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The singlespeed and I have been becoming friends since the 24 HOP. Darren came down from DC to see Arizona singletrack. I showed him Deer Camp first, about 3 miles of slow, technical riding
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That ends at the base of this creek and
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near Deer Camp, a nice place to camp I must admit. We layed on one of the two beds before winding back down past the water trough
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And then we went up Cherry Tank for some more SS climbing terrain. This is where Scott M would say,
Ahhhhhhh singleeeeeeeee speed if he was there.
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A good day on the bike was had, that was for sure. Great weather, mid-70s. It was great to get the feet moving.