Another Recon Report

Sketchy and Megan went for another recon ride last weekend and here's Dave's report. The last few days have probably dried things up quite a bit but this weekend has rain and SNOW in the forecast so it's anyone's guess what the course conditons will be like in April! HA!

recon sesh vol 2, 3/15..

rode out via a paoli hill loop to the driveway on sayles trail after we rode over the trail on the sun valley bridge. once on the hate we went south back to the bridge to check out some garbage dumped off the road on to the trail.. looked like an old window ac unit, or some shit like that. once we determined that the detritus was of minimal consequence, we headed to henry rd to say we went to bosco. the trail was light years beyond the condition it was in when ruck and i rode that purcell > driveway stretch less than two weeks ago. south of the driveway to henry was generally in good shape all things considered. some wet spots, kind of slow. trail tread ranged from smooth to rough with foot prints and animal paws. north of the driveway to purcell was a totally different story. snow and ice remain with almost no firm spots. wet, slow to limiting me to the small ring and the low range of my cassette. as the trail rose in elevation nearing purcell, the last 60m dried out, but the tread roughened.

any riding should be done on cx tires.. meghan and i were on 23's again and they dig in way too much..

on thursday, my next recon, i'll be mounting up some michelin mud 2's and headed to the tunnel.