tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9785036.post113304108944463963..comments2024-01-30T07:43:29.930-05:00Comments on bikesandbeer: Pain and Pleasure...Buddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17123757406852611526noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9785036.post-1133536899180877442005-12-02T10:21:00.000-05:002005-12-02T10:21:00.000-05:00HI Buddy, Glad to hear you liked Ol' Wiss. Agre...HI Buddy,<BR/> Glad to hear you liked Ol' Wiss.<BR/> Agreed the trails there are pretty sweet, albeit now you can only ride designated areas. I grew up riding in that park that's where we all learned, people with the likes of Mike Yozell, Scott Hicks, and noable others. Riders come from the west coast to check out Wissahickon and are stunned that us east coasters actually ride trails as mangled as some are in the wiss. <BR/> I have been ridin there since the early 80's, learning on a 40-50 pound bike, no suspension at all just big tires and lots of adrenaline. I took my first ride on a single speed there, it was obviously difficult. <BR/> Erosion there is bad because of the soil content, there is lots of Mica which doesn;t stick to itself very well so, the trails change everytime it rains. We used to maintain the trails but now some company does it and alot of the time trails are closed because of the treturous nature.. ( huh?) <BR/> Climbing.. yep there is lots of it, not many flowy places. You can spot some one who has been riding in wiss for too long of a a time with no break from it, they have this sort of choppy style that has no flow. They think everyclimb is a death grind and all of the downhills may be the last time they look down a hill, they are bug-eyed tend to scream alot and their bikes and bodies are a fucking wreck, dents, scratches, broken things that are rigged, it's our mortal hell. But a fun place to ride anyway.<BR/>Me? I stay away from it this time of year, all of the leaves that are down on the trail make for a bad game of peek-a-boo with the rocks, that mostly ends with us losing. And that frigging dirt gets super slippery when it's wet. <BR/> there's nothing like being overconfident in wiss, picking a nice line then suddenly sliding down into the middle of the trail where all of the uglies are, not being able to get out of it and slamming you and your bike onto an orgy of Agate the size of small ranging from small children, small animals, soft balls, and dinner plates. It's always that way.<BR/> did you ride yor single?Frank Brigandihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04751831130432649051noreply@blogger.com