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Dero, you don't like the beaver?
I am supposed to ride the infamous VIETNAM in Massachusetts tomorrow, but the weather has been crappy all week, and there is no break in sight. *sigh*
I am supposed to ride the infamous VIETNAM in Massachusetts tomorrow, but the weather has been crappy all week, and there is no break in sight. *sigh*
Sounds like here! Rain, Rain, and more damn Rain!
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I love those wittle furry critters!!!Originally posted by I Are Baboon
Dero, you don't like the beaver?
I am supposed to ride the infamous VIETNAM in Massachusetts tomorrow, but the weather has been crappy all week, and there is no break in sight. *sigh*
But not the four legged ones!!!
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Fuq, more damn rain here. I can't catch a freeken break!!! I wanna ride, I gotta ride! If I don't I fear what I may do! It's situations like this that cause people to loose thier mind and go on a shooting spree. Here are some true real life scenerios that drove people to kill
= 1963: Kennedys' travelcade travels down a long stip of road past the Book Depository building. Lee Harvey Oswald, out of his mind over the fact they cancelled a road race he was to partake in that day because of Kennedys trip lost his mind and it cost Kennedy his mind and brain for that matter.
= A young ex marine who was a pioneer in mountain biking shot mulitple Collage students from a Tower in Texas before he was finally killed by a police sniper. It was later discovered his rampage was due to the fact they closed off his favorite trail and made it an educational nature trail for young collage students.
= Jeffery Dahmer killed many homosexuals because he saw a flamboyant homo in clogs and pink minishorts steal his mountain bike in front of a bar in Grenwich Village NYC while yelling back at Jeffery to eat this (pointing to his ass). Jeffery stopped for a beer on his way to a mountain bike 24hour race in Lake Placid. Jeffery had the last word on the subject as well as the last bite.
= John Wayne Gacey killed multiple children because they screamed and cried when they saw his fat ass dressed in a clown outfit on his high priced mountain bike on trails behind their home. Apparently their cries startled him and he hit a tree totalling his dream bike and his prized clown outfit. He hated children ever since.
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= 1963: Kennedys' travelcade travels down a long stip of road past the Book Depository building. Lee Harvey Oswald, out of his mind over the fact they cancelled a road race he was to partake in that day because of Kennedys trip lost his mind and it cost Kennedy his mind and brain for that matter.
= A young ex marine who was a pioneer in mountain biking shot mulitple Collage students from a Tower in Texas before he was finally killed by a police sniper. It was later discovered his rampage was due to the fact they closed off his favorite trail and made it an educational nature trail for young collage students.
= Jeffery Dahmer killed many homosexuals because he saw a flamboyant homo in clogs and pink minishorts steal his mountain bike in front of a bar in Grenwich Village NYC while yelling back at Jeffery to eat this (pointing to his ass). Jeffery stopped for a beer on his way to a mountain bike 24hour race in Lake Placid. Jeffery had the last word on the subject as well as the last bite.
= John Wayne Gacey killed multiple children because they screamed and cried when they saw his fat ass dressed in a clown outfit on his high priced mountain bike on trails behind their home. Apparently their cries startled him and he hit a tree totalling his dream bike and his prized clown outfit. He hated children ever since.
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BREAKING NEWS FROM TRENTON NEW JERSEY: TRENTON TIMES REPORTS: Mountain biker from Hamilton New Jersey, fed up with the rain reports apparently had a breakdown Saturday evening after hearing the weather report on channel 6 news. He was heard to say "It's all that damn blonde bitch weather persons fault it keeps fuqing raining" Everytime the bitch opens her mouth she HAS to use the word RAIN" The person who's real name has yet to be revealed but known as firestorm drove to the Philadelphia News Center and killed the weather women with the sharp point of an umbrella. He was last seen driving off into a wooded area on some sort of really kewel mountain bike.
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Is it still raining???
I was talking to a bud of mine in Monterey Beach(Cali)They are enjoying feb temps +50...
What's up with dat???
Up here in Iglooland we are ENJOYING over 100 that's counting the humidex...
By the way,I rode today,yesterday and the day before and the one before that!!!
Not beeing a prick ,just letting you know!!!
You going to be ok???
I was talking to a bud of mine in Monterey Beach(Cali)They are enjoying feb temps +50...
What's up with dat???
