Ride down the hill & back

From DBR in Pineola, NC

Three miles and the pavement ends, then the gravel starts.

I picked up a trail from the Lost Cove Cliff parking area that I had ridden a few years ago. I could tell that more people have ridden it since then there was only one deadfall I had to work around.

A couple more good trails off Albert Woodie Rd  going to the right is cold mountain trail to the left there are 2 trails one goes over headquarters mt and comes out at Harper Creek & Tawana Rd.  The other goes down to Tawana.

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Lesson

There might be a lesson here.

 

A while ago I replaced my brake pads on my mountain bike and opted for the cheap er generic ones 1/2 the price of the original ones. They worked fine until one of the pads came unglued from the backing plate, oops no brake. It is nice there are front & rear brakes.

 

When I was younger I would have continued to ride with only the rear brake until I got new pads but being older and sometimes wiser. I decided not to, I could visualise going down a hill and the rear coming unglued and having to bail.

Let's Go

Just remember you only need four things: clothing, food, water, shelter.

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