Japanese Gultch

[Str8OutaBallard]

anybody been riding there lately?

if all goes well, and I make it back from my new lady friends house in time, I'll be out there around 10 or 11ish tommrrow... there will be 2 of us...

if not it'll be later in the day...

[Borneo]

It's getting into the fall messy stage already and today won't help. Unfortunately, the soil has got a lot of clay in it and both climbing and descending is no fun from now until about April-May. The Upper South side where the DJs are may be alright though. Not worth it unless you live right by there during the wet months. July-Sept it's pretty awesome though.

[Str8OutaBallard]

Yeah I forgot how much clay is out there in the soil...

all the leaves w/clay reminded me of the last time I tried to ride Marginal dh in similar conditions... leaves/clay/roots are about as slippy as I've ever seen it... almost like riding on snow in the city or something...

I rode e38 yest on my big hit bike and found it easier than Jap Gulch on my Allmtn bike in todays conditions...

I think I'll wait for some dry days before I head back out there again...

[ktown.freeride]

hey st8outaballard, how wet is it out at 38? Still rideable?

[Str8OutaBallard]

hey st8outaballard, how wet is it out at 38? Still rideable?
it was good yest... parts of it had running water... would be even better w/sticky tires... but I had a good time and so did others....

[bikerpunk98199]

hey st8outaballard, how wet is it out at 38? Still rideable?
its fine its still tacky, i was w/ him. go ride it

[iridebikes]

it's sick. wet roots, wet rocks, muddy, but still gobs of traction. dirt is nice and soft, rocks are still painfully hard as Andrew found out. KR was nice, Gate wasn't bad either. It was only the second time riding gate. lower HMO was super nice. I didn't ride warm up, so I'm not sure how that was. But the dirts good. For how hard it was raining, I'd be suprised if there's any point where it's not ridable, but i've never ridden much dh in the winter.

[downhillracer]

its a nice place to ride in the mud. the slicker the dirt the more fun!