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Thread: NE Riding 2013
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08-14-2013, 11:20 AM #301
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08-14-2013, 11:54 AM #302Gluten Free Dan
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08-23-2013, 08:43 AM #303
Can anyone recommend a shop near Keene, NH? My brother just moved back to school there, and needs some wheel work done.
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08-23-2013, 09:23 AM #304Registered User
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What are people using for lights these days? I tried to search but I'm on my phone sorry...my lumina 650 just burnt out (hint don't let your kids use yours as a flashlight...) and I tried to order another but amazon said they were discontinued?!
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08-23-2013, 09:51 AM #305
Man, light choices are crazy! Sooooo many options. I'd say ask yourself what is the absolute most you are willing to spend, and go from there.
I'm a fan of Cygolite got one of these for the helmet
http://www.cygolite.com/products/turbo_800.html
and one of their larger dual beam things for the bar.
They are a good compromise of price/weight/size/light, IMO. Yeah, not as crazy all out powerful and bright as some of what is out there, but they give me more than enough light, particularly with the two light setup.Florence Nightingale's Stormtrooper
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08-23-2013, 01:40 PM #306
there is currently three shop's open in Keene, afaik.
do not go to Andy's, guy is a world class asshole.
Norm's is close to campus and they do pretty good work.
new shop in town, called Advanced Cyclist, i have not been in there yet.
i use West Hill Shop in Putney, VT. really laid back with great service.
holy shit boys, did i wreck hard last week at Ascutney.
slow speed OTB, onto a granite slab.
went unconscious twice, banged up my hand and wrist, and generally rattled myself hard.
sat on the dirt road at the end of South Ridge for about a half hour, and my buddy Pete was talking to me etc...
finally was able to hop on and ride the dirt road back to 44.
haven't riden all week, i'm hurtin!crab in my shoe mouth
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08-23-2013, 07:57 PM #307
Shit man, you gotta watch that Stab Slab. I was gonna page you as I am thinking of heading that way this weekend, hope you are recovering well.
T-storm yesterday cleared teh dust and tacked da dirt to grippy perfection on the front door trails. That and a dewpoint in the 40's = mtb bliss.www.apriliaforum.com
"If the road You followed brought you to this,of what use was the road"?
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08-24-2013, 05:01 PM #308
Thanks for the rundown, Buttah. Heal up that sounds like a super scary crash.
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08-26-2013, 07:26 AM #309Gluten Free Dan
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Ouch dude, that doesn't sound fun at all!
I gimped myself two weekends ago, 12mph and clipped a tree on a fireroad and dumped myself onto my bars. My thigh is all bruised and my knee still isn't feeling right (hopefully the Dr says its nothing). Then Saturday one of our crew broke his collarbone at Sunday River. Stay safe out there, the weather is way too nice to not ride!
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08-26-2013, 08:37 AM #310
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08-26-2013, 10:20 AM #311
Weaksauce! And I just got back.
Quick semi mtb related tale: hour 14.5 of a 15 hour drive and a few deer darted onto the highway. Managed to swerve around 'em, but the lead charger clipped the side of the car and the hitch rack, taking out two bike rims and a made-to-fail piece on the 1upusa- which clearly helped minimize the damage. We were really fortunate all-in-all, but I have to give love to the rack yet again. 1upusa racks are of rediculously high quality. Off to Willowdale for the afternoon. Howdy NE, good to be back.
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08-27-2013, 12:40 PM #312
Planning on stopping on my way back from work Wednesday, somewhere north of Boston. Anyone going to be out mid to late afternoon?
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08-27-2013, 02:19 PM #313
I have to make a stop in Milford, so I'm thinking Vietnam around 2 (if anyone is around).
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08-28-2013, 01:06 AM #314
You MA and NH guys, gotta' pick your brains again.
Three days, last day at Highland - it'll be the only one they will be open - Thursday. Am looking to go up via 91 and over on 9, then up 93 the rest of the way. Mostly just because it'll be some are new to me. Even popping over onto 202/2 or other smaller roads works if it gets me to some cool stuff/good riding/food/whatever. I've been to the Holyoke stuff a couple times already - liked it, but am looking to ride some new to me areas. Good or at least decent stuff around Keene? Suggestions? Suppose I could make Bear Brook one of the days. Haven't been, hear it's mellow but good. Leominster SF?
September 10-12th.Last edited by scrublover; 08-28-2013 at 02:05 AM.
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08-28-2013, 03:38 AM #315
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09-09-2013, 12:58 PM #318Gluten Free Dan
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Whoops.
Hopefully the big S has something for me early next week.
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09-10-2013, 07:37 AM #319Gluten Free Dan
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This thread has been quiet the last few weeks.
Still a very fun feature!
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09-10-2013, 09:23 AM #320
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09-10-2013, 09:27 AM #321Gluten Free Dan
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Yeah, its basically at the center of the picture. There's a hairline crack forming at the top of the chainstay, it hasn't gone all the way through yet, but wraps around to the underside of that top piece (the chainstay turns into a u-shaped piece as it comes back together).
Caught it much earlier than a friend did on his stumpjumper:
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09-10-2013, 09:40 AM #322
duct tape
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09-10-2013, 09:48 AM #323Gluten Free Dan
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No joke, someone a friend rides with zip tied their big hit's top tube. I didn't see the crack, but from what everyone was saying it wasn't in a catastrophically bad spot. Either way, freaks me out a bit haha.
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09-15-2013, 03:52 PM #324
Bbbbblog!
Very happy to be back in NE as fall sets in. I love it here. Going up big and coming down big is cool, and big mtn. trail building is unbelievably rad- its simply silly to argue east versus west, so I won't.
I will say this, though- N NE up and down is plenty rad itself, and the trail building in NE is spectacular. S NE is its own sick animal too- as you all know, the trail building history in CT, RI and MA is 30-40 years old. Factor into the equation America's Bike Park and Killy and Someday Never, etc. and I really think, based on my limited experience, that NE riding is a special animal that rivals the big stuff out west. I guess not for distance and views, but bigger wins that every time. In response I say: we've got foliage bitches!
So far I've got a couple Willowdale days, a bunch of LLF days, come Otis funnin', and today a little Cutler with some friends just getting into mtb. Hello Highland next weekend, see what Killington is all about the weekend after that, Burke and Highland in Oct. I lurve it here.
Looking for a kind sir or madam to show me around Bear Brook some coming Sunday too.
How y'all doin? What's new? I'll take some pictures tomorrow and post them up. I'll try to make them worth looking at. Rock on.
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09-16-2013, 08:09 AM #325People should learn endurance; they should learn to endure the discomforts of heat and cold, hunger and thirst; they should learn to be patient when receiving abuse and scorn; for it is the practice of endurance that quenches the fire of worldly passions which is burning up their bodies.
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