roy making it look easy. |
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| It may be short, but it's STEEP! |
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| Different angle. |
Unfortunately on our way out of the K-trails,Roy went off a small drop & burped his front tire sending him flying. Both Seron and I heard the commotion and thought he folded his bike in half it was so loud!! He initially thought he may have busted a rib or three, but luckily it was just a severe case of the wind getting knocked out of him. He's one tough dude, but that one had us all a bit worried. He was able to re-inflate the front tire & ride back to the car. A quick checkup on Monday revealed no broken ribs!! Ride on Roy!!
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