Sunday Oct 26 - Tour de Shed - North side

[denisvtt]

Tour de Shed - North side

Where: Frederick Watershed, Md

Date: 10/26

Start Time: 9:30am

Ride Difficulty: Advanced

Trails: blue to Enchanted Forest and Little Canaan, Crystal Clear, Lollypop and Golf Ball, Sand Flats, Salamander, Thurmont Overlook, Supersweet, Death March and several others.

Distance: about 20-22 miles

Pace: we'll say moderate at the beginning and casual+ at the end...

Moving time: 3+ hrs

Total time: around 5 hrs.

Terrain: Rocky, with long climbs and descents and technical portions.

Bailouts: there are a few bailouts via Gambrill Park Rd but you will still have a good portion of road to cover. See here for a map of the ride.

Important: this is not a ride for complete beginners but the main emphasis should be on fitness, not technical skills. You can always walk the technical stuff. If you are in poor to below average shape however, you will come back exhausted.

Meeting Place: Hamburg parking lot

Directions: I-270 North to Rt 15 to Exit 14 Rosemont Ave. Right on Rosemont. Continue on Rosemont, which becomes Yellow Springs Rd. Continue on Yellow Springs Rd, which becomes Hamburg. Parking lot is on the left about 6 miles from the Rt 15 exit and right after the big climb on Hamburg.

Get your own directions: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&sadd...,0.528717&z=12

Ride GPS data: http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/activity/6471020

Calendar: http://www.more-mtb.org/forum/calendar.php?do=getinfo&day=2008-10-26&c=2

Phone: 240-994-MY-DC

[gfrank]

It looks like it will stop rainning about 5pm Saturday, with the good drainage of the shed we should be in good shape.
I will meet you in the hamburg lot at 9:20AM

[mtbmartyr]

I should be there, too!

[oldnoob]

I'm into this... im not the fastest thing on 2 wheels tho... (or even a fast thing on 2 wheels) and it takes me a bit to get my lungs when rides start with long climbs right from the get-go... but i guess someone needs to sweep eh?

[tuba_transport]

I'm into this... im not the fastest thing on 2 wheels tho... (or even a fast thing on 2 wheels) and it takes me a bit to get my lungs when rides start with long climbs right from the get-go... but i guess someone needs to sweep eh?

If this ride goes like it did last time, then it starts flat then goes downhill. THEN you get a climb.

I am off on another ride or I would have been there. Denis leads a good ride. Y'all who don't get to the Shed much or ever should REALLY do this one. Bring a camera.

Here is the elevation from last time.
http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/chart/get.mb?xy.domain=totalDistance&xy.ranges=elevation&xy.histogram=false&xy.legendVisible=false&xy.primaryRangeAxisVisible=true&xy.secondaryRangeAxisVisible=true&xy.rangeTitlesVisible=true&xy.domainAxisVisible=true&xy.plotForegroundOpacity=0.75&episodePk.pkValue=6861067&xy.plotForegroundOpacity=0.75&xy.autoFit=true&xy.width=340&xy.height=227

[denisvtt]

it takes me a bit to get my lungs when rides start with long climbs right from the get-go...
Good news: this one starts with a downhill.

[Admittedly, that won't last...]

[mongercoster]

Pablo and i will be there too.

[Brizn]

Denis- I'm in for this. Check the mgi thread.

[monster]

I am in! See you guys there.

[tuba_transport]

Denis- I'm in for this. Check the mgi thread.
Well, crap. I already had plans for another ride, dude.

[eroc]

I'm in too. Red jeep. Brown bike.

Eric

[Brizn]

Well, crap. I already had plans for another ride, dude.Np! Your ride IS for Sunday, not Saturday, right??:eek::D

[denisvtt]

Ride is on.

See you all 9:30, Hamburg.

[yueq]

So no one is back yet? Still wandering around watershed?

Denis, you are getting more and more popular these days :). 13 riders, 3 more than last week's 10!

[BottomBraket]

I'm whooopped! I got 3 out of 4 bad cleat bolts out on the way back from the shed. Maybe tomorow.

