''douglas said:Hey Troll, well she's supposedly doing Dalton too...so if ya here the pop up a rockin...dont come a knockin
I'm gonna follow her around the Dalton course and hit on her for 24 hours straight.
24 Hours in the Old Pueblo '05 - Plans and Smacktalk
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I'm gonna follow her around the Dalton course and hit on her for 24 hours straight.
Westy said:
Read that ECHO, cause thats a
Westy you should come on out to NY & do this: http://www.bikereg.com/races/register.asp?EventID=1952 & hit on her for 6 hours !
(it's like 30 minutes from my place)
I'd love to do more traveling/riding this year but I have to travel so much for work anymore I want to just keep my but at home as much as possible. Which reminds me, I'm in SoCal this week and need to get a hold of the West Coasters to check on their training progress.douglas said:Read that ECHO, cause thats a
Westy you should come on out to NY & do this: http://www.bikereg.com/races/register.asp?EventID=1952 & hit on her for 6 hours !
(it's like 30 minutes from my place)
I hear ya about travel/home
........of course if you were interested in that race you'd be more than welcome to crash at my crib
........of course if you were interested in that race you'd be more than welcome to crash at my crib
East Coast Monkeys will be DQ'd for obsessive stalking on course. T-dog, make room for the Ridemonkey Cup, she's coming to CA.Westy said:
You gots a bike? The weather has been pretty damn awesome out here lately.Westy said:
I got's the bike and all the gear required. It was a bitch to fly with, I was hoping to convince you or T-Dog hold on to it and possibly take it with you to Old Pueblo for me.ghostrider said:
Interesting....I teach at Central Park Middle School (and it overlooks Central Park) and I have never seen or heard of this race?douglas said:Read that ECHO, cause thats a
Westy you should come on out to NY & do this: http://www.bikereg.com/races/register.asp?EventID=1952 & hit on her for 6 hours !
(it's like 30 minutes from my place)
I even shop at Plaines occassionally? Weird....I definately have to question the "semi-technical" nature of the course though. They must be building something, because it's pretty flat and open terrain.
You should ride tonight with chicken hawk and I. You could make it to Thousand Oaks from Chatsworth no problem - about 25 miles.Westy said:
No problem on storing and delivering your bike.
What time are you riding? My bike is still in pieces and I won't be getting out of here until after 6:00. I don't have any lights either.ghostrider said:
Dude, you need to get outta there earlier. Fake going into labor or something. I could loan you one of my lights, but we're gonna hit the trail by 6:00.Westy said:
Not going to be able to do it. Enjoy and let me know if you guys are up for a ride this weekend.ghostrider said:
Well, you could meet up with us for tea afterwards. Our training regimen is so strict right now we can't even have a beer.Westy said:
There will most certainly be a ride this weekend. Maybe we could go hit Gridley on Saturday. That trail came through the storms in fine shape.
TreeSaw said:Interesting....I teach at Central Park Middle School (and it overlooks Central Park) and I have never seen or heard of this race?
I definately have to question the "semi-technical" nature of the course though. They must be building something, because it's pretty flat and open terrain.
good point.....I watched part of a cyclecross race there last fall, definitely wouldnt be a typical xc course
ps: I plan on doing this one: http://www.bikereg.com/races/register.asp?EventID=1949
Bob and I are riding Gridley tonight.....I'll report any changes there. Saturday sounds like a good day to go back to the lookout tower- early in the day tho- it's been in the 80's all week.ghostrider said:
As a side note, I checked out the rv last night, looks like it will work out great-I'm picking it up tomorrow for some testing.
Be careful out there T-Dog. That's a high-danger trail for night riding. We need you healthy for the 12 laps you are signed up for in Tucson.T-Dog said:
2 laps? No prob.ghostrider said:
The ride last night was really fun, a couple of the slide areas are rideable and are fun new features of the trail. Sounds like sunday might be the best day to ride now that Chickenhawk is out for the weekend.
We've got a canvas wall tent on the way to take to AZ- approx. 10x10 with a 7' ceiling....should make for a great change room-bike gear storage/drying area. Also, I got the rv today, and took it for a test drive...it's fully equipped and will work out really well.
