......learned by now! Didn't anyone tell you what could happen if you were to go out and do something like that again? Ofcourse I'm talking about the night rides in Briones.
Oh, and by the way, I hear congrats are in order to you and Mz. Dan'ger. I guess if I kept in touch I'd be up on more things.......
Sounds like it's time for a Rohloff or a SS. See you someday after the drivetrain fairy has visited...
This should resolve all my issues. I went with SRAM components, Black Spire chain rings and an Long Arm Range chain guide. I'll lose the big ring, but I'll make up for it as I am getting slight larger granny, and middle rings.
You riding Black Diamond Mines next weekend?
You only live once, but if you work it right, once is enough.
......learned by now! Didn't anyone tell you what could happen if you were to go out and do something like that again? Ofcourse I'm talking about the night rides in Briones.
Oh, and by the way, I hear congrats are in order to you and Mz. Dan'ger. I guess if I kept in touch I'd be up on more things.......
Yeah, thanks Jeff for the congrats and the heads-up. I'll try to keep my bones unbroken this time.
Now, off to work on mounting lights on my new rig.
There are no stupid questions but there are A LOT of inquisitive idiots.
I've recruited my in-laws to assist my wife in watching the baby and I need to ride!
Let's try a 6:00pm start at the Alhambra Creek gate and we'll see what shape the trails are in!
Hey, I'll put an announcement on the Brionesmafia.com website.
I'll be there, providing the body shop gets my car back to me by then. If not, I'll have to figure something out, like maybe bring my bike and gear to the office tomorrow, or something, if you (Dan'ger) can give me a lift to BART afterwards.
Hey, I'll put an announcement on the Brionesmafia.com website.
I'll be there, providing the body shop gets my car back to me by then. If not, I'll have to figure something out, like maybe bring my bike and gear to the office tomorrow, or something, if you (Dan'ger) can give me a lift to BART afterwards.
Hmmm, I'll work it out somehow.
We'll figure something out. Whether we ride by Lafayette BART during the ride loop or I give you and your bike a lift to PH BART, it'll all work out.
We can work out the details tomorrow but bring your bike JIC.
There are no stupid questions but there are A LOT of inquisitive idiots.
Yeah, thanks Jeff for the congrats and the heads-up. I'll try to keep my bones unbroken this time.
Now, off to work on mounting lights on my new rig.
That's it! I'm heading out from work right now (started new gig in Santa Rosa) & hitting Cambria on the way home to procure a fs squishy I've been eyeing for awhile . News to follow.......
I've recruited my in-laws to assist my wife in watching the baby and I need to ride!
Let's try a 6:00pm start at the Alhambra Creek gate and we'll see what shape the trails are in!
Dan'ger and MtBecky showed up. We did a few grinds, a few down, some hoofing over muddy stuff.
Conditions were pretty good. There were a few deep muddy bits, but nothing too bad. It was mostly dried out up there. The fireroads were badly cow hoofed pockmarked. Some of the fireroads went from pockmarks to moon dust.
We got back to the cars before the sun went down. There was no need for lights, but in the future lights are good to bring if somebody has a problem and the sun went down on us. (ouch)
We ended up doing 13 miles or so over 90 minutes moving time with 10 minute break.
I'll post a few pix when I get my card reader hooked up.
Dan'ger and MtBecky showed up. We did a few grinds, a few down, some hoofing over muddy stuff.
Conditions were pretty good. There were a few deep muddy bits, but nothing too bad. It was mostly dried out up there. The fireroads were badly cow hoofed pockmarked. Some of the fireroads went from pockmarks to moon dust.
We got back to the cars before the sun went down. There was no need for lights, but in the future lights are good to bring if somebody has a problem and the sun went down on us. (ouch)
We ended up doing 13 miles or so over 90 minutes moving time with 10 minute break.
I'll post a few pix when I get my card reader hooked up.
Sounds like fun...
I bailed on y'all cuz I thought lights were necessary - and mine's dead.
I rode Redwood and Joaquin and got in 90 minutes me self
I bailed on y'all cuz I thought lights were necessary - and mine's dead.
I rode Redwood and Joaquin and got in 90 minutes me self
Next week?
Fer sure!
I think we'll ride some trails next week that I've never ridden in order to acheive my goal of GPS mapping all of the trails in Briones. We'll probably still need to avoid low laying and north-facing trails for a couple of weeks.
..the only rideable line was on the far right...so we had to kinda pick & choose but it was still fun.. I mean, how can a DH NOT be fun? Oh yeah then there were the swarms of great black flies as big as locusts coming out from nowhere, that was pretty weird. Had to make sure your grin was contained....come out with us next week! It'll be fun!
