Ride Time

Will be down here at Tranq ridding to night,,  hope to see ya

Cool breeze

Hooked up with Paul for some riding down at the usual Sunday spot. Did see a few other people getting some ride time in . The North wind was a bit cool, but still had a good time. Maybe I will catch ya at the Monday night ride........

A litte damp

Well we decied to go ahead and see what the trial was like. It has been real dry so what little rain probably wouldnt affect the trail. We were right, the trail was in good shape except for a couple of greasy corrners. Tires packed up a little , but did not do any damage to the trail. I thought is was a great night for a ride. Brian and I went over to Pauls for a cold one after the ride. (Thanks for the brew)

After work ride

Any body want to go on a ride down at Tranq after work Tomorrow or Friday. I am in the mood for another Night Ride........ and would love if someone could join me..

O 'Yaa

Well made it out again Yesterday. I really like riding in the cooler temps, it feels really refreshing. I did see a group of three spinning out some laps. I hope the rain and snow stays away tonight so we can get ride in.

Sunday

Anybody want to do a couple laps at Traq on Sunday afternoon. I know a bunch of people are going out to Calvin Crest to do some trail work. But I am thinking of myself this Sunday and doing a little riding. (sorry guys). Maybe grab some wings and a brew when done....

Saturady at TP

Was a great day for riding, there wasn't much humidity in the air and there was a slight breeze. Way better than yesterday. I rode for a hour and half and was totally soaked. Plan on catching up with M.N.R this week. Maybe I'll catch you there.

first dirt of the year!

I'm going to ride TP tomorrow-  2 laps ;  I'm not sure when, and since I'm riding by myself that doesn't matter.

Unless of course you leave a comment with a desire to join me!

Monday Tranq

I rode by myself yesterday afternoon. Only saw one other guy out there as I was climbing the South hill. The technical section was a bit tricky, which had me off my bike walking it.

The trail was in great shape except for the spots that Dmars told me about. I had fun and only rode 1 lap - sure beats the trainer!

Dang Wind

Rode some


With these two Cats

Tranq was in good shape except for the usual winter mud holes. Soon we won't be able to ride much dirt in above freezing temps. Gotta get out while you can.

New Reroute at Tranq

Today the Tranq council members met at the North hill descent to plan out a new route. The current route is starting to erode so we wanted to nip this in the bud. We came up with a new reroute on the North hill that looks promising. We got her cut in and it is ready for riding. I had fun day today, loaded up the burly with all the tools that I needed and hit the road. The weather was great, there was hardly any wind..

Lunch Lap results

Besides seeing 1 runner and 2 other MTBikers, I saw tons of these and 1 of these. The trail was perfect. I don't recall ever riding Tranq and not seeing DUST.

Those hoppers were CRAZY. I think that they landed on every body part and even got into my jersey. I was wondering what someone would do if they were afraid of "bugs"! It would be funny!

Is the city making another parking lot or more soccer fields at bottom of the hill? I THINK it took out some singletrack but I'm not sure as I was still able to ride along the edge and stay on a path?

Does anyone know what the city is doing?

'HOT LUNCH' Lap @ Tranq tomorrow!

Meet at the ice rink @ noon. Ride two laps with the Sausage King and me. I'll be trying to keep up. He won't let me ride the beginner loop!

Towel off in the lot and head back to the office to finish the work day. This will be my last ride there prior to the Psycowpath Event!

Here's some Race Information and Map link:

Tranq Sunday

I'm going to try (read again TRY) to get out this afternoon during nap time. I plan to ride 2 laps. I am going to ride the beginners loop as this will be the only time to ride them prior to the race on Saturday.

I'm shooting to start @ 2p.m.

I rode at 2 p.m., and all though I rode by myself I was not alone.

The Goal: Ride the beginner loop twice and see the time/distance. Being as I now know both time and distance I will not be posting them here! You will have to go out and ride the course for yourself! I'll give you a hint, two laps of the beginner loop is > 9 miles.

These guys were hanging out in the nursery on my first lap. I didn't see them in the same spot on the second lap. They were further down the trail and up in the trees. One actually startled me as it flew down from its perch (which was located directly above the trail). I actually ducted my head - although I'm not sure that it would have hit me.


I leave you with this last picture. It is a picture of the second hill climb that we beginners won't be climbing. I have to say, I'm not that bummed about that!

got lunch plans?

Well I've formulated a plan. What? Well, I plan to ride over the lunch hour the next two days. (Friday is a big Employee BBQ @ the office, so that's out!)

The word on the street is that TRANQ is totally DRY (well except for the usual wet spots). So lunch laps are on order. Sweet Singletrack tastes yummy.

The weather man might throw a wrench into it, but I'm going to ride if I can.

12:15 p.m. anyone?

Friday ride with Bro

Traq was wet in several places, there was a small stream running down the north side of the creek, and standing water in a lot of low spots. Rain please stop for awhile.

Tranq was wet.

We got in about 7 miles. Greg took some pics of the running water along the creek - 'creek chub' area.

I was surprised, but the nursery was in great shape!