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| mtbfan | 07/30/10 | Great ride last night. Nice to see Karla, Rob, Geof, Mike, Randy, and even better to hang out for the tailgate party afterwards. It was still warm on the descent, so no need for layers. | |
| Tumbleweed | 07/29/10 | Great ride with Trailmonkey and Ted. 01:02:10 g/g, almost there... | |
| TrailMonkey | 07/29/10 | Good Ride with Tumbleweed and Ted, both kicked my butt to the gate. | |
| BoBCatCuTie | 07/28/10 | Post from yesterday since the site was down. Had a MB first... was cycling up Beek's when I felt something wet on the upper portion of my left arm. Yep, that's right. A bird pooped on me. Had to wipe it off with a flower from the side of the path. Gotta love it!! :) | |
| MTB Fiend | 07/28/10 | Another fun Blackstar ride! Had fun with uphill sprints, OK so not "fun" per se, but more of a challenge. We all enjoyed the camraderie and shared the pain. Should have posted this as a GL ride, met Twitch, NoGo and Toro at the top. Out enjoying the Great ride! | |
| Twitch | 07/28/10 | SS Strong pace with NO GO and Toro tonight. Big laughs with MTB Fiend, DIRTULS and at the upper gate. Good times, now off to Mammoth.... | |
| ZAffer | 07/27/10 | great after work ride with bobcatcutie.... | |
| Cloud Niner | 07/26/10 | 2nd lap was cooler so i rode faster. Rode alone as those I asked to join me were too busy whining about their Monday Blues. :) | |
| Shigalert | 07/25/10 | Not many folk out this afternoon. 5 other MTB'rs, 5 hikers, 2 quad bikes and 1 moto. Moto was coming up round a tight corner as i was coming down, luckily he was not going too fast. | |
| ZAffer | 07/24/10 | good times. temp was just right :) | |
| BoBCatCuTie | 07/24/10 | Nice ride with Zaffer. Made it to the top without stopping... first time I've achieved this! Pretty hot, even tho we started the ride at 8:22am! | |
| mtbfan | 07/23/10 | Great ride last night. It turned out the be a "race" to the top, and Mark must have made it in 45 minutes or less, followed by Rob and John at 55 minutes. I still managed to make it in under an hour, right behind Randy. Nice of Skippy and Chris to join us, too. Saw Pam and Julie on our way up. Wow, I was spent. Great tailgate party afterwards, as always. | |
| TrailMonkey | 07/22/10 | Ride with Tumbleweed, 58 min to gate. Fun ride (rt) | |
| Tumbleweed | 07/22/10 | Trailmonkey pulled me up the hill, 1hr 13 min G/G. | |
| NO GO | 07/22/10 | Toro's 1st time and a SS...not to mention a full ridge. Always fun to watch a friend suffer. | |
| Buffalo | 07/21/10 | Saw four helos flying in formation up and down the canyon, and one helo doing touch and gos at the wind sock. Saw a baby rattler. Saw a beekeeper tending his hives. | |
| MTB Fiend | 07/21/10 | Ahh, Blackstar, my old friend, like a comfortable pair of shoes. This ride is very therapuetic for me. Tonight I played domestique, going back to car for forgotten things, and trying to catch the leaders. Never could, that is why they are the leaders. Downright chilly on the descent. Great ride! | |
| DIRTULS | 07/21/10 | Great night with my new ride. Well with a new DT. It felt great! The bees were attacking at the first section of hives, but we kept going; sprinting to get away. Thanks for fixing up my ride! | |
| BoneBag | 07/20/10 | Had to turn back just shy of the top due to the bees. Thats twice now that these bees foil my MTB plans... | |
| MTB Fiend | 07/19/10 | Fussed with the positioning of my new seat. Finally got it. Late start, got to the top with about 5 min before sunset. Set my pack down to swap jerseys. Did not take long to discover "them", but it was too late. Where I had set my pack on the gate was a mess of those tiny little red ants - and they bite! I missed the sunset and valuable time while wiping ants off me, my jersey, my pack, my bike. Almost crashed 2x on the descent because, well, I had ants in my pants - and they bite! Great ride? | |
| MTB Fiend | 07/18/10 | Finally convinced an old friend to revisit Blackstar. "Natures air conditioning", I said. We left earlier than I usually do and Mother Nature was quite stingy with the A/C today, despite lower temps overall. Never got the cool breezes until climbing out of Hidden Ranch. We went about a mile toward Sierra Peak and gave up. On the way back my friend went down hard in the gravel at Beeks. I almost ran over her! She may be bruised but we think OK. Other than all that - Great ride! | |
