Fuel EX 9.8. Sunny & bright, warm - 79 degrees at the start and up to 84 at the finish, low humidity so it felt pretty nice, East/NE variable winds not a factor in the woods - a gorgeous day. Kickapoo is a heavily forested area so great visibility and dry, dusty trails throughout. This was my first time riding here. The first 7 trails were great, nothing I couldn't handle. Got into the Black Diamond trails at numbers 8 and 10 with some near impossibly steep climbs, had to get off and walk up a few of them in some really deep ravines. Finished off the ride on the gravel connector and trail number 9. Ended up with 21 hard miles, a bit under 3 hours ride time. Pretty much had the place to myself, saw 2 hikers but only one other rider towards the end and one deer near the beginning. Stayed overnight at the downtown Hyatt in Champaign-Urbana.