So here's the deal; a while back, I figured that I need to exercise more. Well, I hate going to the gym and I hate running. I realized that I have a mountain bike! It was nothing fancy, but it could handle the tasks ahead, so I took up mountain biking as an enjoyable way to (try to) stay in half decent shape. Well, that was about four years and one bike ago, and now I mountain bike because I simply enjoy it. I've moved on to a full suspension bike to handle the rockier trails out here. The two trails I rode yesterday and today, however, weren't too rocky. For any of you that have not been to the central coast of California, this is a beautiful place for mountain biking. As I've been packing up my apartment to move for the next school year, I've had some time to go on some more lengthy rides than usual. Here are some pictures from the rides. The first ride was a three mile climb with a 1600 ft elevation gain. It had some brutal steep spots, which led to me walking up a lot of the trail. The downhill was worth it though! The second ride was about an 8-9 mile loop with a 1300 ft climb.

Here's the first ride, from yesterday:

From the summit at 2600 ft.


The coastal fog rolling in for the evening.


My roommate lowering his seat for the downhill.

I think this was headed down the trail.

Back at the car, and back down below the fog!


Here are some shots from a ride we did today:

There's the fire road we biked in 3 miles on.


A bit of what we biked/hiked up.

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My bike and the trail.
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Well, all in all, I've had a blast on these two trails, yesterday and today. Sorry the pictures aren't better quality. These pictures are all from my cell phone. I just didn't feel like stuffing my somewhat large camera into my backpack. Besides, I ride with a moderately small Camelback, so room is sparse for extra items.

Nice pics! Where is it this place? I also like mountain biking, a lot. Bravo!! Alfredo

Gorgeous pictures, makes me almost want to exercise more <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Awesome vistas. Not bad pics for a cell phone, gotta be more than 1.3 megs, lol

Michelangelo, these trails are near San Luis Obispo (SLO), California. The first one pictured is about 30 minutes out of SLO. The second trail is maybe 20 minutes out of SLO. The general area is about 3 hours south of the San Franciso Bay Area.

ECF, yeah, the cell camera is a bit better than 1.3 megapixels. I think it's 5! I don't understand why anyone needs a 5 megapixel camera on a phone. When the lens is soooo tiny, the megapixel count can only do so much. My 3 megapixel Fuji S5000 takes much better pictures because the lens is about as big as they get without the camera being a DSLR.

Fantastic, I'll love to run over there!
PS look out to the cougar! :-)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0bLjgdXR8U&feature=related

Great pics,love the fog breaking over the ridge.
Thanks.

Cool pics. What kind of mountain bike do you ride dl351?

I have an Iron Horse Sachem 4.0. It's nothing fancy, but it works, has full suspension, hydraulic Hayes disk brakes, and 6 inches of travel. It's what I'd call an entry level long travel full suspension bike. It's a simple design, though not the latest and greatest technology. That's how I could afford it.

WOw!
Some great area you have there to ride.
Great pics as well.


I use a bag under the seat to carry my camera and other edc stuff
when I go out. The one I just bought is large enough
to fit a small fixed blade it.
The bag can expand...
extra gels,fire steel and survival blanket etc
out where you guys are at,Id be sure to have the basics along.

Your bike sounds badass. I ride a Giant that is pretty much a grocery getter. I actually don't like it. The frame length is to short for me, and I feel cramped on it <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banghead.gif" alt="" />.

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