A Specialized Jungle Ride

Brennan, from Specialized University in Morgan Hill, CA, was coming in to NYC so we put together a ride to show him our local trails. Jungle Habitat is a big favorite of ours right now, so it was on. We had a powerful riding crew...Sam, Kevin, Paul, Chris Facas (our Spec Rep), Brennan, and myself....your narrator. Facas had a head cold...boo hoo, and when he pulled his bike out of the car he realized that he had no brake pads left.....hmmmm. He jetted over to the local bike shop and got some new pads while we waited for Brennan who was running late. How many bike biz guys does it take to change disc brake pads? Quite a few, it seems. New brake pads in, and we finally got rolling...and we did roll. Fast and furious rock gobbling trail abuse. I crashed myself up hard, again. Wow, that hurt. We rocked most of the trails including....Otter Slide, Warthog, Cages, Rhino, (the new one) Boon, and more that I can't remember. I was sort of delirious and hanging on after my crash up. A great ride overall. Everybody dug it. We love taking visitors out so they can go home with NYC MTB stories.....on to the next one.

The Waiting

The moment when Chris realized he had no brake pads...

Paul, certified Cervelo mechanic, installing new pads

Brennan arrives with Spec Sprinter Van. Team meeting.

LW, before the pain. Ready, set, let's go