Thursday, July 3, 2008

Sunday June 29th - Cumberland, BC

Sunday we woke up after getting a few hours sleep in the car and decided to try and energize by going to check out some trails in Cumberland. We found a decent little trail map in a free tourist guide that the hostel behind the Riding Fool bike shop and more than got us riding.

We were pretty tired and it was really hot (it turned out that the temperatures were unseasonable warm and were setting records all around the island). We just did a few runs on a link of trails where you rode up a section of fire road for about 15minutes and then dropped into a great section of riding with all sorts of technical sections. There were roots, logs and man-made obstacles. Amber and I had a great time on it and were really looking forward to the other riding around the area.


Riding over logs would be a challenge for us as in Colorado you rarely find logs left on the trails. We have rocks and roots in Colorado, but for some reason the logs are removed very quickly.


A fun little A-Frame over some fallen timber.


Learning new body english.


The end of a really great section of riding that had a bit of construction and some fun steep loam with roots.


Amber trying a section that was higher off the ground. It is funny to me how easily we freaked out as soon as the wood got more than about a foot of the ground.


Also, just as we have to learn to ride constructed better, I need to work on my dark forest photo skills - chopping Amber's head off as she rolls a steep exit.

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