Mountain Biking Log

Date Location Distance Avg Speed Max Speed Time Notes
8/8/02 CSC 6.41 7.3 19.4 0:52:39 rode with Dan; 83°; rode Lake out and back -> Creekside out and back
7/22/02 Lake Crabtree/Westin 8.0       86° and humid; warmed up on Lake Crabtree loops then rode Westin trail then finished with loop 1; bike computer stopped working a couple miles into the ride; rode over an hour, probably about 8 miles
7/18/02 Harris Lake - Hog Run 7.52 8.2 19.8 0:54:59 rode with Dan, Rich; 91°; rode most (all?) of the loops; 30 min to HLCP from work, 50 min home
7/5/02 CSC/Ericsson 3.85 4.8 19.6 0:47:23 rode with Lisa; 90°; rode Creekside out, logging road back; rode log ramp on Creekside; rode loop 1 & 2 at Ericsson
6/26/02 CSC 6.16 7.7 22.9 0:47:35 rode with Dan; 84°; rode Creekside out and back -> Lake -> logging road
6/22/02 Mountain Lake, VA 5.0     1:30 rode with Lisa; beautiful day in the mountains; saw LOTS of butterflies, a deer, and a few chipmonks
6/5/02 Ericsson 6.73 9.3 24.0 0:43:22 rode with Christian; 92°; rode all 5 loops
6/4/02 Morrisville 10.51 6.9 19.4 1:30:14 rode with Dan; 92°; 9 miles of the ride was single track; one fall at the start
5/30/02 Ericsson 6.82 9.3 29.3 0:43:57 rode with Dan; 84°; first ride of these trails; rode all 5 loops and loop 1 on the way out; 1.7 miles from Pineview
5/27/02 Duke Forest 13.56 9.2 34.0 1:27:54 rode with Tanner; rode out from the house, met Tanner and rode fire roads and single track
5/26/02 Duke Forest 5.05 11.1 27.0 0:27:16 rode with Lisa; rode out from the house
5/16/02 CSC 4.00 7.6 21.1 0:31:29 rode with Dan and Steve; 82°; rode Lake out and back
5/14/02 CSC 4.24 8.1 21.1 0:31:17 rode with Dan; 67° and sunny; rode Creekside -> first section of DT2 out and back
4/29/02 CSC 5.69 7.3 20.9 0:46:50 73°, sunny; rode Lake -> first section of DT2 -> Creekside; saw a 3-4' black snake
4/27/02 Duke Forest 2.59 9.0 17.8 0:17:16 rode single track loop while Lisa looked up butterflies
4/27/02 Duke Forest 5.86 6.8 25.3 0:51:46 rode with Lisa; drove over and rode mixed fire roads and single track; saw lots of butterflies and dragonflies
4/15/02 Duke Forest 5.84 9.6 25.3 0:34:00 beautiful spring evening ride; rode with Lisa; rode out from the house
3/10/02 Duke Forest 5.0     0:34:00 chilly evening ride; rode with Lisa; rode out from the house; bike computer was flaky
12/2/01 Chapel Hill High School 4.76 6.5 18.0 0:43:58 rode with Lisa, Tanner; 45°, partly sunny and breezy
11/13/01 CSC 4.49 7.7 20.0 0:34:52 rode with Dan; 55° and sunny; rode Creekside -> first section of DT2 out and back
10/12/01 CSC 5.77 7.0 18.8 0:49:30 rode with Dan; 77°; rode Creekside -> first section of DT2 -> Lake out and back
9/21/01 CSC 4.19 7.8 18.8 0:32:02 rode with Dan; 78°; rode Creekside -> first section of DT2 out and back
9/18/01 CSC 3.70 6.8 20.2 0:32:37 rode with Dan; 81°; rode Lake out to Ridge and back
9/14/01 CSC 5.53 6.4 22.9 0:51:52 rode with Steve, Dan; 81°; rode Creekside -> Lake (out half way and back); DT2, DT1 have been sacrificed to I-540
8/19/01 Duke Forest 5.63 8.9 25.6 0:37:56 pleasant late afternoon ride; rode with Lisa; rode out from the house