..the only rideable line was on the far right...so we had to kinda pick & choose but it was still fun.. I mean, how can a DH NOT be fun? Oh yeah then there were the swarms of great black flies as big as locusts coming out from nowhere, that was pretty weird. Had to make sure your grin was contained....come out with us next week! It'll be fun!
There was one short mucky section on Orchard not far from the road crossing also.
There are no stupid questions but there are A LOT of inquisitive idiots.
good ride report...so far i've only ridden the upper part of briones (park at old briones rd staging area) but i'm going to try to give it a go this afternoon, parking at alhambra and taking our good old orchard route up to the radar towers. sounds like most will be dry except for the bog that dan reported...i know right where you are talking about, it seems like that spot is the drainage for the entire park!
if there are rides that don't require lights i'll try to make some of 'em...
good ride report...so far i've only ridden the upper part of briones (park at old briones rd staging area) but i'm going to try to give it a go this afternoon, parking at alhambra and taking our good old orchard route up to the radar towers. sounds like most will be dry except for the bog that dan reported...i know right where you are talking about, it seems like that spot is the drainage for the entire park!
if there are rides that don't require lights i'll try to make some of 'em...
well, last night didn't really require lights. if we had added in a few bonus miles, it would have. If we start at 6 again next week and do a similar distance, we should be back by dark again.
There are no stupid questions but there are A LOT of inquisitive idiots.
No worries we all understood you now have an obligation of a different type.
As for trail parties... I'm working on getting something going for Joaquin Miller and Mt Diablo. I'll fill everyone on the details when it firms up.
how 'bout an after trail party?? if things line up with what you are cooking up and i can make it, how 'bout an after ride pool soiree at my house??? or maybe after a briones ride--i live near the alhambra staging area....
I bailed on y'all cuz I thought lights were necessary - and mine's dead.
I rode Redwood and Joaquin and got in 90 minutes me self
Next week?
I got a light I can lend you. I've got a bar mount and helment mount. I didn't really need either, but good to carry if somebody gets stuck in some way.
I got a light I can lend you. I've got a bar mount and helment mount. I didn't really need either, but good to carry if somebody gets stuck in some way.
Hey; where's those photos?? I am 'working' and need a distraction!
You only live once, but if you work it right, once is enough.
how 'bout an after trail party?? if things line up with what you are cooking up and i can make it, how 'bout an after ride pool soiree at my house??? or maybe after a briones ride--i live near the alhambra staging area....
Just what your wife will want - a bunch of grubby, dirty guys and gals covered in poison oak oil jumping in your pool.
It sounds like an excellent idea! Got a kegerator?
There are no stupid questions but there are A LOT of inquisitive idiots.
did the 'full' climb today for the first time this season. parked in alhambra staging area, climbed up the orchard route up to the radar tower, then straight back down via alhambra creek trail.
every year i forget just how torn up the trails get from the winter and our bovine friends. on the way up there was the usual mud bog as dan pointed out, larger than usual for this time of year. other than that the trails on the climb were in pretty good shape for early in the season, chopped up badly as always but dry. in general, everything above the 'cow line' is great, everything below leaves a lot to be desired as it always does. as for alhambra creek trail, it looks like it was badly damaged by the winter and the animals, worse than normal for this time of year. it's pretty obvious there has been some heavy equipment in there cleaning things up from fallen trees to a lot of water damage.
so i guess all in all it was a bit worse than i expected, but it's early in the season. i need to do that climb a bunch more as i'm not in good shape right now. i cleared everything but was pretty slow even for me....
Diablo's lookin awesome if I do say so myself....anyone doing that Save Mt. Diablo ride this saturday?
bb
Thats looking like the plan for Saturday for me. I'd love do some of the other Saturday rides, but I need to stay local. I'm assuming since your asking that you'll be there?
Thats looking like the plan for Saturday for me. I'd love do some of the other Saturday rides, but I need to stay local. I'm assuming since your asking that you'll be there?
ibisGuy-disregard your email!
@BB-I'll be riding the Save Mount Diablo ride....
You only live once, but if you work it right, once is enough.
Just what your wife will want - a bunch of grubby, dirty guys and gals covered in poison oak oil jumping in your pool.
It sounds like an excellent idea! Got a kegerator?
i'm serious...it's a great setup, there's a bathroom with shower at the pool with a fridge and ice maker. no keg but plenty of room as the fridge is empty right now...we turned the solar panels on and the pool is covered so we will only need a few warm, sunny days to get it up to lounging temperature....
i'm serious...it's a great setup, there's a bathroom with shower at the pool with a fridge and ice maker. no keg but plenty of room as the fridge is empty right now...we turned the solar panels on and the pool is covered so we will only need a few warm, sunny days to get it up to lounging temperature....
