Carnegie: occasional Friday, mellow rides?

[ridersblock]

Anyone up for once-in-a-while Fridays riding at Carnegie? Easy to moderate speeds and trail choices. Three or four hours. Early if hot, midday if cold. No mud rides, please.

Here's a link to park info:
http://ohv.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=1172

 

[Butch]

check with OldFatGuy...

 

[OldFatGuy]

Yup, I'm definitely up for that (can't go this Friday, though).

But you're missing out if you avoid mud. It's way more fun than that dry, dusty crap (not talking about axle-deep slop here, just regular mud).

 

[sc186]

Im in. Ive got some rapidly declining race gas that needs to be burnt up. What better way than by runnin' some trails.

Just curious but does anybody know of a coin-car wash in the livermore area? I just started renting a place in San Ramon w/o a garage and hose and keep the bike at a storage facility in LibMo and I would hate to have to drive all over hell and back just to ride a bit. I'd have beers for anybody that let me wash the bike up at their place following a ride as well.

 

[grumpyman]

correct me if i'm wrong but isn't there water for washing bikes at carnegie by the campground???
i work oddball hours so i might be down for friday

 

[Iszlandsnow]

In. No mud though, I dont want to ruin my bling.

 

[sc186]

correct me if i'm wrong but isn't there water for washing bikes at carnegie by the campground???
i work oddball hours so i might be down for friday

If so, thats great!

Again, Im up for Friday morning.

 

[OldFatGuy]

Are you guys going this Friday (11/13)? Maybe I'll just have to drag myself out there for a couple of hours.

 

[sc186]

Sure.

 

[OldFatGuy]

I'll have to see what I can do. I'm going to Cow Mountain Saturday morning, so I might be better off staying home Friday and getting my stuff ready to go.

 

[grumpyman]

how is cow compared to stony or middle creek??
i know we went through it on the sheetiron but i had lost the hard guys and was riding with a mellow group and didn't get to ride any singletrack.

 

[OldFatGuy]

how is cow compared to stony or middle creek??
i know we went through it on the sheetiron but i had lost the hard guys and was riding with a mellow group and didn't get to ride any singletrack.

I rode the easy split through Cow on the Sheetiron because I was riding with a dirt noob. But I rode the singletrack on the Lost Coast ride and it was pretty cool, though we obviously didn't get to see nearly all of it. That's all the experience I have there. I'll probably be able to tell you more next week.

And I won't be able to make it to Carnegie on Friday. I just have too much going on.

 

[grumpyman]

you did the sheetiron too ?... nice ... i was the guy kickstarting the crap out of a beat up xr600 everywhere ... with the new carb/jetting it starts better now ... tired of getting laughed at by m/f's with the magic button

 

[sc186]

you did the sheetiron too ?... nice ... i was the guy kickstarting the crap out of a beat up xr600 everywhere ... with the new carb/jetting it starts better now ... tired of getting laughed at by m/f's with the magic button

Or 2 strokes!

 

[Ironbutt]

you did the sheetiron too ?... nice ... i was the guy kickstarting the crap out of a beat up xr600 everywhere ... with the new carb/jetting it starts better now ... tired of getting laughed at by m/f's with the magic button

Did 200 miles of fire roads and trails in Upper Lake Middle creek last weekend.. velcro like traction... totally awesome!!

 

[Ironbutt]

how is cow compared to stony or middle creek??
i know we went through it on the sheetiron but i had lost the hard guys and was riding with a mellow group and didn't get to ride any singletrack.

Dude.. I did trail 37... and ended up with a huge hole/rip in the left shin of boot.. Something punched a hole right through!! I have a huge bruise on my lower shin upper ankle.. must have been the foot peg.. good thing I had shin guards1 on..

 

[grumpyman]

the kdx is quite a bit easier to start allthough no plate
it's gonna be a 225 in a week or so too ... mondo torque w/ rm forks and shock should be good in the hills

 

[grumpyman]

gimmie a call ironbutt yer phone ain't workin
trail 37 in middle creek is fun though .. even funnier 2 watch 2 ktm990 beasties towing each other by the creek trying to bump start

 

[gpconcepts]

I live in Tracy and would love to "work from home" on the occasional Friday. Please shoot me an email or give me a call.

Rich
gpconcepts@hotmail.com
925-353-0238

 

[Ironbutt]

gimmie a call ironbutt yer phone ain't workin
trail 37 in middle creek is fun though .. even funnier 2 watch 2 ktm990 beasties towing each other by the creek trying to bump start

Yeah.. I've turned it off.. worked 3...12 hour days since Monday.. I'll turn it on tonight.