[denisvtt]

All pics: http://chazellefamily.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=4030

Samples:

http://chazellefamily.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=4071&g2_serialNumber=2

http://chazellefamily.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=4119&g2_serialNumber=2

http://chazellefamily.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=4086&g2_serialNumber=2

http://chazellefamily.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=4148&g2_serialNumber=2

http://chazellefamily.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=4053&g2_serialNumber=1

http://chazellefamily.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=4092&g2_serialNumber=2

http://chazellefamily.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=4131&g2_serialNumber=2

http://chazellefamily.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=4030

[mongercoster]

Hey.Thanks a lot Denis!
It was the one of best rides i ever been on.
Jamie

[nocro]

omg, 6 hours?

BTW, you should change the title of your album at chazellefamily to "Tour de Shed North". Relative to Hamburg rd, you were riding the north side today.

[denisvtt]

omg, 6 hours?

About 5.5 if you count from the moment we left to the moment we came back.

BTW, you should change the title of your album at chazellefamily to "Tour de Shed North". Relative to Hamburg rd, you were riding the north side today.
You know, north, south, it's so confusing to me. I should have converted them to metric first! :p

[oldnoob]

Denis, you are getting more and more popular these days :). 13 riders, 3 more than last week's 10!

Denis gives good ride :) Huge kudos to Denis! Perfect riding weather, great crew, great ride... sorry I was whining about that final climb :) Seriously, the riding there is "supersweet" and I can personally attest that "little canaan" and most of the other trails there are almost identical to canaan! (without the mud bogs..which is a good thing!)

A few Tour de Shed North photos (http://www.flickr.com/photos/28999836@N06/sets/72157608402003145/)

[cableguy46]

Yep that was the best Water Shed ride I've done!!!! Great group of guys to ride with and I loved the flow of the direction we went today...most of those trails I ride on but we always go the opposite direction....love the way we went though....I have pictures currently loading on my flickr site....on flickr.com I am cableguy46, so far 46% is loaded...thanks for some cool shots Denis...next Sunday is the MTB Jamboree at Fair Hill so I'll miss any Gambrill rides, but hey come up to Fair hill it's a blast!!!!

[img]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3136/2976713746_1f2367f065_b.jpg[img]




Ed

oldguysrule46.blogspot.com

[3312dc]

Do you all do this ride every sunday?

[mtbmartyr]

Thanks so much to the guys who took pictures; it was a beautiful day!

Thanks to Denis for putting together the ride!

Sunny skies, turning leaves, dry trails, no major mechanicals or injuries (in the Shed!). What a day!

[denisvtt]

Do you all do this ride every sunday?

3312: No. But I do plan to do at least another one in November. Probably not next week, though. Keep an eye on this forum or the calendar, I'll put it in there.

[oldnoob]

no major mechanicals or injuries (in the Shed!). What a day!

Yeah, only 2 flats and a broken chain. And I learned that using Stan's even with tubeless tires is a good thing! sealed a 1/4" puncture on its own and i didnt have to futz with putting a tube in it. great stuff!

[denisvtt]

Hey, thanks to everybody who came. It was a perfect day, with leaves at their peak and splendid weather (Pics if you haven't seen them yet (http://chazellefamily.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=4030).)

A total of 13 people were there. In the last 2 weeks, that's a total of 19 different people that have been to either the north or the south ride, or both. Many of them were there for the first time and it was a blast to get you to discover those terrific Shed trails.

Possibilities for next weekend: Tour de Patapsco, another Shed ride, Elizabeth Furnace, a MoCo Epic? Let me know what would interest you.

PS: Cableguy, can you give the link to your flicker site. Thanks.

- Denis The Bike Rider

[ymduhh]

man looks like it was a great day for you guys! :)

if there is something going down next weekend, I will be interested XD will be keeping an eye out for another thread this week :)

[cableguy46]

Denis...here it is...it should be in my signature now too...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/25184533@N04/


Ed

[eroc]

Nice tour. Thanks!