Cool! We'll have to explore the option more next week. Do you have sufficient parking to use your driveway or street in front as a staging area before the ride, too?
There are no stupid questions but there are A LOT of inquisitive idiots.
How we looking for tonight? Think I'll need lights? Haven't used mine in so long, I think they're dead...
How's the intents?
Last week, we'd have done well to have had clear glasses instead of tinted ones as it was starting to get dim by the time we finished. There was no need for lights but if someone had flatted, broken a chain, etc. it could well have ended in the dark.
I would recommend bringing lights even if they only have a short duration but they will probably not be necessary. BTW, replacement aftermarket batteries can be bought fairly cheap at http://www.batteryspace.com.
As for the bike, I'm intending to use it tonight
There are no stupid questions but there are A LOT of inquisitive idiots.
How we looking for tonight? Think I'll need lights? Haven't used mine in so long, I think they're dead...
How's the intents?
Doesn't get dark any more until 8:30, so there should be 2 hours to get a ride in without light. I'll be there without a light and you and I can hang out in the dark if someone has a mechanical.
Doesn't get dark any more until 8:30, so there should be 2 hours to get a ride in without light. I'll be there without a light and you and I can hang out in the dark if someone has a mechanical.
What time does the gate close?
The staging area parking gate was still open last week when we finished.
The lights thing is all up to you and your eyes. It gets dark on the trail in areas that have tree cover.
There are no stupid questions but there are A LOT of inquisitive idiots.
I think I found every MUD hole this weekend on quick ride through the park on Sunday.....thanks for the nice map to remind me where I found myself deep in muck .
Oh and I wish I could ride with you folks on Tuesday evenings as this park is right in my backyard however with the kids swim team and other family obligations I usually ride on Wednesday evenings and weekends. Sad too since I am a NJ transplant and would fit right in with the Briones Mafia
I grew up in NJ but have not lived there for over 20 years....
Exit 135....... Clark/Rahway exit.
Lived in Vermont and Delaware before relocating to the bay area 10 years ago. This is home now, my children have grown up here and only know the east coast as a place you visit AND can swim in the ocean during the summer . You can take the boy out of NJ but not the NJ out of the boy!
I grew up in NJ but have not lived there for over 20 years....
Exit 135....... Clark/Rahway exit.
Lived in Vermont and Delaware before relocating to the bay area 10 years ago. This is home now, my children have grown up here and only know the east coast as a place you visit AND can swim in the ocean during the summer . You can take the boy out of NJ but not the NJ out of the boy!
-OD
i grew up in berkeley heights, also lived in south orange and guttenberg. i miss swimming in the ocean as well, otherwise can't find much wrong here. do you live near briones--lots of us are out there frequently, like this afternoon/evening.
How we looking for tonight? Think I'll need lights? Haven't used mine in so long, I think they're dead...
How's the intents?
I have my Headtrip with me. I can lend you. I even think it's charged... mostly. It was fully charged for last week's ride, and has been sitting in my bag ever since.
Yes right on the Martinez/Pleasant hill border - been here since I moved out west 10 years ago. When not riding Tamarancho/China Camp/Annadel etc etc, Briones is my quick escape for weekly riding (or road biking in the morning before work). Like I said Tuesdays are bad for me but I usually get a ride in after work on Wednesdays starting out at the Bear Creek entrance since the folks I ride with all live/work out around there including me since I work in Richmond.
Maybe I will see you out on the trails of Briones - would be great to meet some new faces and ride with the Tuesday evening crew. If I can get a Tuesday evening off I will come join you.
I have my Headtrip with me. I can lend you. I even think it's charged... mostly. It was fully charged for last week's ride, and has been sitting in my bag ever since.
We did a similar loop to last week but instead of turning west at Abrigo Valley, we continued NW on Briones Crest until we reached the Deer Creek trail. All I can say is "that is some sweet legal singletrack!"
Who knew you could have legal fun in the park?
Turns out I'm not the only one with a newly built Intense either. Fourarm showed up on his new 6.6 and proceeded to show off his balance skillz. The man shoulda been in the circus - maybe he was?
Too bad Becky and ibisGuy went a different way. You guys missed out on LEGAL singletrack. And you didn't get to meet looprider (I think that was his handle).
You also missed out on the cow poop, swarms of flies and EBrider going the wrong way and pimpbot giving chase.
Swell enough, the Intenses had intents of more singletrack and we got it good!
There are no stupid questions but there are A LOT of inquisitive idiots.
Hmm don't know that I have ever been on that singletrack. As for cow poop and flies... Well Becky and I found plenty of both.
I had to keep my ride short tonight since I didn't have my light and I parked in the lot.
