Sunday pedal

I went for a pedal today to try and tidy up some mapping for the big hurt. The watagans has certainly seen some water lately, there were puddles that would swallow a land cruiser. It was super slippery and there were quite a few times I thought I was headed for an impromptu swim.

I was trying to isolate which section of single track to include and which bits to avoid with the parallel fire trail. Even after riding it and reviewing the GPS file, I’m still confused. It might take a few more rides to get my head around which bits to include and which to avoid. It might even need a few stealthy bits of coloured plastic nailed to trees to make it all a bit more simple to figure out. The simpler alternative would be to just ride the fire trail but it doesn’t really fit with the style of the loop so I’m attempting to add the fun bits of trail and leave out the impossibly rutted or steep sections.

The goal is to get a GPS file that has waypoints also included to tell riders whether they should be on single track or the fire road. Since the two run so close together, it might not actually be possible to discern the right bit to ride from the GPS screen without some kind additional information.

Anyway, I rode my bike, got covered in mud, discovered I am tremendously out of shape after grovelling up Dead Man’s on the single speed but generally had a good time. Hopefully I’ll repeat it all next weekend as I think the cure to my fitness issues lies somewhere amongst those hills.