J.E.M. Trail
by Dave Johnson
August
23
2008
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Me and my friend Statton meet up with Kent and took off to Tackle the JEM trail today. the route we took was ok going up until we got to the highway then the real burn kicked in. it was very uneventful going up Kent and me tried out a few side trails and practiced our bunny hops and wheelies. I almost lost it doing a wheelie. Once we were on the highway it was a very hard 2 miles up to the Top trailhead of JEM.
I do believe the downhill was totally worth it I pulled off a few little jumps and didn’t crash. The switchback section is something I’ll never ride on my bike. Once in the clear it was a very cruise downhill with twisty paths and tiny jumps. When we got to the dirt road again I wasn’t paying and attention and almost endoed off a small drop. The next section past the road wasn’t too bad it had a few climbs up small rock gardens but was nothing that held me up. toward the end of the trail we had some nice but scary cliff riding
My new shoes & clipless pedals
by Dave Johnson
August
8
2008
I picked up some very nice shoes and clipless pedals today. I got them at Red Rock Bicycle Co. located here in St. George. I bought the specialized Taho MTB shoes with Shimano PD-M520 Pedals with the total cost of about $120.00. After getting use to the pedals I notice at least 50% better pedaling efficiency and I only fell over twice. Getting clipped out was kind of tricky at first but you easily get use to clipping in and out.
Barrel Roll Trail
by Dave Johnson
August
1
2008
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Well after taking a week off because my knee wasn’t doing so good, me and some friends rode the Barrel Roll Trail today, And it is 6 miles of pure hell. Big climbs and rock gardens up and down. I went down some big rock drops but it’s the little ones that get you.
I went off this small drop on my way down. It’s one of those drops that you don’t care about and just cruse off of it. Well I wasn’t so lucky. My front tire goes down and just sticks. I go flying over the bars and crash. My GPS goes rolling down the hill and I bend my break leaver…. again, and it’s the same one. I’m sorry I didn’t get video of it. I thought I was getting good video of the downhill just before I ate it, but no it was in picture mode.
It’s super rocky and I don’t plan on doing this one anytime soon.. It has switch backs up and switch backs down. If you do this trail make sure you pack extra tubes.