Tuesday ride invite 08.25.09 - Tibble Fork

[accadacca]

Meet at the park and ride off I-15 at the Alpine/Highland exit at
5:30 PM. This is an AWESOME trail and may be our last chance to ride it before we start losing daylight.

Pix from last time: http://www.bogley.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=17976&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15

[Ride On]

im in

[live2ride]

I am 100% in for this one.

[Sombeech]

I'll probably be there with Mark

[blueeyes]

Meet at the park and ride off I-15 at the Alpine/Highland exit at
5:30 PM. This is an AWESOME trail and may be our last chance to ride it before we start losing daylight.

Pix from last time: http://www.bogley.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=17976&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15

Do you guys ever I mean EVER come up Ogden way for a ride? Hmmmm What if we shuttled Ice Box?? Would that get some of you up this way?

Alpine/Highland too far!

[Deeps]

Based on my Mill D performance with you, am I qualified?

[tallsteve]

I will be there and am bringing a buddy. We want to get a few more miles and climbing in so we will meet you on the trail at the 4-Way intersection where Ridge Trail 157 and the Tibble Fork Trail meet. We are going to start on the Salamander Flat Trail #150. We will time it right so as to be at the 4-way before you. If somehow we aren't there, don't wait, we will see you at the bottom of Tibble Fork or where you usually park the vehicles. It would be much appreciated if we could get a ride back up the canyon to our vehicle.
Looking forward to it!

[PunchKing]

Meet at the park and ride off I-15 at the Alpine/Highland exit at
5:30 PM. This is an AWESOME trail and may be our last chance to ride it before we start losing daylight.

Pix from last time: http://www.bogley.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=17976&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15

Do you guys ever I mean EVER come up Ogden way for a ride? Hmmmm What if we shuttled Ice Box?? Would that get some of you up this way?

Alpine/Highland too far!

I will be there, parked in the usual spot ready to be the butt of the shuttle service.

Why oh why would we ever want to drive up to Ogden to ride bikes. I don't go past Farmington and even lagoon is lame. Now if you were talking about Moab, I would be there.

[accadacca]

Meet at the park and ride off I-15 at the Alpine/Highland exit at
5:30 PM. This is an AWESOME trail and may be our last chance to ride it before we start losing daylight.

Pix from last time: http://www.bogley.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=17976&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15

Do you guys ever I mean EVER come up Ogden way for a ride? Hmmmm What if we shuttled Ice Box?? Would that get some of you up this way?

Alpine/Highland too far!

I will be there, parked in the usual spot ready to be the butt of the shuttle service.

Why oh why would we ever want to drive up to Ogden to ride bikes. I don't go past Farmington and even lagoon is lame. Now if you were talking about Moab, I would be there.
:lol8: Who else is in tonight? Looking forward to it! :rockon:

Hey Cherie,

What if we ride Mueller next week. Doable for you? Right in the middle...

[blueeyes]

Why oh why would we ever want to drive up to Ogden to ride bikes. I don't go past Farmington and even lagoon is lame. Now if you were talking about Moab, I would be there.

I just got back from Moab!!! Sadly no riding really, had the kids with me. So I need to go again.






Hey Cherie,

What if we ride Mueller next week. Doable for you? Right in the middle...

Well unless it is Wed I can't go. I have a photography class on Tues and Thurs. Guess I will ride with ya all next year.

[crankshank]

Based on my Mill D performance with you, am I qualified?

This is easier than Mill D, ups and downs.

[accadacca]

5.5 hours until liftoff. Looking forward to it! :ride:

[brookhaven]

and would love to come for this ride and bring a few dudes. I can shuttle 5 if needed. See you there!

[Deeps]

Based on my Mill D performance with you, am I qualified?

This is easier than Mill D, ups and downs.

Sweet!

If my bike is out of the shop, I'm there.

[tallsteve]

I'll still be there but my buddy dropped. Again I will most likely meet you at the 4-way intersection (the beginning of the Tibble Fork Trail). I may run into you sooner though.
The canyon had a bit of rain yesterday. Just enough to pack the dust down. The trail should be sweet tonight!

[Deeps]

In!

[Sombeech]

sorry fellas, Mark and I are out. We just can't get down there in time.

[accadacca]

Good riding with ya'llz and meeting some new peeps. Hopefully they will join up here on Bogley. They were some good riders. Someone brought them along. What was his username... I forget. Deeps did well on his 90's bike. The guy is an animal! We ended up having 10 in the group. I believe Dean took some photos. :popcorn:

[Luce]

Trail run for the new helmet cam tonight. Still need to adjust the angle and find a stable video editor. This is a small clip of raw footage from the cam, my first YouTube video. I think I need a bike upgrade, my head shakes too much.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8Hb4HS_BTE

[Deeps]

Wow, you should have passed that old man. What was he doing, about 3 mph?

