Black Hills Ride Report: Red Rain 2009: Links to Day 3-6 [Archive]

sky_blue

Tue Jun 16th, 2009, 10:13 PM

Man, I hate when people just link off to their ride reports posted elsewhere.

But man, this posting shit it too much work!

All the days are on my blog here: http://bitingcat.wordpress.com/

If you're too lazy to click there here's the cliff notes:

Day 3 - Rain and EPIC riding in Spearfish canyon

http://bitingcat.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/d3spr.jpg?w=432&h=324

http://bitingcat.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/d3jen2.jpg?w=432&h=324

Day 4 -- Rain and Rapid City

http://bitingcat.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/d4-cab.jpg?w=432&h=324

Day 5 -- Rain and Caving and Mt. Rushmore, and dragging knee off a Jackalope in Wall.

http://bitingcat.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/d5-jack.jpg?w=264&h=387

Day 6 -- Missile Silo, Badlands National Park, Home

http://bitingcat.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/d6-blroad.jpg?w=432&h=324

http://bitingcat.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/d6-badljen.jpg?w=324&h=432

Horsman

Tue Jun 16th, 2009, 10:28 PM

Rapid City is cool - wish I could have spent more time up there...

kawasakirob

Wed Jun 17th, 2009, 12:37 AM

Nice, the badlands are lush. Are'nt they awesome. pretty nice road to. BEWARE.....rattlesnakes. Looks great man. If you get a chance, Do the Needles Highway in Custer. Wish I was with you guys

mtnairlover

Wed Jun 17th, 2009, 07:59 AM

Spearfish Canyon...now that looks like an amazing ride. I would want to go slow one time for the scenery, then one time at my pace for the sheer exhilaration.

Nice...http://www.byways.org/explore/byways/10761/travel.html

Krafty-1

Wed Jun 17th, 2009, 08:11 AM

I was just through spearfish canyon last weekend. I wasn't overly impressed. It's always packed and the carving is.....eh. It's a long ride for 20 miles of watching the back of a tourists' mini van that going 15 f*&cking miles an hour. Scenery is nice though.

mtnairlover

Wed Jun 17th, 2009, 08:29 AM

Ok, so I retract my "my pace" statement, but would still do it for the scenery. Nothing like Colorado back country unknown unused by tourists roads to spoil ya =D

Nick_Ninja

Wed Jun 17th, 2009, 08:32 AM

I was just through spearfish canyon last weekend. I wasn't overly impressed. It's always packed and the carving is.....eh. It's a long ride for 20 miles of watching the back of a tourists' mini van that going 15 f*&cking miles an hour. Scenery is nice though.

That's cuz you did it on a weekend. Just another slow biker pissin off the Bag-o-wineo's :D

sky_blue

Wed Jun 17th, 2009, 08:51 AM

I was just through spearfish canyon last weekend. I wasn't overly impressed. It's always packed and the carving is.....eh. It's a long ride for 20 miles of watching the back of a tourists' mini van that going 15 f*&cking miles an hour. Scenery is nice though.

I've been stuck in here behind logging trucks in a cage several times. On a weekday, with rain in the forecast, the canyon was deserted. A couple cars near the big Lodge, a couple bicycles, and a handful of outher touring bikes. The carving isn't that tricky, which is good, because the scenery is very distracting.