Moab trail recommendations?

[uniShark]

Ben, now that my son's broken his toe, I'm not sure he'll be riding a uni at all. So 36er xc in Moab is sounding more likely for me. I'll still be on 152's with the Coker Non-Skid anchoring me down, so hopefully we can take that into account with our trail choice.

[tholub]

Originally Posted by uniShark

Ben, now that my son's broken his toe, I'm not sure he'll be riding a uni at all. So 36er xc in Moab is sounding more likely for me. I'll still be on 152's with the Coker Non-Skid anchoring me down, so hopefully we can take that into account with our trail choice.

If you're looking for 36er XC there's not a whole lot in Moab other than dirt roads, but there's a new trail in town called Pipe Dream that should fit the bill. It's a beautiful 29er trail, a bit on the tight technical side for a 36er but Totally Doable.

[Nurse Ben]

Thanks Tom, that sounds like one worth checkin out. I have no idea about Moab, never been there, but I don't have to ride the 36er there, I am planning to ride as I travel and I'll probably try to work it into a ride in NM.

I like technical on a 36er

Bummer about his toe, what happened?

Maybe he can ride with steel toe boots??

I'll still be on 152's with the Coker Non-Skid anchoring me down, so hopefully we can take that into account with our trail choice.

I'm sure it'll be fine, we can look for trails that are double track up and single track down, tight, steep, technical single track

[aspenmike]

Pipe Dream with Tom H. Access is right from town. Enjoy Moab, its a very unique piece of paradise.

[Nurse Ben]

Tom/Mike,

Is there a better direction to ride, can you start high on the trail, I'm assuming it's a loop...

That's some climbing for the big wheel, but I'm game if the Shark is up for it

[tholub]

Originally Posted by Nurse Ben

Tom/Mike,

Is there a better direction to ride, can you start high on the trail, I'm assuming it's a loop...

That's some climbing for the big wheel, but I'm game if the Shark is up for it

Pipe Dream is actually either an out-and-back, an out-and-roads-back, a roads-out-and-back, or a ridiculous-climb, nice-meadow-singletrack, ridiculous-descent-and-back. It's basically along the ridge which borders the town.

[tholub]

And just to pay back Mike (he was on 29er) for the pics:

[uniShark]

I think i probably [I] could[I] ride (most of) that on 36, at least down. However, i think I'd be just as fast, or faster, and enjoy it more on the 29er. I'm actually able to descend faster on the 29, i lose control pretty easily if i descend too fast on my heavy 36. A lighter 36 with a disc brake is in my future, but hasn't arrived yet.
Does look like a nice trail though, looks like a good one to take both a 29 and light 36 and see how they compare.

[aspenmike]

Originally Posted by uniShark

However, i think I'd be just as fast, or faster, and enjoy it more on the 29er.

I agree, 29er the Pipe Dream in my opinion. I recommend to ride out "Beneath the Wires" and back Pipe Dream to make it a nice loop ride right from town. Tom and I rode a big loop ride and ended up on the south side of Pipe Dream, so rode it south to north.

[uniShark]

Originally Posted by Nurse Ben

Bummer about his toe, what happened?

Maybe he can ride with steel toe boots??

In taekwondo camp, but playing dodgeball, running barefoot across rubber mats, caught the tip of his big toe and smashed his whole weight into it. If he's not OK to ride without, I'm not inclined to push it with steel tip boots (that would probably be hard to find for an 11yo anyhow). We'll probably bring his bike and maybe let him do an easy trail or two.