Saturday morning, Sonny, Chris, John, and myself all headed out to the Bonnet Carré Spillway to hit the mountain biking trail. Now I know what you’re saying: “Mountain biking? In New Orleans?”
Yeah, that’s right. Granted, it’s not alot of mountains, but it can be hilly. Yeah, I sound ridiculous, whatever. It’s only ~30 minutes away, it’s fast, it’s fun, and as Sonny has documented, is being improved.
The teeter-totter was quite fun. I knew exactly what it was going to do, but my brain couldn’t seem to wrap around the fact that it would indeed tilt down. I ended up hitting it a drop-off speed, and having to brake at the edge and ride it down. Here’s a photo of John in action:
And even though it was a bit mushy and slide-y at parts, I realized it was time to retire my beloved Maxxis Larsen TT‘s strictly to the streets, and get a new pair strictly for the dirt. Look Ma! No Tread!
Yeah, I know there’s tread, but much has worn off from street-riding, and it didn’t feel like I was gripping much on the trail.
Turns out, on the center tread (which isn’t really visible in the above photo), there is approximately 2mm of nub left. The ones on both sides of the center (you can see those, they’re the second row), have approx. 3mm of tread left.
That ain’t much. Here is another, slightly blurry photo, without a reference for scale:
I like how this little trail is shaping up. I look forward to more visits.