WARM SPRINGS 9/18/ 2011

 

RIDERS – DAVID , GORDON, JON, TIM , JOHN

LOOP – 64 MILES

DAVID  RIDING UP DOLLARHIDE RIDGE

 

TAKING IN THE SIGHTS ON DOLLARHIDE  RIDGE

STOP ALONG WARM SPRINGS

CONNECTOR BETWEEN RED WARRIOR AND WARFIELD.

LUNCH ALONG MIDDLE FORK WARM SPRINGS

THE “SOB’S TAKE IT TO” EAGLES NEST - 9/10/2011

 

Jon and I rode Eagle’s Nest Saturday. Jon was my chaser. He did a damn good job for his 1st ride of the  year.

Loop ~ 46 miles.

The morning was smoky but a bit better than Donnelly or McCall. Jon said the valley was much worst.

We got on the trail ~ 10:30. ( Barry didn’t see or here us so I’m not sure it counted .)

About 5 miles into the ride I couldn’t keep up with Jon or stay on the trail. Finally noticed I had a rear flat.

I got the tire off and tube out but couldn’t find the puncture. Jon came back to find me. At first he couldn’t find it either. Tried water , no luck. Then pumped up the tube and we could hear and feel the leak, a very small prick !

 

 

Eagle’s Nest after the flat.

Scare crow to keep the greenies off the trail.

THE DUST UP

We went past the Gold Fork Rocks to Dollar Ridge Trail.

On the way down I took another spill for no reason then a hundred yards latter Jon saw that I had flat again. We were about half way down the switch backs with no good place to work on the flat. We used Jon’s MTB pump to inflate the tube so I could get to the bottom , you can’t ride a trials tire flat the sidewalls are to soft. It was another slow leak and I made it down & across the creek.

While I was replacing the tube Jon found another small leak in the tube I pulled out. We checked the tire again but still didn’t feel any thing. Maybe the tube is worn out ,  it has close to 1500 miles on it.

Climb up to Gold Fork LO

Jon after his climb up to the look out. The climb is a bike boiler and it’s the easy way up from the Gold Fork River.

TREE HUGGING

CLIMATE CLINIC 9/4/2011–WARM SPRINGS TRAIL SYSTEM SAWTOOTH NF

AFTER A DIRT BIKE HIATUS SINCE THE SPODE FEST, DAVID AND I SETTLED ON WARM SPRINGS (KETCHUM).

LOOP ~ 50 MILES.

GOOD RIDE, SURPRISINGLY EMPTY FOR LABOR DAY WEEKEND. NO OTHER DIRT BIKERS AND JUST TWO GROUPS OF MOUNTAIN BIKERS. HAD A BIT OF SMOKE FROM THE FIRES . NOT BAD JUST A HAZE. RODE A NEW SECTION OF TRAIL THAT FOR SOME REASON WE HAVE BEEN BYPASSING.

DOLLAR HIDE RIDGE TO MEADOW CREEK

POISON FLATS TO DEER CREEK

 

GETTING SOME DIRECTIONS FROM A MOUNTAIN BIKER. SAID THEY SAW 3 WOLVES A FEW MILES BACK DOWN THE TRAIL.

 

NORTH FORK DEER CREEK TO WARFIELD

SADDLE ON WARFIELD

WARFIELD

MIDDLE FORK WARM SPRINGS

DAVID ALWAYS CHATS WITH THE MOUNTAIN BIKERS ,PART OF HIS TRAIL AMBASSADOR PROGRAM.

640’S ARE FUN TOO ! PADDY FLATS ROAD 8/30/2011

 

TUESDAY NIGHT TOOK A QUICK 55 MILE RIDE AFTER WORKING ON THE CABIN ADDITION.

RODE OUT PADDY FLAT ROAD TO KENNALY CREEK CAMP GROUND.  FUN RIDE. 640 IS ACTUALLY MORE FUN THAN THE 960 IN THE DIRT.

 

 

 

PADDY FLAT GUARD STATION

THURSDAY NIGHT AN AMPHIBIOUS PLANE LANDED AND TAXIED TO HOUSE ACROSS THE LAKE.

BARRY’S MAGICAL MISERY RIDE–GRAHAM , IDAHO 8/21/2011

 

 

TRAIL BOSS – JOHN

RIDERS – BYRON

SATURDAY I GAVE BYRON A CALL TO SEE IF HE WANTED TO RIDE SUNDAY. IF HE HAD ALL DAY WE COULD DO THE LOOP THRU STANLEY. HE NEEDED TO BE BACK HOME BY 3PM SO WE OPTED TO RIDE INTO GRAHAM. IT WOULD BE A COUPLE HUNDRED MILE RIDE.