During my two night laps it was pretty weird. The first time out there were lots of riders, the second time out just before the sun came up the course was practically deserted. When I talked to people no one would admit they slept in through the night. I was the slow guy last year, this year i have changed teams and bikes. The goal is very simple-pass more people than pass me.Echo said:I thought we did 17 laps last year, and we had one pretty slow rider, 3 about average riders, and one fast rider. This year we will have all fast people and no slow person, so unless I decide to sleep through a lap again, we should do OK. I still don't know why ghostrider was so upset that I was late for relieving him, because at the end it saved him from having to do another lap
The early morning laps and the sunrise laps are the best. The late ones have an eerie timelessness to them and seeing the first morning light is quite invigorating.
T-Dog, you is the man. Whoever gets to the race first needs to rope off about 10 acres for our compound.T-Dog said:
I got the sunrise lap in Old Pueblo last year, I think it was a defining moment in my life. Or something.Westy said:
West coast team: The good news is I implemented our plan to perfection this weekend. I led Westy through 47 water crossings yesterday, so his bottom bracket should sieze sometime during his 2nd lap next month. And I stole his spare tube and poisoned his Camelbak.
Westy uses inner tubes?
that reminds me, I stopped slacking and I upped my training.........starting last week, my plan is to drink everyday from now on, I should be more than ready to get my drink on by race time!!
Not any more. Even if he needs one, he won't have it.Echo said:
Excellent! Now if he's still healthy on the night ride tomorrow, I'll hit him in the knee, Kerrigan-style. He's leaving his bike here too, which I plan to fill with lead shot, upping the weight of his "Super light" to approx. 50 lbs.ghostrider said:
Be carefull with the Superlight, she is possesed and will protect herself if need be. Her last owner was found dead on the trail with his jugular vein slit by the chainring after trying to lube her chain with WD-40.T-Dog said:
Echo said:
Tubeless all the way, but I still carry a spare tube.
Apparently all it takes to give a Californian a mechainical is a few golf ball sized rocks. I plan on buying a 50lb bag of gravel on the way to the race and dumping it on the trail.
Dude you chucked golf ball sized rocks at ghostrider, then managed to convince him it was a mechanical? Winning this race is going to be easier than I thought.Westy said:
Maybe you could get a few of your canines to mark their territory on Westy's tires. He'd be attacked by wolves out in the desert on his night lap.T-Dog said:
I threw them at his tires.Echo said:
He actually thinks those flats were accidental. They are all part of the plan.Echo said:
The plan where you get flat tires so you can rest?ghostrider said:
You guessed it. My big plan of tiring him out so bad he quit the team only succeeded in turning my legs into jelly.Echo said:
I think you picked the wrong team member to try that withghostrider said:
Look at the attached spreadsheet and send me any missing info or complaints. This is my best guess at how we can accomodate everybody. If you want to make a change because I've stuck you with somebody who smells funny, let me know and I'll change it. Again, this is just a preliminary draft, subject to change and ridicule.
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There seems to be a lack of detail. I'll need a bed with a proper dust ruffle, at least 400tpi sheets and turndown service at about 7:00PM. I also suffer from night terrors so anyone within 100 yards may want to wear several layers of ear protection, it rarely become violent but shoulder and head protection may also be a good idea.ghostrider said:
I dont really care who picks me up / where I stay/sleep/etc.........only thing I was wondering about was if it would be better to try & have teams sleeping in the same (rv, popup) for the race??
She is also Suppose to do Pats peak too!douglas said:Hey Troll, well she's supposedly doing Dalton too...so if ya here the pop up a rockin...dont come a knockin
I'm colorblind. Uuuh yeah, I'm going to have to have you go ahead and put those names and vehicles in all different fonts so I can tell them apart thanks.ghostrider said:
On a positive note, I talked with our long lost female teammate. She assured me that she's been training everyday, and last night outsprinted a Dodge viper. Also, she may be flying in to Tucson thursday night as well...so we may have 4 people to get from the Airport to the site, altho Mr. Westy may be renting a vehicle there.