first bike ride of the new year

On the first day of the new year, there is a huge group ride and this year was no different. I am guessing there had to be around 50 people of every age, size and shape and gender. It was a really cool ride. I was able to ride with people I already knew, and some I had just met that day. We had a small group of guys taggin with us, but for the most part it was girls in our small group.

Big K and Sue waiting on the rest of us
Looks like these ladies are plum wore out

This is not the highest point of the trail, but if you look down below you will get the picture of what type trail we were riding. The river is below

Kaylie was doing awesome on the single trail

She isn't afraid of the cliffs-you can tell by the smile on her face

This is one of the guys that was in a small group that was taggin with us through out the ride

Two more of the young guys

big portion of the trail had a steep edge- it can be nerve racking if you allow it too

not far into the ride Teresa's chain broke, lucky for us there was a Dr. in the crowd, who was able to perform surgery on the chain. The Dr. was also able to have a class about the chain surgery while performing the surgery-how cool is that?

The really funny part about this surgery- The Dr. absolutely hates getting her hands greasy!

Well- here we are after about a 3 1/2 hour singletrack mountain bike ride- injury free and still all smiles!

can't wait to ride with the girls again