Chris, Root and I hit St. Louis\u00c2\u00a0yesterday for some F\/R.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0The weather was nice all day, but as soon as we unloaded bikes at the top, it started to drizzle.\u00c2\u00a0 The sky was blue over Manoa, but clouds were rolling in slowly behind us over the mountains.\u00c2\u00a0 Intending to check out some of the stuff we saw last week, we dropped mainline.\u00c2\u00a0 Rain-specked glasses and goggles immediately fogged,\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0keeping speeds down. \u00c2\u00a0Dirt clung to wet bikes and shinguards like breadcrumbs and clogged tire knobs into dirt-slicks. \u00c2\u00a0 <\/p>\n
We\u00c2\u00a0hooked the first left after the 4-way junction. \u00c2\u00a0The earth around the rock drop was heavily eroded, but a lot of the sharper turns along this trail had been bermed-in.\u00c2\u00a0 We dropped down through agave, then took the tank trail out.\u00c2\u00a0 Near the\u00c2\u00a0tank, we tried the new left fork that led through jumps then sinuous dry switchbacks.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0There had been a fair amount of use since this trail was cut as evidenced by the Haole-koa punji stumps sticking up around 30-40cm above the loose dirt.\u00c2\u00a0 The trail dumped out where we suspected – a little past the beginning of the lower trail.<\/p>\n
Dinner was at Sumo Ramen in Market City.\u00c2\u00a0 I had Ma-bo tofu ramen for $6.\u00c2\u00a0 Good.\u00c2\u00a0 B-<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n D = 3.47-miles, Vavr = 9.7-mph, Vmax = 17.9-mph on trail, T = 21-minutes.\u00c2\u00a0 Distance and time are both from the park to McB since I forgot once again to turn the computer on at the car.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n