8/18/01 Duke Forest 4.31 5.8 15.7 0:44:04 very humid; rode with Lisa and Tanner; mostly singletrack
7/14/01 Falls Lake 5.92 5.3 14.4 1:05:58 rode with Lisa
7/7/01 Duke Forest 7.91 9.2 25.8 0:51:10 pleasant late afternoon ride; rode with Lisa; rode out from the house
6/28/01 Lake Crabtree 3.08 7.9 14.8 0:23:19 rode Loop 1 plus entrance trails
6/19/01 CSC 5.52 7.0 20.2 0:56:14 rode with Tony B.; 87° and humid; rode Lake -> logging roads -> Creekside
6/12/01 CSC 3.59 7.8 19.6 0:27:50 89° and humid; rode Creekside out and back; one spill at the last log on the way back
6/11/01 CSC 3.85 7.2 21.4 0:31:48 rode with Steve; 84° and humid; rode Creekside -> DT2 -> DT1; time and distance are off b/c computer is still flaky
6/10/01 Lake Crabtree 4.03 6.6 13.7 0:36:29 rode with Tanner; bike computer was flakey so data is less than actual ride
6/5/01 CSC 4.21 6.7 18.0 0:37:17 rode with Steve; 91° and humid; rode Creekside -> DT2 -> DT1; time and distance might be off b/c computer was flaky
6/3/01 Duke Forest 5.77 8.0 25.0 0:42:54 cool evening ride; rode with Lisa; rode out from the house
4/8/01 Duke Forest 3.72 5.7 14.8 0:39:09 sunny and warm (about 85°); rode with Lisa; drove to The Forest; mixed fire roads and single track
4/7/01 Duke Forest 7.11 12.0 28.3 0:35:29 sunny and warm (about 80°); rode out from the house
3/17/01 Duke Forest 4.96 9.0 26.1 0:32:55 sunny and warm; rode with Lisa; rode out from our house
12/10/00 Duke Forest 6.25 6.0 14.9 1:02:34 36° and damp; rode with Cannon; rode singletrack sections near the apartments
11/5/00 Wintergreen, VA 1.47 4.8 24.9 0:18:20 45°; rode with Lisa; trails below Skyline Pavilion
10/19/00 CSC 3.55 6.6 18.9 0:32:15 Steve ran along with me; rode Creekside -> DT2 -> Goat Trail
10/1/00 Lake Crabtree 5.05 5.5 18.1 0:54:16 rode with Lisa, Tanner
9/29/00 CSC 5.10 6.0 16.6 0:50:31 Steve ran along with me; rode Creekside -> DT2 -> DT1 -> DT1 -> Goat Trail
9/24/00 Duke Forest 4.69 8.8 24.9 0:31:54 sunny and warm; rode with Lisa; rode out from my house
9/18/00 Lake Crabtree 2.30 4.9 11.0 0:28:12 rode with Lisa, Rob, Janet; had to cut the ride short
9/15/00 CSC 3.55 5.4 18.3 0:39:26 Steve ran along with me; rode Lake -> Ridge, out and back; not as muddy as I expected, but had trouble with wet, exposed roots
9/13/00 CSC 3.53 6.2 20.2 0:33:08 Steve ran along with me; rode Creekside -> DT2
7/6/00 Chapel Hill High School 6.36 6.2 18.7 1:01:22 92°, humid and muddy
7/4/00 Duke Forest 9.50 10.9 26.7 0:50:09 92°; rode out from my house
7/3/00 Lake Crabtree 3.62 7.8 16.0 0:27:36 rode all 3 loops (2 -> 3 -> 1); 4-5' black snake crossed trail in front of me
6/27/00 CSC 4.51 6.5 22.1 0:41:29 rode with Steve; rode Lake -> DT1
6/27/00 Cary Greenway & Umstead 9.46 8.3 25.5 1:08:15 rode with Lisa; left from Lisa's apartment; rode the Greenway, up Old Reedy Creek and a short distance into Umstead
6/14/00 CSC 3.62 5.9 21.9 0:36:18 rode with Steve; rode Creekside -> DT2
6/13/00 CSC 7.04 7.5 27.0 0:55:50 99° and humid; rode Kit Creek out to 55 and back part way then cut over and rode Creekside trail out and back
