Bike

Nicole Formosa’s JULIANA STREGA

ONE ROCK.

That’s all I had in mind when I chose Juliana’s burliest bike yet as my Dream Build. A single rock drop that makes up the most consequential move on one very short, fall-line descent. The trail is less than a half-mile long, but it cascades 425 feet from the ridgeline in one continuous rock garden with varying levels of commitment and speed required to emerge unscathed. It’s one of my favorite trails in the local network, and a cheater line that skirts the drop had allowed me to keep my lines clean,

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