Hey gang.  Alison and I got to ride Anderson Truck trail for the first time this weekend.  We joined some of the guys from the Kearny Mesa Bike Warehouse along with a few of their friends for a ‘way too early’ in the morning ride.  The ride time worked out well for me as I had plans to get on a train at noon to go up and see my Mom.  When the alarm went off at 5:30 AM I did have my second thoughts.  :-)  We met Christos at Santo and the 52 at 6:30 and followed him out to Alpine to the bottom of the trail.  Once there we waited a little bit for the rest of the gang to arrive so we could shuttle up to the top.  We were short on time so we had to forgo the pleasure of pedaling up the mountain.

After unloading at the top we got to experience Jeff’s warm up routine.  Many jokes were made, but I’ll bet that he’s in a lot better shape than the rest of us are and typically less sore.  This was a first time run for us so Alison and I were both pretty cautious.  I’m still getting used to riding again, and I don’t have a lot of steep descent or jumping skills.  But, I was able to get some great shots of the others!  Some of the jumps were huge to me.  Like 5-8 foot drops or jumps.  Just way too big for me at the moment.

As you can see here on the left.  Some of them were so big I could squat under them and they didn’t even know I was there!  For the most part the big stuff was up top and the lower half was fast single track.  The second half was something I was comfortable with.  Ruts and rock gardens don’t make me nervous like steep descents or big drops.  I did however accidentilly roll off a drop I was ready for.  When I came down I was positioned wrong and slammed my seat into my chest.  I think it was the first time I’ve ever seen stars.  I never knew what that looked like before!  Nice little white spots appearing and disappearing in your vision.  Kinda trippy.  I think its cause I usually crash on moving vehicles I tuck and close my eyes right before impact.

We had a couple of crashes, some road rash.  None for me though as I prefer to be remembered as ‘that chicken guy’ than ‘that guy who crashed 8 times’.  I figure once I’m more comfortable on the bike and build my skills up more some of this stuff won’t be as scary.  Fun ride! Can’t wait to do it again.  You can see the rest of my pictures here: Anderson Truck Trail