Taming the Sourlands aka Conquering your Nemesis
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jklett
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I was alluding to my tires, not myself😀.
It's funny how vid makes it look small.
@shrpshtr325 at the wheel, I guess @UtahJoe gave him homework.
He passed.
@shrpshtr325 at the wheel, I guess @UtahJoe gave him homework.
He passed.
phillychris498
Well-Known Member
Okay, where is this feature???
chunky monkey - after the two whale backs.
Too bad you didn't get video of Bill doing the two whale backs.
Had to watch it twice to figure out where it was myself but now i see. There is a 2nd fun option line right there too on opposite side of the trail on a few boulders. This is basically the midpoint of Chunky where it goes from fun tough to miserable tough (in the direction they're riding - clockwise). And that's about 20ft past where @JimN exploded his hub on last summer's group ride.
phillychris498
Well-Known Member
Nice. I don’t know chunky monkey well enough. I actually am thinking of going down there now and riding.
I pointed out that spot. We may need to name that feature after Jim's hub.
report back!
@shrpshtr325 taking on The Nemesis !
PS. I made it over the troll bridge root again, just to dab on the next rock cause i got all excited.
PS. I made it over the troll bridge root again, just to dab on the next rock cause i got all excited.
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@rick81721 3rd person view for ya
phillychris498
Well-Known Member
My Sourlands report from yesterday:
The dirt was so tacky everywhere around the park. Probably the best Sourlands conditions I’ve encountered.
I decided to get to the tech as quickly as possible since I started my ride a little after 5, so I climbed the pipeline. I hadn’t climbed that in years, and didn’t remember how steep and loose those two pitches are on it! But I was happy to see that some of the really problematic mud spots have been filled in with rocks since I last rode it.
I went left on tres amigos and felt good through the tech there, but started to get really confused by the new blazing. Who decided to blaze the former red trail in blue, and the former blue trail in red?...
anyway, I then rode chunky monkey counterclockwise and had a hard time piecing the lines together going that way. Per usual, the middle portion of the trail was swampy. I was able to ride a bunch of features in the opposite intended direction (rode up that feature that @shrpshtr325 rode down in that video, and then rode one whale back with a steep and skinny entrance right after).
wanting to try it out again after the first zone schooled me the first time, I rode chunky monkey the opposite direction. I ended up being clean all the way to the big Boulder right near the tres amigos intersection on a pretty stupid spot. I still took the KOM which is one I’m proud of.
I ended the ride by kinda just looping around tres amigos and the crossover trail, then heading back out on the troll bridge (I cleaned it for the 2nd time in my Sourlands history), and then descending the #4 marker descent back to the car. I forgot how rowdy that descent is.
apologies in advance for the sour rambling, but I love that place - hadn’t been in too long, I need to come back again soon.
oh- and I congratulated my chunky monkey KOM with some bottles from the local distillery:
Yes, the new blazes will take some getting used to (it was the park, and they didn't ask for my input). Nice job on Chunky! Brave riding it in both directions in the same ride. I think @rick81721 held that KOM for a while from a trail run he did lol. The swampy areas on it seem to be getting worse and/or moving to different sections. They will be addressed in time (with more chunk!) Try to make the Cinco de Mayo ride Patrick just posted for more fun!
rick81721
Lothar
Ha more accurately I had the KOM early on via "run-a-bike" - probably 40% riding, 60% running the bike. I might be at 50/50 now 😆
Rockbottom
Active Member
Conditions there today were perfect and the slightly colder weather in the am kept a lot of hikers away. Did not come across a single other biker out there today. This place needs more love
it now had the 'more love' parking lot!!!
I think we need to propose a new trail to accommodate all the new hikers/riders.