The Dirty Dozen's Inaugural '07 Ride

By the time we finished Jan. 3 – actually about 10 minutes into the ride – you could call us the dirty dozen as a night of rain that continued in the morning ensured the 12 of us were covered in orange mud for the year’s first Okinawa Mountain Bike Association group ride.

It was great to have so many riders, and so many new riders, out for a winding 19 miles through the Chibana (Chibana Market, Spiders & Pipes and Mad Hatter) and Spider Loop (La Luge, Mother of All Downhills and Lower Chute) trails. Not too many spills, aside from a pile up on some moss-frosted cobblestone enroute home –- we’ll have to try harder next time I guess!

New construction on a golf course 86'd Mudrock for good, but luckily someone had blazed some workarounds for us through what used to be secure chain links.

Anyway, checkout more photos here (Blogger was having upload issues) and the videos below of the ride instead of reading my droning...



Heading Down La Luge



Heading Down La Luge 2