Moab 2012

[Sportfaller]

this was the video I was telling you all about!

[jacin theis]

so i really want to look at this next time we go. does anyone know specifically whrer it is located?

[Fletch]

don't want to forget to turn the gas on for that one!!

[plumber mike]

don't want to forget to turn the gas on for that one!!

Major pucker factor 

I'd like to check it out too

[Sportfaller]

at the beginning you can see a road down off the side, and I'm pretty sure its potash....

[The Yeti]

this was the video I was telling you all about!

Yeah, that's just ca-razy! I saw a vid of that same saddle a couple years ago, and a still of it used to be on ADV's front page....I don't think I would ever have the balls to try that. Maybe 20 years ago. 

[snooker]

so i really want to look at this next time we go. does anyone know specifically whrer it is located?

oh yeah Jacin??       ..I checked around with my Moab desert freaks and found out it is Little Arch -there are mountain bikers that go across it as well!!!  G-N-A-R-L-Y.   You just have to be very comfortable with this type of riding, I'm not.

It is right on the Poison Spider trail http://www.mountainbikebill.com/ut-poisonspidermesa.htm, very doable on your 250 but doubtful on the 1200, considering the issues you had on Klondike Bluffs (sorry!)...   I'm talking the trail itself not the crazies that go over the arch!  There are a couple of tough sections to get up to the top that I've read are tricky - haven't been up there for a couple of decades at least. 

Specifically, Little Arch is at -109.5856, 38.5635 and here is a MAP: http://www.traildamage.com/trails/poison_spider_mesa/maps/map_big.gif

Oh yeah and Josh, the location of Little Arch is above the Potash road which is on the west side of the Colorado, what you see in some pics looking under the arch is actually the Kane Creek road on the east side of the Colorado, and specifically the parking lot at the start of the very exposed Moab Rim Trail...

oh what a place...
-map matt

[jacin theis]

so the weather right now is awesome in Moab. Has anyone thought anymore about going again in the spring? I had a great time (could have been the company) and want to ride a smaller bike out there. I hope we can get a group together for this and plan a trip.

[Bogus Jim]

I'm interested in a spring trip. Actually I was wondering if anyone wanted to go in late October this year and do a fall trip.

[JoniJo]

It's on my bucket list. Let's git' er done!!!!   
Count me in.       JoniJo

[loingrader]

so what days would most of the group plan to be in moab if we make this work in may?

if i ride out May 17 and ride back May 20 that would give me 2 days in Moab and 2 doable road days on the bike. 

boat.man, could you make this rally fit into your schedule? 

[JoniJo]

Am I missing something?   
I see a lot of discussion a Fall Rally for 2012, but where's the discussion of our Spring Rally in 2012?   

Missing something in Omaha..... Joni

[jacin theis]

Wow Joni, time does fly. We already had the 2012 Spring Rally, its now June and if you close your eyes very tight, its getting warmer each day. Oh, and in this dream, i have the Yami Tenere'.....      I think no one want to mess with Yeti's spring rally as we kinda hijacked the fall one already.

[greatbuffalo]

Hey, I have a Tenere in this dream too. 

[loingrader]

Am I missing something?   
I see a lot of discussion a Fall Rally for 2012, but where's the discussion of our Spring Rally in 2012?   

Missing something in Omaha..... Joni

spring rally is always the same weekend in june and always at the fish n fry so no discussion is really needed.

fall rally location is up for debate, so discussion is welcome!