The Monday Night Ride

The weather is just about perfect for riding. But it is a shame that it is getting dark so fast. For Greg, it provided a thrill ride through the "whoop dee doos" as he forgot the battery to his helmet mounted light. He soon realized that having only his handlebar mounted light would mean that he had to look only where his light looked. And that included the sky or the ground depending on which end of his bike was facing up or down. I told him to just close his eyes since he knew that he just had to go straight. I don't think he fell for it.

The last two MNRs have provided some awesome skies as a background

Last night's MNR was filled with three new bikes, some deer, cold brews from Greg, and a broken chain leading ultimately to an endo over a log crossing. I had my Mukluk 2 out for the ride, in addition to Paul's new Karate Monkey and Dales XTC 29er. Yeah, Dale riding a geared front suspension carbon bike? What is up with that!

Two deer in their usual spot

The Mukluk 2 is a fun rig to ride. I'm learning that there is a lot more leaning into the turns in order to get those big tires to go where I want them to, especially on the downhill turns and switchbacks. It will just take some time to adjust. As for the get up and go and keeping up? Not a problem. I let some more air out of the tires last night. Need to find that perfect psi. Traction so far is awesome, the Larrys and Endomorphs seem to grab every inch of earth that they come in contact with.

So I brought up the contrasts and saturation a little bit in these photos. Overkill...maybe. 

Two riders sharing a moment in the romantic lighting. Haha!!! I'm not naming names...but we know who you are!

Mike F had a bit of an accident on the trail. Coming back from the new north side, he decided to run the creek side backwards. Right as he was ready to get over a log crossing, his chain broke. Front tire hit the log and he went over the bars and hit a tree. Doesn't help that it was dark out either. Ouch!

Halloween much? This was a scene at a house coming out of Tranquility. This picture was taken in the dark of night, so you can imagine how bright the lights really are!

Just one of those funny things you see while on your bike

Thanks to the MNR gang for making it a fun ride. Thanks to Greg for the drinks and to Paul for letting us hang out. So next Monday happens to fall on Halloween. Costumes anyone???