5/4/00 Duke Forest 2.2 7.2 17.6 0:17:54 rode single track and fireroads behind apartments; drove over for a quick dusk ride
4/2/00 New Light 4.38 5.3 20.6 0:49:14 rode with Lisa, Rob and Janet; overcast and a bit muddy; rode loop 1; a little more technical than the others were looking for
3/29/00 Duke Forest 9.1 11.0 26.4 0:49:37 63°; rode out from my house; all fireroads and pavement
3/25/00 Cary Greenway & Lake Crabtree 5     1:30 rode with Lisa; left from Lisa's apartment; rode the length of the Greenway, some of Old Reedy Creek and Loop 1 at Crabtree; inagural ride on my new hardtail (I think I like it :)
3/19/00 Cary Greenway & Lake Crabtree 5     1:45 rode with Lisa, Rob and Janet; left from Lisa's apartment; rode the length of the Greenway, some of Old Reedy Creek and Loop 1 at Crabtree
12/5/99 Umstead & Lake Crabtree 25     2:30 rode with Steve and Tim; hilly; more than I had bargained for, and I was exhausted by the end
12/3/99 CSC         rode Creekside -> DT2 -> DT1; skipped the log drop
11/4/99 CSC         rode with Steve; rode Creekside -> DT2 -> DT1; augered HARD when I went over after hitting divot root after log dropoff on DT1; was able to ride back
11/1/99 CSC 3.5       rode with Steve; rode new Creekside trail out and back; Steve brought his digital video camera, and we filmed each other riding some of the "features"
10/27/99 CSC 3.5       rode with Steve and Tony B.; rode new Creekside trail out and back; fun ride; made it over one or two of the log piles
10/7/99 CSC         rode with Steve and Tony B.; rode DT2 -> DT1; took a fall trying to go over diagonal log on downhill at end of DT2
9/13/99 CSC         rode with Steve; rode DT2 -> Goat Trail; had a double chain break on DT2 so we headed back after I fixed it
9/3/99 CSC         rode Lake out and back
8/11/99 CSC         rode with Tim, Steve; rode the new DT2 -> DT1 -> Lake (only up to double log stacks); I rode a bunch of logs well and almost made it back up the log jump on DT1
8/6/99 CSC         rode with Tim, Steve and Tony; rode the new DT2 -> DT1 -> Lake
6/4/99 CSC         rode with Steve; rode Lake trail up to first wall of Ridge, out and back
5/21/99 CSC         rode with Steve, Dennis and Frank; rode Goat Road to the DT1/DT2 crossing; rode DT2 as far as possible and back; rode DT1 as far as possible then cut up to High Road; went and threw ourselves at Ridge then took Lake back
5/13/99 CSC         rode with Steve; rode Lake -> Ridge then rode a little on the logginng roads then took Davis back to work; I feel trying to go over Stump; we both tried the first wall on Ridge but neither of us made it
5/7/99 Lake Crabtree/Westin 8.1       rode with Jason and Cathy; good ride, including some definitely challenging stuff on Westin; longest ride I've done in a while (guessing at the distance based on a previous ride)
5/6/99 CSC         rode by myself; rode Lake trail just past Stump; much better ride than yesterday
5/5/99 CSC         rode with Steve; rode Lake trail (Mark II, post-logging) up to first wall of Ridge; definitely not riding up to par after not riding for 2 months
