neds

[Crash]

wow man ,
did Neds for the first time.....last sunday..
makes anything ive ridden on Burke or sfu or woodlot look easy...
what a blast .....i was almost able to ride it the whole way ... but i took it easy cause it was my first time...

did another trail yesterday on Grouse called crinkle crackle?
another great trail...
i now know what all the hype about the north shore is...
i always figured why go way into n.s. for a ride when you can just go to burke or somewhere closer.... i never imagined the difference...
i still like the others but im definetely a n.s. fan now.... i finished a 3 hr ride and can't wait to get back...
i'll have to talk nicely to my wife .. ha
anyone else have this experience..?
later
Crash


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every time i ride

[Zedbra]

Hehe. Welcome to the epoc of mountain biking. I can remember my first time on the shore (many many years ago). I had been riding the Delta Watershed for three years - had read about the shore, and seen the first NS movie so I had to go.
I walked down most of the Mushroom - saying to my friend 'people can't ride this!' hehe. Now it is a 15 second blurp of trail that doesn't even get me warmed up.
Have fun, help maintain these gems!

[Lady Gravity]

Originally posted by Crash
did another trail yesterday on Grouse called crinkle crackle?

do you mean crinkum crankum? lower down to the right, off like the 3rd switchback or something i believe - good trail!

the shore ROCKS, every time i ride fromme or seymour i'm totally pumped to do it again

[ruttager]

Neds was my first real shore ride about 2 years ago...from that point on I was addicted. I ride the NS alot, but I still go to Sumas, Ledgeview, the Shed etc...variety keeps things interesting.

[TREV]

neds is ridden to much, it is so rutted out now...

i use to hit it in 10 minutes...

now it takes 14 ...

it needs a trail day / days badly...

it is still fun though

[IFO]

this might seem kinda weird, but i like Neds in its current eroded state...

but then again i like super rocky DH style riding....it requires such alot of conecentration, but the rewards for railin a clean line down Neds feel so good afterwards...:cool:

[switch]

Crash,

Krinkum Krankum and Ned's are often called "cross country" trails. :eek:

Other trails on Fromme are supposed to be much harder. :eek:

Always wear as much padding as possible on those trails as they are very rocky and any spill can be quite painful.

[Crash]

hey thanks for the advice switch....i really have come to appreciate armour.. i rode without for a year...and did two endos....amazingly the last one i did i landed on a rock...with my face....had a massisve bump on my cheek and a couple scratches...oh yeah and a black eye...
i came home that day .. said hi to my wife.. grabbed some ice and 4 tylenol and went to bed ...woke 3 hours later had dinner watched t.v. and then went to work...next day....the swelling had gone down lots....but man that fricken hurt like a bitch.....!!!
i was definetely lucky i didn't break teeth or my cheeckbone or get a stick in my eye...was at least a year and a half ago and my cheeck has not felt the same since...but it left no marks or nothing..
whoah i just wrote a book ...
im outta here
later

[switch]

Originally posted by Crash
i really have come to appreciate armour.. i rode without for a year...and did two endos....amazingly the last one i did i landed on a rock...with my face....had a massisve bump on my cheek and a couple scratches...oh yeah and a black eye...

Full face mask. If you don't have one, seriously thing about getting one. The protect your head much better than a XC helmet, and they also protect your face very well.

If you have one, good purchase.

[ATN]

Even maintaining the shore gets me like that...

tis beautiful.... I feel like trying to put my first shore ride in this weekend.