Things like “The Trough”

Things like the Trough.....

When I saw the title I immediately flashed back to the time when I was face down in the bottom of the ruck in a mudhole breathing out of one nostril and the topside of my mouth:)

Good times, good times. The alumni match is in October. When's Knob Creek?

GregB
BaconBeavers
AHO Rugby (91-?)
 
GregB said:
Things like the Trough.....

When I saw the title I immediately flashed back to the time when I was face down in the bottom of the ruck in a mudhole breathing out of one nostril and the topside of my mouth:)

Good times, good times. The alumni match is in October. When's Knob Creek?

GregB
BaconBeavers
AHO Rugby (91-?)
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There you go :thumbup: :D
 
i hit 47mph one time going downhill on my road bike that was so scarey, but not like the North Shore Vancouver. the tour is one of the best events, when Lance and Jan would battle it out, when i lived on the the west coast i would watch it before work.

Cobalt no fights downhilling all my buds were so smoked out all they wanted to do was eat........
 
downhilling takes a lot out of you, but it gets expensive when things break. By the way I am selling a set of original yellow mavic deemax wheels. nearly mint. Never used for DH, just ridden on a gravel road once.

there was a road in Warrenton VA, called Bear Wallow that climbed about 500 ft in 0.7 miles. I could hit 60 mph on that road, but going uphill was painfull.
 
There is a group across the river in Portland Or that calls themselves the Zoo Bombers. Their ride starts at the Oregon Zoo and head into downtown. I looked at a map of the are and depending on where they start from it is between a 450 to 600 ft elevation change and only about a mile as the crow flies. I'm sure it is further as the roads are very curvy in that area. The general idea is to go as fast as possible. There have been some news articles about them and some of them riders claim to have reached speeds of 50mph. I don't know much else about them but I did find some info by googleing their name.
 
Once upon a time if the ride was flat enough I could average about 24-26 mph for about 40 miles. Most riders I knew would destroy me in the hills.

I was never good at climbing or sprinting but I think part of that was the fit of my bike, whenever I got out of the saddle I felt like my knees were going to hit the handlebars. If I ever have another frame built it's going to have a very upright seat tube and a longer top tube. It should be more aero in the saddle and much more comfortable out of the saddle.

I just put an offer on a house in EPA so I might start going on some of the bike rides around the Stanford campus.
 
Hogwash said:
I just put an offer on a house in EPA so I might start going on some of the bike rides around the Stanford campus.
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Wash, Ban told me he's already been riding at Stanford and figures you guys could ride together, so he gave me this pic so you could make sure you get the same outfit and look like a legit team.

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Well we know that isn't Pbubsy...

That guy doesn't shave his back.:eek: :eek: :eek:

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Cobalt said:
Wash, Ban told me he's already been riding at Stanford and figures you guys could ride together, so he gave me this pic so you could make sure you get the same outfit and look like a legit team.

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and here is Jerry's latest acquisition to match his hawaiian shirt

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I heard BORAT was starting his own Tour Day Franse team with their new bibs and jerseys


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Cobalt, the second you mentioned KAAK in a bicycle thread, you had to know that this one would be coming out of the Photobucket vault. :D

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And then there's these bikers. I don't think they're headed to Stanford.

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lunde said:
Nice photos!

Sort of off-topic, but a co-worker who is (well, was) into bike racing and biking in general told me that shooting was a dangerous sport. Interestingly, since he stated that, he got into at least two nasty bike crashes, and his wife had to be helecopter-lifted due to a bicycle crash. About me? I have shot tens of thousands of rounds of ammo in my life, and continue to do so, and have yet to have an accident. Needless to say, my co-worker no longer brings up this issue. ;)
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Ken,
I whole heartily agree with you. I have been hunting, and therefore shooting firearms, since I was 13. The only shooting "accident" that I have personally had was at an indoor shooting range. I had a ricochet, nonetheless, hit me in my leg. It only left a nice bruise.

On the other hand, while in college, I had a near death encounter with a camoro while I was riding my mountain bike. The lady pulled out in front of me while is traveling about 30 mph down a hill. I hit her right rear quarter panel and went airborne into the center of the road (a lot force sine I weighed 220 at the time). Thank God that the oncoming traffic was not moving due to "gridlock" or I would have been toast. All I ended up with is some road rash and broken ring finger that needed surgery the next day. Bye the way, I missed Gator Growl.
 
gatorzingo said:
Ken,
I whole heartily agree with you. I have been hunting, and therefore shooting firearms, since I was 13. The only shooting "accident" that I have personally had was at an indoor shooting range. I had a ricochet, nonetheless, hit me in my leg. It only left a nice bruise.

On the other hand, while in college, I had a near death encounter with a camoro while I was riding my mountain bike. The lady pulled out in front of me while is traveling about 30 mph down a hill. I hit her right rear quarter panel and went airborne into the center of the road (a lot force sine I weighed 220 at the time). Thank God that the oncoming traffic was not moving due to "gridlock" or I would have been toast. All I ended up with is some road rash and broken ring finger that needed surgery the next day. Bye the way, I missed Gator Growl.
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I've had a few shell casings hit me behind the glasses, on the neck, down my shirt, etc...


But similar to Gator, my first week at FSU I got hit by some punk grad student not paying attention when he pulled away from a stop sign. Spent the first few weeks on FSU campus hobbling around on crutches. And this was the year seven girls from State made Playboy's girls of the ACC. Those crutches didn't help my "cool" factor. Also, my wife hit every stationary object on FSU's campus, not to mention she actually ran over a squirrel's tale, and we all know how fast those little bastids are. She couldn't have done that a second time if she tried.

Needless to say: Bikes are dangerous!
 
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