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19 hours ago, WhoAmI said:

I don't understand how one can consume a whole 3 liter CamelBak of water in a 3 - 4hour loop at LGT.  I'll stop on the second lap to refill but haven't ran out on a lap yet.

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.

15 hours ago, Trailrider said:

I think I'll ride a loop at Georgetown this weekend. Any problems with starting at 5am with lights?

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

15 minutes ago, Barry said:

Except you're always next to the lake and an easy way to cool off. 

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.

2 minutes ago, AntonioGG said:

The bridge was open and the sidewalk connecting to the trail going to Roy G. is finished...I think.  It's open in any case.  I don't know if they were planning on resurfacing it.  The new sidwalk is about 1" higher than the surface of the bridge, so that made me wonder if they're going to resurface it.  There were some yard hanging lights in the middle.

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.

On 6/25/2021 at 6:42 PM, ATXZJ said:

Have you ridden there before? Some of the stuff outside the park is actually pretty good. That juniper trail is as anti-fun as they come.

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.

11 minutes ago, AntonioGG said:

The good news is Govalle park looks to be finished and they did an awesome job! 

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.

1 hour ago, Barry said:

Maybe the spammers are next?!

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.

43 minutes ago, Kobra Kai MTB Guy said:

Had quite the fun little accident today.  Took me several attempts to dislodge the bike.

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

2 hours ago, AustinBike said:

Any fans of Breaking Bad? Discovered that one of the best scenes in the whole show was filmed about 13 miles from my hotel, so that was this morning's trip.

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

Just now, The Tip said:

I seriously hope that photo was staged for the lulz. 

17 hours ago, WLemke said:

Any interest in getting the band back together Friday morning? No early meetings this week!

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

31 minutes ago, TheX said:

And then we get this...

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

14 hours ago, trailrider77 said:

Saw a bunch of red ribbon along hawg jaw. Wonder what that means?

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? 

14 hours ago, MikeWL said:

SN is in good shape.  I rode the main trails and most of the loops.  Only a few remaining limbs hanging low... watch your head.  Tree carnage is everywhere.  Thanks to whoever went through and cleared it from the trails, I'm sure that was a lot of work.

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.

Just now, MikeWL said:

Anyone know what shape Suburban Ninja is in?  I would imagine dry, but any trees/limbs to contend with?

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

4 minutes ago, TheX said:

Looking forward to the badass coaxial helicopter flying. I hate coax for R/C but it makes the most sense in Mars' 1% density atmosphere. It won't be doing any science, just proving the concept for flight.

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. 

2 hours ago, AntonioGG said:

I was going to ask for a video!  A search returned a bunch of stuff on a trail called g-out, and some rolls to flat but nothing like what we have at Brushy. 

Today would be an excellent day to take a video!

2 minutes ago, Barry said:

Crystal Falls. It's the new big thing. Strava calls that new(ish) g-out heavy trail the "Travisso Pleasure Loop." TrailForks calls it "Easy Street."

There's been a lot of changes since you've been away...

What the hell is this!!