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Saturday morning I loaded the kids and skis up for what should have been a snowy day with a foot plus of fresh snow. We got within 15 miles of the resort to be stopped by trees down with major powerlines down across the road and a predicted 6 hr wait. I headed home. Within an hour had the skis unloaded with my boys and the bikes in tow were headed out to ride in the woods North of Seattle.


Typical Mud


Sweet Wheelie


Getting out of the soup


A dark day in the woods


Typical Single Track


Nope, this isn't SoCal (who put the creek here?)

Two hours of rinding, six hours of cleaning, Priceless

I can relate to that!!! I usually spend more time cleaning up after winter rides than actually riding!! There just comes a time when you look at your bike in the garage and absolutely refuse to wait another day to ride!! Good for you! Those dark woods you refer to are why I go back to the headlight in the winter.

Great pics Duffus, that looks like fun, ONCE!

paul

XGiant wrote:I can relate to that!!! I usually spend more time cleaning up after winter rides than actually riding!! There just comes a time when you look at your bike in the garage and absolutely refuse to wait another day to ride!! Good for you! Those dark woods you refer to are why I go back to the headlight in the winter.

Pressure Sprayer!

Awesome!! But where is the dust?? and what are all those pools of brown stuff that reflect the sky??

instigator wrote:

XGiant wrote:I can relate to that!!! I usually spend more time cleaning up after winter rides than actually riding!! There just comes a time when you look at your bike in the garage and absolutely refuse to wait another day to ride!! Good for you! Those dark woods you refer to are why I go back to the headlight in the winter.

Pressure Sprayer!

...probably a good idea, but the hose and nozzle cost considerably less! I get my bike back to showroom condition between rides.

GiantX, do you run a plate without a headlight in the summer?

Andy Duffus wrote:GiantX, do you run a plate without a headlight in the summer?

Yeah, I go with the Cycra Stadium Plate.


Winter:


Summer:

Nice

I just get bored sometimes and decide to play around in the garage!

Andy
Great pics.I was begining to think no one ever got their bikes dirty over there.
All other pics are of dust and hard pack trails.Your pics show very similar terrain to what we ride down here.
Talk about mud just ask anyone who competed in the ISDE here a couple of months ago.
All good fun though!
Good to see your boys out there doing it too.Slippery muddy rides are great practice for bike control and balance.

Paul

XGiant wrote:

Andy Duffus wrote:GiantX, do you run a plate without a headlight in the summer?

Yeah, I go with the Cycra Stadium Plate.


Winter:


Summer:

That thing is way to clean. It looks like you don't even ride .

instigator wrote:Pressure Sprayer!

Yep it's the only way to go. I can clean 3 bikes in the time I took to do one.

Andy Duffus wrote:Saturday morning I loaded the kids and skis up for what should have been a snowy day with a foot plus of fresh snow. We got within 15 miles of the resort to be stopped by trees down with major powerlines down across the road and a predicted 6 hr wait. I headed home. Within an hour had the skis unloaded with my boys and the bikes in tow were headed out to ride in the woods North of Seattle.


Typical Mud


Sweet Wheelie


Getting out of the soup


A dark day in the woods


Typical Single Track


Nope, this isn't SoCal (who put the creek here?)

Two hours of rinding, six hours of cleaning, Priceless

Man I sure wish I was able to ride with you guys. That;s the kind of riding I love. I guess you're not using a old tire on that stuff. Thanks for the great pictures.

I was told pressure washer not good for certain parts

of the bike,i.e. the chain