{"id":988,"date":"2012-06-22T13:50:06","date_gmt":"2012-06-22T21:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=988"},"modified":"2012-06-22T13:50:07","modified_gmt":"2012-06-22T21:50:07","slug":"longest-day-of-the-year-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=988","title":{"rendered":"Longest Day of the Year Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"

With Wednesday being the longest daylight day of the year it only seemed right to get out on a bike.\u00a0\u00a0 My Wednesdays are normally booked up but this particularly day was open so it was time to hit the trail.<\/p>\n

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While the temps were nowhere near what they are going to get, they were enough to cause this weather weenie, to suffer on the climb up out of Alpine to the “playgrounds”.\u00a0 Clearly I have been enjoying plenty of tasty beverages without earning them and the climb was making me pay!\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Long climb<\/span> story short, I sucked on the climb but\u00a0 I climbed non the less.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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While Steve was up to his usual airborne antics…<\/p>\n

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I was content just to keep the wheels on the ground and play in the chunk.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The chunk and rocks were where it was at with me today.\u00a0\u00a0 The dirt is definitely in “Summer Mode” which means there are combinations of exceptionally loose dirt combined mega-compacted hard pack that can make for some interesting turns here and there.\u00a0\u00a0 It is quite a contrast from the “Hero Dirt” seen out here in the winter time.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0There was\u00a0a bit of\u00a0relearning to do on some of the trail.\u00a0\u00a0 The rocks however\u00a0are for the most part a know value.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Of course for those that play here all the time it was Perfect Flight Weather.<\/p>\n

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The “Three Miles of Smiles” descent offered up both adrenaline giggles and a few Oh Crap moments due to some loose bits.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Coming hot out of one corner Steve thought this was a rattler at first but it was a Rosa Boa instead.\u00a0 These things are pretty cool snakes that are quite docile.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0After our feel of Boa fondling we were along our way to the trailhead and onward to Alpine Beer Company for some yummy grub and tasty beverages.\u00a0\u00a0 Not a bad use of Summer Solstice in my mind.<\/p>\n

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