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Skeggs Point a.k.a El Corte de Madera Open Space Preserve, Woodside, California
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Mixed emotions. The term conjures up an image of my new Santa Cruz Superlight getting run over by a bus while being ridden by the crackhead who stole it. Skeggs is kind of the same way. On one hand it's got miles of really buffed singletrack, 2200 feet of elevation, and it's 10 miles from my house. On the other, it's got park rangers running around the fire roads with radar guns. They'll give you a ticket if you exceed the 15mph speed limit. I'm not making this up. If you need a great example of government being a pain in the ass to its citizens under the guise of protecting us from ourselves, this is it. Those same rangers also make sure that the trails are kept clear of anything that doesn't belong on the average suburban sidewalk, like sticks and stones. While this makes for a fast ride, it's kind of nuts to think there are over 20 miles of trails here and not one log pyramid or other man-made obstacle to ride over. It's still a great ride, but man, it could be soooooo sweet if the trail cops would let the riders build the trails.
