Cuyuna Weekend

This past weekend we headed to the cabin for some riding at Cuyuna.  Fall is a great time to ride up there, when the leaves are at peak color it is beautiful.  We had hopes of riding Saturday but we woke up to rain and the forecast was not looking good for the whole day.  So we decided to head into Brainerd to look at some travel trailers.  We have been thinking of getting one and the rainy day was a good excuse to spend some time looking.

The weather on Sunday was great; we woke up to full sun and highs in the 50’s, perfect for fall riding.  Trail conditions were great!   I’m always surprised with how well Cuyuna can handle the wet weather, there were very few puddles on the trails.

Kyleen taking a break!

The view from the Hopper Hill overlook

Just before the fun downhill on Easy Street

I decided to take my fat bike up for the weekend.  It was a lot of fun to ride, I was really surprised how well it climbed and handled the rougher stuff.  I really liked how the bike made me feel the trail and the tires gave me just enough suspension to soften the ride.  I’m starting to really enjoy the fat bike ride.

The Fatty in it's natural environment 

Monday on the way home we stopped a rode the Yawkey side.  We only got a couple of laps around Bobsled and the rain started, so we headed back to the car before we got too wet.  It was a great weekend despite the rain.

This summer we bought a Yakima Hold Up 2 rack, it has been a great for us.  I was hoping that the fat bike would fit on it with out too much trouble, as you can see it works great.  I did have to let some air out of the front tire but it squeezed in just fine.  I have 4" On-One Floaters on the bike.  I did have to use a longer strap on the rear tire, the Yakima strap is too short.

All loaded up with some new red dirt on the tires