| mtbfan | 07/16/10 | With the threat of a thunderstorm, it was hard to decide if I should ride, and despite my better judgement, we went. It turned out to be a beautiful evening and a good group of people. Made it in under an hour again...felt great. The beverages tasted that much better after the ride, and the sky was spectacular | |
| MTB Fiend | 07/16/10 | It's 90+ degrees, no surprise I am the only one out here at 5:30pm. But the breezes were already blowing and it was cooling off. I intended to do Sierra Peak but reluctantly turned around at Beeks instead. Got to take care of the home front, I guess. Back at the gate, I assisted a Sheriff with opening the correct gate. Seems they had a call out to Art's place (I did notice his gate was open). Evidently they had not met Art, so I filled them in. Great ride! | |
| TrailMonkey | 07/15/10 | Ted and Luke, road me inside-out. Passed mtbfan on the way down. | |
| MTB Fiend | 07/14/10 | I just don't tire of Blackstar. I still say it is one of the coolest places to be on a hot evening and tonight was no exception. Cool breezes kept the temps in check. Others evidently agreed as it was kind of crowded. Fun ride tonight with friends, just cruising and digging on the ride. The highlight was during our after ride picnic as we caught the irridium flare from a satellite or maybe the space station passing overhead. Very cool indeed. Very bright! Surprisingly low. Great ride! | |
| Slow Ride | 07/14/10 | Hoooooootttttttttt ride with SKINNY, NO GO, Toro, and Mr. Bonk... gate to gate was 1:11 but we flew down the hill pretty quickly. Good job on the SS Toro and good job Mr. Bonk for your first time riding Blackstar. | |
| DIRTULS | 07/14/10 | The ride started out very hot (95). Too hot for my liking. It was a struggle for me to get to the top. But, it was cool at the top and the temperatures were perfect on the way down. The sunset was beautiful and the moon and Venus were a perfect combo in the sky. Saw the Space Station fly overhead during our after ride picnic. | |
| SKINNY | 07/14/10 | M I S E R A B L E ! ! ! 94* when we rolled out.. The heat during the climb up to the valley just about put me under.. Not sure I have ever sweat that much.. LOL | |
| Hannibal | 07/13/10 | Rode after work on Monday. Did not see anyone else until almost the end of the ride. Did see a small blue helicopter that was hovering only a few feet off the ground in Hidden Valley. Also saw a fox on my way down. | |
| TrailMonkey | 07/11/10 | Good ride with Ted, still a lot of bees at Beeks | |
| flanneryd | 07/10/10 | Birthday ride for mtbkel44. Had fun showing a newbie friend the trail. Saw the longest snake track EVER going up the trail - over 633 ft per my Garmin! Even though they've moved the bee boxes at Beeks, there are many bees still up there - they ran me out when I went up to try to rest in some shade. Met some nice guys in the parking area after the ride and we all shared some drinks and snacks. | |
| thatdave | 07/10/10 | Kevin.Dave,Joe,Herb & I and Herbs new bike. Had a great day. Herb did take a fall first scrach is all ready in the books. | |
| TrailKing | 07/09/10 | Great ride up to Beek's on the 29er. The new Marzocchi fork was smooth. Rode on Thursday had to post today. | |
| ZAffer | 07/09/10 | before work spin.. great.. | |
| redbaron | 07/09/10 | Hot mid afternoon ride up to Beeks place. Glad to see the bee hive boxes have been relocated from Beeks, but there still were a ton of them swarming around up there! | |
| mtbkel44 | 07/09/10 | birthday ride. joined by flanneryd, Mark, and Kristin. Met Dan, Wayne, Lonnie and another guy at the gate for post ride brews, jerky and tall tales. what a blast. great week off work. even tho we didn't get to Mammoth as planned, we did alot of local rides. weather cooperated. cool mostly. warmed up today. | |
| sixfoot6 | 07/08/10 | Put everything I had into the climb and came up with 1:05 to the top.
Seemed to crash the same local's ride again. Chris's leisurely climb was my flat-out.