Well, we were back in plenty of light and there were still many people parked in the lot. We probably would have been better off parking in the lot ourselves as it might have been a little upsetting to the homowners on Sage that we were hanging out, drinking beer and nerding it up until dark...
There are no stupid questions but there are A LOT of inquisitive idiots.
Well, we were back in plenty of light and there were still many people parked in the lot. We probably would have been better off parking in the lot ourselves as it might have been a little upsetting to the homowners on Sage that we were hanging out, drinking beer and nerding it up until dark...
Is that last picture the singletrack your talking about? That looks like the last half mile of Briones Crest which after going through a gate turns from fireroad to singletrack. If thats the trail your talking about, that is a fun little piece of singletrack.
I have ridden that single-track before...just after it became signed legal a few years back...a little greener at this time of year from the pic...I had to deal with full-on star thistle in late summer two(?) falls ago...rattly with my hard-tail but great tight turns...hey rode Boggs for the first time this past weekend...if you haven't I recommend the 14-mile single-track course (sections of the back-side single-track now under deep pine needle litter)...lot like Pacific Union College lands in Angwiin...hope to get a ride ride in on Tuesdays now and then..are the ride start details posted @ brionesmafia.com in advance?
We did a similar loop to last week but instead of turning west at Abrigo Valley, we continued NW on Briones Crest until we reached the Deer Creek trail. All I can say is "that is some sweet legal singletrack!"
Who knew you could have legal fun in the park?
Yes that little quick run back to the parking lot is in pretty good shape at the moment. We did it last night and it was a quick "legal" single track fix.... They usually dig it up with the backhoe during the spring and its typically a rutted, big chunk o' dirt balls, not-much-fun ride down. Enjoy it before they "fix" it
Is that last picture the singletrack your talking about? That looks like the last half mile of Briones Crest which after going through a gate turns from fireroad to singletrack. If thats the trail your talking about, that is a fun little piece of singletrack.
Yep, that's the one. You just keep following the Briones Crest fireroad northwest until it starts to get narrow. Eventually, the trail almost becomes obscured by the tall grass and then it's all good!
There are no stupid questions but there are A LOT of inquisitive idiots.
Yep, that's the one. You just keep following the Briones Crest fireroad northwest until it starts to get narrow. Eventually, the trail almost becomes obscured by the tall grass and then it's all good!
Cool, you didn't know that was there? I can't count how many times I have ridden that little gem.
Cool, you didn't know that was there? I can't count how many times I have ridden that little gem.
Well, I don't get over to that side of the park much. But, that will now change.
The other large section of legal single-track is diametrically opposed to the location of that one. I think both could be ridden in one ride but it would be a long ride.
There are no stupid questions but there are A LOT of inquisitive idiots.
Well, I don't get over to that side of the park much. But, that will now change.
The other large section of legal single-track is diametrically opposed to the location of that one. I think both could be ridden in one ride but it would be a long ride.
Well if I had known you hadn't ridden it I would have dragged you over there. The other piece of legal singletrack is Blue Oak shortcut isn't it? I rode that once last summer. I remember it being fun, but very short. Yeah you could put the two together in a ride, I'm thining that would be a lot of veritcal. Hmm that could be kinda fun.
Looks like we both posted at the same time on BM Group! You wouldn't be up for a SR ride that night; would ya?
Hmm...I like Smell Ridge, too. Let's see what the peanut gallery has to say.
HELLOOOOOO PEANUT GALLERY!!!
There is always the other attraction that is my wife offered that if we did a one-way route through Briones ending at Bo's in Lafayette, she'd shuttle us all back around (limit of 4 peeps/bikes) in trade for food. Plus, apparently she's a big fan of Arrogant Bastard...Go figure!
There are no stupid questions but there are A LOT of inquisitive idiots.
be there, or be rectangular. Today's tackalicious briones trail report goes something like this: old briones road: perfect. yerba buena: swamp first 30 feet, then perfect. Briones crest, not graded, therefore, hella bumpy. Not to be confused with hella bumpin, that's for the other side of the tunnel, what. Tabletop, perfect until the grading made everything loose. Back to briones crest, perfect, make the circle home. BTW I highly recommend quitting one's job! makes for a lovely ride in the hills! see you tomorrow!xo bb
I should be able to make it too ! Do we need to bring lights ?
I won't be bringing a light since I still need to make a trip to Ace to get some gorilla grip velcro for the new helmet. I don't think we will need them anyway if we keep a good pace and start at 6pm.
I should be able to make it too ! Do we need to bring lights ?
It all kind of depends on who shows up, how far we plan to ride and what trails. If you show up without lights, you may have to turn around at some point to make it back before dark. It may be that we all finish before dark.
It falls under: if you've got 'em, bring 'em, else don't.
There are no stupid questions but there are A LOT of inquisitive idiots.
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