by bryan

Riders: Doc, HotRodRandy, Joe, Roxelle, NewGuyKevin, NewGuyCarlos, and I.

It was a good night... we had a large showing in the parking lot - Indy and
Candice showed up to see the gang, but had to take the new Jeep to the dealer -
We took off a bit slow, as Indy gave my new ride a once over and gave me the
thumbs up to take her out! We decided to take OFGWNRAWLWOAJ's (old fat guy
who now ride a whole lot without a job! ;) favorite route - 2 trees!
We did see DTM pulling in the lot, so we took off real quick... (J/K Dan! -
you can do that loop twice, to our 1! Sorry again man!)
The new bike is a great improvement - all climbs at the beginning of the ride,
I made for the first time! ...no walking!

Randy and I took BOM, while the others took BOMB -
Randy and I stayed together until the last road to 2 Trees - where we saw the
rest of the group way out in front, towards the left turn (going UP), and he
was on a mission to catch the rest of the group (on his SS btw)... which I
think he did! I didnt. (couldnt!)

As always, I was happy again once we were at the trail head! Randy and Joe
blew down the trail without mishap - Doc and I did well, except the one rut he
got caught up in, slid sideways, and ended up in a funky position he couldnt
get out of, with a foot still clipped in!

For the first time, I cleaned the whole trail! I've done all sections before,
but not all of them successful in one ride...
Kevin did super well for the first time, but was contemplating the fear vs.
fun factor... Next time it will be twice as exciting! Carlos did well too -
he took a couple spills, but nothing serious - he's tough!
Roxelle also said she rode more of the trail than ever before... little by
little - she will clean the whole trail one day!

We rode back through UCR - I think I must of slowed down too much, with Doc on
my tail, as we went up the "no bike" switchbacks - so he came to a near stop,
and then with those machine legs, he snaps his new chain! Of course, in his
bag of tricks, he finds a master link, some tooth floss, and the key to his
first car lol and we get on our way.

Nice ride.