Photos and video from a tour of Santa Barbara.

Several days of rain earlier in the week, coupled with last Saturday's
excellent weather in Santa Barbara created riding conditions perfect
as can be. Four of us began early in the morning and rode till
darkness set in. Our leisurely photo-taking pace barely allowed us to
finish all three trails that we were interested in... Cold Springs,
Tunnel, and San Ysidro. None of us had ridden San Ysidro before and
it turned out to be a great way to end the day. The top portion was
flowy unlike anything else I've ever been on, then it transitioned to
some fun techie sections towards the bottom.

The video was done entirely with clips from our digicams and the (lack
of) quality sort of shows as the terrain looks relatively smooth
compared to reality.


More photos:
http://www.fooriders.com/webmain/ind...ate=thumbnails

88MB WMV video:
http://www.fooriders.com/videos/sb.wmv

The video was done entirely with clips from our digicams and
unfortunately the (lack of) quality makes the terrain look
deceptively smooth and flat.


It was beautiful blue skies for most of the day.
http://www.fooriders.com/images/ride...r/set2_087.jpg

A vista of Santa Barbara's coast.
http://www.fooriders.com/images/ride...r/set2_016.jpg

We parallel the road a bit to get to the Cold Springs trailhead.
http://www.fooriders.com/images/ride...r/cimg8908.jpg

Smooth singletrack typical of the trails at the top.
http://www.fooriders.com/images/ride...r/cimg8911.jpg

The terrain starts to get interesting after a few minutes.
http://www.fooriders.com/images/ride...r/cimg8914.jpg

DrewDawg dabs as Andy aka Rut (eventually) rides cleanly by.
http://www.fooriders.com/images/ride...r/cimg8921.jpg

DrewDawg takes another stab at the section and cleans it.
http://www.fooriders.com/images/ride...r/cimg8924.jpg

DrewDawg rolling through.
http://www.fooriders.com/images/ride...r/cimg8927.jpg

Andy aka Rut getting a little air time.
http://www.fooriders.com/images/ride...r/cimg8928.jpg

Steve on a low-level flyover.
http://www.fooriders.com/images/ride...r/cimg8929.jpg

Pull up, pull up!!!
http://www.fooriders.com/images/ride...r/cimg8930.jpg

Plush Turner comfort barely feels the bump.
http://www.fooriders.com/images/ride...r/cimg8931.jpg

Most hikers enjoy sticking around to watch us ride, particularly on
really rough sections.
http://www.fooriders.com/images/ride...r/cimg8932.jpg

Steve descends through a small channel.
http://www.fooriders.com/images/ride...r/cimg8934.jpg

Andy aka Rut, with Santa Barbara below.
http://www.fooriders.com/images/ride...r/cimg8936.jpg

A tricky switchback that none of us were able to clean.
http://www.fooriders.com/images/ride...r/cimg8940.jpg

There were many paragliders and hang-gliders out.
http://www.fooriders.com/images/ride...r/cimg8942.jpg

DrewDawg weaves through.
http://www.fooriders.com/images/ride...r/cimg8944.jpg

Tight squeeze.
http://www.fooriders.com/images/ride...r/cimg8947.jpg

DrewDawg, attempting to thread through the rocks.
http://www.fooriders.com/images/ride...r/cimg8950.jpg

Water flow wasn't unusually high as one might have expected.
http://www.fooriders.com/images/ride...r/set2_027.jpg

A very tricky section.
http://www.fooriders.com/images/ride...r/cimg8956.jpg

Directly to Andy's right is a 60 foot vertical drop to death. This
section was scary to attempt to clean.
http://www.fooriders.com/images/ride...r/cimg8961.jpg

Lots of rocky sections like this on Tunnel.
http://www.fooriders.com/images/ride...r/cimg8968.jpg

Andy crossing a waterbar.
http://www.fooriders.com/images/ride...r/cimg8971.jpg

Entry to a fun tech section.
http://www.fooriders.com/images/ride...r/cimg8977.jpg

And the exit... much trickier than it appears in the photo.
http://www.fooriders.com/images/ride...r/cimg8982.jpg

Riders amidst Santa Barbara's greenery.
http://www.fooriders.com/images/ride...r/cimg8985.jpg

Fun twisties.
http://www.fooriders.com/images/ride...r/cimg8988.jpg

Tunnel in its glory.
http://www.fooriders.com/images/ride...r/cimg8991.jpg

After a while, the rocks really wear on your arms.
http://www.fooriders.com/images/ride...r/cimg9000.jpg

Steve navigates his 5-Spot through with ease.
http://www.fooriders.com/images/ride...r/cimg9002.jpg

Andy on the waterfall section.
http://www.fooriders.com/images/ride...r/cimg9005.jpg

DrewDawg on his 1-gear-Spot.
http://www.fooriders.com/images/ride...r/cimg9007.jpg

Tunnel is sometimes relentless with the rocky stuff.
http://www.fooriders.com/images/ride...r/set2_059.jpg

Big boulders to avoid.
http://www.fooriders.com/images/ride...r/set2_066.jpg

Steve perfects the line.
http://www.fooriders.com/images/ride...r/set2_067.jpg

Rough, rough, rough.
http://www.fooriders.com/images/ride...r/set2_068.jpg

DrewDawg rolls to the left.
http://www.fooriders.com/images/ride...r/set2_078.jpg

..and I follow through to the right.
http://www.fooriders.com/images/ride...r/set2_079.jpg

Steve wonders where the derailleur is on DrewDawg's bike.
http://www.fooriders.com/images/ride...r/cimg9009.jpg

Just lots more of trail photos follow...
http://www.fooriders.com/images/ride...r/cimg9010.jpg
http://www.fooriders.com/images/ride...r/cimg9013.jpg
http://www.fooriders.com/images/ride...r/cimg9014.jpg
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http://www.fooriders.com/images/ride...r/set2_022.jpg
http://www.fooriders.com/images/ride...r/cimg9023.jpg
http://www.fooriders.com/images/ride...r/set2_023.jpg

Peace.
http://www.fooriders.com/images/ride...ur/set2_08.jpg


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