Sunday, August 26, 2007

Sycamore Canyon and Backbone Trail

Rode up north this weekend to mix things up a bit.

On Saturday, headed up to Sycamore Canyon along w/ Mike, Miles and Dave to sample new single-track. The ride was cut short after a weekend warrior ran nearly head-on into Mike, taco'ing his front wheel. While neither was injured too badly, we were grossed out to discover skin, blood and hair on Mike's stem and fork crown after the collision. Gnarly...

Here's a short video from the Wood Canyon single-track prior to the carnage...



Then hit Backbone up in Malibu on Sunday. Rode w/ Miles from Corral Canyon past Kanan and back. Poison oak was everywhere but the trail was in the best condition I've ever seen. Here's a link to a ride overview on MB...

Map of Backbone Trail from Corral Canyon past Kanaan and back

The out-and-back ride was less than 15 miles long total but it gained 3,256 feet over that distance. Kind of an ass-kicker as evidenced by this elevation/hr graph...

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