Today's Ride

[Harvey]

They have deep inner meaning UU jes sayin' ? kingdoms have been lost over em

Sigworthy.

 

[Warp daddy]

Ya know its simply AMAZIN' that normally intelligent dudes who are both well versed and reasonably erudite are turned into drooling fools over a well proportioned or Huge for that matter set of overly active sweat glands .........????UU. Damn we ARE doomed i tell ya ?

 

[Harvey]

This showed up today. Seems like overkill for a trail that washes out, but hey.

 

[chrsdipietro94@]

Made it over to Leavenworth yesterday. The ride is called the Freund Loop. You can connect to the Leavenworth Ski Hill trail system from here. The two areas put together make for a fun day of riding. The ascent is pretty straight forward... it took us about an hour. There are 3 main descents from the top ranging from insane to fairly subdued.

Here's what it looked like.

Trails are in really good shape for this time of year. It's a bit sandy/dusty in the exposed areas, but the shady spots are firm and fast

This descent on this bike can be a bit White Knuckle

 

[Harvey]

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What direction did you ride that loop?

Also what is the front fork config? Some kind of suspension?

 

[jasonwx]

looks like a fork made by Trust

 

[chrsdipietro94@]

What direction did you ride that loop?

It works best counter-clockwise. Clockwise presents some challenges that don't equate to fun.

Also what is the front fork config? Some kind of suspension?

Yup. 1 inch travel. Maintenance and adjustment free. It was the first gravel-oriented suspension. The company is called Lauf. It smooths out the descents (especially on road). The handling on single-track is predictable, but there isn't much benefit in terms of shock absorption.

 

[jasonwx]

Cool fork though 25mm isn't much travel..

 

[Harvey]

Cool fork though 25mm isn't much travel..

Yeah hence the "gravel oriented suspension" comment. It's purpose built.

 

[raisingarizona]

Cool fork though 25mm isn't much travel..

It takes the edge off for us old guys that have Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and other various ailments.