Hell Town aka Front Royal VA

We should go for a ride down route 11. I have my old loop posted somewhere on here. It's a 150ish miler.

Food is always good.

im in....... North of Front Royal off Rockland Road.

so looks like we got around 13 people in the area so far that are inmates.
maybe a tech day soon? I have some issues with getting my chain adjusted just right...(what a joke and embarresment that is!)

I'm up on Blue Mountain in Linden, but drive into town every day to go to work. I'm on a blue and white F800.

I am a big fan of the Hume Road to Leeds manor loop, Hume road has no markings on it, hardly any cars ever, and most of it is surrounded by open fields so you don't have to worry about some deer jumping out of the trees in front of you.

I've been thinking about Taskers Gap, anyone ever do it on a bigger DS?

I led a group of large bikes around Taskers a few years ago, but I haven't done it myself (I was on my 400). They got through and had a good time, but we did skip the hardest sections.

I will be over there this weekend if some people want to hook up for a ride. Planning to ride across Peters Mill first, then tour Taskers and back.

where is taskers? This weekend is busy with MCM and stuff.

http://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/gwj/null/recarea/?recid=73883&actid=93

Southern end of Ft Valley. Also accessible from Rt 11 and Edinburg.

(Note: permits to ride required)

I could be up for that, tomorrow or Sunday?

take some pics! I've never been off roading =)

You could get the DL down Peters Mill. I don't know about the Taskers side though. I think it would be...interesting. Bring a skid plate!

I'm working this weekend.

With all these locals coming out of the woodwork we need to have a local RTE soon.

Sunday, 11ish.

I'll post up location and time when I know for sure.

Video is better.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-hgFcFaIdY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vW9aA1M8mZc

NOTE: GoPro makes all rocks look smaller and flattens out the terrain. You have been warned.

that looks like fun. not sure if my "wannabe" strom could handle that or me for that case. I am tippy toeing as is on it.

I haven't seen an 800 go through there(peter's mill trail), but I take my xr650l through there pretty regular with one set of tipy toes . The trails off the sides can get real rough, like basketball size rocks and larger, all sittin on top of the ground.:eek1 It could be an expensive ride:huh. Some of the stuff off the sides is super sketchy even on my xr400, but she is kinda heavy, unlike those fancy, orange, mountain bike lookin things I see rippin through there.

Yea whatever. Tell the folks here exactly how many times you put a foot down in those knarly, sketchy, basketball sized rocks. Hmmm?

If you just want to get in the dirt, there is a dirt road that runs right through the lower section of Taskers. I could ride it on my ST1100 probably. Anyway, it's swoopy and has some bumps and is fun ridden at speed.

You could start there, remember to purchase a permit as this is a fee area.

Pure fear of having to replace broken parts on me or the bike . Woulda been a little less intimidating on a mountain bike fo sho.

Hmm. I'm not a fan of basketball sized rocks or expensive rides, but I have watched a few videos and I didn't see anything that I don't think the bike and I can't handle. However, I don't think I'll be moving along as fast as those did in the videos i watched :eek1

So from what I understand, the Peters Mill section is a bit tamer than the Taskers section, and likewise for keeping on the main trail vs heading up the side trails?

You got it. Taskers seems like more direction changes/options, with chunky rocks, and some tighter turns, and some switchback type of turns. The steeper switchback like turns were definitely an issue for me on the 650 cause I am vertically challenged, and, it's just a tall ass bike.:huh

There is also a more tame loop that stays on the outside, of the interior trail network for Taskers Gap ATV/OHV trails. Seems like I've seen more ATV's on it. It's more like double track, ATV wide, but not dirt road wide.