Let's go south!! I will be coming back from Vegas on the 10th, 11th or 12th. We could meet down south or let's plan a ride toward the end on January.

St George again

We headed back to St George over the weekend and had another great trip. The first ride of the day we went to the Santa Clara area to test our mud riding, hill climbing, cliff dropping skills. After returning to the truck Craig managed to get a flat rear tire (we decided that somehow it must have been Skinners fault). Because of the flat and lack of daylight Craig volunteered to sit out on the last ride (Area 51 backwards). This ended up being the best and most challenging ride of the day. The river had very recently been washed out and still had high water. Because of the lack of daylight I did not take any pictures of this ride (except for the upside down vehicle we passed in a ravine, sorry!

A special thanks to Tony Hale for the free rooms he hooked us up with!

Here are the pics

St George Dec 3rd 2007

Cherry Creek

I had a request to post the map of the Cherry Creek Rides we have done... Here you go.

St George Area 51 Ride

Here are the pics of our ride in an undisclosed area of St George. If you are lucky someday you may be shown where it is. It isn't easy to find... just ask Jason.

St George Nov 17 2007

Let's go to St George next weekend.

We are planning a ride in St George November 17th. Here are some pics of the ride from last year.

St George Ride Dec 15 2006

5 miles and 8 hours of HELL

All that matters is we made it!

5MOH

Group Shot or Shot Group?

This guy looks shot...

Kane BTR Pritchett

(click on the pic to get to the rest of the pictures)

Total the Damages

This Moab trip will have to go down as one of the most expensive trips yet. We took three of Meat's friends along for the ride and even though they are great riders they needed breaking in. Nate, "140", is shown here trying to figure out why the lights went out and why Craig's KTM is on the ground. Brad had one of the more impressive wipeouts when he leaned the wrong way and rolled into a nasty crack. It is now his crack...
Pete is just flat out pretty, don't you think? I caught this shot as the three European mountain bike babes with hairy legs went by. He says he didn't notice.
Seriously, we need a total of the damages on this one. We heard a lot of clanging as bikes hit rock. Click here to get more of the highlights and lowlights of this trip.http://picasaweb.google.com/Naykid250/Moab2007 (when at this site you can view entire album and see the photos from other trips.)http://picasaweb.google.com/Naykid250/MoviesForMoab2007



Here is a link to the full spreadsheet
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=ppF7ojxH1GZvBr7Uaj-V8Ag&output=html

Lava - Robbers Roost

Another great ride, steep climbs, rocks, roots, fast single track, water, mud, and we got to save a guy on a 4 wheeler.

Lava Ride Oct 13 2007 Chris and Ken

22 miles of HELL (FUN!!!)

Chris and I found one of the best single track mountain trails ever! It had everything required for a great trail; tight trees, technical riding, water crossings, old cabins, hard to navigate, uncrowded, very scenic... here I'll let the pics do the talking!

Laramie Sept 29 2007 Chris Bahl

Craig and I went to hobble Creek today (because everyone else wimped out). The weather held until we were almost back at the truck. Craig about met his maker on the grill of a Ford Explorer that appeared to be heading down the same single track we were headed up on, scared the hell out of both of us, but we found out we were at the end of the trail that connects to a farm access road. We ran into a couple nasty downhills one of which sent me sailing, sorta. My battery was dead this morning so I had to start the bike the NayKid way with the kicker. Boy I appreciate the electric start when it works. We explored another route to increase some riding loops if so desired. Here is the map, not as sophisticated as Halestorms but it is from the forest service and I imposed our route over it.

You all missed out! Maybe Craig can get the only photo posted!

Look who can ride a motorcycle...

Look out Trae you may have some competition soon.

Hobble Creek This Saturday

Craig and I are putting together a hobble creek run on Saturday. Meet at my house at 7:45 am. Hobble creek has lots of single track and one deep beaver pond if we end up taking that route. If Halestorm goes then it is for sure we will. Could end up being in the 70 mile range so plan fuel accordingly.

Here is the map from the last time we rode it.

Ride Essentials List

OK we really need to start carrying more stuff on our rides. Here is a list of items everyone should be carrying to ensure they do not have to limp or walk back to the truck if something happens. What do you think? Is there anything missing?

Here is the link to the full sheet.

