|   Downieville was fun. | Zonic Man
Jun 17, 2002 6:54 AM | | Day One was spent with half the group riding the "Downieville DH" while Suzy took the camera on the ride with one of her girlfriends. They did the XC loop/course....29 miles with 4,200' of climbing at altitude. Ouch.
Day Two was spent with a LATE start to the ride...because I was contemplating going home to watch Tiger make history...but cooler heads prevaled (Suzy) and we made it out for a run down Big Boulder/Third Divide/First divide. Good times.
Suzy and her buddy. |
| Big Boulder. | Zonic Man
Jun 17, 2002 7:00 AM | | Raindog takes pics pre-babyhead. |
| LOOK! It's Greg Herbold! | Zonic Man
Jun 17, 2002 7:02 AM | | |
| Suzy didn't make it. | Zonic Man
Jun 17, 2002 7:03 AM | | |
| So I sent her back. | Zonic Man
Jun 17, 2002 7:04 AM | | |
| THIS time she made it across. | Zonic Man
Jun 17, 2002 7:05 AM | | |
| Proof. | Zonic Man
Jun 17, 2002 7:06 AM | | Climbing up the other side. Bike is clean now. |
| Over THERE! | Zonic Man
Jun 17, 2002 7:07 AM | | Lookout on the top of the climb. |
| Suzy on a tricky section. | Zonic Man
Jun 17, 2002 7:08 AM | | No exposure here. |
| She can ride..... | Zonic Man
Jun 17, 2002 7:09 AM | | but walking is a challenge. Yes, this happened when we were just hanging out NOT riding. |
| Rocky stuff. | Zonic Man
Jun 17, 2002 7:10 AM | | Geary would have appreciated my struggle to get this shot. |
| Third Divide | Zonic Man
Jun 17, 2002 7:12 AM | | Tor the Viking (BV...I kid you not, he came over in '86) cleaning it no problem. |
| She gave it a shot. | Zonic Man
Jun 17, 2002 7:14 AM | | But didn't succeed. |
| Raindog around the right side | Zonic Man
Jun 17, 2002 7:15 AM | | Kinda cool, kinda artsy fartsy. |
| ATTN: Photo-John | Zonic Man
Jun 17, 2002 7:16 AM | | Told ya.
Note tires OFF ground.
Photo courtesy Suzy. |
| Whoah! | Photo-John
Jun 17, 2002 9:08 AM | | So I guess you guys did ride again yesterday. You missed a sweet crash where Laura went over the bars and landed on her head in sharp rocks. I actually yelled "Ohhhhh!" It looked nasty. And I think it's time for a new helmet for her.
I took a look at your line yesterday. I never would have seen it if you hadn't told me. Didn't try it yet, though. The only problem I have with that line is there's a huge cliff just to the right and if you blow it the consequences could be huge. But I'll probably try it anyway.
Nice photo, too. It would have been awesome if Suzy hadn't of chopped your head off.
Thanks for getting us up there. It felt good to be back. Downieville feels like home.
John |
| Big North Shore Extreme Huck Extreme | Zonic Man
Jun 17, 2002 7:17 AM | | Errr...not really. |
| It's Lookin' good out east..... | Battman42
Jun 17, 2002 8:52 PM | | I'll be at Little Grass valley lake second week of July, looking for rides....
Thanks for providing the added attractions.
Tim |
| Nice!! | Kara
Jun 17, 2002 7:30 AM | | Great shots. I like the effort with 4 grand gained!! I hope you stayed away from the poison oak. |
| Nicely done...question for you | AZ Mikey
Jun 17, 2002 7:34 AM | | Those are great pictures. What time of year is best to ride Downieville? With the National Forest closures in AZ this summer there's no riding in Flagstaff.
Mike |
| Anytime mid-june through late Sept. | Zonic Man
Jun 17, 2002 7:46 AM | | Is good. Lotsa good stuff up there. |
| re: Downieville was fun. | Dude
Jun 17, 2002 7:36 AM | | Great pic's looks like a lot of fun and very technical..... Suzy's buddy is "shibby".... |
| I'm sad ;0( | Roger
Jun 17, 2002 7:41 AM | | We didn't make it up there Saturday. Amanda wasn't recovered completely from her food poisoning. Oh well, got two looooong rides in Auburn. We'll be up there this weekend for sure.
I like that pic for "Attn: Photo John" I run that line on the right of the rock face too, but I don't get ANY AIR! DAMN! |
| This weekend? | Zonic Man
Jun 17, 2002 7:45 AM | | Perhaps Sat?
Got room for one more? I'll ride the HT....but would LOVE to go. |
| Neat-o | Howard Roark
Jun 17, 2002 8:01 AM | | Very nice. Thanks for the Monday morning wake up.
HR |
| I still have never.......... | Adrian
Jun 17, 2002 8:22 AM | | ............rode D-ville...everytime I see a write up I start craving to head up, just never followed through. Ill have to change that this year. Looks like a blast!
Oh by the way, you sound like a major candidate for an Ultimate TV, Tivo or Replay TV, whatever....youll never have that need to blaze from a killer weekend of riding to watch some TV again, that is unless you HAVE TO see it live type of thing...
Adrian |
| Very nice pics! Looks like a beautiful place to ride... (nm) | AZ-X
Jun 17, 2002 3:42 PM | | |
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