The swank is not the schwag, especially not this year. A reconfigured course funneled the race down to singletrack right away and brought all the best of the fish hatchery area. Including the famed Farlow Gap, all the more fun on a hardtail. Riding hardtails brings back long forgotten memories of the old days. Farlow Gap felt like it used to. The rock garden up top follows an almost perfect crescendo from flowy to out of control by the bottom. Farlow Gap has rapids, one after the next top to bottom. It guards it’s pleasures for only the true junkies. Not everyone likes this trail.
It was a fantastic day that left me ready for more winter riding.