Solid training run though, I definitely feel a bit stronger the next day. | |
| trekstorm | 07/08/10 | Another day at Blackstar. Not a soul to be found. | |
| angry red squirrel | 07/07/10 | misty mountain hop-part deux-au revoir!!!rain gear optional.... | |
| trekstorm | 07/07/10 | Nice ride not too warm with a good breeze at the top. | |
| Ben Boronow | 07/07/10 | Saturday AM ride with Lonnie, Ron, Zach, Bob, and several others. Nice morning for a ride. | |
| DIRTULS | 07/07/10 | Great ride with perfect weather! I think sprinting is my new calling since I won the sprint this evening out of Hidden Ranch. Great conversation with OCS after the ride while he was on patrol. | |
| MTB Fiend | 07/07/10 | Great ride with some of my favorite friends. Fun and interesting tailgate party afterward. Great ride! | |
| Ladera Mike | 07/05/10 | Solo spin this afternoon. Blackstar is in very good condition. Fewer riders than I expected to see. Lots of hikers. 73 minutes gate to gate. | |
| mtbkel44 | 07/04/10 | nice ride. slept in and didn't ride till 10:30. only warm in a couple of spots. only a few pesky flies and bees. overall good. | |
| trekstorm | 07/03/10 | Early AM start. Nice for a change. | |
| BoBCatCuTie | 07/03/10 | Nice day.. started a little late and it got a bit hot. A great ride! | |
| blipstream | 07/03/10 | morning ride with Zach, stayed cool till we reached the top. quick ride down. | |
| ZAffer | 07/03/10 | started late, but had a great ride.. met some geo peeps at chronic tacos afterwards.... good times ... | |
| shrek | 07/03/10 | 1:08:01 to the gate | |
| Lonnie | 07/03/10 | Great ride with Mike M, Dave, Joe, Greg, Ron, Ben, Zack, Bob, and Joe from Fla. Saw ScottV pulling his 8 1/2 month son in a trailer. Scott's son was having a great time. | |
| sixfoot6 | 07/01/10 | Nice evening, caught my second wind after the first downhill (thankfully). Really want to push further along Main Divide next time. Met some friendly "regulars". Hope you guys made it down ok. | |
| NA1NSXR | 07/01/10 | Hot on the first few switchbacks. 55 min up. | |
| TrailMonkey | 07/01/10 | 86 degrees felt hot | |
| mtbfan | 07/01/10 | Great ride today. Made it to the gate in about 56 minutes. Legs and lungs felt great. No need for layer. Just a tanktop for the entire ride. The snacks and beverages tasted better than ever for some reason:-) Rode with Mark, John, Mike, Teri, Chris and saw Pam and Karla on the trail. | |
| ZAffer | 06/30/10 | great after work ride with bobcatcutie. she is getting really good, i'll have to watch out..... its getting harder to keep up with her!!!! | |
| BoBCatCuTie | 06/30/10 | First sunset/night ride I've done, and had a PB to the top! Amazing what can be done without the heat of the sun! Was a nice time with Zaffer too. :) | |
| MTB Fiend | 06/30/10 | Late start meant trying to catch my buddies - which resulted in another PB! Sweet - shaved 2 minutes off my previous. PB is now at 57:27 gate to gate (climb only). This time I did not feel spent at all. Woohoo! Great ride! | |
| angry red squirrel | 06/28/10 | yep!!! | |
| SpinGame | 06/27/10 | Lots and lots of peeps/mb'rs out today. Parking lot was full near the gate. Went with my 20 yr old. 1st time for him to Beeks and under an hour. Not too bad. Next time we race and I will GPS it. He also needs to get on Geoladders. We shall see....... | |
| 29 Inch Nails | 06/27/10 | Saturday morning ride with El Chupa | |
| Buffalo | 06/27/10 | Warm, middle of the day ride. | |
| MTB Fiend | 06/27/10 | Some guys have all the luck. This evening that guy was me. Sensational evening ride with my closest friends. So enjoyable, so relaxing. Had the place all to our selves. Witnessed some intense sprints too! Can't wait to do it again. Thank you for the Great ride! | |
| mtbkel44 | 06/27/10 | evening ride. One rattler on the pavement just past the gate. He was a fatty. Baby rattler with its head run over up the trail about a mile. No other sightings..
