Moab was awesome. Got in four days of riding. Managed to crack my frame in a crash on day 2, but the bike proceeded to power through two more days of double black trails. These new Treks are impressive!
Day 1 was the Bar M trail system. Fun, but nothing crazy. Pretty perfect as we all just had spent 10 hours in the car and weren't up for anything too nutty. Here's a buddy climbing one of the short but steep bits.
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Day 2 we did as much of the Whole Enchilada ride as we could given the snow up top. Me out on one of the overlook points
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This happened later on in the day
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Day 3 we did Hymasa and Captain Ahab. The Hymasa climb was fantastic in how well it was designed. Sorta required all the skills in order to clean everything
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Ahab back down was a rocky riot
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Day 4 was my favorite with the Mag 7 ride. Blue dot trail up to Gold Bar rim was a total lungbuster. But, the payoff was Gold Bar Rim, which was the best trail I've ever ridden. Droppy, steep, mixed with super fun technical bits that required a number of trials moves. Absolutely perfect.
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We finished with the famed Portal Trail, which has some pretty serious exposure. You can kinda see me as the black dot in the upper right third on the trail. I did walk the two 5- 10-foot sections that can easily kick you off the side if you clip a bar. They weren't hard, but I agreed that they weren't worth the risk.
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My buddies walked most of it, but here I got a picture of them on their bikes before they hopped off again. I don't blame them.
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