Rockies regional randomness

[Tha Rick]

Originally Posted by Geek

I'm thinking maybe a Gold Hill / Switzerland Trail loop on the 950 in the a.m. when it is colder (gerbings) and then some LHC fun on the 500 in the p.m.

You and Rick interested in some pie?

I've got a project I'm doing some work on tomorrow....But the project is pretty cool.


They are trying to break 300+mph at bonneville this year!
http://www.gizmag.com/killajoule-tops-216-mph/24141/

[GrizGirl]

Originally Posted by Geek

I'm thinking maybe a Gold Hill / Switzerland Trail loop on the 950 in the a.m. when it is colder (gerbings) and then some LHC fun on the 500 in the p.m.

You and Rick interested in some pie?

Rick is working tomorrow (I think he just posted about that) but how about joining Lomax on Sunday? Pie, mmmm.....

[Lomax]

New meetup place. Spruce Confections at 767 Pearl St. at 10:30 Sunday

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showt...5#post20579735

Marc

[blues bob]

I' ve been watching a lot of knarly single track helmet mounted videos lately. Is it true that the camera makes the trail look tougher than it actually is? Looks like the tree or rock or root wipeout is emminent at every obstacle, but ya'all just keep charging onward and upward. I know the up and down steepness is not realistic. Knowledge is King, but Experience Rules.

Thanks

[Tha Rick]

Originally Posted by blues bob

I' ve been watching a lot of knarly single track helmet mounted videos lately. Is it true that the camera makes the trail look tougher than it actually is? Looks like the tree or rock or root wipeout is emminent at every obstacle, but ya'all just keep charging onward and upward. I know the up and down steepness is not realistic. Knowledge is King, but Experience Rules.

Thanks

It makes it look easier. You don't see the sweat in your eye's, feel the sore and cramping leg's arms and back , and the heavy breathing, and the bike bouncing beneath you.

Start out easy, maybe a track and check out Gopro Mx track's- those guys make it look too easy.

[Geek]

Just got back 6+ hours... rode the last hour or more in the dark (dual Squadron's rock!).

Switzerland was about what you'd expect... the north facing stuff south of Sunset has snow.. Pennsylvania and Bear Gulches are un-rideable (some smart guy in a jeep has rutted the hell out of Penn. while trying).
All the single track we played in up-high was snow filled.





Who'd have thought you could get to tree line on a dirtbike in relative comfort in January.





Stubby doesn't get to play in the snow much it appears...




I this bike.

[Lomax]

Geek,

How was the road up to Gold Hill and beyond? IE. Sunshine canyon up to P2P ?

Marc

[Geek]

We went up Lickskillet to Gold hill - no where you had to touch snow (i.e. there was dirt tracks between it in the shade).
From Gold Hill to Peak to Peak was dirt... snow free except a few shaded spots (but you could avoid it).

Coming back down after dark (and below freezing).. things were a little more slick as the wet spots were turning to ice.

[blues bob]

THA RICK

Thanks for the reply. I was more wondering if by watching a video of a ride on a singletrack, can one realistically access it's difficulty level? I would like to ride some ST, but the videos all look "over my head." Whatever happened to the ole--cow trailin-- tracks I rode in the 60's?

[Hondo]

Cool honda CB250 in downtown Narita, Japan-

[Blakebird]

Originally Posted by Hondo

Cool honda CB250 in downtown Narita, Japan-

that paint scheme on the new CB1100 would be excellent

[Geek]

The risks of taking a long lens photo



I made the mosaic extra large for Derek's ego

[TheDudeAbides]

Originally Posted by Geek

The risks of taking a long lens photo

Shouldn't you have used a macro lens?

[Hondo]

"Peeing in the Bushes"?

[Tha Rick]

Originally Posted by blues bob

THA RICK

Thanks for the reply. I was more wondering if by watching a video of a ride on a singletrack, can one realistically access it's difficulty level? I would like to ride some ST, but the videos all look "over my head." Whatever happened to the ole--cow trailin-- tracks I rode in the 60's?

My father showed me some of those trails, back in the day. They are roads now, except for the secret ones that are in now wilderness areas used as uppity trails for the nitwit vegan who are afraid of any dog on "their" trail.