I know you exist! I see some of you on my daily rides. Sometimes, a chance encounter on the trails. But I know very very few of you, fellow cyclists. Who on the forum has a beloved two-wheeled steed? What traills are your favorites? What kind of bike(s) do you have? Any single speeders out there, or even more impressive in Wrightwood, any fixies riding about? Cyclocrossers? Randonneurs? Steel? Anyone commute to work on bike?
So far, the only other cyclists I know are the neighbors' kids who come by for help on their flats. Plenty of people riding around on softtails, although that's a bit of overkill for most of the riding around here. I infrequently see roadies huffin' and puffin' with their double cranks on the 2.
Anyway, I'm hoping to see a roll call of the cyclist ranks in Wrightwood, and maybe people will see fit to testify their passion for whatever particular flavor of riding, trail, and/or bike that has their fancy.
My wife rides a Gunnar Crosshairs, a yellow cyclocross bike. Most people probably think it's a road bike when she rolls through town, but it is designed so you can throw some fat knobbies on it and ride it on any trail around here. She also has a hardtail mtn bike, a Fisher Paragon that is seeing marginal duty as of late.
We occasionally take turns riding a Jamis Exile with an xtracycle attached (xtracycle.com).
I have a mid-80s blue Centurion that I'll cruise on every once and a while, but I spend most of my time on a Rivendell Atlantis. I sold my mtn bike, so any trail riding I do is on the Atlantis. I'll eventually get a vintage mtn bike, but not now.
I always liked riding the fire roads between Grassy Hollow and Jackson Lake, the Blue Ridge trail, and went on the Manzanita once. I'd like to broaden my horizons for trails, though. Any suggestions?
