Tonight after work I joined Alan, Devin, and John for some off road night riding. We left the parking lot and entered the American River Bike Trail just across the street. Over some rocks (oh yeah there are lots of those in Folsom) and on to the paved trail for a short time and then on to the dirt.
I was able to keep up pretty good until we got to Hazel. I cranked it up the bridge and back on to the paved trail. They were kind enough to wait for me and once down the north side of Lake Natoma we resumed the trail riding. Alan stayed behind me and shouted out encouragement when I needed to dig a little deeper to get up and over some tree stumps a couple of times.
After about forty-five minutes on the dirt we arrived at a spot where John and Devin took off for some technical climbs and Alan and I went on the paved trail with the intent to meet them at Negro Bar.
I was riding on the pavement and Alan on the dirt to the right of the pave. I elected to increase my speed and catch up with him. Once I did so I too got on the hard pack. At some point the hard pack narrowed and I over corrected left smashing the front wheel into a 3" hunk of asphalt. The result was the tube blew instantly and the bike and I came to a sudden stop.
So, Alan and I walked a mile or more and then John arrived with his truck. We loaded the Stumpy in and called it a night.
1 comment:
You are so lucky that you did not get hurt! We are happy you are safe and sound.
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