Albert

2 minutes ago, RegisteredUser said:

Found this on PP, I looked around for the stash but came up short. Maybe next time

Did you take it?

Just now, Tree Magnet said:

I always wondered if there should be an apostrophe before the 's' in "Peddlers" to make it possessive.  It's easy to add one but probably a pain to remove it.

I've always written it as "Peddler's Pass", but I have no idea what is actually correct.  I'm sure I'm about to learn!

22 minutes ago, HoneyBadger said:

Thanks. The signs are going to look so good. Hopefully, I'll have the "Test Mule" finished today and I can post some pictures. I've been trying different techniques for painting the letters, the picture doesn't do it justice

Very cool!  How many of these posts will be out there?

 ..Al

Wow, that is super sexy!  Can't wait to see these installed!

12 minutes ago, rugger said:

Just an FYI, literally right above the big waterfall is where the county property line ends, despite where the fence is. I know it looks like the county property goes much further than the existing trail, but to the east and south, we are already pretty much on the boundary. The west we have some wiggle room, however, the superintendent wanted it closed to "protect artifacts". I would like to challenge this with the new parks director. The digging has continued since it was closed an fenced.

We (Josh, me, and ARR) are going to try to get access back to the old trail (with modification) that goes up and around the ditch and comes down directly across from the existing line at the bottom of the ditch - bringing back the loop. Wilco has a new Parks director, he's a MTBer, so we are going to pitch a few plans to get some trail back as well as introduce some new trail as well. 

No promises, wish us luck.

This sounds great, would love to see that trail make a return!  Good luck!

1 minute ago, Chief said:

When I first started riding there it was almost always dry. I used to climb up it on my bike and that was actually more fun than going down it.

I enjoy going up that when it's dry as well. 

Time for a game camera out there to catch this asshole in the act.

 ..Al

Just now, radiantm3 said:

Unrelated to the event, but do you guys ride Dave’s ditch through the flowing water? A few days ago I rode down the first drop through the water and I thought I was going to die. Went perfectly straight and my bike was still going all over the place. Decided to hike back up and attempt it again another day when it’s a bit more dry. 

Nope, if that first drop is wet, I turn my ass right back around.  I tried scrambling down it once when it was wet, and that resulted in an uncontrolled slide on my ass, after which my ass was soaked in the muck accumulating on that drop.

16 minutes ago, Cafeend said:

YES! Trimmed up nice. And finally well marked with Blue flagging. (Still can be better marked) but yes night and day different from when it was a jungle.

Awesome, thanks for the confirmation.  Maybe I can get out there tomorrow or Friday morning.  Interesting about the flagging, I'm curious what that's about.  I'm familiar with all the trails out there now that I'm less likely to get turned around, but I do wish the individual trails were marked with names, especially at some of the intersections where it can get a bit confusing.

 ..Al

12 minutes ago, Yosmithy said:

Looking forward to checking out the work on SN.

Is it trimmed all the way in that big, open area going north before you get to the trees?  That sure would be nice.  Needed some trimming beyond that as well, but haven't ridden it in a month, so no idea what it looks like now!

..Al

42 minutes ago, tomreece said:

I'm trying to overcome this obstacle too. I just can't go fast enough to get up it.

I've never made a serious effort to go straight up it, but after reading a previous discussion about Spongebob, I certainly want to give it a try.  It's the only serious obstacle for me on 1/4 Notch. 

3 minutes ago, McRibs said:

Plus I like climbing Spongebob, or trying to clean it, at least.

Next time I'm out there I need to try shooting straight Spongebob in this direction, as opposed to taking the cheater line through the trees on the right.

 ..Al

25 minutes ago, tomreece said:

I prefer to ride it from West to East, or in other words starting from the bailout climb. I keep up more momentum in this direction, but I do run in to a lot of people going the "normal" way and I always hope I don't piss them off.

Same with me, I usually start out with the bailout climb and then ride West to East.  Flows pretty well and I'm not slowed down as much by technical elements.  I usually hit this towards the end of my ride with 15 or 20+ miles already under my belt.  I run into people going both directions, and much of the trail is open so it's easy to see other people.  Just have to be careful going around some blind corners at speed.

 ..Al

Thank you for the report!!

2 minutes ago, GreenMTBrider said:

No rain here. 

Excellent!

Where is that??

I don't know if it hit Brushy, but here in Round Rock we just had a nice bit of heavy rain and some thunder...

I now usually ride 1/4 Notch backwards (West to East), and almost always towards the end of my ride..  So, this could mean I've already ridden over 15 miles, or if I did Suburban Ninja first, maybe 25 miles at that point.  In this weather doing that last is brutal, especially if the sun is still shining down on you.  I think it flows better in this direction, although still fun to do the other way as it's more challenging with the additional ledges you need to go up.  I don't ride Deception too often any more, and definitely not when it's sweltering hot.  When it's cool again I'll add it as part of my regular routine.

 ..Al

Tell me where to send the monies.

It's on the previous page or two. 

Hmm, I'll need to look at that next time I'm out there.  I've been going to the right on the way up (through the cheater line), but that video makes it look pretty easy.  That doesn't mean it's easy, of course, and when I get back out there I'll probably be like, "Screw that!"  That's the only feature on 1/4 Notch that gives me any pause.

 ..Al

I'd be amazed if it's rideable.  We got over 2" of rain here, and I'm not that far from Walnut Creek..  There's no way it was rideable yesterday. 

51 minutes ago, GreenMTBrider said:

2.25” of rain last night according to the gauge. Whomp whomp! 

In other news, I picked up my bike yesterday from the shop so once it drys out I’ll be back to hitting the trails. 

So the trail is good to go?

4 minutes ago, Tree Magnet said:

I’m on the hook for $20 here so PM me your email. First figure out if the split is 50/50 or if the captain gets a bigger cut...or maybe the stoker? Either way, sort it out and your money is on the way. You earned it!!

Hmmm, I think I may have committed monies as well, I completely forgot about that.  And I couldn't even get out to Brushy yesterday to watch, as I had some emergency computer crap to do (thank you critical Exim vulnerability with exploits already in the wild!)  Only got about 2.5 hours of sleep last night, so I will be a zombie later. 

 ..Al

Thanks for the update!