[BVC-CHAT] Looking good!

[Brett]

It is fantastic. 3 bucks to get in. 13 miles of well maintained
doubletrack. Probably 5 miles of singletrack. The doubletrack trails
are very nontechnical, which makes for great all-out speed. There is
the rare sand patch or loose rock climb, but otherwise pretty tame.
I've been riding it on a 29er with semi knobby semi narrow commuter
tires and it's been fine.

I highly recommend it as an alternative to lake bryan's technical
twisty trails. Somerville covers a much longer distance with a nice
variety in terrain and feels very remote. Lots of wildlife, too. Pigs,
coyotes, snakes, deer, tons of birds. Bring a camera for sure.

If you ride from one side of the lake to the other and back, you're
covering 26 miles or more. Definitely get a map at the front office or
you can get lost. And bring tons of water and spare tubes and a pump.
If you break down, you can be 13 miles from your car and there's not
many people out there to help.

On Monday, May 11, 2009, Will Lauer <wlauer at suddenlink.net> wrote:
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> How is
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> Will
> Lauer
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>   -----Original Message-----
> From:
>   bvc-chat-bounces at philebus.tamu.edu [mailto:bvc-chat-bounces at philebus.tamu.edu]
>   On Behalf Of Brett
> Sent: Saturday, May 09, 2009 6:33
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> To: Brazos Valley Cyclists
> Subject: [BVC-CHAT] Looking
>   good!
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> I passed you guys on the Flagpole ride this morning
>   while driving to Lake Sommervile to go mountain biking.  Gave the Aggie
>   honk, in a blue Element with bike on top.
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>   a big bike pack in our town.  Looking really sharp!
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> Brett
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