Another scenic ride in the Sierra foothills/mountains (pics & video)

[missjean]

Lovely photos!
What was your max speed on that downhill at the beginning of the YouTube video?

[luv2climb]

Thanks. According to the player section of my Garmin page, my max speed on that first descent was 33.3 mph. It's too twisty and not steep enough to get any real speed going, but it's fun nonetheless. It's a good place to practice your descending skills, but I'm still careful because some of those turns are pretty tight.

[luv2climb]

Here's a short clip from Sunday's ride that I didn't include in the longer ride video I posted earlier in this thread. I like this one because the GoPro chest mount really shows the effort and suffering involved at this point in the ride. This was the last few miles of that ride, and I was good and tired so the suffering was increased accordingly. (caution heavy breathing!)

This is the climb out of the canyon towards the town of Auburn on Hwy 49. The battery on my GoPro died mid-climb, but not before it captured the best suffering on the whole climb.

I edited out all the loud motor vehicle traffic. I often do that for the versions of my videos that are too long for YouTube or Vimeo. When I watch them I like to hear less motors and more suffering/shifting/braking/birds, etc.

http://vimeo.com/36041423

[Savra]

Oh I love your post!! I used to live in Grass Valley and now live in NY. There is nothing like the geography of the west. I took it all for granted while I lived there but would jump at the chance to go back. Enjoy. Keep the pictures coming.

[luv2climb]

Thank you. I'm going to (hopefully) buy a new mountain bike today, so this weekend's ride will be a dirty one, with pictures and video as always!

[Savra]

When I lived there I only had a mountain bike. With all the hills and dirt tracks I didn't understand the lure of road biking. You can't bike around there without a 2000' elevation climb. Here in NY a road bike made more sense. Now I love both.

[luv2climb]

Here she is! All set up for some good climbing and singletrack fun! 2012 Trek Wahoo Disc 29 (Gary Fisher Collection). It feels heavier than the Rockhopper Expert I had back in 1992, so hopefully it climbs as well as that bike did.

The LBS wanted to install all the accessories but I told them I would do it myself because that's part of the fun!