[jacksonpt]

Anyone do anything exciting over the weekend? Saturday the family and I went and cut down our christmas trees. It may not sound like much, but let me tell ya... dragging a 15' tree 1/2 mile across the tree farm just about sucks.

Still no riding though

 

[douglas]

exciting? Hmm, looked that way Friday night - w/this cute 27 year old brunette, but I ended up going home alone h well:

oh I did do 1 hour of cardio at the gym yesterday

 

[Echo]

Did some time on the trainer and a little trail riding... but the majority of the weekend was spent getting leaves off my lawn

 

[jacksonpt]

I ended up going home alone h well:

bummer dude.

 

[McGRP01]

Worked all weekend and have a nasty head-cold. No riding. Going to a concert tomorrow night in Troy and then to Boston on Thurs. for some riding and another concert. Hope my cold is gone by then.

 

[Skookum]

15 miles 1500 feet rocky base minimal mud rippin bermy descents.
Minimal breaks pretty cool and windy now but i couldn't complain since the ride fell inbetween rain storms. Showed 4 other riders a sweet loop 3 of em had never hit those trails before, good times.

 

[I Are Baboon]

No riding this past weekend. Just a single trip to the gym. MBC and I got a lot of stuff done around the house though, so it was a productive weekend.

 

[Skookum]

Oh also i took a spinning class on Friday night at they Y. i thought after a tough week of work it would help me to punish myself. kind of weird but the first part of the ride i couldn't get into a rythym. Oh well it'll pay off by meeting hotties at the class i'm sure....

 

[N8 v2.0]

Anyone do anything exciting over the weekend? Saturday the family and I went and cut down our christmas trees. It may not sound like much, but let me tell ya... dragging a 15' tree 1/2 mile across the tree farm just about sucks.

Still no riding though

Dang trees ALWAYS look a lot smaller when you are in the woods.... a tree that looks small when you cut it, often seems to be HUGE when you go to put it up in the house.

 

[Wumpus]

Made it to the gym Friday night. First exercise all week due to an f'in cold.

Took the bike for a spin around the neighborhood to test the bars Loco is letting me borrow before I chop mine. Felt good, but made my hands hurt, hmmmm.

 

[jacksonpt]

Do you not own a lawnmower? Mow those things with a mulching lawnmower, and you get free fertilizer and save a lot of time.

If her fertilizes, the grass will be healthier and grow faster. Do you not remember his post this summer about how tall his grass was because any time it was nice enough to mow it was also nice enough to ride???

I think he should leave them on the lawn - perhaps they'll suffocate the grass and he won't have anything to mow come summer time. That means he won't have anything else to think about on those nice summer days but riding.

 

[Echo]

Do you not own a lawnmower? Mow those things with a mulching lawnmower, and you get free fertilizer and save a lot of time.

I have a mulching lawnmower. I don't think you understand how many leaves there were. Besides the town comes with a huge vacuum and sucks them up if we put them by the road.

 

[biggins]

refer to this thread for my weekend activities

http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=104410

 

[biggins]

and this thread

http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=104411&highlight=yeti

 

[narlus]

15' tree? damn, how big is yr house? and what kind of stand do you need to secure that monster?

no rides for me, althoguh yesterday was beautiful. raked leaves, got the xmas tree, and put up outside lights. then went to a party.

 

[Wumpus]

Nice article about the benefit of mulching leaves into your yard.

 

[Echo]

Like I said, I don't think you understand the size of the tree in my front yard, and how many leaves it drops. Even if I chopped them up into tiny pieces, they would still completely suffocate and kill the grass.

 

[Wumpus]

Ka-boom


Guess it will be road riding this week.

 

[Echo]

Ain't going to happen.

Seriously man, I appreciate your concern, however mulching lawnmowers don't pick up a 4 inch layer of wet leaves. Maybe if they were dry it would work, but then they would just blow away anyways.

And the town I live in does make a profit from the mulch.

 

[MMcG]

I went to New York City with Laura this weekend. Her friend was getting married. We stayed at the Algonquin Hotel - but nope I didn't order the 10,000 Martini

The wedding was at the chapel at Columbia University, Dinner at Monte's - great italian food with super cool old italian guy waiters - it rocked.

Sunday Laura and I took a walk down 5th Avenue to Rockefeller Center, watched the skaters, window shopped at Saks 5th Avenue, went inside St. Patrick's Cathedral - so beautiful, walked around the Library where they had an outdoor plaza filled with vendors and artisans, walked around Times Square and the theater district and just had a blast.

The weather was awesome and I saw a lot of cool bicycle rickshaw like drivers down in Manhattan. Looked like it would be a fun gig.

Manhattan is just such a cool city to visit!

 

[berkshire_rider]

Did just under 3 hours at Douglas SF. Man does that place have a lot of rocks. :love:

and then to Boston on Thurs. for some riding

Riding near Boston? Day or night?

 

[biggins]

 

[biggins]

 

[biggins]

 

[jacksonpt]

15' tree? damn, how big is yr house? and what kind of stand do you need to secure that monster?

It isn't our tree... it's my step-mother's tree (they went with us). She's got cathedral ceilings, so she gets em as big as she can... only concern is fitting it in the door. Her stand has 5 legs.. they are basically rebar coated with some kind of plastic/rubber stuff to protect the floors. The truck of the tree is drilled to fit over a 1/2" diameter 6" long spike. The legs are about 5' in diameter.

FWIW... ours is only an 8' tree.

 

[Wumpus]

Did you get another new bike, biggins?

 

[McGRP01]

Riding near Boston? Day or night?

Some State Park in or around Andover. Meeting by buddy at his house in Andover at 2pm on Thurs! You free??????

 

[biggins]

Did you get another new bike, biggins?

yeah its my new dh rig, i dont like it a whjole lot though, the bottom bracket and center of gravity are a little high.

 

[narlus]

Some State Park in or around Andover. Meeting by buddy at his house in Andover at 2pm on Thurs! You free??????

you riding @ harold parker?

 

[McGRP01]

you riding @ harold parker?

That sounds right. Is it decent? We're going to ride for a couple hours and then go back to my friends place for beers before we going into the city for a show at the Paradise. Hopefully there won't be much snow on the ground there....

 

[johnbryanpeters]

Installed new stem and seat on bike, a few ramp jumps, chewed up left shin by kicking plats.

On call, so no real riding.

J

 

[berkshire_rider]

Some State Park in or around Andover. Meeting by buddy at his house in Andover at 2pm on Thurs! You free??????

I would guess Harold Parker as well. There's some nice singletrack there. Sadly, I have to work. Otherwise, I would join you. Just started the new gig today, so probably not a good idea to take time off yet. neaky: