MTB Karaoke and a Ride

20 | Sep | '26

         I arrived in Manson last night just in time to have dinner at ‘My Buddy’s Place’ and little did I know, they were just starting their Saturday night karaoke. I couldn’t pass up that opportunity!!!! 

          Over the past 4 years, I’ve written 20 mountain bike music parodies to popular rock or pop songs. You will find those lyrics embedded in 20 of the 500 ride reports I have published on this website.  Last night I sang three of them….

My versions of:

Comfortably Numb

     (Mountain Bike Bum)

Takin’ a Ride on Heavy Metal

      ( on Full Suspension)

Rocky Mountain High

      (Cascade Mountain High,   my life story)

I had a fun time!

This morning after last night’s fun, I planned to do an early ride at Echo Ridge hoping to see some deer and some views.     This morning, I parked at the bottom of Bergman Gulch and climbed it to the North Junction. Then I went counterclockwise on the Outback adding a trip to the  summit. The descent was fast and I kept going into Waterbar Heaven to make it long. 

     I climbed back up Bergman and then proceeded into Dust to Glory, Far East, saw mommy, and baby, deer in the middle of Far East!  I stopped and watched them for a bit and then took off to finish the ride on Grand Drop, Bob’s, Devine Intervention, Shoe, and finally Switchback Alley. The Trailforks Activity Log for the ride today is here.

Submitted by
tomvale
on
9/20/2026
Tom Valenti