Today Gunnar, Harlan, Elk and I went on a ride at the Pine Barrens in New Jersey. I have never ridden there but will definitely go back. On the road in there was a 1 room school house, church with a overgrown graveyard and square miles of Blueberry fields. Was kinda weird. It was really fun riding with Harlan and got to meet Elk who was also from Indy Fab. The trails were really flowy, flat and smooth, with a lot of cornering. I didn't see one rock the whole time but it was a nice change, perfect for winter training. Luckily all the snow melted with the perfect weather we had. Hovering around 45 degrees in the morning with not a cloud in the sky. First time in about 2 months I only had to wear one layer of clothing. Much better then last weekends 15 degree road camp.
Lance is my car companion for all the bike trips
The trails lacked rocks but really made it up with sharp corners, and logs hops everywhere. With basically no place to take your hands off your handlebars for more then 10 seconds we had to stop a few times to get fueled up. It was really easy to just zone out and miss a turn and go straight into a tree which I only did once or twice:) You really had to stay focused. Towards the end of the ride you really started to feel the burn and Elk took a pretty hard crash bending his handlebars luckily he was fine. We got back to the car to see Mr. Bergey back from his walk with Lance. Told him how nice the trails were, loaded up the bikes and said our good-byes. Harlan went out for another lap, in the end it was something like 19 miles and 2 hours and 20 minutes. Watching the Super Bowl now, don't know who I should cheer for.
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nice pictures!!
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