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Distance:
4.93 miles
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Route:
Rock Cut
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Time: 00:41:20
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Avg Speed:
7.16 mph
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Max Speed:
0.00 mph
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Avg HR: 115 bpm
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Max HR: 136 bpm
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Calories Burned: 0
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Weight:
181
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Altitude Gain:
0 ft
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Terrain: Off: XC
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Bike: Cannondale Rush Trail/AM
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| Club: Secular Cycleism |
| Weather Conditions: Sunny. 60's. |
Ride Description: W/Sue... Maybe they should change the name of the park to Mud Cut. We hit a couple huge mud pits after a couple miles, and they were sections of trail that were re-routes around wet areas.
We turned around and went looking for a dry place to ride. Not much.
Time to go road biking.
HR Monitor includes 6 minutes and 26 seconds of rest taking pictures, and looking at mud pits. |
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Distance:
24.04 miles
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Route:
Four School Road Loop
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Time: 02:09:41
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Avg Speed:
11.12 mph
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Max Speed:
0.00 mph
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Avg HR: 106 bpm
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Max HR: 134 bpm
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Calories Burned: 0
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Weight:
181
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Altitude Gain:
0 ft
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Terrain: Road: Hills
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Bike: Cannondale Six13 / Cruiser Road
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| Club: Secular Cycleism |
| Weather Conditions: Sunny. W wind 10-15 mph. Low 70's. |
Ride Description: W/Sue... A very enjoyable leisurely ride. We took Stone Bridge Trail into Roscoe for ice cream. Rode back on Stone Bridge to Burr Oak, then back through the hilly subdivision and over to Briarcliff Subdivision for more hills. The house we think belongs to Danica Patrick's parents, is for sale.
Computer broke at fork mount at Ice Cream place. Had spare parts at home and fixed it.
HR Monitor time includes 40 minutes of rest taking pictures, eating ice cream and we adjusted Sue's cleats. |
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...Should change its name to "Mud Cut"
Rock Cut is less than 20 minutes away and has some decent mountain bike trails. But last year I only rode there 5 times.
Problem is, the combination of soil type and a lack of IMBA standard built singletrack makes the place more suitable to mud bog racing than mountain biking if we get a lot of rain. And we got a fair amount of rain so far this Spring. Though not even close to what we got last year.
The two mud pits in the photos are fairly new sections of trail that are actually re-routes "designed" to avoid a section of trail that had serious drainage problems. When they were built the "tread" was about 12 inches wide. Now look at it.
This section of trail is not even a "problem area".
We got to this point and turned around. We rode to the other side of the park to look for drier trails without much luck. We never even got to the areas that are usually bad! And after seeing this, we didn't even think about riding in areas with terminal mud problems.
Riding in the mud is not much fun, it damages the trails, and doesn't do your bike any good either.
Conditions were even worse than this last year for the "Do The Rock" race. The trails were damaged so bad, they decided not to have a race this year.
Now that I have a place to ride in my back yard, I doubt if I'll go back to Rock Cut unless we experience a long drought. Or they make some serious changes in the trail design there.
We went home and got out the road bikes and went on a really nice ride.
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  You might think living in the high desert means no mud but we get snow and rain. The mud we have will stop you dead in 5 feet....Then is is shoulder your bike and walk out....take the next hour to clean up....vow never to do it again type mud. Then there are the motorheads and horse riders who won't wait for the trails to dry. One horse can put 5 inch deep post holes in a trail that will last the rest of the year. Means nothing to them.
posted by Sagebum on
5/4/2009
at 10:55:37 AM
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 Interesting. You're right, I never thought you'd have mud problems in the desert!  There are so many different types of mud too. Sticky, slippery, thick, thin, heavy, wet...
The CAMBA trails I love in northern Wisconsin are blessed with good trail design and a soil type that drains/absorbs moisture very well.
I remember sitting out a hard, all day Saturday rain, and when I went riding Sunday at noon, I only saw one little puddle.
posted by KrateKraig on
5/5/2009
at 7:23:23 AM
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