New trail...

I spent a little time today working on my new trail. Progress was extremely slow due to me not bringing an appropriate trail building tool...I am going to have to buy a McCleod (fire rake) or a Pulaski for this trail. It's not like I won't ever use it again. I didn't remember the sheer amount of grass that was growing! There was a lot of it and the garden rake I brought clogged up a bazillion times. I did some more bench cutting, but am going to try to keep it to a minimum as the areas that need it have a pretty good game trail already there...it just needs to be ridden a lot to see what will need bench cuts. I also am trying to put some rolling grade dips into it as I don't want a continuous fall line to make problems with erosion. The second portion of the trail is going to take some planning as there are quite a few thorny trees to go around. The last thing I want to do is create propensity for flats!

When I do get my bike this week I will not immediately convert it to a single speed as that type of riding, for me, tends to be non productive for riding slow and staying on a direct path of trail...that said, I am going to ride it in a lower gear so that I can really give it a workout, over and over and over this coming weekend. It will also help out trying to ride through sections that are still really loamy with moss. Note to self: put on a really aggresive rear tire!

For those that want to know where this is, send an email or just reply and leave yours. I will be happy to tell everyone so that more than one person can help me out with the remaining trail design for the upcoming sections...particularly the gnarly second section that is next. I got a really good workout working on the steep grade, and so did my ankles, they're killing me.
All for now...

Latah~