Oct 29, 2011 Santa Cruz (Henry Cowell & Wilder Ranch)

Riders: Benny Gene Chito Matt Vince & Mike
14.5 miles

Started out chilly at 41 deg but turned out to be a really nice day to ride. The pictures show all the smiles we had collected for the day/

Oct 22, 2011: 4 Parks (Upper Stevens, Montebello, Skyline, Long Ridge)

Very pleasant 70 degree weather!
Riders: Jun and Benny
12 miles, 1:50 mins riding time

Nothing much to say other than it was very pleasant weather! On the way home though, there was a motorcycle rider down on Skyline/35 near the junction at hiway 9. Jun and I had to make a U-turn and go home via PageMill Road.

Upper Stevens Creek County Park
-Grizzly Flat Trail

Montebello OSP
-Canyon Trail
-White Oak Trail

Skyline OSP
-Horseshoe Lake
-Christmas Tree Farm
-Ridge Trail

Long Ridge OSP
-Ridge Trail

October 1, 2011: Soquel Demo Forest

Awesome 18 miles in 3 hours of riding time.
Riders: Matt, Gene, Jun and Benny.

First of all, many thanks to Matt for leading the trails. After climbing up the usual Highlands road and onto the uphill fire roads and single tracks, we did a couple of awesome trails. Upper Bacon. Then onto Ridge Trail and continued on Saw Pitt. Then the usual fire road uphill 4 mile grind back to the parking lot.

We did have a couple of mechanical issues - Gene got a flat coming down Saw Pitt. Then Jun's seat & seat post lost a bolt. Thanks to Matt's handy McGyver-style duct tape, Jun was back on his saddle. You should ask Jun why he has such a big smile on his face!