Rock And Roll

I’ve been a bit busy doing some last minute odds and ends on the singletrack project. Sunday afternoon I finished a rather nasty looking, but not too bad riding, down-hill rock garden. It does look scary, but, it doesn’t ride that scary.

As I finished that and was working on a rock bermed corner, trail dig volunteers Kevin and New Steve ( we have three Steves - Just Steve, Skinny Steve, and New Steve) rode the new rock garden. In fact, they hiked their bikes back up a few times to ride it shooting video of each other as they rode that section. Once I was able to pry them off the new rock garden we moved what I estimate to be a five-hundred (500 lbs) pound rock into position to act as a rock berm.

Once a roller exits the rock garden (s)he makes a left turn and heads down a reasonably steep hill. The corner at the bottom is an approximately forty-five (45) degree corner. We placed the rather large rock, with a nice flat face, to act as a berm. Testing it, it seemed to work quite well.

This evening I will start work on a trailhead kiosk. It will house the map of the trails, some rules, some logos, and some alligator clips and hooks. The clips and hooks are for lost and found on the trail items or notes to whoever. Photo coming once I have the thing built and installed.

The trail marker posts are about to be ordered. The company recommended to us by our Parks and Rec department was just a wee bit lax on getting back to me. As in after several attempts using multiple mediums, they had not gotten back to me – at all. You snooze, you lose.

Ride On.