Lebanon's most under-appreciated quality

[Trevize1138]

It's dry! :banana:

Something I feel I've heard mentioned a lot but only recently realized its tremendous worth is how well Lebannon stands up to rain. I got an email from Don Youngdal as part of a group mailing about the yearly maintenance at the river bottoms. He mentioned working on trouble spots in the trail and I immediately thought about how you're guaranteed to find a few muddy pots there you have to ride around.

Lebanon, however, you can depend on. There is a waiting period immediately after a rain, but overall it stays more dry more often than any other trail in the area.

The big upshot, I believe, is I've been able to get out and ride far more often than ever, because I don't have the nagging feeling in the back of my mind: "Hmm ... it's fun, but I don't wanna dodge mud puddles ... and those dried mud ruts suck!"

Another topic discussed how much of a beating Lebanon has been taking because of all the traffic, yet it's still in great shape. I think being dry is a huge part of it.

"Duh," says John, no doubt. ;)

Three bananas for John, all the MORC guys and IMBA trail building techniques!

:banana: :banana: :banana:

[gopherhockey]

Ahhh.. yes.. those IMBA guys aren't so full of crap now are they ;)

It is definitely something that most don't realize... and its a curse you now have to carry having been on the trail crew. Soon every trail you ride will be combined with just a little bit of analysis of trail construction.

In the winter months you will be looking at the hills on the side of the interstate thinking what nice singletrack you could put there....

It doesn't end! Soon you'll find yourself planting crazy trolls on the trail because you can't think of anything else to do with your free time.

Uhhh... hehe

Seriously though i'm glad that people are seeing this about leb. Soon we'll have this same situation at Harmon.. then... ??

[mtnbykr]

come up here and ride. meet me at cable and ride. i can think of many things to do w/ your free time :]

k

[EmL34]

I think the least appreciated quality of this trail is that it just makes sense. Some have said that it doesn't have enough hills, others that there aren't enough stunts, but in the end the entire trail is a great ride and it flows nicely.

[manual63]

I think for those out to seriously train, Leb will only dial skills. But as a fun place to ride, riding is about having fun isn't it, Leb does a great job. It has a little bit of everything you could ever want, except a big hill climb. I don't want one of those anyway............