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Yeah, I get the it on the private ranches to an extent (especially RPR) but this is a city park so has me scratching my head.

I'm not sure who all contributes to the trail conditions page, but I noticed Searight seems to always be 'open' like Reveille or Rocky Hill. I have ridden there a few times and from what I recall it is a mix of dirt and rock tread similar to most eastern trails so I am curious why it almost always seems to be marked open even after widespread rain, if anyone has any insight. https://austintrailconditions.com/

Giro d Italia. Wow. I had been getting kind of bored with the course this year but yesterday was Epic all around. Wow.

Glad I was near a bridge today on SATN. Pinned down for about 45 minutes. 👎

Awesome! Thanks! Guess I could have done at least a little searching. 🤓

Looks like austinbike.com is now but a memory. I used the trail conditions page regularly. Does anyone know if this piece lives on somewhere else? I have made it this far w/o joining FB and I don't want to start now.I had broken down and joined X for the Brushy conditions page when they clamped it down. Thanks for all of your efforts over the years John. Your site was a great resource!

Don't see enough of these alive.

Thanks for the info. Yeah, I have been watching the flooding, pretty crazy. It does look like Cedar Creek was completely roasted. No new burn areas at Grindstone? I couldn't tell if it got partially impacted.

I had been think about a quick trip to Ruidoso next week but obviously that is out. Prayers for all the people and animals. Last I looked it appeared Grindstone Lake was safe for now but I think the Cedar Creek area is at least partially impacted. I could swear the picture at the bottom of this article is from the Ranger station right at the lower Cedar Creek trailhead. https://eu.elpasotimes.com/story/news/2024/06/21/ruidoso-fires-update-evacuations-still-in-place-because-of-what-caused-ruidoso-firesan-investigation/74167819007/

This is getting old. Every ride I end up with a ton of burrs. Granted, this was probably the worst example but was just from a pretty standard BCGB/SATN combo ride. No bushwacking or mystery trails involved.

Are those eggs just on the ground? Can't believe nothing has eaten them.

Just jacking with you about the gloves, I am sure we have all been there. I had a special pair for travelling and exploring where I knew I would be checking my phone and/or Garmin a lot. Some of the newer gloves work very well though on touchscreens so I finally retired mine. After 2 different trucks/shells I finally figured out a hack to lock it from the inside. If you have guides along the locking rod, clamp some small vice grips right next to a guide and it will hold the handle closed. I have been riding quite a bit but you won't see me on any of your 120+ mi mtb rides!!! Chateau!

Seems like anytime I am thinking RPR will be my best bet they have an event. Ugh, a horse event at that, hopefully they don't create too much havoc on the trails. Fri May 31: we received 1.6 in of much needed rain. Trails are open but don't ride the jumplines until the afternoon or until you don't leave ruts. Lots of labor goes into building and maintaining the Cantina jumplines. Trails status this weekend: Sat June 1st: Cantina open after 9am. Trails open at 3pm. Sun Jun 2nd trails and Cantina open at 3pm We are hosting our first competitive Texas Trail Challenge Club horseback riding competition. www.texastrailchallengeclub.com

Thanks for sharing Cody. Three comments: 1 - that is kick ass 2 - that is a lot of rack for one 15lb roadbike 3 - nice gloves! 🤣

FYI - Pretty fun little loop if you are in the area, it would suck to see bikes excluded

Well, the backdoor nitter.net way to access Twitter/X is dead. I finally broke down and signed up for X. We will see how long I last. If anyone else checks the Brushy Creek Twitter page, is April 22nd really the last post? I don't seem to be able to read a reply to that post so I'm thinking something is amiss.

Thanks, I was thinking of asking for any updates. Nothing really opened past the rc field though eh? Looks like gravel and paved trails will be on the menu for the near term. 😐

I tried one day last week too and had the same result. I knew there was an engineering project going on there but was surprised at the size. There is a bit of kind of fun rerouting (had to jump across a couple logs :)) but you can't get through realistically. This was my feeble attempt. The southern part of the little loop was in a sandy creek bed/trail basically. Best to not even bother for now I think.

No comment on EVs or eBikes but I will say I am 'this close' to pulling the trigger on an e-lawnmower. 🤠

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The clearing/mulching has definitely gotten quite significant. We still haven't lost much trail all told so far but between the burned parts, the bulldozing for the path and now the clearing around Church/Hog Jaw you don't ride long before you cross yet another impacted area. Still fun but a bit depressing and certainly not much of an 'in the woods' high left.

The real mystery is why I always choose to explore some half promising looking possible trail when I am on a tight schedule. Like bum trails that just lead to a campsite. This was a rocky jeep road I scoped out a few years ago that led to a very tiny bit of trail. The jeep road is getting a lot more traffic, apparently from power line crews and people looking for places to dump stuff. One of those where by the time you drop way down some rocky chunk and find something that looks like a trail and bushwhack a bit you are pretty much mentally committed to not backtracking. I did come out where I thought I would but 100% not worth it. Mystery solved. 👎

It's Back!!! 🤬 I was checking out some mystery trail and ended up doing quite a bit of bushwacking last night. Looks like the dish soap will be in the shower for the time being. 😐 Funny that the original post was also on March 29th.