First Timers Guide to Palos - Stonehouse Trail
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- Опубліковано 26 сер 2024
- First time mountain bikers will find Stonehouse Trail offers a great introduction to mountain biking at Palos. In this video, I'll walk you through the three sections of Stonehouse, talk about equipment and trail etiquette, and other suggestions to help your first experience mountain biking on singletrack an enjoyable one.
If you find that you do love mountain biking and would like to help grow and maintain these trails and others like it in the Chicago area, please consider joining CAMBr, Chicago Area Mountain Bikers. cambr.org
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Before heading out, check trail conditions at www.cambr.org/palos_forest_preserve.php 👍
What a great video! Just what this beginner needed!
Thanks for sharing,
Such a helpful video! Smoother and less gnarly than SWK Park for first timers. Definitely ride this trail this weekend. Thank you!
Have a great ride!
This is a really great and detailed intro to the area! Stonehouse in the opposite direction was the first trail I would ride when I first started, would begin at burrito hill and end and wolf. Awesome work hopefully we get to ride again soon!
Yes! Opposite direction is also a great starter loop.
@@TheMediocreMountainBiker Yes, but the climb up Gravity Cavity can be brutal or Ho Chi Minh, even worse.
@@Paz01surf This loop doesn’t do either of those.
My friend and I did a clockwise loop and bail at the first bailout, avoiding the brutal climbs completely for a beginner.
Very good video. I took a rookie on this trail last weekend based on your recomendation.
He loved the experience.
Very well done. I hope a lot of people are able to find and watch this!
A very scenic trail looking out over the ravines.
First ride in the books made possible by this great vid.
Awesome!
Great vid for new peeps! Might want to mention something about trail conditions and how to find them online...seems to be a perennial question.
Thanks! I’ll pin a comment about trail conditions. 👍
Great video! Thanks so much for all the info, tips and guidance!
We'll be going there soon!
Well done. Stonehouse is definitely the way to go for a nice intro to Palos.
Very good guide for new MT bikers
Great guide. I would also say that wolf road to the multi-track down to burrito hill to gravity cavity to turn around would be a nice easy route too. Plus they can warm up on the multitrack instead of grav cavity. (Thinking about bringing my wife out there) she handled bullwhip and hickory smoked Ok so maybe we try this route next.
Great overview. Well done. Stone house is definitely one of the top 10 trails in Palos. ;)
(I can't pick a favorite. It would be like picking a favorite child.)
Thank you for sharing!
Great info!
I love how people assume we are hurt when setting up the cameras. Happens all the time. 😂
I always ask too, even if it’s obvious they have it handled. In this case it probably looked like I was pooping. 🤣💩
Omg haha 😂
I would’ve just kept riding. Avoiding any eye contact.
A helpful guide for a newcomer and a contrarian's choice of trail. 😀
Love Stonehouse! Fast and flow!
Nice informational video. Well done Jason.
Great video, thanks for the information and advice 😁
Thanks for posting this. I'm not a beginner but I did take a number of years off. Last time I was at Palos Stone House was not legal. I always enjoyed Gravity Cavity; Turf 1 was just OK, and I pretty well hated that road climb back up. This seems like a much better route (and finally Burrito Hill is connected to something!)
I just heard this weekend that they are trying to add a trail to bypass that road climb. 😀
@@TheMediocreMountainBiker I will be interested to see that routing, I assume it would be on the No Soup side? Either way, new trails = good!
@@johncoqtoastin It will connect the No Soup / Turf junction with Plot M is my understanding.
Nice video! I’m hoping to get out to Palos sometime this year.
Stonehouse is one of my favorite trails. It's what we call "Goldilocks", not too technical but not boring either, not too hilly but not flat either. Please, do not ride on this trail after a heavy rain. Give it a day or 2 to dry out. Wide Wheels, Knobby Tires, Skinny Arms
Did you video more trails at palos? Thanks for sharing
I do have a whole Palos playlist here: ua-cam.com/play/PLLHrBfNwqEQ1pwIYUBM4dFBJbhJK1LHu1.html&si=10u_zn20LzqOvtNV
I do need to add more videos showing our new trail Resurrection.
Helpful video man. I’ve been dying to get out to Palos! Hopefully in the next month or so.
Shoot me a PM when you come out and I’ll try to meet you there! 🤜💥🤛
@@TheMediocreMountainBiker Yea that would be awesome man! I’ll definitely let you know when I’m planning to head that way.
Great intro video, haven't ridden Palos for over 15years. How busy is it on the weekends? Would you avoid and just hit it on weekdays?
Palos is typically pretty busy on weekend mornings but gets less busy from noon till evening. There are considerably more hikers on the weekends - but they are around all day (usually picnickers).
Any tips to not bail on Gravity Cavity? I went down about half way down... lol. It was much steeper with exposed roots than what I anticipated. Thanks and great video
I’d say take the gnarlier parts a little slower while practicing a neutral position. The brain tends to make you push away from the perceived danger but that unweights the front tire which can result in a washout. If you’re doing the drops off the walls, I’d avoid that last log roll - it’s bucked many of us since it comes right after the second drop.
@@TheMediocreMountainBiker appreciate the feedback. Love your channel. still terrified but i"m a complete newbie.
Are there guides that will ride with you in person?
Best version of this would be to try and latch onto a group going out. There are usually people that’ll ride after a trail workday and there are typically informal group rides on Wednesday nights out of Maple Lake East.
Thanks for this video i want to go biking here soon thanks ok also is there any jumps or berms here ok
There are a few berms at the east end of the trail heading eastbound. There are additional berms on some of the other trails - mainly Bullwhip. Jumps/drops can be found as optional features on the side in a handful of places.
@@TheMediocreMountainBiker I used cambr to check the conditions and today was the first day I went here I did gravity cavity down storehouse then bullwhip and got back to gravity cavity
Also if I can handle gravity cavity should I be fine on the three rivened
Ok
@@mwelchy9030 3 Ravines does have a few steeper sections than what you’ll see on Gravity Cavity, but just ride what you’re comfortable with and walk what you feel is above your skill level.
Can I ride Stonehouse on a gravel bike? Fully rigid w/ drop bars.
Totally doable, just use caution on the rougher sections.
Do you have any recommendations for bike shops in the area?
Where do you live?
@@TheMediocreMountainBiker palos
Richards on Harlem and College drive. There is also 2bici in Willow Springs.
Do you guys do night rides there?
Per the Forest Preserve, no night riding is allowed at Palos.
Wait, shows yellow helmet, cut to you wearing a different color full face helmet ha ha
The magic of editing!
Actually I didn’t want to give the idea that you need a full face for these trails. I’m still playing with the GoPro on the chin setup.
@@TheMediocreMountainBiker i often wear my Fox Proframe full face on easy trails, just for filming purposes. I think my Fox Rampage Pro Carbon is a bit much for the green trails however ha ha.
I feel like MTB has the right of way w hikers. Also feel like riders going down have the right of way to those going up
A lot of times hikers will feel it’s better for everyone if they are the ones to yield to bikes - but the general rule is bikes yield to hikers.
For uphill/downhill bikes - it’s a lot easier to stop and restart for the downhill rider. Also, sometimes the uphill rider will yield anyway for a number of reasons (they are tired or they just want to be nice).
At any rate, I feel that uphill riders exercise their right of way more often than the hikers.