{"id":815,"date":"2011-02-25T16:02:21","date_gmt":"2011-02-26T00:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=815"},"modified":"2011-02-25T16:02:21","modified_gmt":"2011-02-26T00:02:21","slug":"wednesday-stoke-in-alpine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=815","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday Stoke in Alpine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Time for another round of Wednesday fun in Alpine.\u00a0 The\u00a0weather was starting to roll in but most of the time sky was full of white puffy clouds with a pretty blue backdrop.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/6453c94b3a7415933bfce8e91f50ab50.jpg?resize=840%2C560\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" imagescaler=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/6453c94b3a7415933bfce8e91f50ab50.jpg?resize=840%2C560\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I had not been here since the big batch of rain we had a while back and it was pretty astonished to see all the little changes\u00a0momma-nature had done to the\u00a0place.\u00a0\u00a0Of course the the trail elves has been out making &#8220;shoes&#8221; so to say.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/7bacfbebdaddb9054a1a40d187b3e86a.jpg?resize=607%2C911\" alt=\"\" width=\"607\" height=\"911\" imagescaler=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/7bacfbebdaddb9054a1a40d187b3e86a.jpg?resize=607%2C911\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Historically I have had a bad habit of riding this place in the middle of the summer and stewing my brain in the process.\u00a0\u00a0 I\u00a0 have ridden this place quite a bit over these cooler months and it was quite nice to do the climb in reasonable conditions.\u00a0 Maybe I am not as retarded as I thought (ask me again in August!)\u00a0 Once at the top it was time to play in some chunk.\u00a0\u00a0 Steve up near the top.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/d6a8fcfd8c8e9b37723393eff101b427.jpg?resize=683%2C910\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"910\" imagescaler=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/d6a8fcfd8c8e9b37723393eff101b427.jpg?resize=683%2C910\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Me getting started.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/dc21dd4356e0ac7a4cb498a8eb85542a.jpg?resize=840%2C630\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" imagescaler=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/dc21dd4356e0ac7a4cb498a8eb85542a.jpg?resize=840%2C630\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This bump-a-bump line gave me some troubles today.\u00a0 It took me three tries and a little skin exfoliation to get it done today.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/3111e72eb1599b0e576ff608e3e3353f.jpg?resize=683%2C911\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"911\" imagescaler=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/3111e72eb1599b0e576ff608e3e3353f.jpg?resize=683%2C911\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More playing on the rocks.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/e962a5ef3878d096a19ed51433f6f4b6.jpg?resize=683%2C911\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"911\" imagescaler=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/e962a5ef3878d096a19ed51433f6f4b6.jpg?resize=683%2C911\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Big Black Fatty coming in for a landing.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/2cf252a069f0a8eec3b9c2805d65d66f.jpg?resize=840%2C630\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" imagescaler=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/2cf252a069f0a8eec3b9c2805d65d66f.jpg?resize=840%2C630\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The trails elves had tweaked this kicker since my last time here and the thing really pops up now.\u00a0 I carrried nearly all the way over the rock tranny to a rather harsh landing.\u00a0 Yeah for forgiving suspension.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/bfb7eb277f27531654abe76a11e9ff2a.jpg?resize=840%2C630\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" imagescaler=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/bfb7eb277f27531654abe76a11e9ff2a.jpg?resize=840%2C630\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0descent down the main\u00a0trail was\u00a0pretty awesome as the dirt has just right moisture in it be both velcro-ish and stupidly fast.\u00a0\u00a0 The dirt was way too good to stop and take pics.\u00a0\u00a0 Another great day on a bike.<\/p>\n<!-- Begin Yuzo --><div class='yuzo_related_post style-1'  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