3/5/99 CSC         rode with Steve; rode DT2 -> DT1 (half way b/c of logging) and back; made it over the jump and got my front wheel up on it the other way; made it up the Root Slide of Death
2/25/99 CSC         rode with Steve; rode DT2 -> DT1 -> Pipeline; very muddy; I was having bad chain suck on DT2 so I rode DT1 in middle ring; made it over new loq jam on DT1 but endo'd in a hole right after it
2/12/99 CSC       0:40:00 rode with Steve; rode DT2 out and back; successfully rode up the Root Slide of Death for the first time
1/29/99 CSC 7.0       rode with Steve; rode the power lines; very muddy; my computer is still broken so I don't have accurate stats
1/10/99 CSC 6.5     1:20:00 rode with Steve; rode Pipeline -> DT1 -> DT2 -> DT2 -> DT1 -> Cutover -> High Road; cold (27°) and wet; mechanical trouble: I had bad chain suck b/c of all the mud, broke the wire on my computer at the beginning of the ride, Steve's computer didn't work
12/21/98 CSC 2.9 5.2 18.7 0:33:28 rode with Steve; rode Goat Trail and ½ of DT2; extremely muddy - especially on Goat Trail - to the point that the wheels wouldn't turn from mud around brakes and rims ("bubble gum" mud)
12/11/98 CSC 6.0 6.3 21.1 0:56:46 rode with Tim; rode DT2 -> DT1 (halfway b/c off logging) -> DT2 -> DT2; logging has consumed ½ of DT1, High Road, Lake and some of Cisco Trail :(
12/6/98 CSC 5.6 5.3 20.3 1:02:45 rode with Steve, Tom, Nancy; rode DT1 -> DT2 -> Lake (out to Viper and back); rode DT1 and Viper clean
12/4/98 CSC 5.7 5.7 20.1 1:00:47 rode with Steve; rode DT1 -> DT2 -> Lake (out and back); 2 dabs on DT2; made it through Viper clean coming back
12/3/98 CSC 5.7 6.4 22.0 0:53:22 rode with Steve and Tim; rode DT2 -> DT1 -> DT1 -> DT2; rode DT1 clean except Widowmaker shortcut
12/2/98 CSC 6.9 6.3 21.3 1:06:37 rode with Steve and Tim; rode DT2 -> DT1 -> DT1 -> DT2 -> Lake (out and back); rode DT2 (foward) clean!
12/1/98 CSC 3.8 7.1 20.2 0:31:49 rode with Steve; rode DT1 -> DT2; great ride ... 2 dabs on DT1 and only 1 dab on DT2; rode all 3 gullies on DT2 clean
11/29/98 Chapel Hill High School 7.0 7.0 19.5 1:00:15 rode with Tom
11/24/98 CSC 3.8 7.2 20.0 0:31:35 rode with Steve; rode DT1 -> DT2; rode 2nd and 3rd gullies on DT2
11/23/98 CSC 5.2 6.0 19.5 0:52:14 rode with Steve; rode Cutover -> DT1 -> DT2 -> Lake (out and back); rode DT1 clean and made the first two gullies on DT2
11/17/98 CSC 5.0 5.8 21.0 0:51:30 rode by myself; rode Lake out and back -> High Road Cutover -> DT1 -> Goat Trail; very muddy ride
11/15/98 Duke Forest 6.5 5.5 14.0 1:10:52 rode with Tanner
11/12/98 CSC 3.7 7.0 21.9 0:32:29 rode with Steve; rode DT1 -> DT2; good ride of DT2 - made one of the big gullies and only stopped twice (at the top of each of the other two gullies)
11/11/98 CSC 2.7 6.9 17.0 0:23:21 rode with Steve; rode DT1 -> DT2; data is not accurate - computer stopped working part way through the ride
11/9/98 CSC 5.6 6.5 21.6 0:51:22 rode with Steve and Frank; rode DT2 -> DT1 out and back; rode DT1 clean for the first time on the way back
11/8/98 CSC 5.1 5.2 16.4 0:58:43 rode with Steve; rode DT2 -> DT1 -> Cutover -> High Road; looked at forest clearing; rode back High Road -> Lake -> Stump; walked around looking for Ridge but couldn't find it; rode back and took Aorta Hill -> Lake (backwards); note: data is not accurate b/c my computer stopped working
