I decided to join Jay on his Dupont/Pisgah mounting biking vacation. I woke up early to be at his house by 6:45 because it was about an hour drive from my house to get there. We all (Jay, Joel, Lee, Jim, and I) packed up into two vehicles and hit the road. It was about a 6 hour drive, but we got there in time to get a ride in before dark. Jay decided to take us to a few trails in Dupont including Cedar Rock and Corn Mill Shoals Trail. He tried to take us around Burnt Mountain, but the trail was closed for repairs so we were unable to ride it.
This type of riding is completely different than anything we have here as it was nice and technical through some sections and most of the downhills had humps that could be jumped. The slick rock was also incredible. I was actually able to use granny gear as it was pretty steep in some sections but the granite rock had tremendous traction even though it was wet. It was a great first ride even though we only rode about 5 miles in about an hour. It definitely felt like much more and left a huge smile on my face.
It was slightly raining on us most of the time however the trails were in pretty good shape. These trails being mostly on rock did very well in the wet and were a very pleasant ride even with the rain and the cold.
We hit a Mexican restaurant that evening and I ate a huge serving of fajita nachos. They were excellent and really hit the spot after the ride. We sampled a few beers, watched some south park and went to bed.
A warning to light sleepers, if you room with Jay make sure you bring earplugs.
I didn’t get any pictures of this one as I didn’t want to take the camera in the rain.
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