After spending about an hour trying to get Mitch to wake up we finally got it on and went up Minegata for a Little Downhill action. We had my wife drive us up to save time and off we went.
Mitch knew about 5 trails up at Minegata and I only know 1 or 2. So Mitch took me to the start of a few trails to give me some beta. Mitch riding past with Goryu in the Background.
Mitch up at the Lavendar farm showing me how to get to one of the harder trails up at Minegata. He says that there are stairs of rocks on that trail. Might not be ready for that but I am willing to try.
Mitch at the main trail head starting point at Minegata. You can se the trail from the parking area.
Mitch flying down the trail. Mitch is such a better biker than me. My bike is way better than his but its not the bike its the rider. I love the start of this trail cause its a nice sloping single track for about 1km. You get really warmed up before the steeper Downhill sections.
At the bottom of the course I asked Mitch if he had seen Stew's house yet. He had not seen it so we rode 2 minutes out of the way to Stew's. After hanging out at Stew's for less than 2 minutes the man himself drove up, funny. Stew, his wife Yoko and daughter Nene (cutie) bought a 92 year old house and gutted it to the frame. They will rebuild the house and parts of the frame in a sort of Japanese Fusion style. I think its going to look sick! some of the Mtb bike trails actually end at his house! Can you say beer time loud enough after a sick ride? Anyways as I write the foundation is being laid.
