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A little further up and the first trailhead appears.

The trail was a little on the wide side, but still a blast going down. The ruts gave it a bit of technical charm that would have been severely lacking.

Nice view of the canyon and the trails on the other side.

I did a few loops and figure eights on this side of the highway both up and down, Out of the saddle but not off the SS!

Local flora:

There were some pretty steep climbs. This one in particular hurt pretty bad:

And then there were the fun downhills. Which line do you think I took on a fully rigid singlespeed?

I climbed out on this paved trail. It was a good way to practive climbing tight switchbacks.

Now it was off to the other side of the highway. This side had many more trails. It was also a bit more technical and washed out then the west side. The climbs were also a bit steeper too.

This side (east) was less urban looking too. The trail followed this canyon for quite a while.

After finishing a few loops on the east side, I went back across to make my way through Balboa park and then to the hotel. I did about 12.5 miles of trail, but you have to double some of them up to get that.

I stopped to look back at the real mountains I may ride next time although probably not on a singlespeed.

Am I hooked on SS? If the trails were like these and many of them back home are, then yes I definately feel something different. Would I keep the pure and simple ridgid? Probably not. Those steps were very scarey without suspension.