RR: Flagstaff AZ - Mt. Elden

On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 20:13:06 -0700, "John Morgan"
blathered:

I woke up early this morning and drove the 2.5 hours to Flagstaff
We took the dirt road that leads to the top of Mt.
Elden. Flagstaff is at about 7000 feet elevation, and by the time we were
done with the climb we were at over 9000 feet.

I spent a few days at Flagstaff in September 2001, doing the Sunset
Trail Loop you describe plus a couple of others. The climbing wasn't
too bad, although I wasn't acclimatised to the altitude so found
myself getting a bit breathless. The trails were good but it was
snakebite city, at least with the rear tyre I was using; after buying
a new tyre and tubes I was OK for subsequent riding in Durango &
Crested Butte.

Cosmic Ray's book seemed a pretty good shakedown on the trails on the
mountain.

Pete
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"John Morgan" wrote in message news:6PISa.23152$zy.17478@fed1read06...
I woke up early this morning and drove the 2.5 hours to Flagstaff to meet up
with some friends for some cooler weather riding. I had no idea where we
planned to ride in Flagstaff, I only wanted to escape the 115 degree heat.
It's an amazing trail. There were several turnoffs, all leading to
different places I'm sure, but I didn't really have time to examine the
signs. =) I highly recommend this to anyone looking for some fast forest
riding. There were some people riding up the way we were going down, but
this would be even more difficult than riding up on the dirt road. The dirt
road took almost 2 hours and it was smooth. Coming down took about 45
minutes (including the tire change and scenic stops).

-John Morgan

Sounds like a blast. I didn't realize Flagstaff was so high. So how
was the walk out after the owwie to the rim?

Paladin

Sounds like a blast. I didn't realize Flagstaff was so high. So how
was the walk out after the owwie to the rim?

Paladin

Well, I was able to ride out, but it was difficult to get the tire on before
inflation. I don't trust this rim after taking that kind of a beating, and
how am I supposed to brake in the rear anymore? lol.

I will have the mechanics try to repair it, but if that fails, I'll just buy
a new hoop.

-John Morgan