{"id":460,"date":"2009-06-13T20:47:23","date_gmt":"2009-06-14T04:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mxi2000.net\/mudworm\/?p=460"},"modified":"2009-06-15T13:39:57","modified_gmt":"2009-06-15T21:39:57","slug":"henry-coe-trail-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mxi2000.net\/mudworm\/2009\/06\/henry-coe-trail-work","title":{"rendered":"MTB: Henry Coe Trail Work\/Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"

MTBR thread<\/a><\/p>\n

It was one year ago that I attended the IMBA monthly Henry Coe trail work the first time<\/a>. I wanted to do it every month, but life got in the way and I only managed one other time. However, I had decided nothing should stop me from attending this one since it would be my Coe trailwork annyversary.<\/p>\n

Just like the first time, some of us chose to ride to the work site together. We had Charlie, Roy, Greg, Patrick, and me — all on Specialized Stumpjumper. What a coindence!<\/p>\n

When we arrived at the work site — the bottom of Willow Ridge Trail, the other crew already left to work from the top of the trail, so we started from the bottom. I stayed in the front and focused on clipping the over grown branches and bushes. The trail was mostly in a good shape except for a few trees that had fallen. Those trees trunks were cut and moved off the trail, so now the entire trail allows a continuous flow. The best part of the trailwork is the lunch break. It took place when we the two groups converged in the middle. I was pleasantly surprised to see how big the turn out was — there were twelve of us in total. We sat in the sun, chatted, laughed, and refueled.<\/p>\n

\"\" The crew<\/p>\n

\"\" Trail rerouting.<\/p>\n

\"\" Hi, little birdie!<\/p>\n

We rode in by way of : Manzanita Point Road \u00c2\u00bb Flat Frog Trail \u00c2\u00bb Hobbs Road \u00c2\u00bb Middle Ridge Trail \u00c2\u00bb Poverty Flats Road \u00c2\u00bb Mahoney Meadows Rd, and rode out by way of : Mahoney Meadows Rd \u00c2\u00bb Lost Spring Trail \u00c2\u00bb China Hole Trail \u00c2\u00bb Manzanita Trial \u00c2\u00bb Manzanita Point Road. I was really happy to have cleaned all the climbs on Middle Ridge Trail, Poverty Flats Road, and later the notorious “Mahoney Wall”. I cleaned the other technical bits on the Middle Ridge Trail and China Hole downhill better than ever, but I was still a bit slow. Practice, and more practice is what I need!<\/p>\n

\"\" The riders<\/p>\n