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DebSP
09-26-2013, 01:59 PM
Ok. So I have heard about these trails at a conservation area near us for a couple of years but I have never gone to try them out. So I am on holidays these week and the weather has been fantastic. So I decided to get adventurous and try out some new places. So I went mountain biking Monday at Albion Hills. It was pretty good but I really needed new new tires and so I fell once. So Tuesday I bought new tires and went out again on different trails but found the new tires were a big help. So today in my enthusiasm to try new things I went to Hilton Falls. And I did not check out the trail map close enough. I was riding along and I came to a sign for a bike trail and so I just blithely turned onto the trail. This is what I found:
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So, maybe I am getting old and maybe I am not the best mountain biker but I ended walking about 95% of the trail because it was like this or worse and I was scared! (I thought they named a trail "Rim Bender" because they were trying to be edgy!:o)

Becky
09-30-2013, 10:27 AM
That trail looks like fun :D

DebSP
09-30-2013, 01:22 PM
That trail looks like fun :D

It probably is if you are not a big chicken like me! :)

I took a mountain biking clinic a couple of years ago and my least favourite part were the rock gardens!