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Great weekend with XLADV and GS Giants. Thanks. Here are a few pictures, from high altitude plateau to late night star fields, to first rays of sunshine on our group. Looking forward to future rides and gatherings. Cheers to all!!

Awesome! Hope there is more to come?

Day 2: September 4 Wow does it get cold there in the Owens River valley! The cold just descends from the surrounding mountains and settles there and doesn't warm up until the sun peeks over the mountain. I think it was 26 or something on Friday morning. The plan Friday was to ride an intermediate trail with about 10 or so riders and then see how they do. Everyone did pretty well but a group of four or so of us split off to finish a more technical section of the route. The other group waited for us at the rendezvous point but we didn't get there until 12:30, so they did their own thing after that. We went to Lee Vining for lunch then took a close by route south via dirt to June Lake loop then back to camp. Did you see this 690 rally Basel kit Point Man put together? Insane. He totally stole my thunder The Sena crew showed up and while we had amazing food, apparently so did they! Great food, indeed! And great people! Landon and his dad/mom and Eddie Plam (Wunderlich USA) showed up late. Here's Eddies' sweet R120 And then you can see from the video that we got the giant flask out...

Just to generate some interest, i'll start off with some pics from Bean:

One spot in the road could trip one up..but overall, I thought it was pretty easy.

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If you are thinking about them, these things take any abuse you can dish out at them. Believe me I have banged mine up far beyond what can be expected.

I'm running a Mitas 7 rear, 10 up front. The Mitas 7 and Mitas 10 (60/40) was excellent on the hard dirt/rock and loose gravel in the Western Mountains, but a little shifty straight line on the highways (Using correct air pressures). Though I got used to the front wheel "Float" over time. But, in the back of my mind I felt I was one slight move from a high speed wheel wobble I couldn't recover from.(posted speed limit in Wyoming 80, in the slow lane). I may put a Mitas 7 up front or check out the Pirelli you mentioned. It's a little slick in the temperate rain forests of Appalachia, and the Adirondack region that I grew up playing in, and frequent yearly, so I think the on the slightly more aggressive (relevant to Adv road/dirt tires) Mitas 10 would be good in those locations too. I think it would dig better than the 50/50 Mitas 7. I'm not completely sold on the 10 though. I've developed a basic thought since I do most of my rides solo (Five 5,000+ mile rides) I want a tire to help prevent a crash miles from civilization, vs. on a paved road where I have a better chance of being found. Just have to be a little more careful on the pavement.

Lots of respect, I did this in 2008 on an XR600R, much easier to navigate these challenges on this than the big bikes

There's always room for : Some sight-seeing on the way to the party: The dugway Looking out over the Valley of the Gods Day 1 on the BDR: Starting to get a little muddy Guy in Telluride said that Ophir would be easy, except for one little part: had to be talking about this one. Road was paved with rocks the size of softballs. No one died.