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	Saturday Dec 13: Hound Hop, Granite Bay, Folsom Lake, CA In spite of the weather forecast for winter storms, the day turned out fantastic. A little on the nippy side but with some long sleeves everyone was comfy. Kip showed us the race course, that combined with another slightly shorter loop yielded a nice 20-mile ride. The trail was pretty easy, with some really fun curvy sections combined with a couple of STEEP short climbs, and one nice long climb.   Video! Check out Kevin the Animal on a hill. Warning: this is a huge file (16MB). Alternatively, view a very low-resolution version on YouTube: KevinMTB. View a Google Earth image of the ride, also the vertical profile from my GPS. Check out some photos from the ride:
	The obligatory "before" shot.     (L-R: Kip, Kevin, Cris) First stop was on top of the big hill with a nice view of the lake, which was really low Finally a picture of Kip... Around the backside, before Kevin's monster downhill run (see video) This was Cris's first real ride on the new 29er. In spite of multiple crashes (handles a wee bit different), I think we can say withouth reservation that he LOVES the big wheels!
	Updated: 12/14/2008 09:10 PST