{"id":1354,"date":"2016-08-29T07:24:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-29T15:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=1354"},"modified":"2018-09-11T12:16:46","modified_gmt":"2018-09-11T20:16:46","slug":"lower-rock-creek-trail-fire-damage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=1354","title":{"rendered":"Lower Rock Creek Trail &#8211; Fire Damage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C5znaovgK6o\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Last week on my way up to Mammoth Mountain for some chairlift-assisted mountain biking I met up with Dave and Michael for a run down the\u00a0Lower Rock Creek trail on my way into town.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We met up at the lower trailhead and then made our way to the top for some\u00a0great riding back down the trail.\u00a0\u00a0 I had so much fun that I did not take any pictures.\u00a0\u00a0 You will have to take a look at <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20161201194509\/http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=2142\">last year\u2019s post<\/a> for some pictures. Michael did snap a few\u00a0pictures and one of those is below.\u00a0I was however running a video camera.\u00a0\u00a0 A fire came through this area back on August 5th that burned 122 acres.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Now wildfires are pretty common but the cause of this one was interesting.\u00a0 The USFS has determined that fire was caused by a mountain bike pedal strike against a rock.\u00a0 I\u2019m not one to argue on this one, plenty of pedals have steel bits that can create a spark if struck against the right stuff in the right way.\u00a0 \u00a0 Whatever your thoughts here is a clip of\u00a0us rolling through the burn area.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/14054181_10207124003127976_7377244631388858330_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2376\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/14054181_10207124003127976_7377244631388858330_n.jpg?resize=840%2C630\" alt=\"14054181_10207124003127976_7377244631388858330_n\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Update:<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few links to articles and forum post on this fire.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/bayarea\/article\/Cyclists-peeved-after-bike-pedal-blamed-in-Sierra-9191510.php\">Cyclist incensed after being blamed for a forest fire<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/forums.mtbr.com\/california-norcal\/wildfire-blamed-pedal-strike-1021022.html\">MTBR\u2019s NORCAL forum thread<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 (Be prepared some comedy in the responses here)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sfist.com\/2016\/08\/30\/rock_creek_fire_mountain_bike_pedal.php\">SFist Article<\/a> (Read the comments)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- Begin Yuzo --><div class='yuzo_related_post style-1'  data-version='5.12.81'><!-- without result --><div class='yuzo_clearfixed yuzo__title yuzo__title'><h3>More Stuff Like This<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t  <div class=\"relatedthumb \" style=\"width:165px;float:left;overflow:hidden;\">  \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <a  href=\"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=1137\"  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <div class=\"yuzo-img-wrap \" style=\"width: 165px;height:130px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"yuzo-img\" style=\"background:url('http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/3f60a0d5185f801f0baa980cad731d9a.jpg') 50% 50% no-repeat;width: 165px;height:130px;margin-bottom: 5px;background-size: cover; 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