[Rockland]

yikes!

i've only ridden the trail 3 times and haven't crashed, but it's always seemed dicey. good stuff; i like that little rock lip when you come out of the woods and under the lift just after it.

rode w/ my monster T for the 1st time in a while. was digging it.

seriously, though - some of the trails are in tough shape, and there's not a lot of traffic at the mountain. is it because they are poorly designed, or has the place been getting torrential rains?

I think they see a susprising level of traffic. Open 7 days a week.
Funny I'm going the other way. From my Shiver back to a Boxxer.

 

[narlus]

it's open a lot, but the huge line is for the alpine slide; i've been there three days (one of which was a saturday, the others were monday and friday) and there has been less than 15 riders each day. that monday i rode, my wife and i were the only ones.

 

[bluebug32]

The sky is starting to look like it's going to storm here. Why must it always storm AFTER work? I sit here in this nice enclosed, safe structure for 8 hours with the damn sun shining. It's like mother nature has something against me trying to go for a ride

 

[SkaredShtles]

The sky is starting to look like it's going to storm here. Why must it always storm AFTER work? I sit here in this nice enclosed, safe structure for 8 hours with the damn sun shining. It's like mother nature has something against me trying to go for a ride

Mother Nature hates you.

 

[splat]

The sky is starting to look like it's going to storm here. Why must it always storm AFTER work? I sit here in this nice enclosed, safe structure for 8 hours with the damn sun shining. It's like mother nature has something against me trying to go for a ride

Yeah looking at the color radar , yup looks like you are about to get hit!

 

[bluebug32]

Sadness...I got stuck in a storm on Fri. and trees and branches were falling all around me. So, I've learned not to even risk it around here anymore.

Though I am wearing a helmet.....hmmm....

 

[McGRP01]

It's gonna go right under me! Tonight...I ride!! :devil:

 

[stosh]

Sadness...I got stuck in a storm on Fri. and trees and branches were falling all around me. So, I've learned not to even risk it around here anymore.

Though I am wearing a helmet.....hmmm....

Thats why I wait out in an open field holding my bike over my head when the storms roll thru.

 

[Rockland]

Thats why I wait out in an open field holding my bike over my head when the storms roll thru.

Bwahaha!

 

[stosh]

Bwahaha!

Note: Most of the fields where I ride have some type of power lines running thru them.

 

[robdamanii]

Thats why I wait out in an open field holding my bike over my head when the storms roll thru.

Electrocution builds character.

 

[bluebug32]

yeah and it gives my hair nice volume

 

[robdamanii]

Here comes the rain...

 

[TreeSaw]

We've got a group going out at 6pm if she bails. Me, johnnyru, Haystack...should be a easy night, no racer boys, if you want to join us.

Sweet..I'll keep it in mind!

 

[splat]

Note: Most of the fields where I ride have some type of power lines running thru them.

I can tell you this from too many years in college , but mostly from working at MIT, You do not want to be under High power lines during an electrical strom !!!

 

[stosh]

I can tell you this from too many years in college , but mostly from working at MIT, You do not want to be under High power lines during an electrical strom !!!

Proof?

 

[hooples3]

morning..
have i meantioned working nights sucks??
i was proud of myself today though. i woke up early and went for a solo dirt ride in a Hawsthorne this morning. Luckily it didnt rain. the only problem is I got home at 5 am , left to ride at 8 am. its not 3:30 . and I have to be at work at 6 but hey at least I rode

 

[stosh]

morning..
have i meantioned working nights sucks??
i was proud of myself today though. i woke up early and went for a solo dirt ride in a Hawsthorne this morning. Luckily it didnt rain. the only problem is I got home at 5 am , left to ride at 8 am. its not 3:30 . and I have to be at work at 6 but hey at least I rode

damn man..... nice!

when you done working nights?

 

[splat]

Proof?

 

[robdamanii]

I don't know about anything else, but those damn pictures are incredible.

 

[stosh]

Showing me silly parlor tricks first done by The Ghostbusters means nothing!!!!

 

[bluebug32]

so, are you riding this afternoon, despite the storm warnings, Stosh?

 

[hooples3]

damn man..... nice!

when you done working nights?

thursday night will the the last of it for a bit

btw .. im going to look into Jim thorpe labor day weekend and see if its a go ... are you pretty sure your going?

 

[stosh]

so, are you riding this afternoon, despite the storm warnings, Stosh?

No, I'm going to watch Aubrey play softball. It's also her birthday.

 

[stosh]

thursday night will the the last of it for a bit

btw .. im going to look into Jim thorpe labor day weekend and see if its a go ... are you pretty sure your going?

I will be riding in Tamaqua, I didn't say I was staying in JT. Although.... if we stayed for Friday/Sat night maybe I could swing camping at JT.
I have a family reunion 20min away from Tamaqua that weekend. My play was to head up to Tamaqua for a few hours on Saturday.

 

[H8R]

Showing me silly parlor tricks first done by The Ghostbusters means nothing!!!!

Electricity is nothing to be concerned with.


Watch this:

http://205.243.100.155/frames/mpg/XfrmBlast1.mpg


A power arc to ground on the Low Voltage side of this substation creates an arcing fault that behaves like an uncontrollable welding torch from Hell, chewing up everything in its path. Protection hardware either fails to open the High Voltage side or is unable to sense the presence of the fault. Excessive current eventually causes the windings on the substation's power transformer to overheat, severely cooking its innards and causing the mineral oil inside to begin violently boiling. In a vain attempt to prevent the transformer's tank from exploding, pressure release valves vent clouds of superheated oil vapor which subsequently ignites and explodes in a ball of flame. A phase to phase short circuit occurs, perhaps caused by a flashover within the flames or a heat induced fault within the transformer. This causes an expulsion fuse to blow with a flash and a resounding BANG, finally killing power to the substation.

However, by this time, the weakened transformer's tank fails, and it spills hundreds of gallons of flaming mineral oil onto the already devastated substation. Local firefighters can only watch from a distance since there's no way to safely fight this fire, and the substation is a total loss. As one fireman quipped, "Firemen don't mess with their wires, and linemen don't mess with their fires". A very sobering look at the explosive power silently lurking within the quietly humming substation in your neighborhood...



More:


http://205.243.100.155/frames/longarc.htm#Longspark

 

[BMXman]

I see.

You need to drink a bunch of Jim Beam and wake up at the crack of noon at least ONCE, or it's not a real vacation.

I don't drink...does a spirulina smoothie count