Albert Moser Loop

Well on this ride we experienced another flat tire... you can fix a flat with only a small crescent wrench, leatherman, one bottle of CO2, and a couple patches - just ask Jason. We still had fun as we found a new trail that offers a very technical climb (I took quite a few pictures, each picture has a story so you will have to ask us sometime to explain). The good thing about the ride it even though we were about 1.5 hours late getting home I still made it to my anniversary dinner without getting a divorce!

OK - Who can tell what is going on in the pic below?

Albert Moser Jason Sept 15 2007

Malad Summitt... but the trail is on the map!

I was able to go do a little trail maintenance (finding) with the Zen Master of Trails in the Cache area. I'm pretty sure I hiked as much as I rode on this trip. Here are the pics and a map.

Malad Summitt 9-14-07 with John Borg

70 Miler

All I am going to say is WOW what a ride...

Although Skinners bike wasn't running all that well it was still better than Ken's!!

Labor Day 2007

Here are Jason's Pics...

70 Miler

Paris

I much prefer this Paris than the one I went to last week! The pics I took did not turn out very well... here they are.

Paris Idaho 2-25-2007

Here are some pics Jason took.

Paris

The Highline Trail - South

It is hard to believe but Skinner had the privilege of riding a bike down a rocky trail for a guy that didn't think he could do it (then I saved Skinner from a certain heart attack by bringing him his bike so he didn't have to hike back up to get it).

It was a fun ride on mainly a rocky four wheeler trail. We covered about 60 miles out and back on the same trail.

Here is a pic of the trail and the map of where we went.

I am Crag

I'm finally on the site. As for the name I chose for myself, please look up the definition of the name Craig. I must say that while I have yet to perfect the art of climbing crags, I have FINE-TUNED the art of tumbling down them. ckw

European Vacation

I miss the bike rides but not the heat. 67 degrees here and fantastic. Just doing a little weight lifting while on vacation.

The Old Ward Canyon Road takes a bite out of Big Brother...

A friendly family ride turns bloody in fading sunlight and dust-filled eyes. A few stitches, a few weeks R&R, and he'll be back to ride another day.

No Bears, Only Elk

You could roll quite far down this steep a slope, just ask Craig...

Here are the rest of my pics...


Here are some more pics...

Tibble ForkAmerican Fork Canyon

And you thought you were waiting for something exciting...

Here is a great picture I took of Gary and Tony as they loaded the bikes 5 minutes after we started our ride at Malad. Tony at the controls again!

Malad Summit

Here is my only pic... I will leave rest to Casey.

Riding at the "B"

I have a hardcore ride at the "B" for us. This is not for the timid or weak of heart!

Here are a few pics... do not let the tree huggers or rangers see these as the trail may not be 100% legal.

The last 2 pictures are what the locals refer to as "The Church"

I wanna ride!

This is why Jason decided to start riding!

Fall Canyon

Did anybody say MUD? Once again we found our new favorite place to ride. Miles and miles of 4-wheeler and best of all motorcycle trails. Watch the signs (or go with Tony) or you can definitely get yourself lost. Family camping in the canyon would be fun with plenty of places for the family to ride and a stream with some hot springs (I wonder how hot they are.)

Here is how you can tell that Tony found this ride.

Here are the Pics that I took.

Click on the thumbnail below for the pics Tony took.

Fall Creek Ride June 9 2007

OK Who can tell what happened in theis sequence?

Here are the ride maps.

Erzberg

So when do you want to give this a try?



You can see the whole thing here

Malad Idaho Ride - June 2, 2007

Craig, Skinner and I went to Malad Idaho today. The trail part of the ride was great... maybe a little too much road riding to get to the good stuff. At the end of the ride we got separated and I tried to follow a non existent trail shown on the map. I love Idaho maps! Anyway all turned out OK and we met back at the truck.

Jeff says "The off camber side hills were scary as crap" not sure why they were at least 6" wide.

Here are some pics.

Malad Idaho East Ride - June 2 2007

Bountiful Pipeline - June 1, 2007

Jeff and I rode Bountiful pipeline today... great ride, no injuries, Skinners bike keeps getting better! Tried out the new flywheel weight on the 450... much better mountain trail bike now.

Here are the pics I took with my phone.

Bountiful Ride June 1 2007

I found the BEST shirt in the world for Skinner!!

Jeff - if you want one call David at Blackfoot Motor Sports 208-782-1981.

Mantua Ride May 28th 2007

Well we went to Mantua in hope of riding some newly opened trails... they were not open but we still had fun. Here are the pics I took as well as the ride map.

On the last pic lets see who can find Gary and tell us what he is doing.

Here are Jason's Pics.