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August 25, 2011 at 09:43 #101334
Some friends and I do a weekly ride every Wednesday evening on Monte Sano. The route changes weekly and sometimes in the middle of the ride. Seeing as I finally have a Contour HD camera, I figured I would record yesterday’s ride and post it up here for those who haven’t seen the trails yet. I was pleased with how the videos turned out, but keep in mind that helmet cams tend to flatten everything. Some of the rocks you see are larger than they appear, and the ones that look big are REALLY big. I hope that this motivates some of you to come down for the Fat Tire Festival. So, on to the videos in the order we rode them and all videos were recorded in HD. Enjoy!!!
First up was the Family Trail. Smooth, fast and mostly flat. You can really carry some speed through here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8nmP4Oc8xQNext was the Fire Tower Trail. Wide and fast. There are some sections where you can choose different lines, not the most fun trail, but not the worst.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f40Epd0nFy8This beginning of this video has a small portion of the North Plateau Loop. This trail is smooth and fast in sections, tight in others, and rocky in yet another section. A really fun trail, but we only used a portion to get to the Cold Springs Trail, which starts when we make the left switchback. Cold Springs is rocky, steep and fast. The first part is downhill mostly, the second video is the second half of the trail with a really steep climb.
Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0iW-Z8fCOMPart 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5NRM8IEavAThen we crossed the road to pick up the top portion of Tollgate Trail, which leads to Huck and Roll. Huck and Roll is our downhill trail that is in the process of final approval. We only do the top portion, which has a few jumps. The lower section has some serious drops, one of which is shown at the end of the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKPTvqg9nlA
This is High Trail. High Trail has some difficult technical climbs, but is mostly flat and techy. It’s a fun trail.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wq8Td6BpnxA
Finally we have the top section of Bluffline Trail. This section is SERIOUSLY rocky, even more so than what it looks like on the video. If you want to improve your technical skills, this is the trail to ride. The hikers that we came across had a look on their face that said: “You idiots are really riding bikes down this?!?!?!” I had a video of the rest of Bluffline, which is less rocky, but we were losing daylight so the video didn’t turn out well.:frusty:
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August 28, 2011 at 18:47 #101335
Nice vids. Man, the last one looked pretty hairy, and I am sure it was much worse in person.
Thanks for posting!
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May 29, 2012 at 15:32 #101336
where is huck and roll? also im in town for the summer and looking for some folks to ride with while im here, mind if i tag along with you fellas
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