Bike Blog 9-30-07

Last week the boy’s from “Bike” magazine came up to gather info and take photos for a story on Big Bear Lake’s mountain biking scene. I was lucky enough to be the chosen host. I gathered up a few of the local core riders and we set out to show them a good time.

We started the first session down at the newly opened “Exploration” trail and Dave the photographer kept us busy acting like super models because of all the “Kodak” moments. It was another spectacular Big Bear day and a fine day to be in the mountains riding our bikes. Like a pack of wild Labrador puppies we hammered down the manicured singletrack flailing and railing laughing at every close call and laughing even harder at every dusty crash. At the bottom it was agreed that the new trail was a big hit, no pun intended.

After a healthy carb’ filled lunch in the village we headed back up into the forest in search of more wicked singletrack fun. We decided on a trip out to “Gunsight” on the Siberia creek trail for some more epic scenery and another round of mountain bike super models styling and profiling for the photographer. It’s never a disappointment riding out there in the afternoon to watch the sun setting over the city. There are so many options it was hard to decide where to take them, but we finally chose to link up at the always challenging “Larry’s” trail with the always fun “Cabin 89″ trail for the last run. 

Pro downhiller Eric Carter joined us the following day and we did some runs around the Snow Summit resort. It was amazing just how much faster the pros go than everyone else. Even Eric said that in the end; as long as you’re riding, challenging yourself and having fun, then that’s all that really matters.

In the end, everyone agreed Big Bear has something for every level of rider and I’m very anxious to read the story when it’s done. Keep an eye out for the anniverary issue of bike and read all about what we already know, mountain biking is alive and well in the Big Bear!
 
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