A Humbling Experience

Sometimes even your own expectations fall short. Last Sunday 22 local riders showed up for the 3rd annual first annual Humbling 100... or in the parlance of some, Just Another Big Ride ("jabber"for the phonetically challenged). As the cliche goes, "only those who have gone too far know how far one can go,"... well, last weekend we got a glimpse down the long dark corridor of what is possible.
Members of the Trail Building Colletive helped clean and mark close to 70 miles of singletrack for the Pedaling Productions (www.pedalingproductions.com) event. For those not familiar with the hidden gems that the Naples/Italy/Bristol Valleys hold this event was an eye-opening opportunity to sample the goods and white-knuckle it down some of the region's best singletrack descents and become re-aquainted with their granny gear on some of the unmaintained fire/seasonal road climbs cloaked in golf ball sized, loose, pea gravel.
New singletrack along the Naples Creek "Bluff Trail" and Ontario County Park were unveiled for a mass audience. For those of you that liked that, there is more to come; please contact us (trailcollective@gmail.com) for project overviews and timetable.
A re-cap of the day is not what this blog is about, we'll leave that to some of the others - see our links at the side. But please check out the photo gallery and the Garmin data...even upload the course and have at it! Or, just check out the new singletrack... The quick and dirty stats were 111 miles, 16,648 ft of climbing, 10,600 calories and 12:43:00 ride time. For the real data go here: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/776836
During those 12 plus hours there was a lot of time to do math: 53 total attempts, 4 completions - your turn for some mental gymnastics.
Enjoy the pics and we'll see you at the Burning Bike Festival this weekend (September 12-14) at Ontario County park for trail building, singletrack ripping and beer drinking - maybe not in that order. Enjoy.