Epic Pinyon Flats ride above Palm Springs, December 16, 2006

Photos of the North Ranch Mountain Bikers of Ventura County. Click on an image to see it full size.
Photos are from Dennis, Rainer and Steve.

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The map of where we rode. The GPS track is shown in blue, but it ran out of memory so the last 1/4 is missing. We started at the south (bottom) end.
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A 3-D view from the top (south) end.
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The view from the bottom
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From the east side, looking west
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From the north-east. The start isin the distance
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Getting ready at the start of the ride
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Riders at the start of the trail: Brett, PK, Michelle, Steve, Rainer and Jim. Dennis was taking the picture
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The trail wasn't all downhill!
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Jim's enjoying himself so far
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Brett too!
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Onto the first section with serious exposure
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Rainer was getting our pictures as we pushed by
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A good picture of the video camera on Steve's helmet. Maybe that stuff in the background was what he wanted?
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Dennis has stopped to take a picture looking back up, where you can see Rainer taking pictures of riders as they come around the corner
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We stop at the bottom of this section so Steve can pull out a half-inch cactus thorn from his toe, stuck in about 1/4". He picked it up when his pedal hit a cactus. Luckily it was not barbed!
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Michelle gets the first flat, even with Slime.
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