I'll have more words later. For now, enjoy downloading 18 pics. Yow!
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| Alex and his mill. It's making a frame/fork alignment gauge. |
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| Andre, Lee, Alex. Chilling on Friday. |
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| Morel. I left it there. |
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| Alex loaned me this bike. It's a 90's Rocky Mountain frameset built up around a Rohloff hub. I like the hub more now. My lungs weren't really working still, which was pretty extremely frustrating, all in all, so I spent a lot of Saturday just tooling around the trails alone... too slow to hang with the others. |
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| My hair is rad. |
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| The trail system at Fort Ebey was really nice. Super organized, good maps, good markers. Generally the trails were foresty and swooping or old grown-in roads. Nothing super technical. This would be a great place to go for a weekend of family trail riding and mountain bike introduction. |
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| You can ride on trails from the Fort Ebey camp area all the way to Coupeville. |
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| There were close to 50 people at our group campsite. All cyclists. Mostly from the club, .83. The chatter on their forum doesn't really provide a good reflection of their big-hearted, welcoming nature. They were nice folks. Practically-speaking, I was pretty much a non-cyclist this weekend, and they still gave me beer and food. |
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| Andre. Grilling bacon. These guys are serious about their food. |
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| About every other bike there is a Surly. This is a hacked KM -- lots of touring-specific braze-ons and that coffee color that the x-check came in at one point. People I talked to couldn't fathom a city where LBS didn't stock multiple sizes and models of Surlys bikes. |
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| Super grill. I want one in my back yard. But maybe a tad smaller. It was filled on Saturday night. The 83'ers cooked up 20 lbs of carne asada with all the fixens. |
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| For reference: note the built-in table. And the adjustable fire rack. Sweet rig. |
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| Alex loaned me a tarp tent. I've always wanted to check these out. I liked it. If Liza and I ever get serious about bike camping, this will be our solution. That's a lot of space for 3 lbs. Alex also let me borrow his Thermarest Neo Air. That is a for-sure item on the next REI 20% event. |
3 comments:
It was great having you join us this weekend John. I look forward to some more riding together this summer on your side of the mountains.
Great rides all around Whidbey. I grew up in Oak Harbor; the Fort Ebey system were some of my first trail riding experiences. It looks to have improved a little bit in the 8 years since I was there last. Nice to have the sea breezes, that saltiness lends something to the bacon on the barbie. Thanks for sharing the pictures, just the vicariousness I needed to get through Monday.
I heartily approve of the Surly count.
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