{"id":2136,"date":"2019-10-16T20:09:20","date_gmt":"2019-10-17T04:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=2136"},"modified":"2019-10-22T11:29:09","modified_gmt":"2019-10-22T19:29:09","slug":"san-juan-trail-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=2136","title":{"rendered":"San Juan Trail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Okay it has been quite a few moons since I last rode the <a href=\"http:\/\/mountainbikebill.com\/san_juan.htm\">San Juan Trail<\/a>. This past Monday I made a return trip. The trail is the trail over course but I was a little taken back by the condition of those bottom 10 switchbacks that you open up with.<\/p>\n<p>Those switchbacks have always had thier troubles with errosion and they were pprobably the more maintenance intensive bits. That being said these switchbacks have damn near been replaced with lollipop turns. Here is <a href=\"http:\/\/mountainbikebill.com\/images\/Trails\/SanJuanTrail\/SanJuanTrail-30OCT01-01-Switchbacks.jpg\">an older picture of that section<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Take a look at the switchbacks now.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2132 alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191014_085028-01.jpeg?resize=840%2C408&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"840\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191014_085028-01.jpeg?w=4032 4032w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191014_085028-01.jpeg?resize=300%2C146 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191014_085028-01.jpeg?resize=768%2C373 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191014_085028-01.jpeg?resize=1024%2C498 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191014_085028-01.jpeg?resize=1200%2C583 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191014_085028-01.jpeg?w=1680 1680w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191014_085028-01.jpeg?w=2520 2520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>They are all rounded out. WTF? People were making those turns on downright arcane MTB rigs. With all of the modern bike tech that is out there right now why is this happening?<\/p>\n<p>I have my theories. Most of them involve some type of rider\/tech with &#8220;tard&#8221; or &#8220;hole&#8221; added to the end of it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2133 alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191014_094707-01.jpeg?resize=840%2C408&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"840\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191014_094707-01.jpeg?w=4032 4032w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191014_094707-01.jpeg?resize=300%2C146 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191014_094707-01.jpeg?resize=768%2C373 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191014_094707-01.jpeg?resize=1024%2C498 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191014_094707-01.jpeg?resize=1200%2C583 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191014_094707-01.jpeg?w=1680 1680w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191014_094707-01.jpeg?w=2520 2520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After mentally grumbling about how much easier and less rewarding these switchbacks now are to clean I realized another fact. This trail still goes freaking uphill. Its good stuff. This was my first &#8220;epic&#8221; trail and still a classic in my book.<\/p>\n<p>I did not do the lollipop on this day. I was plenty fine with heading back down after chillaxing at Cocktail Rock for a bit.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2135 alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191014_1047399054304159291449611.jpg?resize=840%2C425&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"840\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191014_1047399054304159291449611.jpg?w=7616 7616w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191014_1047399054304159291449611.jpg?resize=300%2C152 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191014_1047399054304159291449611.jpg?resize=768%2C389 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191014_1047399054304159291449611.jpg?resize=1024%2C518 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191014_1047399054304159291449611.jpg?resize=1200%2C608 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191014_1047399054304159291449611.jpg?w=1680 1680w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191014_1047399054304159291449611.jpg?w=2520 2520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The descent rocked<\/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=1525\"  >\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\/uploads\/2018\/09\/162A13071.jpg') 50% 50% no-repeat;width: 165px;height:130px;margin-bottom: 5px;background-size: cover; 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