A call went out to our local East Valley Facebook group: Hawesaholics, from Curtis about doing a group ride in Gold Canyon. It had been a while since I last rode over there and Evan was still in town looking for more ride options.
We met up with the group for a nice tour of the fun stuff, including the newer Hoo Doo trail, now with another option for getting down the steep section.
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| Jacob on an off camber section of Hoo Doo. |
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| Curtis |
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| Mark |
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| Chuck |
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| Evan |
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| Jacob on the new line, Cojones. |
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| Evan dripping in. |
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| The route carves over a few steep boulder slabs into a short drainage. |
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| Mark on the lower rock roll. |
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| Power move on the final boulder hurdle. |
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| Steep runout to the end of the trail. |
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| Jacob gives it a go. |
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| Jacob takes on the tougher entrance to K-trail. |
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| Evan glides over a double rock move on Phantom. |
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| Chuck rolling through the Tech Loop. |
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| Curtis doesn't worry about picking a good line, just bomb it. |
Jacob had to cut out a little early while the rest of us did the Quartz Loop climb. It's the longest sustained climb in Gold Canyon. The ridgeline views are pretty spectacular too. We were about 2/3 through the descent when I heard a loud
'TING'!! Snapped Titanium seatpost. Drat.
I tried riding without a seat and that grew old real quick. I was able to pull the broken portion out of the frame easily and installed what was left of the post & seat. I figured a low seat was better than no seat. Sure was. Thankfully, we only had a couple of miles until the end so it wasn't a big deal.
It may be time for a dropper post.
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| No bueno. |
In spite of the busted post, it was a fun day tooling around the local trails once again. Thanks to Curtis for organizing the group dynamic, let's do it again soon.
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Great pics!
ReplyDeleteOh snap! I've been riding with the BikeYoke Revive dropper for a couple of months now and love it. Let me know if you want to check it out.
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