Albert

Everyone is different, and for me it really depends on how hot and/or humid it is. If it's relatively cool, one three liter bladder is more than enough for me. But if it's hot, I'll usually refill at Tejas to help ensure I won't run out of water. Assuming I'm starting at Cedar Breaks or Overlook.

I'd just be careful if there's any dew out there that might make things slippery.

True, I think I've only done that once the entire time I've lived here. 😄 And at least you can get water at a few places, such as Tejas Camp, so that helps.

Ahh, interesting, I did see the new sidewalks when I climbed the hill out of the park, but didn't notice the sidewalk was sitting higher than the road surface. I would not be surprised if they resurface it. There was a crew working on the bridge when I rode through and they had it blocked off (except for the sidewalk on the side).

To answer the original question. Trails I would definitely avoid in the middle of a summer day: Reimers Ranch. Very little tree cover. Reveille Peak Ranch. Mixed cover, but the heat radiating from the rocks is brutal in the summer. Thumper - Any trails stuck in a valley with little airflow are sweltering this time of year. Lake Georgetown - Just, no. I'd get a lap in if I started right at sunrise, but would suck with the humidity in the morning. Probably others, but those are the ones off the top of my head that would be far down the list if I had to ride in the middle of the day. Most anything is tolerable for me if I start early enough (even with the humidity), but generally nicer if you ride late in the day as the sun is going down.

I enjoy the Juniper Ridge trail. Haven't been out there in a while, though. I think it would be pretty brutal this time of year. Yes, I did a 50 mile loop between Walnut Creek and downtown recently and the route goes through Govalle Park. Haven't done that loop in nearly two years, so was nice to see they finished the work at the park! They were still working on the Montopolis bridge, though and I had to ride on the sidewalk across it. I wonder when that will be finished? Kind of surprised it's not done already.

I manually approve accounts in order to (help) prevent spammers from getting in. It's usually pretty obvious when someone signs up from Vietnam or China that they are not interested in talking about mountain biking in the Austin area. 🙂

Fixed.. I forgot that even though I purchased a five year certificate, it has to be manually renewed every year. Annoying. Sorry!

Whoops, I'll get this fixed today, weird that I never saw any notifications about the cert expiring.

Holy crap, that sucks! What trail is that on? I'm not familiar with any trees that close together at Brushy, and I have pretty wide handlebars at the moment (they need to be cut down!) Edit: I think I recognize where that is on Double Down, but I could be wrong.

Your images didn't work for some reason, and I'd really like to see the carnage!

Wow, as soon as I saw the photo I knew exactly what that was! 😄

I seriously hope that photo was staged for the lulz.

I am, but need to get back into shape first!

I'm sure this will be fine as long as she puts the lid on it.

Start here, where I asked the same thing several days ago:

Seems to flow nicely in both directions to me! Just more climbing if you're starting at the west end.

Well, thanks for the sobering bad news. Guess I'll enjoy those trails while I can!!

I rode most of Suburban Ninja yesterday, including all the new stuff (which is great!) I noticed there are a TON of red ribbons along the new trails that weren't there a week ago, usually following the trails but sometimes seemingly in the woods by themselves. There was also what looked like survey crews by the church and firehouse. Don't know if there's a relation between the two. Does anyone know what this is about?

Thank you! Will get out there tomorrow or (more likely) Friday, and try to ride trails at Brushy as well. Will bring a saw and can trim anything egregious while I'm out there.

Also curious about this, need to get outside this week while the temperatures are nice! Also, how's the rest of Brushy?

Yes, that's going to be amazing to see! I'm sure we'll get photos/video from the rover of the flights and probably photos from the helicopter as well. Will be pretty interesting, hope the tests go as planned!

Pretty remarkable given how complex the landing sequence is. Looking forward to the video of the landing once it's transmitted to earth. And we'll be able to hear audio as well, as they added a mic to this rover. The last one only took photos on the way down, so this should look much cooler.

Today would be an excellent day to take a video!

What the hell is this!!