May 1st - Southern Ontario Trikers (SOT) Meetup - Ganaraska Forest!

[Bit]

I had a blast on Saturday! Thanks for letting a 2-wheeled friend tag along!

I've trimmed back my helmetcam footage to fit on YouTube (which invariably means cutting out the boring trail-only video).. which leaves me with a couple of hillclimbs and lots of time spent kickstarting Robins bike (Hooray for Paul for not giving up!) - see here:

http://www.mikekirk.org/?p=632

Note: As I post this YouTube is still chewing on it, converting to other resolutions etc... but by the time you see this post it should play...

[Xhumeka]

I gotta say that hill looked WAY steeper from where I was standing than it did in your video BJ!!!

I know! My helmetcam wide-angled, so it's good for capturing a wide field-of-view, but sucks for showing how tall/steep a hill is.

[Silverado]

Here are some of the pictures from the Ganny run! I had a really great time on the weekend. Cattle dog sold me another gear shifter so I once I put that on I will be once again in motion ! That was great all the help to get the bike into the truck, never had such an easy time. I guess about 10 people lifting is better than 2 !

http://s743.photobucket.com/albums/x...May%201-Ganny/

[LockNut]

It was a great ride. Can't wait to see more footage of the ride.

So when/where is the next ride?

[Xhumeka]

It was a great ride. Can't wait to see more footage of the ride.

Camcorder footage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5jjnBuHYFc

Helmetcam footage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdIVYVXCIs4

I had a great time as always - nice to ride with the regulars, and nice to also meet some new faces.

See you guys next time!

[Xhumeka]

Here is our GPS track for the day, hosted by "everytrail.com". This page super-imposes our gps track ontop of a google map, so you can see exactly where we travelled in the forest:

http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=603313

Those in my group travelled 56.6 km in total Saturday.