Friday has come in a blur. As I mentioned earlier shifter dan has hooked me up with a pretty sweet rig for poking around town. It’s a rigid Redline single speed with a gearing that I assumed was purely for the street.
Yesterday, dan invited me to check out some local trails. I gladly accepted, however, I knew the gearing wasn’t going to work at all. Normally, I ride a very climby 32x17 for California trails. My setup was a 36x18. Usually this would make for a painful day. The trails we were going to ride were situated north easterly of downtown, still in city limits though. As far as the trails, I was picturing something close to what you find in Golden Gate park; groomed single track that hug either side of the park. Well, that’s pretty much what they are but on steroids. Miles and miles of super twisty, technical whoops and berms. Mini climbs. Some tree bridges, etc.
Dan and I were joined by Spud, one of the guys from the shifter warehouse. We rolled out straight from shifter, cut through some side streets and within five minutes we were on a dirt road rolling into a park that was bisected by the Yarra river. Immediately, we were dropping in on some fast rolling single track. We were cutting across paved foot paths and back onto more great single track. At one point we railed by a set of doubles, but I was focused on keeping dan in sight so I didn’t go for my one hander-harry leary-look back-table top. After about an hour or so, i realized the gearing was perfect for this place. Danshift steered me straight once again.
Sadly I didn’t bring the camera on this ride, but now that I’m familiar with the trails and how to get there I’ll take lots pics for the next post.
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