Well, actually Auburn seems to have many sides. Last weekend Ogre and I went to the Russell Rd. trailhead to ride. It was overcast and threatened rain so we figured that we’d play it by ear, but brought the rain gear along in our packs. We dropped down the road to Manzanita and rode that until it hit Stagecoach. Climbed back up Stagecoach to where Upper Stagecoach hits it and then rode Upper Stagecoach back down to Stagecoach and then continued down to the Confluence. Ogre wanted more miles and I needed a break so we decided I’d hang where I was and he’d go ride a loop on the other side of the bridge. He expected to be gone for 1-1 1/2 hours and we planned for me to start climbing back up Stagecoach after he’d left me for 30-45 minutes. Just 30 minutes later and I feel a couple of drops. Hmmmm… Read the rest of this entry »

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Vince (Portola Vince on MTBR) had asked me to take him on a tour of some of the trails off of Highway 108. I had planned on showing him Pinball (Older Report) and a few other assorted trails but the week before Jeff Boatman was bragging about riding the lower half of Pinecrest Peak trail… hmmm, I had to get some of that action. Turns out we did ride Pinecrest but we sure payed for it (Skip to the Pictures). Read the rest of this entry »

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This afternoon Fiona and I headed out to Lake Hogan (Trail Guide) which is our local goto trail when we have some spare time in the evening. I’ve been ramping up my riding this spring so I was feeling pretty good on the trail. Fiona was riding better than ever and took the upper trail which is aggressive for her. Usually, we split up, but today we were sticking together, so I had a lot of down time to do some light trail clean up. This was also the first time I was able to ride a section that we had cleaned up a couple weeks ago and I was pretty happy with the results. Read the rest of this entry »

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