{"id":28,"date":"2008-01-30T10:52:02","date_gmt":"2008-01-30T18:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=28"},"modified":"2011-01-09T18:10:00","modified_gmt":"2011-01-10T02:10:00","slug":"alpine-roll-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=28","title":{"rendered":"Alpine Roll Action"},"content":{"rendered":"

Boy the last week has been quite hectic\u00a0between work, a new season of my boy’s hockey getting ramped up and of course getting some riding in.\u00a0 For those who are regular viewers you will notice I am backdating this post to the day of the ride.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0I recently got my “play bike” back from having the\u00a0chain stay\u00a0portion of the rear triangle replaced after\u00a0cracking it.\u00a0\u00a0 (It must have been a manufacturing thing since I don’t think I have been anywhere near pushing\u00a0the designed limits of that bike)\u00a0\u00a0 This was also my first time back on some aggressive technical terrain since my\u00a0kid-induced injury\u00a0on the\u00a0hockey rink<\/a> a month earlier so my plan was to take it a little easy and mostly keep the wheels on the ground.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Big<\/p>\n

The\u00a0day was absolutely great with green grass, blue sky and puffy\u00a0clouds.\u00a0\u00a0 The recent rains\u00a0made for excellent traction that was punishing on the climb.\u00a0 On the climb up we noticed\u00a0a new slide had occurred above the trail that had rained about\u00a0four large rocks down on the trail.\u00a0 All but one of them bounced on the trail and\u00a0kept going down the hillside.\u00a0 The\u00a0one that came to rest on the trail was the largest and it is going to have to become a trail feature\u00a0as\u00a0it will take some SERIOUS effort to move.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"911<\/p>\n

On the return trip down I got a chance to check out the latest edition to the place.\u00a0\u00a0 Dubbed the “911 Roll”\u00a0 This thing is significant and requires some serious mental fortitude to pull off.\u00a0\u00a0 The crux move of this roll is the turn onto the roll that is five feet of near vertical (Pictures do no justice here).\u00a0\u00a0 You can not hit the\u00a0roll\u00a0straight on as you are still turning after coming\u00a0up onto the rock.\u00a0 You have to commit to continue turning\u00a0for about the first two vertical feet of the roll.\u00a0 Screw up and most likely are you going to be pitched off\u00a0the downhill side of the rock where you you will get the most\u00a0vertical\u00a0fallage. (Your left if you are trying to do the roll)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Turn\u00a0<\/p>\n

Basically screw this up and 911 may just be what you will be calling.\u00a0\u00a0 The rest of the descent was freaking awesome as the moisture in the dirt that consprised to thrash my legs and lungs\u00a0on the climb rewarded our efforts with\u00a0Velcro like traction on the descent.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It was nothing short of Rip-O-Rama Goodness!<\/p>\n

\u00a0-Bill<\/p>\n

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