11/6/98 CSC 5.1 6.2 21.0 0:49:47 first ride in 3 weeks; rode with Steve; rode Cutover -> DT1 -> DT2 -> DT1 -> Cutover
10/15/98 CSC 4.3 6.6 17.5 0:39:06 rode with Steve and Frank; rode Lake -> DT1; fell on first hill on Lake - scraped my leg and racked myself on the handlebars; the rest of the ride was slow but OK
10/13/98 CSC 4.0 6.7 21.4 0:35:36 rode by myself; rode DT2 -> DT1 -> High Road Cutover
10/12/98 CSC 6.7 6.3 22.2 1:03:51 rode with Steve; rode Lake -> DT1 -> DT2 -> High Road -> DT1; almost rode DT1 clean both times - didn't get the Wall the first run and The Widowmaker the second run
10/7/98 CSC 5.2 6.6 22.2 0:46:59 rode with Steve; rode DT2 -> DT1 -> DT1
9/29/98 CSC         rode with Steve; rode DT2 -> DTI1-> DT1 -> DT2; I crashed hard on the downhill root section on DT2 at the end of the ride; damaged my computer pickup so I don't have stats
9/19/98 Duke Forest 12.1 9.1 26.4 1:19:51 rode by myself from my house; rode various fire roads and two sections of single-track; almost got hit by falling tree!
9/11/98 CSC 4.9 6.2 20.9 0:47:31 rode with Steve; rode Lake -> High Road -> DT1 (forwards and backwards); made The Widowmaker both directions; *almost* made The Wall
9/10/98 CSC 6.8 6.5 19.3 1:02:54 rode with Steve and Dennis; rode Lake -> Stump -> Pipeline -> cutover to High Road -> DT1 -> DT2
9/3/98 CSC 8.4 10.2 20.6 0:49:46 rode with Greg S., Frank, Robbie; rode Kit Creek -> power line -> farm cutover -> Pipeline -> High Road -> DT1; rode DT1 pretty well
9/1/98 CSC 4.3 6.9 21.6 0:37:08 rode by myself; rode High Road -> Cutover -> DT1 -> DT2; put my feet down 3 times on DT1, but rode The Widowmaker
8/25/98 CSC 4.8 6.7 21.0 0:43:48 rode with Dennis and Frank; rode Lake -> Stump -> Ridge (backwards) -> Davis Loop -> Pipeline -> High Road cutover
8/22/98 CSC 5.2 5.8 19.5 0:54:11 rode with Steve; he was trying out his new Gary Fischer Joshua; rode High Road cutover -> DT1 -> DT2 -> Goat Trail -> DT1 -> High Road cutover
8/21/98 CSC 3.2 7.3 21.1 0:26:49 rode DT1 by myself; easy ride after 2 weeks of not riding (incl. a week at the beach); tried out new Bontrager saddle
8/6/98 CSC 3.4 7.2 18.9 0:28:28 rode with Dennis; bad day .... had a flat at beginning of ride; hit a hole and had a big, painful endo starting out on DT2; whacked a tree on big gully on DT2; headed in at that point
8/4/98 Duke Forest 4.5 7.6 17.5 0:35:22 rode the new single track; it's nice; interesting terain -- but not terribly difficult -- and lots of loops
8/2/98 Chapel Hill High School 5.9 7.4 21.1 0:48:01 rode with Tom, Robin and Ted
8/1/98 Duke Forest 6.8 7.4 22.7 0:55:18 rode with Jim & Lisa; rode fireroads in Duke Forest, riding out from my house
8/1/98 Duke Forest 3.7 6.4 14.2 0:34:43 went back out with Lisa; rode more/different fireroads; found a new section of single track
7/31/98 CSC 5.9 6.3 17.8 0:56:27 rode with Dennis and Steve; rode Lake -> Stump -> Ridge Loop (twice) -> Davis Loop -> Pipeline -> DT1 -> Goat Trail; made it down both walls on Ridge without falling; made it through Widowmaker
