It is currently Thu Mar 28, 2024 1:55 am

All times are UTC - 8 hours [ DST ]




Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 22 posts ]  Go to page 1, 2  Next
Author Message
PostPosted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 12:27 pm 
Offline
Moderately Obsessed
Moderately Obsessed
User avatar

Joined: Thu Oct 23, 2008 11:09 pm
Posts: 1100
Location: Ramona
Given: 442 thanks
Received: 2590 thanks
Bike(s): RIP9, Nomad
Favorite Trails: Backcountry
After a warm up day in Preskit, it was time to get down to business with the real goods over in Sedona. And to also meet up with the newly weds who had already been pedaling around the Red Rock valley for most of the week. Against the better judgment of others, I was asked to put together an all day ride. The mileage wouldn’t be much, but I figured we’d still use up most of the available daylight. Barcy & Ali even came prepared with lights. The rest of the weekend’s agenda would involve checking off local trails starting with the letter H. And even though today was Saturday, we were going to church…twice.

After PacMan got his cut sidewall replaced with a new tire at the great shop of Absolute Bikes, we met up with the newly weds at Bike & Bean and jumped right into the technical riding.

Image

As usual, the views in Sedona’s don’t disappoint.

Image

Image

It’s seemingly impossible to take a bad picture.

Image

Ali definitely wasn’t in Pine Valley anymore and made the best of sharpening her technical skills during the week while cleaning this waterfall section.

Image

Trail builders take note, Sedona’s trails are some of the best built trails anywhere taking advantage of terrain features and very creative rock work.

Image

Bell Rock on the right

Image

PacMan riding a masterfully crafted rock feature.

Image

More of the usual views on Hi Liner.

Image

Image

Image

Image

Oh look! There it is!

Image

Wise guys…

Image

Cathedral Rock

Image

Happy riders

Image

Image

Coming off the backside things would get interesting

Image

Now why do I drive twice the distance to Moab?

Image

Image

Image

Image

No funny camera angles here, some serious off camber sketch.

Image

Back on the normal trails, we seem to have gone through a quite bit of water. So we headed over to Cresent Moon Picnic Area.

Image

After filling up with water, it was back across Baldwin’s Crossing.

Image

And around Cathedral Rock on Templeton

Image

Image

Image

Image

Image

Then we’re off to church again via Little Horse and Chapel

Image

Image

Image

Red Rock Chapel

Image

In one year’s time, a new trail popped up off Mystic.

Image

Pigtails is a real squeeler with berms, jumps, tabletops, and more.

Image

But before we could get on Broken Arrow trail, PacMan seems to have broken something for the second day straight. Yep, another sidewall tear in his new Specialized Captain. PacMan and Spec-Ed take the road back while the rest of us continue to Chicken Point. Running late in the day, we skip the another set of H trails.

Image

What a great honeymoon couple!

Image

Chicken Point

Image

Image

Looking back up

Image

Barcy looking down

Image

A great ending to a day on Llama

Image

Only to be finished off by hitting up the Oak Creek Brewery in Sedona.

Image


Top
 Profile  
 
The following 21 users would like to thank GP_pilot for his or her post:
amor587, b5driver, bajamtnbkr, Brian, Canaan, Christ D., Dirt Mogul, dirtmonger, eddiex619, evdog, Fnords, Gman, jfsh, OhNooo, Red Hot Sloth, Robo, Scott Forty G., Spec-ED, Sultan Ali, TCB, tfitz
PostPosted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 12:35 pm 
Offline
Moderately Obsessed
Moderately Obsessed
User avatar

Joined: Wed Oct 15, 2008 4:17 pm
Posts: 520
Given: 836 thanks
Received: 362 thanks
Bike(s): Yeti 575
Favorite Trails: singletrack
Outstanding Sean.


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 12:49 pm 
Offline
Obsessed
Obsessed
User avatar

Joined: Tue Apr 14, 2009 9:21 am
Posts: 2996
Given: 1505 thanks
Received: 1219 thanks
Favorite Trails: Crestridge
The second picture is absolutely beautiful (talking about the backdrop not Barcys ass) Great pictures all around looks like you guys had a blast


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 2:03 pm 
Offline
Obsessed
Obsessed
User avatar

Joined: Tue Oct 14, 2008 12:39 pm
Posts: 3407
Location: Ocean Beach
Given: 2423 thanks
Received: 7321 thanks
Bike(s): Revel Rail, Spur, Carver Ti,
Favorite Trails: Hmm........
Awesome pics, thanks for the stoke!


