| Ride Stats |
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Distance:
6.26 miles
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Route:
Kin-Mor-Way Trails
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Time: 00:57:28
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Avg Speed:
6.54 mph
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Max Speed:
0.00 mph
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Avg HR: 135 bpm
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Max HR: 151 bpm
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Calories Burned: 0
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Weight:
183
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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. 50°. |
Ride Description: Checked out the new singletrack. Not too bad. Slow but the ground is soft. And the south end switchback still needs a little work, as it is still a little tight.
HR includes 4 and a half minutes of rest, taking pictures. |
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We have 16.06 acres in the back yard, about 8 acres of it is prairie with mowed trails, and about 7 acres are wooded. There's also an old limestone quarry at the south end.
I've been working on building some singletrack in the wooded section this Spring. (Part of the reason I haven't ridden much this year)
It's fairly flat back there so I tried to take advantage of any hills or elevation change I could find. I ended up making two bench-cut switchbacks that were a lot of work, but look nice. They are very tight and slow and will need some tweaking. After they get ridden on and pack down they should ride much better.
I cleared a long straight section of old trail that had grown in a bit and connected the new singletrack to it. The mosquitoes will be out soon so I think I'm done building trail until Fall. So until then I think I'll just ride and tweak the new trail and start adding new sections one at a time.
I doubt I'll do anymore bench-cutting, it's too much work. (although it is fun and looks sweet) If I'm the only one riding them, erosion won't be a problem.
There's a cool section at the south end I may work on next. Maybe I'll add some technical trail features with logs, rocks and maybe a bridge.
Maybe a short section through the quarry would be fun.
But for now, it's time to ride the new stuff.
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  Very nice Krate....wish our singletrack would stay singletrack.......very hard to do around here even with the laws that exist. Great that you have your own "back 40" 
posted by Sagebum on
4/29/2009
at 9:38:40 AM
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