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Chimp
Aug 21, 2009
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Minneapolis, MN
and by dumb shiz you mean awesome. 4loko is the best ever and that video captures all of its awesomeness, chasing hard liquor with it, shotgunning it, drinking it at the trails. :thumb:
Dude I dont know how you do it, I tried that garbage a few times and it made my stomach feel like i drank a can of death and doom... High life tallies forever!
 

Fool

The Thing cannot be described
Sep 10, 2001
2,782
1,494
Brooklyn
Trails is vandals systematically dismantling an entire line on a Sunday night at your local, legal trails. :thumbsdown:
 

Fool

The Thing cannot be described
Sep 10, 2001
2,782
1,494
Brooklyn
There will be trail work from 1pm until dark Thursday 12/2 and Saturday 12/4 to repair the damage. Come through if you can.
 

don

Turbo Monkey
Nov 8, 2001
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Rumson, NJ
Wow - sorry to hear about Cunningham. I know you guys have done a lot of work up there and the fact that it is a legal zone is even better. Really would like to know who fvcked up your work. Seems that they went thru a lot of trouble and it was calculated and not just some kids walking thru and looking to be punks.
 

pnj

Turbo Monkey till the fat lady sings
Aug 14, 2002
4,696
40
seattle


rock is directly in line with the next lip.... and it's HUGE. and heavy. we dug around it so it looks like a golf ball on a T and 3 men couldn't budge it.:rant:
 

pnj

Turbo Monkey till the fat lady sings
Aug 14, 2002
4,696
40
seattle
we're going to have to use a come-a-long thing.. the berm that leads into it is HUGE. full on ripper so we want the next lip to be back a bit so you can relax just a tad before you blast into orbit.
 
Feb 5, 2010
67
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Westminster, CO
we're going to have to use a come-a-long thing.. the berm that leads into it is HUGE. full on ripper so we want the next lip to be back a bit so you can relax just a tad before you blast into orbit.
That rock looks like it could be moved using a little mechanical advantage. I once ran into a rock once that was too big even for that, and the only thing we could do was dig a giant hole right to the side of it, then slowly start undercutting the dirt beneath the rock. During the final stages of this we had to brace the rock up with some wood so the guy digging wouldn't get crushed. Finally, we smashed the supports and the rock rolled into the hole, out of the way, and we buried it. This took forever, so I would first try and exhaust all other options (and friends you can con into helping) first.
 

motomike

Turbo Monkey
Jan 19, 2005
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North Carolina
we're going to have to use a come-a-long thing.. the berm that leads into it is HUGE. full on ripper so we want the next lip to be back a bit so you can relax just a tad before you blast into orbit.
If you still can't move it, build a fire. Dig out all the way around it, and literally build a fire around the rock. Get it super hot, then pour cold water all over it. It will fracture. Get a sledge hammer and whack the living sh!t out of it at the fracture so it breaks, or use a wedge to jam into it. If that doesn't work, build another fire and try again.
 

kidwoo

Artisanal Tweet Curator
Just sack up with 4 guys and a few rock bars. I've moved few rocks that big. It sucks ass and guaranteed something funny will happen but you can get it done. Sit on your ass and use your legs (like all of you do this at the same time).

There's also a substance called betonomite. Expanding polymer that you can drop into rock drilled holes. I've used it and it works.
 

TortugaTonta

Monkey
Aug 27, 2008
539
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I didn't know they were that close.


I'm callin it. East coast trip this summer. I gotta see this **** before I get too fragile.
If your serious you can crash here a couple days and do a trail tour, you could also hit up Highland. Its a bit of a drive but maybe worth it ,I don't know though, once you go to some of the local spots. . .
 

Mutt

Monkey
Jun 14, 2003
283
8
Lost on Long Island
I didn't know they were that close.


I'm callin it. East coast trip this summer. I gotta see this **** before I get too fragile.
Yeah, like Tortuga said. I've got a crashing spot in the PA area which I could probably extend your way too if I was there.

And if your heading to eastern PA, rather than Highland, consider taking the time to also go the extra mile(s) to Long Island. I have yet to see anyone ride our trails on an mtb, but i'm sure giving it a go would be fun (and several of us have/do ride mtb on the side).