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Flume Trail / Tahoe Rim Trail Ride
Written by Jesse!   
Saturday, 27 June 2009

I rode the Flume and the Tahoe Rim Trail today.  We set out from Spooner Lake up North Canyon to Marlette.  We rode the West side of the lake over to the Flume.  Took that up to the Twin Lakes road, up to the top of Marlette Peak.  We dropped back into Marlette from there and back to Spooner.  I'm really too tired to say more, let the pics do the talking.
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Goodbye, Old Friend
Written by Jesse!   
Thursday, 11 June 2009

Trek 3700
You did well, Old Yeller

The moment came last night to let go.  I somehow always knew this day would come.  I sold my Trek 3700 last night to a good buddy.  He called me up and had a bike in the back of his car that he was contemplating purchasing.  I was asked to take a look at the bike and give him my honest opinion.  The bike in question was a mid 90's full suspension GT XC bike that was in major disrepair.  The rear hub was loose, the brakes were shot and the tires were dry rotted.  Both front and rear derailleur needed adjustment.  The cables were all rusted up, the front forks (RST) had about a quarter inch movement and the rear suspension was loosey-goosey and squeaked.  He called up the seller and started negotiating and I advised him to start really low.  The seller was convinced that because he paid a lot initially that he was entitled to make a lot on the sale.  The bike was just plain old, neglected and needed at least a few hundred dollars worth of restoration (most of which I probably could have mustered up for next to nothing).  Negotiations were stalling pretty bad and I lost hope for this future bike-commuter in training, I looked up at my Trek hanging from the ceiling of my workshop.

Tire


I had put a lot of money and time into upgrading her over the last year but I couldn't fight the feeling that my Trek would be perfect for him.  I had recently completely rebuilt the brakes, replaced the rims with Sun RhinoLites and it had a new set of IRC Trailbears on it. I replaced the front RST fork with a RockShox Dart 2 and it had a very nice Shimano XTR rear derailleur on it.  I told him I would possibly be willing to part with the bike dirt cheap and his eyes lit up.  He took it for a spin around the block and came back with a BIG cheesy grin on his mug.  This bike belonged to him already, you could tell.  I was planning on using this bike as my winter ride but after seeing him get stoked on it I had to offer it to him.  I pulled the Crank Brothers Smartys off and put some stock plastic pedals on.  He loaded his new bike and homeboy's old clunker into the hatchback of his car and drove away a happy man.
 
My buddy called me about 9pm last night to tell me that he taken his dog for a walk on the multi-use trail while riding and that his dog was the most tired he has ever seen him.  A great deal for him and hopefully we have another bike commuter in town...
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Full Moon Ride
Written by Jesse!   
Saturday, 09 May 2009
Full Moon
 There was a really good turnout for the full moon night ride on Friday night.  We set out from the trailhead below WNC and headed up 7 Steps.  The moon wasn't visible yet at the top so we kept going up to the jeep road.   We headed up to the top of the 4 Day trail and had a quick descent down to the jeep road again.

The lights all came on at the creek trailhead and we all took turns dropping in.  Everything went relatively smooth on the way down.  Aside from a few bumps and scrapes everyone made it out to catch the first glimpes of the full moon.
Lights
Riders
There were riders of all skill level but the group seemed to stay together really well.  After the creek we all headed up the connector trail and over to the top of the hill above the Wellington neighborhood.  We all dropped down to the V&T trail and then back to the parking area for some various refreshments.  There were only a few tumbles overall and nobody was seriously injured.

 Lights on the creek
Lights down the creek trail

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