{"id":375,"date":"2010-12-10T15:15:50","date_gmt":"2010-12-10T23:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ashecoutts.info\/blog\/?p=375"},"modified":"2010-12-23T19:00:57","modified_gmt":"2010-12-24T03:00:57","slug":"ian-and-ashe-ride-up-oso-canyon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ashecoutts.info\/blog\/?p=375","title":{"rendered":"Ian and Ashe ride up Oso Canyon"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"2010-12-10<\/a>
\nLeav\u00ading Ian\u2019s we rode over San Mar\u00adcos Pass, out Par\u00adadise Road, then up the Oso Canyon dirt road. Sev\u00ader\u00adal sec\u00adtions along the road were a big chal\u00adlenge for me on the V\u2011Strom due to the steep\u00adness of some hills as well as sec\u00adtions that were a mud\u00addy clay from the recent rain and there\u00adfore very slip\u00adpery. Ian gen\u00ader\u00adous\u00adly rode my V\u2011Strom up my most chal\u00adleng\u00ading of these slip\u00adpery hills, spray\u00ading me with chunks of mud as the rear tire spun for trac\u00adtion and off he went, kind of fun actually.<\/p>\n

We went in five or so miles with me enjoy\u00ading the chal\u00adlenge and scenery but con\u00adcerned the entire time on the com\u00ading out part, i.e. going down the steep and slick mud\u00addy sec\u00adtions we\u2019d gone up. Anon, when we turned around Ian offered to ride the V\u2011Strom back out to the pave\u00adment while I rode his Suzu\u00adki  DR-650<\/span> sin\u00adgle. What a gift, thank you Ian!<\/p>\n

The dif\u00adfer\u00adence between the bikes is night and day on the chal\u00adleng\u00ading dirt sec\u00adtions. On Ian\u2019s DR<\/span> you sim\u00adply point the bike where you\u2019d like it to go and it does exact\u00adly that. The V\u2011Strom is much more mas\u00adsive and just not intend\u00aded to be a per\u00adformer in the sit\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtions we were encoun\u00adter\u00ading. In the slick\/clay\/muddy stuff it starts to squir\u00adrel around and the next thing you know you\u2019re almost side\u00adways. This would be a total kick IF<\/span><\/em><\/strong> it was as easy to pick up as a bicycle.<\/p>\n

Today was my first day fool\u00ading around with my new moto\/camera mount on the V\u2011Strom so I took scads of videos, e.g. I videoed our entire ride from my house to the San\u00adta Ynez Riv\u00ader. So be fore\u00adwarned, click\u00ading on the above mon\u00adtage of us could be anal\u00ado\u00adgous to watch\u00ading The Ten Com\u00admand\u00adments<\/em> in 10 short snip\u00adpets. The good news is you have com\u00adplete con\u00adtrol, you can fast for\u00adward and watch just enough of us to skirt the edge of boredom.<\/p>\n

On our way out I sug\u00adgest\u00aded we cross back and forth over the riv\u00ader a few times so I could cap\u00adture videos, both fol\u00adlow\u00ading Ian across the riv\u00ader as well as ones where we\u2019d start on oppo\u00adsite sides and pass each oth\u00ader in the mid\u00addle. Great idea Mr. DeMille but there\u2019s just one slight<\/em><\/strong> prob\u00adlem: the cam\u00ader\u00ada\u2019s 4GB<\/span> mem\u00ado\u00adry was com\u00adplete\u00adly filled before<\/em><\/strong> we even start\u00aded all the back and forth busi\u00adness (hind sight observation).<\/p>\n

To cap off our futile film\u00ading of our\u00adselves, our last cross\u00ading entailed Ian com\u00ading toward me from the far side of the riv\u00ader while I rode toward him attempt\u00ading to direct him with one arm while han\u00addling the V\u2011Strom with the oth\u00ader. Alas, I some\u00adhow turned too quick\u00adly or spiked the throt\u00adtle just after we passed each oth\u00ader and I went down right in the mid\u00addle of the cross\u00ading; splash, bonk, etc., etc. Ian was quick to help me up with the V\u2011Strom and after a lit\u00adtle regroup\u00ading we start\u00aded for home.<\/p>\n

All the way home I was think\u00ading that the cam\u00adera had been record\u00ading all our fool\u00adish\u00adness so when I arrived home and got set\u00adtled I quick\u00adly down\u00adloaded all the data from the cam\u00adera then clicked open the last movie expect\u00ading the fun per\u00adspec\u00adtive of me pass\u00ading Ian then going hor\u00adi\u00adzon\u00adtal. Of course the actu\u00adal last movie was before all the criss\u00adcross\u00ading of the riv\u00ader had even commenced \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Leav\u00ading Ian\u2019s we rode over San Mar\u00adcos Pass, out Par\u00adadise Road, then up the Oso Canyon dirt road. Sev\u00ader\u00adal sec\u00adtions along the road were a big chal\u00adlenge for me on the V\u2011Strom due to the steep\u00adness of some hills as well as sec\u00adtions that were a mud\u00addy clay from the recent rain and there\u00adfore very [\u2026]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false},"categories":[10,4],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ashecoutts.info\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ashecoutts.info\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ashecoutts.info\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ashecoutts.info\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ashecoutts.info\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/ashecoutts.info\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ashecoutts.info\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ashecoutts.info\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ashecoutts.info\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}