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Mountain Biking Bunny-hopping Along the Adirondack's Jackrabbit Trail Pedal along Lake Placid's revered cross-country singletrack By Nathan Borchelt
"This guy will ride you into the ground," my friend Rodolfo told me, patting Jeff on the back.
Rodolfo had fled the urban environs of Washington, D.C., earlier this year, midway through the ski season, and immediately tapped into the large service industry that employs pretty much everyone in Lake Placid. Well, at least those not on vacation, training for the next Olympics or Ironman, or owning one of the town's restaurants or hotels. He spends his days on the golf course, his nights working as a manager of the Boat House Restaurant, and his off time contemplating which pair of skis to score before the first snowfall. Along the way, he's met many a kindred spirit within Placid's robust service industry, which is where Jeffand my punishing introduction to Placid mountain bikingcame in. That night, we tossed back a few Moslon Canadians at the Lake Placid Pub and Brewery, a bar housed in a former church with home-brew pints of questionable quality and a refreshingly divey atmosphere amidst the restaurants of Lake Placid, which seem stuck on serving over-priced "gourmet" sandwiches. Jeff told me about the routes around townPine Pond, Scarface, Brewster Peninsulabut when he found out that I was staying at the Placid Bay Inn, there was only one choice: The Jackrabbit Trail.
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