I am thinking of camping near Reno for the Eater Weekend. How is the riding that time of year and is there any recommendaing near that area besides the Tahoe area(now that place pretty well) :)

I have heard good things about a network of trails called Pine Nuts but have not been there yet. I will be there visiting family in Minden, NV around the 15th of April and plan on riding several days while I am there. Carson Valley bike shop can steer you in the right direction once you get there.
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Virginia City IMBA-Epic Ride
Long Valley
Peavine
Descriptions can be found in "The Dirt" which is a publication within Travel Nevada (http://www.travelnevada.com/adventure/)

Has a little downhill an almost endless cross crounty, but have your climbin legs on.

Also there is the infamous northstat that is way intense, but need almost a full on downhill rig to ride.




Peace,

J-Mizzle

Has a little downhill an almost endless cross crounty, but have your climbin legs on.


On Peavine you sometimes need your body armour to protect oneself from the mental midgets (no offense intended for those persons of restricted growth - PORGs) who choose to practice their trigger finger on moving targets up there. Plus, compared to Tahoe, it's boring. But at least it's there, and it's open, even to the mental midgets.

On Peavine you sometimes need your body armour to protect oneself from the mental midgets (no offense intended for those persons of restricted growth - PORGs) who choose to practice their trigger finger on moving targets up there. Plus, compared to Tahoe, it's boring. But at least it's there, and it's open, even to the mental midgets. i agree, i ride peavine alot (5 mins from my front door) it's what you make of it. lots of trails, lots of climbing. the trails are nice this time of year. just be aware that it is a very busy trail system (bikes, hikers, jeeps, ect....) we must all share. no problems, just keep your eye out. also no natural loop, for the most part it's out and back so you will run into rider's going up as you are bombing down and vice versa. good luck and have fun!
-dave-
if you need any more info or directions to the many trail heads please feel
free to e-mail me dasi@wns1.com

Also there is the infamous northstar that is way intense, but need almost a full on downhill rig to ride.

Northstar aint that bad if you stay off the double diamonds on an x-c bike ... ive ridden a 97 klein mantra there for 2 years, we will see how my new superlight does this summer.

How do you think an 04 Stinky will handle Northstar?

How do you think an 04 Stinky will handle Northstar?

You know there are all sorts of trails around N*. And N* itself has many levels of trails where they use a ski area color coding system. But know that N* village is a demolition zone right now so I don't know if/when they'll open lift operations. I've spoken to a couple of managers there and they're sure that it will be open. But meanwhile there's always the Sawtooth trail for 15 miles of easy single-track and the 06 fireroad is open (but the gates closed) to the ridge for some early season climbing with only a few snow banks still on the road (can't get to Watson lake though). And the Emigrant Memorial Trail has been open for a month already and most of the streams have dried up.

That's some good info!! Northstars website says the mountain will be open some time in June however, many of the attractions close to the village is closed this summer due to construction. June 18th seems to stick in my head but I'll check it out.

Thanks for the info and maybe I'll see you on the trails.