1001 Dismounts

Maad and I did a day trip up to Prescott to ride The Dells, both of us needing a little reward injected into our worldviews. We were guided by friends Enel, Chris, Helimech and Jayem.   These Ptown locals are pretty much the best riders on this system, and combined with neither James nor I riding a whole lotta tech down here in The ‘Nix in summer, we were thoroughly humbled.   We still had a great time riding just 7 exhausting miles in 2 hrs over terrain that is unique compared to anything else in AZ.   Rolling 100 yards without getting off was a rarity, next time I’m going with the flat pedals.

The ups and downs, steeps and drops, narrows and turns left me flummoxed and struggling to establish rhythm.   But the terrain was an everchanging playground, and my buds were supportive even if constantly waiting for me and Maad to catch up, so I never got down.

Jayem made this look easy
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*skeeeeeeeeeeeeetched*
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nutting up, albeit an easier line
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Eric was the master of track stands
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its my O-Face!
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Maad stepping up
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Helimech on a new stretch by the lake
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Eric nailed this on his first try ever on this brand new section
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in the bottoms by the damn
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Eric cleaning a very hard up-out-down sequence
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this pic does not do the exit justice
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this one does, even if the exit was all i could manage
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excellent times! followed by our new tradition of post-Dells Indian Buffet. woot woot!

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