Dry Day Dream'n

My optimism didn't pay off. I was day dream'n all day today of a warm dry Thursday Nighter. I went to White Park yesterday and it was quite dry. It was still cold though. So with the warmer temperatures today I was hoping it would be warm and dry tonight. Not! It was a lot warmer which was awesome but the Bakers trails were a mucky mess. And to top it off I thought it would be a good night to break out the SuperFly for the first time this year. Here we are before the ride, both smile'n and ready to hit the trail.

Got down to the gate to find Coach hanging out. Then a special guest appearance was made by Dr. Brian T. fresh from his trip to India, that's right India. And he showed up on his 2009 Trek 69er 3x9, which he won from Dirt Rag. Cool!

The rest of the crew rolled up. Steve and Jeremy, Nate and Jake. After a quick photo session it was up the trail. Started out on the road and then headed out to 7 logs. It quickly became obvious that it was not dry at all. The trails were muddy and slippery. It was hard to find front or rear end traction.

After a loop around 7 logs and up Numb Skull Nate had a small but detrimental mechanical, broken seat collar. So Nate and I headed up to my house to find a replacement while the rest of the group did some labs around the top. None of my spares fit his SuperFly frame so, we had to improvise. Check it out

Yeah, that's a front derailleur/seat clamp. It did the job.

At this point Brian and his mustache decided they had enough and the rest of the merry, muddy crew headed over to the UHS side for a lil grouse and legs a fire. There were a few spills of varying degrees of spectacularity. Grouse was in good shape and was by far the best trail of the night. Then it was back to the other side at which time we decided to call it a night. Here is the aftermath. Poor baby, I'll be give'n her some love'n now.

Despite the tough going it was a good ride with some cool cats. Maybe attendance will increase with warm weather and increasing daylight. Remember..........turn your clocks forward this weekend. Lose an hour of sleep but gain an hour of light. I'll take it.

later,

Josh