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Thread: Observations made while riding
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07-13-2012, 06:59 PM #51management problem
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-Among the worst noises in the world to hear: The sound of a crash in a big peleton at speed (amazingly loud). The worst place to hear it from? One or two rows back from where the crash starts.
-Is there any good place to land when doing an 'unplanned dismount' from a mountain bike? (I've never found one, but I keep my hopes up that a good LZ will someday reveal itself to me).
-On a hot day so much sweat accumulates in the padding of my helmet that if I bump the helmet (squeezing the padding) a huge discusting stream of sweat pours out, usually landing directly in/on my sunglasses."I just want to thank everyone who made this day necessary." -Yogi Berra
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07-13-2012, 07:37 PM #52
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07-14-2012, 12:23 AM #53
Haven't wrecked yet this summer. Until today. Twice. Pretty sore tonight.
Porcupines can be stubborn trail hogs. So can Moose.
I was riding in the woods today and heard a cricket chirp. I thought: "Is that my phone?" Technology is changing my perception for the worse.There's nothing better than sliding down snow, and flying through the air
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07-14-2012, 12:47 AM #54
Dude, I'm pretty sure that was the cricket's phone. Ironic ringtone, you gotta admit.
Forum Cross Pollinator, gratuitously strident
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07-14-2012, 12:59 AM #55
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07-14-2012, 01:27 PM #56Gluten Free Dan
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07-14-2012, 05:40 PM #57
Ground squirrels running along the trail are like my own private tifosi cheering me on. While they don't make much noise, they don't cause havoc either.
This observation is usually accompanied by hypoxia and a lack of glycogen...
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07-14-2012, 08:43 PM #58in the zone of excess
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Maybe Slickrock wasn't the best choice for my first time out clipless...?
"I'm pretty sure this looked like it went through on satellite view."
Would that agave break off or just go straight through?
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07-16-2012, 06:34 AM #59
Starting in the high 80s and up with this high Southeast humidity, stopping does nothing to cool you off. In fact, this time of year, stopping sucks balls.
Beating the heat by getting out of bed at 5am to ride at 6am is painful.
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07-16-2012, 07:50 AM #60
Lights make riding at night better.
watch out for snakes
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07-16-2012, 08:03 AM #61
Other peoples lights make riding at night worse
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07-16-2012, 08:16 AM #62
pedaling up loose dirt sucks.
We heard you in our twilight caves, one hundred fathom deep below, for notes of joy can pierce the waves, that drown each sound of war and woe.
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07-16-2012, 09:24 AM #63
Don't worry about falling off your bike, Mother Earth will always be waiting to catch you.
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07-16-2012, 09:50 AM #64
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07-16-2012, 09:58 AM #65yelgatgab
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07-16-2012, 10:09 AM #66
Observation made while at my desk: riding is better.
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07-16-2012, 10:43 AM #67
You aren't having fun until somebody is bleeding. Usually me.
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07-16-2012, 11:04 AM #68
Every day is a powder day on a mountain bike.
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07-16-2012, 12:31 PM #69Registered User
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After 15 years riding a hardtail, riding a dualie is a doubleplusgood powder day every day.
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07-16-2012, 02:42 PM #70
Mountain lions like to crap in the middle of trails.
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07-16-2012, 02:48 PM #71Registered User
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Stan's tire goop tastes horrible.
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