Vicious Cycle – Daylight and 47 degrees, perfect for MTB’ing. Kubota ready to go, Gump almost ready go. Apparently, I was also almost ready to go too, having forgotten my bike helmet. First stop: my house.

Then, per Kubota’s request, we headed toward the “Aviator trails.” That’s the most recent “old” Aviator Brewery on Technology Park Lane, across from the Bagel Hospital (you know, Bagels +). Question: Do we have time to get there and back for Thunder? Of course. Chatter included the free bike, donated by Mr. Terrific, that Kubota fixed up and was riding.

We reached the trailhead for the single track quickly. There, we took a quick water break before hopping in. A new house encroached on the trail, but the local talents modified the trail as needed. They even were building small dirt jumps. Probably riding electric bikes–who needs to pedal anymore? LOL

We climbed the gnarly, steep hill up to the cul-de-sac of Technology Park Lane and Kubota said he didn’t remember it being that steep.

We continued around the large apartment complex, hopped on the backside greenway, and headed down towards the rickety bridge. Still intact, impressive.

Next destination was the Alston Ridge end of the new greenway that connects to Bass Lake Outfall greenway.

About the time we arrived, Gump’s Garmin and phone started going off! Incident Detected! Oh my! Apparently Garmin sensed Gump was in trouble and notified everyone on his emergency contact list. One person called him right away.

Next, we rolled up Old Adams Road and back to the greenway and back to Womble. Elapsed time: 1 hour, 5 minutes.

Just in time for Thunder.

Weather cleared for a wonderful 11.2 mile ride around the springs.

Mostly road for 9.8 mile ride.  Fun down hill on Bass Lake Road.