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Snow Jumping
Mikamal having fun doing some snow jumping on boilerplate, brick hard snow at the "Secret Trails" form the Feb. '07 ice/snow storm. |
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Under the tree!
Mikamal riding under a tree in the snow. |
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Great Traction
Even though it was slippery to walk on the snow, Mikamal had good enough traction to get airborne! |
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Ramping it up!
The gully run was even doable in this type of snow. Notice the tires do not penetrate the hard frozen surface snow - and these are not studded tires! |
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Alex takes up mtb'ing
Alex is a "newbie" to the sport, but is learning fast as demonstarted by the beef jerky he is carrying in the back pocket of his riding jacket for munching on during the latest ride w/ Stan... |
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MaNiMaL and Ned Overend
This is a picture of Stan (aka the MaNiMaL) with Ned Overend on his right at the IMBA summit meeting in 05' in Westminster Maryland. Ned spoke at the meeting, and everyone was also able to enjoy his company during breakfast or lunch time....what a mtb'ing legend!!!! |
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Manimal w/ Marla Streb Downhill Champ
Manimal gets the chance to meet and drink a few beers w/ Marla Streb Downhill Champ at the IMBA summit |
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MaNiMaL MTB Patroller helps fix chain
MaNiMaL helps some fellow riders who had a broken chain at the Schaeffer Road Farm Park Trails - and teaches them how to repair the chain the next time it breaks!! |
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Riding in Sedona- Arizona
Great scenery, trails, wildlife, and single-track in town Sedona.
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Coming in to Sedona
When you arrive to ride Sedona, you will see the cool red rocks coming into the village of Oak Creek - the Bell Rock Trail is right here!! |
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The Vortex
The Cathedral rocks of Sedona Arizona in the background are a spiritual Vortex area - and also a great place to ride on the Templeton Trail - one of my favorite rides of all time!! Brozone poses for this pix under the vortex... |
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Trail in Sedona
The trails of Sedona are usually fairly loose red dirt singletrack, slickrock, dry wash, and lots of dips and contour.. |
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Bikes at the Grand Canyon
The MaNiMaL and the Trout take their bikes to ride the road along the South rim of the Grand Canyon, however, you cannot ride that rim on singletrack - but the North rim has an 18 mile mtb trail.... so head North!! |
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Biking campsite with a view
CoRDo finds a nice campsite in the hills of W. Va. to get a great view after biking all day... |
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MaNiMaL in Meadow
MaNiMaL took a side trail and ended up in this dead end meadow where the trail just disappeared... so we took a break, a few pix, and turned around! |
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Cord Singeltrackin'
It doesn't get much better than this... |
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Trail Work
This trail we call "salamander" because it snakes thru the forest. Technically not open, it offers some great riding. MaNiMaL did some trail work on it this spring under the Ranger's & MORE'S supervision... |
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The Iceman
The trail was littered with ice that had fallen from the trees after an ice storm hit the East Coast. It was like riding on granular, broken glass and actually was one of our most fun rides of the year! |
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Mellow in the Meadow
Cord decided to paint his helmet orange after a close call with some hunters in Greenridge State Forest... |
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Takin' it E-Z
This is an E-Z trail in
Little Bennet State Park, and this was a nice spot to take a break... |
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The Trees
At the end of the ride, came across this beautiful grove of beech trees and thought it would make a nice backdrop to end the day's activities... |
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Horsing Around
Horseshoe tracks and tire tracks co-exist as we share the trails with our fellow riders. If you spot a horseback rider, please yield. Just watch out for the &%#*... |
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Paradise Lost
Riding with the wrecking crew in "paradise lost" was a piece of cake for this guest rider... and no, not all of the logs were cut out like this one! |
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Don't Do It
Luckily Cord is mild mannered, and though he may toss his golf club from time to time, he knows better than to ditch his Diamondback in this lake... |
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Looks good to me...
Scoping out this nice mountain lake, Brozone decides to cool off after a long day's ride in it's crystal clear water. |
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Webmountainbike Annual Meeting
Setting up a hammock next to a babbling brook in the George Washington National Forest is as good as a five star hotel for the trout! |
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Fishing for Trout
There has got to be a better way to get the trout than this!! |
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Big Wheels
A BIG guy needs BIG wheels on his bike |
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Uh - Oooooooo!
Better get GACKOooooooo! |
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Water from the Earth
This natural spring has great, crystal clear, drinking water. We don't recommend this unless you are sure it is safe!! |
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Feed me!
Gacko is waiting for a handout, and we keep him supplied with biscuits and green apples during our rides. |
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Cool Spring Run
It was pretty cool, it was spring, but run? Fuggetaboutit! We biked instead... |
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Snowrider
First trax by the Trout in 8" fresh powder. Too bad his gaiter didn't work and his feet got cold. |
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Endo time?
Cord bouldering after a ride. |
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The Trail Ahead
Which way do I go? |
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No, were not having a Party
A 1" long thorn was too much for the front tire of the Trout's GT. His good friend MaNiMaL is trying to further sabotage his wheel |
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Blackwater Falling
Go ahead and try it, it's only a 45 ft. drop... |
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Rock and Rise
This was easier than going between the trees here.. |
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Fast Trax
Trout swimming upstream at Gambrill's. |
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But Mountainbiking is O.K.
I am glad there is no hunting... Does that mean I can take off my bullet proof vest now? |
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Star Wars
Saddle up your air-bike and go for a ride! |
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Three Amigos
Some people prefer full-protection, some prefer none, and a few are half-hearted about it...
And no, this is not "The Wrecking Crew" |
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Anyone out there?
You can look for aliens when you bike these trails because this is the largest radio telescope in the world. Greenbank, W. Va. |
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Pretty Meadow
What the heck happened to the trail? Oh well, it looks like a good place to stop... |
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Desert Fox
You would be smiling too if you just rode the Piney Knob Trail in Monongahela Forest W. Va. |
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The Connection
Manimal crossing Big Pipe Creek at Hashawha Wildlife Refuge in Westminster, Maryland. |
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Granular Ice
A freezing precipitation event occured this January and deposited a coating of ice on all the trees. The next day the wind picked up, and with the temps. near freezing the ice fell from the trees & was deposited on the trail. It was like riding on ground glass, or skiing the corn... |
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