This is a long lost post. We were just getting moving, for real this time. We had no internet or cell reception for a hot spot at Greenwood Furnace Campground. Then my PC went out. So it got lost in the shuffle. But with this years TRANS-SYLVANIA MOUNTAIN BIKE EPIC looming I thought I would drop it.
Even though ROCK is in the name, I thought North Jersey has the rockiest trails that I have ridden so far. I reached out to a local, cause the guy at the shop hurt his back last fall after hitting it too hard on his brand new fat bike. Wider Q factor and chasing around youngsters, he said.
So I show up a little early and and get a warm up in with the president of the local club. I guess Tuesday is the day regardless if the official shop ride is on or not. Most thing are up from the Tussey trail head. Ironically there was enough cell signal for my wife to work a the trailhead while I rode.
I headed back to the trailhead for the arranged time. I was happy to see four single speeds coming off of cars.
Plenty of climbing, be it on fireroad or single track, most of which could be considered a rock garden. Kinda like Wawayanda on the New Jersey's north border with New York, just with more up! The landscape has some spectacular groups of rock outcroppings to navigate
http://www.imba.com/epics/roth-rock-ride
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
Sunday, May 10, 2015
WTF I need a Beer or 4
About half way through, what was supposed to be a 28 mile ride, I figured, if the climbing the stats of 5700 ft, were correct on the file for the route I was taking, that I would be paying for it all on Turkey Pen Gap (TPG). As I approached mile 22, those feelings grew. Then that first look up the stairs should have had me and my 34X19 gearing, scurrying to the road back to the car. 2500 feet in 6 miles is just silly. The file I had said 28 miles. I had a little out and back here and there, plus the 3 miles on Squirrel Gap and Cantrell (cant tell if it is a creek or a trail) . To top that off TPG was so steep, even with the speed coming off the rear wheel, the Garmin read 0.0 MPH and did not gain 1/100th of a mile during the walking sections, which was most of TPG. The garmin got 33 miles,compared to the 40 from the phone. Felt like 40. The file I followed was probably made with a Garmin using GPS for speed and distance, which under states, while the phone app usually overstates, particularly the more you stop or go painfully slow. So it is probably some where between 33 and 40 miles.
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