Thanks for having me along. Great group and I had fun. It was a nice trail and felt a lot more technical than Mill D. I have some good scene shots, but couldn't grab any action shots from my spot at the rear of the pack. Too busy trying to get down the hill. I'll get my photos up later today. Got to get the kids to school.

[brookhaven]

Thanks for letting us all tag along with you guys. Really cool trail and great bunch of guys. Looking forward to riding together again soon.

[tallsteve]

I'm surprised you have any fillings left in your teeth Deeps, after riding that trail on your full rigid! When I first started mtn. biking (this will show my age!) that's all there was. The first time I rode Porcupine Rim was on a rigid, then I bought the first Rock Shox Judy with a whole inch and a half travel and thought I was in heaven!
Nice to have meet up with you guys. As predicted the rain knocked down the dust and made trail traction primo.

[Sombeech]

Trail run for the new helmet cam tonight.

What's your setup?

[Deeps]

When I rode Mill D two weeks ago my bike was spontaneously shifting gears on climbs. I'm cheap, but knew I needed to cave and pay for a tune or risk mechanical failure and becoming a serious burden on the Tibble Fork ride. I suppose I can suck up one tune up every 18 years.

I left Sugar House at 4 to pick up the bike and get to the park and ride by 5:30. I was also hoping to hit Home Depot for a pair of gloves that could double for biking and canyoneering. Saw a marine store on 7200 S & State and swung in there for sailing gloves - they're not very padded, but for $20 they're built for rope.

Lots of traffic, but I pulled into a full lot right on time.

We loaded bikes and rode with Matt to the shuttle drop & trailhead. I have a National Parks annual pass, and they're good for National Forest as well so we saved the $6 entry fee to AF Canyon.

The trails I've ridden have been too tough (vibration + my lack of skill) for the "good" camera, so I packed my wife's point and shoot again.

http://www.congruentinc.com/bogley/tibblefork_082509/1.jpg

The trailhead looked great, and the first bit of ride was super. There was loose rock after crossing the road and an initial climb, and I managed to wipe twice right out of the gate. Both were fine over the bars flips. The first one was just stupidity. The second I went off the track and my front tire found a hole in the growth that stopped the bike solid on a good incline and sent me over. Luckily Matt was working clean up crew on me, and helped to detach my rear wheel to disengage a jammed brake on one of them.

I felt fine from the wrecks. Just a little leg rash, shoulder tweak and elbow bang. Disappointed the wipes weren't caught on Matt's helmet cam.

http://www.congruentinc.com/bogley/tibblefork_082509/2.jpg

A few more uphill sections and I was hating it. I could not catch my breath, and walked a lot. Even then I was gasping. My rib cage has some fusion, which means reduced lung expansion that may have been some of my issue. Compared to Puke Hill in Mill D, this section kicked my ass longer and harder. The group was great to wait at the tops, but I was really feeling discouraged slowing them down and keeping Matt back for emergencies.

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Caught up with two guys from the trailhead at on a hilltop who were riding a different fork and invited them to the site.

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At another rest stop after an uphill, we were buzzed by two motorbikes.

The downhill section was alright, but tough through the steeps on my rigid frame. Timid isn't an ally going down some of that, and although I dodged the full on tire stoppers it was obvious I'm not quite there yet.

http://www.congruentinc.com/bogley/tibblefork_082509/9.jpg

http://www.congruentinc.com/bogley/tibblefork_082509/10.jpg

We met Steve at the four way and got to the fun, fast part of the ride. Lots of ruts here. they were a new challenge for me, and the previous day's rain had packed the trail nicely but left some slippy sides and puddles in the ruts. My heavy brake riding was giving my hands a workout. Had to give them a rest twice. Managed one more fall for good measure within sight of the road on a switchback, resulting in a twisted handle bar that I chose to ride out to the dam.

Everyone left the dam together on the road to get to the shuttle. The light was changing fast and the road was a weird change after the trail. My left shifter is dead on the bike, so I had to ride in a higher gear to the cars

[Deeps]

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention (again) how awesome Matt was. He put up with my constant sound effects through the downhill. When I wasn't bitching I was moaning. I was growling and grunting through every bump, rock, root and switchback. Maybe it's my bike frame. Maybe it's my body and fused joints. Maybe it's the combination. Either way, I was feeling it and he didn't laugh once when I could see him.

And yeah Steve, I'm going to need to watch the dental fillings if I keep riding this bike on that trail.

[accadacca]

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention (again) how awesome Matt was. He put up with my constant sound effects through the downhill. When I wasn't bitching I was moaning. I was growling and grunting through every bump, rock, root and switchback. Maybe it's my bike frame. Maybe it's my body and fused joints. Maybe it's the combination. Either way, I was feeling it and he didn't laugh once when I could see him.

And yeah Steve, I'm going to need to watch the dental fillings if I keep riding this bike on that trail.
Your doing great Deeps. You have made it on two of the most technical rides around. Mueller next week is really smooth and a much less technical ride. Hope to see you. :five: