Weekend MTB Riders: September 2008

After few months of cruising the streets of Tokyo and Kanagawa, last September 13, 2008, we just had our first mountain trail ride. It was the baptism of mountain trails and mud for our fresh and shiny Jamis rigs. We decided to try conquering the Sagamiko Picnicland MTB trails.

Sagamiko Picnicland is an outdoor theme park about 25 kms. (of paved road) away from our place. For an experienced road biker and good navigator, it would take more or less an hour to reach the place. So, we decided to pedal all the way from our houses to Sagamiko, while our families got on the good and reliable JR commuter train. Being the good riders and experienced navigators we are (oh yeah), with some wrong turns, it took us 2 hours to get to Sagamiko Picnicland. So, we're on the more side of the estimated pedal time (hehehe...). With those wrong turns, they add up extra 4-5 kms to our mileage and loose few grams of those bulging belly fats.

Note : One reason we didn’t join the Blairwitch project then, or else we’ll end up getting lost in the forest, hehehe…

Few meters from the park's main entrance is an amusement park, but the MTB trail area is about 3-4 kms. of cardiac killing climbs and free gravity pulling downhills.

Xam, with her brother J-mee, on their way to the timberland.

Joriz, the cardiac master.

After 30 mins. of mixed paved and rough trail, at last we reached the MTB course. Too bad, the old folk told us that they do not offer the advance course anymore, so we have to settle for the beginners and mid-level course, hehehe.

First we tried the beginners course. It was a kilometer and a half of short climbs and downhills, mud, timbers, rocks and stones. As expected, it was a walk in the park ride (I'm starting to get bloated with tons of air here, hehehe).

Next, we tried the mid-level. The care taker told us that they usually use the mid-level course during their invitational tournament.

Pictures in action.