 

BARRY’S 1ST VISIT TO TRUDY’S. EVEN THOUGH BARRY WAS IN TOWN IDAHO CITY STILL DIDN’T HAVE CELL SERVICE.

 

SADDLE ON ARCHIE MOUNTAIN ABOUT HALF WAY INTO GRAHAM.

SAWTOOTHS IN THE BACKGROUND.

~5-7 MILES FROM HERE THE ROAD DROPS OFF THE RIDGE INTO THE NORTH FORK OF THE BOISE DRAINAGE WHERE GRAHAM IS LOCATED.  THE FOREST SERVICE HAS A ROAD CLOSURE AT THIS POINT DUE TO A WASHOUT AT SILVER CREEK.  YOU COULD SEE WHERE 4-WHEELERS WERE GOING AROUND THE BARRICADE. I WANTED TO GO DOWN TO AT LEAST THE WASHOUT. BYRON WANTED TO STAY ON TOP. I HEADED DOWN. AFTER GOING THRU A STEEPER ROCKY SECTION I DECIDED TO TURN AROUND AND HEAD BACK UP. RIGHT OFF THE BAT I GOT SOME WHEEL SPIN SO I SLIPPED THE CLUTCH.  TRUE TO FORM YOU HAD TO GET THE 950 MOVING 10 MPH TO KEEP IT UPRIGHT. WITH 8-10 GALLONS OF GAS THE LOOSE ROCKY SECTIONS WERE TOO MUCH FOR ME & I HAD TO SLIP THE CLUTCH. SOON THE BIKE GOT HOT AND CLUTCH STARTED SLIPPING WHEN IT WAS FULLY ENGAGED. I WOULD STOP LET THE BIKE COOL OFF & SEEMED TO HAVE CLUTCH PLATES AGAIN. I HAD TO DO THIS A COUPLE MORE TIMES.

AS I WAS RIDING THRU THE LAST SWITCHBACK JUST BELOW THE BARRICADE  THE CLUTCH STARTED SLIPPING AGAIN. BYRON  RODE DOWN TO ME , THEN A 4-WHEELER CAME RIGHT BEHIND HIM. WE PULLED OUT BYRON'S TOW STRAP AND HAD THE ATV TOW ME UP THE LAST 100 YARDS.

AFTER A 10 MINUTE REST I GOT THE BIKE BACK INTO GEAR AND HEADED OFF. BYRON HUNG BACK TO FOLLOW ME OUT.

AFTER A COUPLE OF MINUTES THE OIL PRESSURE LIGHT CAME ON. I TURNED OFF THE ENGINE  AND COASTED A MILE OR TWO DOWN HILL. WHEN I STARTED THE ENGINE AGAIN THE OIL LIGHT WAS STILL ON. I CLIMBED UP THE RIDGE AND STOPPED ON THE DOWN HILL SIDE. CHECKED THE DIP STICK – NO OIL ? WAITED FOR BYRON TO SEE IF HE PACKED ANY OIL –NOPE.  BIKE WAS STUCK IN 1ST GEAR NOW AND THE CLUTCH WASN’T WORKING EITHER. PRESSED ON AND FOUND A CAMPER WHO GAVE US A COUPLE QUARTS OF OIL. BIKE STILL STUCK IN 1ST & OIL LIGHT STILL ON.

HAD TO RIDE ALL THE WAY INTO IDAHO CITY IN 1ST GEAR ~40-45 MILES. AS WE RODE INTO TOWN THAT MORNING I SAW AUBREY’S TRUCK AT THE ROCK PILE. I PULLED IN AND HIS TRUCK WAS STILL THERE !  AUB WAS TRYING TO TAKE A NAP AS WE PULLED IN.  AFTER TELLING AUB MY PREDICAMENT AND EVALUATING MY SITUATION WE DECIDE TO SLIP THE CHAIN OFF THE REAR SPROCKET AND LOAD THE BIKE INTO AUB’S TRUCK.

AUB GOT ME BACK HOME BY 4PM. GOT THE BOYS TO HELP UNLOAD AND PUSH THE BIKE UP TO THE SHOP.

NEXT SATURDAY I’LL PULL THE OIL FILTER OUT TO SEE IF IT IS CRUSHED ( WATER PUMP SHAFT LEAK), DRAIN THE GAS AND HAUL IT DOWN TO BOB’S TO SEE WHAT THE DAMAGE IS.  I’LL BE RIDING THE 640 THE REST OF THE SEASON.

MORAL OF THE STORY HANGING OUT WITH A MARXIST NEVER HELPED  ANYBODY. BARRY DID MY BIKE JUST LIKED HE DID THE ECONOMY.