Up here in Iglooland we are ENJOYING over 100 that's counting the humidex...
By the way,I rode today,yesterday and the day before and the one before that!!!
Not beeing a prick ,just letting you know!!!
You going to be ok???
firestorm
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Your a lucky guy D. It finally stopped raining here. 90some today and tomorrow. No rain expected until the weekend. We'll get a few days but we can't make it 5 days without some rain.
You guys enjoying this nice weather, or what? Between MTB and road riding, I've been getting out four times a week. 
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Oh YES!!!!!!Originally posted by I Are Baboon
You guys enjoying this nice weather, or what? Between MTB and road riding, I've been getting out four times a week.
Since last wednesday I've been out EVERY DAY(today is a rest day) average of 30 to 40 miles!!!The weather has been just SO BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!
Da summer is mine!!!Well except the time that I can't go to dat
"Monkey meet"
and 'cording to MBC I suck!!!
Meet????
you mean monkey MEAT right?? he man I have not been loggin many miles on the MTB this summer, I even had it when I was traveling around climbing for two weeks and only rode once. i am going to leave it home for the New River Gorge trip, and there is awesome trails there.
Originally posted by dg806
Meet????
25 or so of us ridemonkey members are meeting at Kingdom Trails in Vermont next weekend for three days of epic XC. Should be an awesome time.
That's not but 960 miles and 16 hours of driving!firestorm
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I've been on vacation and one day decided to ride my bike to the shore and have my wife and kids meet me there. It was a pretty good ride with the exception of the cars but never the less it was 55miles one way. Not bad for a Mtbr on a road bike. I didn't ride home, bike went in the rear of car and I drove home with wife and kids.
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nice looking toy Dero - been vaguely considering one of those frames myself, but decided to save up for a nice steel hardtail instead, as I'm too lazy to look after another suspension bike...
Bet you'll have fun on it, they look like a nice bike for doing everything on.
Bet you'll have fun on it, they look like a nice bike for doing everything on.
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What are you riding now??
My wrench has had one for the last season and the guy is VERY aggressive on his bikes,I don't know how many frames he's broken but this one has lasted him the whole season.
To me,it passed the endurance test.
The other thing,I'm getting a SWEET deal on it,being that it's last year's model.
My wrench has had one for the last season and the guy is VERY aggressive on his bikes,I don't know how many frames he's broken but this one has lasted him the whole season.
To me,it passed the endurance test.
The other thing,I'm getting a SWEET deal on it,being that it's last year's model.
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Currently riding a diamondback zetec pro, but will be changing the frame to something british and steel, like an on-one or a cotic... or maybe a custom built one (If I can get a new job....)
Big problem where I live is the extremely abrasive mud - v brake pads only last one ride here in the winter, and bearings/pivots take a similarly harsh pounding...... so most people ride hardtails with disks, or single pivot bikes (which I don't like, as I'm used to a lawhill DH bike).
If you're getting a deal on it, that'll be awesome value, as they're pretty good price anyway!
Big problem where I live is the extremely abrasive mud - v brake pads only last one ride here in the winter, and bearings/pivots take a similarly harsh pounding...... so most people ride hardtails with disks, or single pivot bikes (which I don't like, as I'm used to a lawhill DH bike).
If you're getting a deal on it, that'll be awesome value, as they're pretty good price anyway!
Nice ride you got there, Dero! Plan on doing some hucking with it?
A mountain bike thread, cool.
I also bike. Road and MTB.
My stable is filled with 2 road bikes, Cannondale CAAD4 ultegra/dura ace mix, CAAD5 with dura ace and Ksyrium wheelset, Cannondale Scalpel for tight singletrack, and a new Specialized EPIC which I absolutely love.
I am currently training specifically for a century in march where I will be pulling my daughter behind me in her trailer. I am gonna try to break 6 hours on the century with the kid in tow. Whew! Dunno if I will be able to but I have turned 52 miles in 2 hours and 44 minutes while pulling her so theoretically I can do it.
Anywho, good to see other bikers here.
Sam
I also bike. Road and MTB.
My stable is filled with 2 road bikes, Cannondale CAAD4 ultegra/dura ace mix, CAAD5 with dura ace and Ksyrium wheelset, Cannondale Scalpel for tight singletrack, and a new Specialized EPIC which I absolutely love.
