From the Rockbreaker Archive

Straight from the man himself: "That's the trail down to Pelican Island. They are old 3 wheeler / ATV Trails. This is back around 84 or so, when some of the guys would bring out their old 24" wheel single speed BMX race bikes. We would go down the trail so fast you would actually ride up onto the side of the berm. You had to go fast or you would get down into that nasty center line. When you got to the bottom of the hill if you came in too fast you would not be able to stop and you ran into the itch weed. Then you rode as fast as you could to the river to rinse off. They called it a heritage park and made it that it would not be able to be developed. It is near Douglas Rd. and Persimmon. Closest big intersection is New Halls Ferry and Shackleford."

Rockbreaker's Old School Mountain Biking

These photos are part of Glenn Meyer's MTB Archive. I'm not even sure where and when these pictures were taken other than near St. Louis a Long Time Ago.

I'm really looking forward to hearing about what that bike is doing in the tree.
Check out those gaiters.

RR: Lost Valley - 1/07/2006

13 of us met at the Mound Saturday afternoon and had a nice little 20 mile jaunt around the Lost Valley trail. The large number was probably from the "cabin fever" effect brought on by not being able to ride off-road for awhile due to lack of cooperation from Mother Nature.

5 of the crowd were from Illinois, so they must have really been feeling it to drive all that way. The trail was in great shape, so get out and enjoy it while you can.

GORC's Dark Underside

Yes, believe it or not, GORC does have one. Despite all the recent talk about buttery smooth trails, and singlespeeds, there are some club members who like to ride on, off, and over things rather than having a leg fall off trying to keep within radio range of the likes of 3-Bowl, the Crusher, and Terbo.

Here's proof of their existence, as caught by an NSA super-secret, motion-detecting forest cam at an unidentified location.

Declassified 01042006 -13:22 - reference: nsa.gov- locale:Midwest_Sector5684547881