Albert

If anyone can get photos and/or video, that would be great.  I'd definitely call the police if I saw someone on the trail on a dirt bike. 

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I'm starting to hear this is somewhat of a regular occurrence. He is either a teenager or early 20's, slim build, sandy hair color, around 6' tall and rides a Honda. He has been seen on other parts of the Brushy Creek Single Track.

I just saw a report on Facebook where someone has supposedly been riding a dirt bike on Peddler's Pass at Brushy Creek.  Has anyone heard about this?

 ..Al

33 minutes ago, Barry said:

I didn't even get a chance to try to ride those trees. 😡😡😡

There are still some trees down between Cedar Breaks and Crockett Springs!  

13 minutes ago, Zander said:

Just cleared the 1st mile from cedar breaks. Tough going with just a handsaw  but progress was made. There's still a lot of trees down going to Crockett Garden past the 1 mile point. 

Awesome, thanks for getting out there in this heat!  I can't even imagine clearing what we did yesterday without the chainsaws, so mad props to you for tackling it with a handsaw by yourself.  I've let others know that there are still trees down between Cedar Breaks and Crockett.  Hopefully most of that can be taken care of this week. 

 ..Al

Just now, DesertNomad said:

Yes, yes it is.

Then you're all set!  Just make sure you bring some spare tubes.  🚴‍♂️

 ..Al

3 minutes ago, Anita Handle said:

What's the best way to demo a Yeti? I'd love to swing a leg over the SB100 and maybe this SB130. I've read that the SB100 has some great party geo in spite of the short travel. 

I've never ridden a Yeti and am also interested in the answer to this question.

18 minutes ago, FJsnoozer said:

Treat EB as just a fun day and adventure on the bike.  Dont even think about the mileage and segment it.

Great post!  😄 

17 minutes ago, DesertNomad said:

I'll try to get out there but at the moment my fox factory fork and shock are both in for warranty repair. I wonder how my gravel bike would fare in cedar breaks...

Is it tubeless?  😄

Wow, 500 calories per hour!  I tend to be more on the minimalist side of things, maybe consuming 100 calories an hour, if that.  I did a 7 hour, 50 mile ride last week (mostly single track, but road as well, with about 1,900 feet of climbing) and consumed two 100 calorie gels, about 200 calories of electrolyte powder in my 100oz bladder, and a Gatorade I purchased at a gas station.  Including the Gatorade, went through about 170 ounces of liquid.  Started ride at 7:30am.  The cooler temperatures were nice while they lasted.  For longer, tougher rides such as the EB I would certainly eat more.  

 ..Al

Just now, AntonioGG said:

+1

I put a dropper on my bike and rarely used  it so I took it off.  I'm going to put it back on just so I can try to roll down Sponge Bob and do more of the drops at Emma Long.

Which feature is Sponge Bob?

2 minutes ago, Txduc said:

Yes if for no other reason than to get away from this heat.  I just got back from a week in Breck hitting the trails there, Keystone bike park and Colorado Springs and as soon as I got back was ready to turn the car around and go back.  Never should have moved away.

Yeah, getting away from the heat certainly is another good reason to get the hell out of this state in the summer.  😄  I've been riding almost exclusively in the mornings the past few months, which helps make it more bearable, but the humidity is something fierce sometimes in the morning.  

Some people were having problems uploading photos to posts, and I just made some changes that should fix that issue.  If you receive an error message while uploading a photo (or any attachment), please take a screenshot of the error and then send me a private message.  I can then investigate and work to solve the issue. 

Thanks!

 ..Al

2 minutes ago, The Tip said:

Please stop sanitizing the trails.

Funny, as I'm pretty sure I yelled out, "Stop sanitizing the trail!" a few times yesterday.  🙂

If it'll help me go down ledges I might otherwise shy away from, I'd be all for that. 🙂

2 minutes ago, Scorpionwoman said:

Probably a running group. Rather than wait for each other, they put up flags.

If that's the case, at least they took them down when they were done!  🙂

Was there an event out there? 

I'm also curious about that. 

I know an effort is going to be made this week to clear more of the downfall.  Do you know if there are more trees down west of Cedar Hollow towards Sawyer Park?  I know there's some additional downfall between Crockett and Cedar Breaks.  But I haven't seen the entire loop since this happened, so not sure how much additional downfall there is. 

Yeah, it was crazy to see so many downed trees, including several rather large ones (at least large for the Austin area!)  We had four people, two with chainsaws and two dragging everything off the trail.  Worked out pretty well, and I'm surprised we were able to clear as much as we did.  Definitely would have been a big pain in the ass to ride through.  And we did have a group of about six riders pass us in that area while we were out there!  😄

I think @DesertNomad will make an effort to get any remaining downed trees cleaned up this week. 

 ..Al

Cody, 

Today a small group cleaned up a large number of fallen trees between Cedar Hollow and Crockett Springs.  Crockett was a disaster when we arrived on the scene.  We got everything between Cedar Hollow and Crockett, but there are more trees between Crockett and Cedar Breaks.  Don't know if there are more downed trees elsewhere. 

I posted a report here: 

Photos: 

 ..Al

I've installed a Gallery module for the forum to make it easier for people to upload photos in an organized fashion.  Right now there are a few different categories, Bikes, Trails, and Work Days.  Plus you can create galleries outside of those subjects in the Member Gallery area.  

I uploaded a collection of photos from our trail work today at Lake Georgetown.  You can view them below: 

Once you've uploaded photos to an album, you can easily share individual photos from a gallery or the entire collection of photos in a post, as I've done above.  Users can also browse the gallery directly to view photos. 

Enjoy!

 ..Al

Last week a freak microburst took down a large number of trees at Lake Georgetown between Cedar Breaks and Cedar Hollow.  A small group of us went out there today to clear as much as we could. We managed to clear everything between Cedar Hollow and Crockett Springs.  Crocket Springs was hit especially hard, many downed trees in a small area.  Two very large trees that used to provide shade were uprooted and laying flat on the ground, and that area took the longest to clear. 

There are still a few trees down between Cedar Breaks and Crockett Springs, but those should get cleaned up this week.  

Here's a gallery of photos from our work today: 

Four of us spent four hours walking between Cedar Hollow and Crockett Springs to remove all the downed trees from the trail.  I've never seen such carnage on a relatively short segment of trail like this before!  

Here's a gallery of photos: 

There are still a few trees down between Crockett and Cedar Breaks, and hopefully those will get taken care of next week in time for Cody's two-lap Dragonslayer pre-ride. 

 ..Al

I have yet to even try a dropper post, and I've had so many people tell me what a significant difference it makes in their riding that I feel like I am missing out.  Maybe I won't like it, but I feel I should at least give it a shot given all the positive reviews people have given me.  So it's interesting to read your perspective about possibly ditching it! 

 ..Al