Great ride with Sharon, MTBFIEND, Jenn and flanneryd. Had not done this ride in about 6 months. What is up with all the bees?? Couldn't get near Beeks to show a newbie the old cottage. Bee hives everywhere.... | |
| DIRTULS | 06/27/10 | Great mellow ride up Black Star. Took a friend of mine up there for the first time. It was nice to team up with mtbkel44 and flanneryd. Saw a rattler just past the gate that was huge. One of the biggest I have seen. At first he seemed to not mind our presence and then he started to get perturbed. | |
| ZAffer | 06/26/10 | started slow this morning. took it easy and it was well worth it. weather was great. all in all a great ride... thanks bobcatcutie | |
| BoBCatCuTie | 06/26/10 | Nice ride today with Zaffer. Warm on the way up, and a nice breeze on the way down. The trail is in perfect shape, nothing technical for my first bike all year with clip in shoes (had some rough falls last year). We enjoyed some nice conversations with other bikers. Major thanks to the gentleman who said I was a stud! LOL.... :) | |
| El Chupacabra | 06/26/10 | Great morning ride with 29 inch nails. | |
| ZAffer | 06/25/10 | great morning ride. Was glad to see another rider. trail is in great shape and weather was perfect | |
| MTB Fiend | 06/25/10 | Solo ride. No power. Realized this was going to be a tough row to hoe and settled in and let it happen. Nice cool breezes and temps, had the whole place to myself. At least a dozen times I argued with myself to turn around, but I am famous for my tenacity and ultimately found myself at the top. Slow-rolled it back to the truck. Unfortunately, no critters. Great ride! | |
| BoneBag | 06/24/10 | Best time ever, 1.06 to beeks. Still swarming bees at the top. | |
| MTB Fiend | 06/23/10 | Beautiful Blackstar climbing with good friends. No critter sightings this evening, except for the aggressive mosquitos at the end. Quiet and calm at the top, still pretty cool on the descent. Great ride! | |
| DIRTULS | 06/23/10 | Not my best performance, but had great company. | |
| MTB Fiend | 06/21/10 | Pushed the big ring hard all through the lower canyon. Did'nt want to do it. Felt I, owed it to myself (hehe too much Caddyshack). Paid off big though - Personal best gate to gate - finally, under 1 hour! 59:31 + 10 seconds to negotiate the glass at the beginnning. Sweet! After exhausting myself (I really did feel naseous for a bit) I gave up on my original intention to go to Sierra Peak. Wise move, got to take care of the home front. But that's not all - on THIS Great Ride! | |
| flanneryd | 06/19/10 | Fun ride with an old friend and a new friend. Saw a very long snake stretched across the fireroad catching some rays (not a rattler); we bounced a bike tire on the ground to encourage him to move along - no dice; then suddenly he got the message and Christa showed great composure when he unexpectedly came to life, did a u-turn a slithered between her front and rear tires (yep - right by her feet) to get away from us girls. Right-on Christa! | |
| mtbfan | 06/18/10 | Nice ride with Dan, Teri and Brian. Everybody else was probably watching the game. Did not even need a jacket for the descent....I like these warm summer nights. Great food and drinks after the ride, and it was nice being able to see the sunset. | |
| MTB Fiend | 06/18/10 | All day, it was the little things, they conspired to cause me grief. Surely, those pesky little things could not infringe upon my ride. Wrong. Forgot my Garmin, that's OK I know the way. New shoes are making the dogs bark, tough it out. Then it happened, the left ear bud was dead, pulled cable. That was the last straw and I abandoned hope of making it to Sierra Peak. One-sided music was not going to cut it. So, today, the little things win. Or did they? for it was still.. a Great ride! | |
| Hannibal | 06/17/10 | After work solo ride. First time on the bike in almost two weeks and I really felt it. Have to start riding more consistently. | |
| blipstream | 06/17/10 | solo morning ride, there were 2 peacocks wandering on the trip at the first climb. | |
| Fast Turtle | 06/16/10 | Started out as a normal ride. Saw a helicopter practicing land just before the meat locker. Slopush and Steelboat forget lights. Slopush had a small candle light and we went down in the dark pretty slow. Chainring decided to fall off. Strange ride one to remember. View were great. | |