7/28/98 CSC 5.6 6.8 20.4 0:49:09 rode with the B team (Glenn, Frank, Ken, Bill, Fred); rode High Road -> Ridge -> High Road -> DT1 -> Goat Trail; first time successfully riding The Widowmaker
7/21/98 Westin/Lake Crabtree 8.1 6.7 18.4 1:13:22 rode with Tom; 98 degrees, 97% humidity, heat index of around 110; rode Westin then rode Loop 1, 2 and 3 at Lake Crabtree; good ride; sucked wind on a couple of the hills on Westin, but I rode *much* better than last time I tried it
7/14/98 CSC 3.2 7.0 20.0 0:26:47 rode by myself; rode High Road cutover -> DT1 -> Goat Trail
7/13/98 CSC 3.9 6.1 19.2 0:39:07 rode with Steve; rode High Road Cutover-> DT1 -> DT2; almost made it through The Widowmaker; need more practice on gullies (bounced off of 2 trees)
7/10/98 CSC 6.1 5.7 19.5 1:03:47 rode with Steve; rode DT2 -> DT1 -> Lake -> Stump -> High Road; we walked the Ridge loop to take a look at it (it's crazy); I endod on a ditch on Lake -- I was already tired as we started on Lake
7/9/98 CSC 5.0 6.8 17.0 0:44:41 rode with Steve; rode High Road -> Davis Loop -> Pipeline -> DT1
7/7/98 CSC 3.8 6.2 18.4 0:37:20 rode with Steve; rode DT2 -> DT1 -> High Road Cutover-> High Road
7/6/98 CSC 6.7 6.3 18.4 1:03:38 rode by myself; rode DT2 -> DT1 -> High Road -> Davis Loop -> Pipeline; I wasn't planning to ride that far, but I missed the turn for the trail home
7/4/98 Chapel Hill High School 5.5 6.9 22.2 0:48:08 rode with Tom
7/3/98 Lake Crabtree 2.8 5.3 13.4 0:32:06 went back out with Lisa for another ride after lunch; rode the More Difficult sections of loop 1 and rode loop 2
7/3/98 Duke Forest 6.6 6.2 16.6 1:04:03 rode with Lisa; it was her first time on a mountain bike (rented a bike from Bull City Bicycles); rode some fireroads and singletrack
6/19/98 CSC 5.4 6.4 17.1 0:50:42 rode with Steve after work; rode the High Road, the Pipeline and DT2
6/18/98 Lake Crabtree 8.2 6.9 18.9 1:11:03 rode with Tom; first ride with the Vetta C16
6/13/98 Lake Crabtree 3.5     0:45 rode by myself; just a short ride to test some maintenance work I was doing (adjusting the brakes); didn't have a cyclometer so I don't have real ride stats
5/28/98 Westin 8.81 6.1 17.9 1:25:48 rode on single-track outside of Lake Crabtree along I-40; it was new and quite challenging; rode through Lake Crabtree and out the back to get there
5/24/98 Chapel Hill High School 7.49 6.5 22.0 1:07:40 muddy from a thunderstorm earlier in the day; rode with Tom; first ride with the Cateye Enduro 2 cyclocomputer
5/22/98 CSC 5.1 4.2   1:12:30 my first ride at CSC; rode Lake trail and DT1; fell 3-4 times, including 1 endo; raised the stem height part-way through the ride
5/21/98 Lake Crabtree 10.2 9.5 26.0 1:04:31 rode with Tom; rode Crabtree and over to the back of Umstead
5/19/98 Lake Crabtree       0:40 trying out my new Univega :)
5/17/98 Chapel Hill High School 8.3     1:00 first real ride on Dennis' Univega; rode with Tom and two other guys; took two nasty falls
5/16/98 Duke Forest       1:00 first time out on Dennis' Univega; rode fireroads, some single track and a "cobblestone" section