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 2:31 pm 
Offline
Moderately Obsessed
Moderately Obsessed
User avatar

Joined: Tue Aug 03, 2010 5:28 am
Posts: 1331
Location: Belgium.
Given: 4775 thanks
Received: 2577 thanks
Bike(s): Steel.
Favorite Trails: Porcupine Rim , Sedona .
Awe freakin' some !!!!! Gorgeous pics dude , thanks for sharing. (flashback memory's here)

:thumbsup:


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 2:32 pm 
Offline
Moderately Obsessed
Moderately Obsessed
User avatar

Joined: Thu Sep 17, 2009 12:24 pm
Posts: 1087
Given: 757 thanks
Received: 2054 thanks
Bike(s): canfield
Favorite Trails: any
damn! the pics are awesome!...thanks a lot.

:cheers:


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 2:35 pm 
Offline
Active Participant
Active Participant
User avatar

Joined: Sat May 16, 2009 3:13 pm
Posts: 218
Location: La Mesa
Given: 57 thanks
Received: 53 thanks
Bike(s): Blur LT & Flatline Pro.
Favorite Trails: Anything with dirt
wow, i **really** want to go!

_________________
Photos!
Work?


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 5:50 pm 
Offline
Active Participant
Active Participant
User avatar

Joined: Thu Jul 03, 2008 10:45 am
Posts: 168
Given: 128 thanks
Received: 161 thanks
Bike(s): Orbea Occam TR
Favorite Trails: any singletrack
love that place....was there last year....need to go again.....
Thanks for the AWESOME pics!!!


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 8:19 pm 
Offline
Bajacabra
Bajacabra
User avatar

Joined: Mon Jun 02, 2008 1:13 pm
Posts: 4415
Location: Chula Vista
Given: 7412 thanks
Received: 7175 thanks
Bike(s): Turner 5 Spot
Favorite Trails: SART, Thounder Mtn,Sweetwater
Thanks, you just help me seal my decision where my next road trip is going to be to :thumbsup:


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 8:38 pm 
Offline
Moderately Obsessed
Moderately Obsessed
User avatar

Joined: Sat Nov 07, 2009 12:56 am
Posts: 857
Given: 1973 thanks
Received: 1352 thanks
Bike(s): Mojo HD140, Niner One
Favorite Trails: Sierra High Route
Great pics....thanks for the TR. Truly a beautiful place and looks so very fun to ride there as well.

Like Baja says, this one will need to be on the calendar for next year for sure.


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 8:56 pm 
Offline
Moderately Obsessed
Moderately Obsessed

Joined: Fri Nov 14, 2008 3:57 pm
Posts: 1159
Given: 2184 thanks
Received: 1791 thanks
Favorite Trails: Dirt
Wow, some of the most luscious photos I've ever seen. Gotta get there.


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 9:03 pm 
Offline
Moderately Obsessed
Moderately Obsessed

Joined: Mon Oct 27, 2008 8:19 pm
Posts: 1499
Location: Arizona
Given: 1013 thanks
Received: 1233 thanks
Favorite Trails: The one I'm riding today.
Thanks for the write up Sean! Those pics are hard to look at though, since they remind me that we don't have stuff like that here. Lol.

That was one of the greatest riding days of my life! Great ride, great scenery and great friends!!


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 9:24 pm 
Offline
Obsessed
Obsessed
User avatar

Joined: Sat Jul 12, 2008 8:35 pm
Posts: 3769
Location: Variable
Given: 5013 thanks
Received: 5052 thanks
Bike(s): Carbine
Favorite Trails: The Googliest
Thanks for the great TR and copy. Everybody looks happy.

_________________
"We'll ride it until they pave it."

-Big Clyde

Image


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 9:38 pm 
Offline
Active Participant
Active Participant
User avatar

Joined: Sat Jun 13, 2009 2:54 pm
Posts: 230
Given: 218 thanks
Received: 165 thanks
Bike(s): Rocky Mountain Altitude 29er
Favorite Trails: tour de noble; hurkey creek
Great pics Sean :thumbsup: !! Glad that your camera was able to capture the beauty of Sedona because ours certainly didn't! What a great day that was to be alive and on 2 wheels! I can't wait to go back.


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 10:06 pm 
Offline
Obsessed
Obsessed
User avatar

Joined: Tue Sep 09, 2008 9:56 pm
Posts: 7789
Location: Vista
Given: 23228 thanks
Received: 17283 thanks
Bike(s): Yes
Favorite Trails: crooked & winding...
Great TR, thanks. I'm looking forward to riding there again before too long -- it is definitely beautiful. So was that right -- Doug had two Captains with torn sidewalls on this trip? Cuz last weekend I was riding with a friend in Santa Barbara, and he tore a sidewall on a nearly new Captain.

_________________
Thus, if we are to understand the world, we should live somewhere between judgement and amazement — Alfredo Lopez Austin


Top
 Profile  
 
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 22 posts ]  Go to page 1, 2  Next

All times are UTC - 8 hours [ DST ]


Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 5 guests


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Search for:
Jump to:  
cron
Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group