TRIPS: More new trails … & riders

A month ahead of schedule, Tom was back on his bike this week leading Clint, Garry, Lance, newcomer Jim and I yesterday on 14-mile singletrack excursion that was mostly new to the rest of us, and definitely had something for everyone. From Tom:

We rode … through the Cane Fields to the steps, to Spider and then down The Chute, around to Double Drop, through The Tunnel and up Bent Rim, around part of Paintball, down to The Maze, back to Paintball, over the Koba Bridge and back home through the Cane Fields.

Garry brought his Cannondale Jekyll out of the closet for the ride and snatched the “Look of the Day” award (see photo) at a surprise jump on Double Drop, and our two 6-foot-plus eating-machine triathletes (Clint and Jim) came to the conclusion that the price of a trip to Singapore was worth it for the food alone.

The complete beauty of the ride was that after nearly two weeks of on and off rain, it dried up essentially for three days before the ride, which made clean up a lot easier than anytime in recent memory.

It’s good to see the OMBA group consistent and growing; we should have plenty of trail guides to help newcomers by summer!