| NA1NSXR | 06/16/10 | Sorry to the person I spooked coming down near the top. Tons of people on the way up near the bottom, I suppose whackstar was the place to be today. 55min to gate, getting closer to old form. | |
| MTB Fiend | 06/16/10 | Another sweet Blackstar ride with great friends. Lots of folks out this evening and we all seemed to converge at the top at mostly the same time. Very social. Everyone has their own pace for the descent. I chose to sweep, but waited a long time so I could sweep fast. Fun times back at the truck as we enjoyed a small picnic. Great ride! | |
| ChrisTA | 06/16/10 | Nice social ride:) | |
| DIRTULS | 06/16/10 | Great ride this evening with friends. I shaved a minute off my time to the top. I think my new motivational bar end caps helped. The view during the last mile was splendid. Great times at the after party. | |
| TrailKing | 06/15/10 | Good pace today, tried to catch one guy who had a 5 minute head start but missed by a few minutes. Good motivation though. | |
| Twitch | 06/15/10 | Sunday
Nice ride up with NO GO, Tomato,Raul and SAVON | |
| Permagrin | 06/15/10 | Warm evenings make BS that much nicer. Saw a rattler, a tarantula and a helicopter doing training runs. They landed on a ridge in front of us just outside the valley; it looked like something out of a movie. | |
| slopush | 06/15/10 | It was an interesting ride with FastTurtle and Steelboat. First we realized that only FT brought a light for the descent so coming down in the dark in a tight bunch kept us on our toes. Then FT's front large chain ring fell off. That's my kind of ride! | |
| angry red squirrel | 06/14/10 | where is national geographic when you need them!a few turns from the top,seen a blue belly lizard hopping like a rabbit on a boulder.what the hell said 2 myself,then another lizard did the same thing,then 1 bobbed its head up n down,chased each other a little then off in the bushes-either mating or fighting or married and doing both?!!! | |
| NA1NSXR | 06/14/10 | Hit 100F briefly on one of the first couple of switchbacks so I took it easy the rest of the way. | |
| NO GO | 06/14/10 | Rode with Twitch, Toro, Sevan and the Wifey. Easy afternoon pace. | |
| ross b | 06/13/10 | Great afternoon. P R. Blessed be the Lord. | |
| RoughRiderR | 06/12/10 | Great night ride with BK, Sarah, and Tink. hard ride to the top..nearly all out. Had a beer at the peak. ate rubios after. | |
| blipstream | 06/10/10 | morning solo ride | |
| MTB Fiend | 06/09/10 | We ascended in to the setting sun as it lit up the bottom of the clouds in an orange hue, like a fire illuminates the smoke. Started to get real cool and cloudy near the top. Downright chilly, I'd say. We each descended into the clouds at our own pace. At the farthest reach of my single light, near Edwards Ranch I saw a beautiful buck Deer trotting down the road, unfortunately my ride buddies did not see it. Great fun with friends. Great ride! | |
| DIRTULS | 06/09/10 | Apparently I am still recovering from my LRRH road century that was on Saturday. I hit the wall twice on Blackstar this evening while riding with good friends. Their advice and encouragement helped me move on to the top. The tarantula was out guarding the road. The view from the top was incredible with the clouds and the orange canyon glow from the sun. I will be resting for a few days now. | |
| TrailKing | 06/08/10 | Cold and dreary at the bottom but nice and sunny at the top above the clouds. Lots of snakes on the way up. | |
| MTB Fiend | 06/07/10 | Another sweet solo Blackstar ride! Cool breezes on the way up suddenly became calm while I hung out at my favorite perch above Beeks. Still pretty cold on the descent. Great ride! | |
| Keith B | 06/05/10 | Early evening mission with Sarah, Ryan & Tink. My first ride on the rebuilt V3.0 Enduro SL. The 2011 Fox F150 was totaly butter, the Mavic ST wheels easy to spin and the Hope Brake felt so easy to modulate. Hot on the way up (tons of flies) cold on the way down although the Bit Burger helped to keep me warm. My 1st night ride since before the CC. | |
| redbaron | 06/04/10 | Very easy spin up to Beeks. Started around 10am, and it was cooking out there by 11am! I think I was sweating out more fluids that I was taking in. the Toad Festival will be interesting with the heat tomorrow to say the least! Be careful of the snakes on Blackstar, I think I counted 7 on the way way up to Beeks place this morning. | |
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