Another week, a few more good rides. Post Thanksgiving Day ride at Montgomery Bell brought some good people out with Elliot, Dan D., P-track Jim, Rick H, Stick, Pillsbury, a few others. Great day on the leaf covered trails with temps perfect for a fall ride. Two laps and lots of fun thrown in and thrown down. I was great to have so many people come out and join us and of course the pace was pushed and sliding through turns on a few inches of leaves made for an exciting time. It's amazing how much this trail has improved with the addition of some new trail and smoother more flowing lines. I didn't like coming to this trail at all a few years ago and now it has grown into one of the best in the area. It has a little bit of everything and the race loop as it was run this past year keeps you working with out ever pushing you over the edge. It is fast and flows like no other loop I have ridden out there and if you just find a way to incorporate the table top jump in the loop with out backtracking at all it would rock even more. By the way that's Danny D going huge on the tabletop bridge. And next you see pump track Jim say thanks as I learned he built most of the bridges in the back and hauled in the wood to do so. Work like that is tough but most of us don't think about how they got there we just ride and ofter critique them with out thinking someone had to bring this back here and work on it instead of riding for a day. Speaking on the subject I know I have been guilt by not really doing any "paydirt" for the last two years I have been too busy to give any time to the local trails and I do feel guilty but one of my new plans is to start giving back more to the trails that give so much to me. If we all gave a little imagine how many more trails and how bad ass the trails we already have would be. Thanks to all that give their time and energy towards building cool stuff to ride. You know who you are...
Speaking of trail improvements, a number of the crew rode Hamelton Creek yesterday and got to check out some of the new trails and drops that have been added. I like everything that has been done so far and now that I have a bike with some suspension I am loving it even more. Although the chain skipping around on technical terrain I could live without. For the most part the ride was great. I pulled the new series of drops on the backside on the third time on the new bike though the drops are nothing big it is still fun and a little challenging due to a different kind of ride. With the leaves down you can see all the rock drop opportunities at that place. If the city would allow it H.C. could have some serious gaps, drops, and bridges. The new trails give you a taste of how gnarly it "could" get. I hear a downhill section is in the works so maybe they will go big on that section and give people who have bought a full sus bike a reason to ride it in middle TN. All comments aside the trail is great for riders of all skill levels and once again thanks for the people that are out there building these great new trails.
Things seem to be getting better as I am leaving town and I am happy everyone will get to take advantage of all the work happening with HT., M.B. and the pedestrian bridge at Shelby Bottoms. I have watched the bridge happen for the last year or so and always dreamed of the day I would ride my mtn. bike to Hamelton Creek or ride a bike to the skatepark skate the bowls, and finish the day with a round of disc golf at Two Rivers. I guess someone else is going to have to live the dream for me. The dream can be yours if you are a skateboarding, bike freak, disc golfer and are looking for a house in East Nashville just a mile from the Shelby Bottoms Greenway. I will make you a killer deal on my place if you can keep the dream alive.
The house is going up for sale tomorrow and I skipped a ride today to get things wrapped up. Sacrificed one ride for a move towards a simpler life that will allow lots more riding and less time working to pay for a big house. However, I am about to walk in my clients shoes which at the moment are like a pair of ugly, rock hard Penny loafers, that are two sizes to small. Basically to say that it sucks to be selling right now, but some people have to move and I hope they move to my house. If you have been to my pad, you know it rocks. Tell a friend and help me move to the mountains I will give you a free place to stay and free beer every time you visit me. 1920 renovated Victorian, a mile from downtown, three blocks from 5 Points and everything cool on the East Side. Call me if you or a friend needs a cool place to park that car and ride a bike everywhere in Nashville. When peak oil hits and gas is 10 bucks this location & house is going to rock and everyone who thinks it is cool to live in Franklin and drive into work downtown better have saved some coin to keep that SUV running. I better step of the soap box and get some work done before this gets ugly.
Stop the war for oil. Ride a bike.
Peace,
Jut
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