I am currently training specifically for a century in march where I will be pulling my daughter behind me in her trailer. I am gonna try to break 6 hours on the century with the kid in tow. Whew! Dunno if I will be able to but I have turned 52 miles in 2 hours and 44 minutes while pulling her so theoretically I can do it.
Anywho, good to see other bikers here.
Sam
Does your Epic have the Brain rear shock? I used one of those for an 16 mile ride in Southern California. It climbed great, but not the kind of bike that suits my style of riding (I need beefiness for freeriding).
Very cool about the century ride, and pulling a trailer no less!
I bought my first road bike late last summer, a Trek 2000. Kind of an entry level aluminum road bike, costing about $1000. The longest road ride I've done was 38 miles. I am going to do an MS Bike Tour in June. I'll sign up for the 75 miler, but I'd really like to try the 100 miler. Not sure I've have the strength for it.
Yes the brain shock is the main feature on the Epic. I do not freeride so it suits me very well.
The handling and responsiveness of the shock is quite, well, shocking. It reacts instantly to input. If I go off a drop it soaks up the hit immediately so the brain is pretty damn smart.
It is actually a very simple hydraulic circuit and technology that has been used in industry for a long time. It has just been creatively applies to a bike.
Distance rides are about maintaining a good level of hydration and caloric intake. Keep hydrated with water and sports drinks to replace sodium/potasium and make sure you take in the cabohydrates for energy and you can litterally ride as long as you want. Yop will have to learn how to guage your output so you do not over tax muscles but normally it is the energy that depleats and not the muscles.
Long rides will also train your body to operate better and will raise your aerobic threshold so you can go hard for longer periods of time.
MS rides are normally well organized and sagged so it is a good choice for a first long ride.
The handling and responsiveness of the shock is quite, well, shocking. It reacts instantly to input. If I go off a drop it soaks up the hit immediately so the brain is pretty damn smart.
It is actually a very simple hydraulic circuit and technology that has been used in industry for a long time. It has just been creatively applies to a bike.
Distance rides are about maintaining a good level of hydration and caloric intake. Keep hydrated with water and sports drinks to replace sodium/potasium and make sure you take in the cabohydrates for energy and you can litterally ride as long as you want. Yop will have to learn how to guage your output so you do not over tax muscles but normally it is the energy that depleats and not the muscles.
Long rides will also train your body to operate better and will raise your aerobic threshold so you can go hard for longer periods of time.
MS rides are normally well organized and sagged so it is a good choice for a first long ride.
No doubt the Epic I rode climbed great, but it was a borrowed bike. The owner was about 40 lbs heavier than me, so the Brain was not responding as well as it should. It was not absorbing impacts like it should, but I didn't want to screw with the shock settings since it was not my bike. Like I said though, it climbed great. I could not have done the eight mile climb on my 38lb bike without killing myself.
Here's me on that Epic (from my pic gallery)
I have a Cannondale r 2000 for the road and a Cannondale F1000 for mountain bike.
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Luv your sig and now, I understand your nick
I saw something in a add for some bikes,it went something like this...
"Man came from the DIRT and will go back into it after death,
until then,HE WILL PLAY IN IT!!!"
Eat Mud and be happy.
I have a Cannondale SuperV900,actually it's for sale now,to help pay for that Dawg!!!
Hucking??? Heck,I just want comfort IAB!!! 4" front and rear!!!
Ever since I got that CDale,I have become a bit more of an aggresive rider,so before I break it,it's time to get a better rigue!!!
And That Puppy is the right rigue!!!
Hey Dero, Monkeyfest 2004 will be July 30-Aug 1 in East Burke, VT. See you there.
Dero, we have not announce the dates at ridemonkey yet. We're keeping it quiet for a little while. If you want to camp, most people are going to be camping in a guy's backyard (it's HUGE with plenty of room and electricity). No charge for that.
If you want lodging, there are plenty of motels and bed and breakfasts in town. I can get you info if you need it.
We're going to ride Kingdom Trails. It's a network of over 100 miles of XC trails. They are not very technical at all. Just tight, twisty singletrack, and lots of it.
If you want lodging, there are plenty of motels and bed and breakfasts in town. I can get you info if you need it.
We're going to ride Kingdom Trails. It's a network of over 100 miles of XC trails. They are not very technical at all. Just tight, twisty singletrack, and lots of it.
