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Toshi

butthole powerwashing evangelist
Oct 23, 2001
39,750
8,748
I should get to bed, I guess

Two weeks of not working save for moonlighting ahead of me.
 

Sandwich

Pig my fish!
Staff member
May 23, 2002
21,828
7,074
borcester rhymes
Speaking of lawn mowers, wife gave approval for a ride on zero turn. Now to shop! Wish I could make an electric make sense, but no power in the shed.
 

sunringlerider

Wood fluffer
Oct 30, 2006
4,297
7,903
Corn Fields of Indiana
Speaking of lawn mowers, wife gave approval for a ride on zero turn. Now to shop! Wish I could make an electric make sense, but no power in the shed.
In all seriousness Scag really does make some of the best zero turns on the market (I sold the green ones for 13 years). Worth a look at one of their smaller models. I will admit their names are pretty silly though.
 

slyfink

Turbo Monkey
Sep 16, 2008
9,795
5,625
Ottawa, Canada
Did a big ride yesterday. it felt great. but my local trails are definitely getting IMBA-fied. What's disappointing is that my buddies are lapping it up. I want old-school. It doesn't have to be mega-tech-gnar all the time, just more than berm-table-berm-hip-berm-berm-table-table-hip-berm. If I'm going to climb for 2 hours over the course of a day, a little variety would be nice... 10 minute downhills get repetitive after a while.
for anyone interested I rode Family Jewel to Growler, then Boneshaker, then Dream:

Family Jewel and the upper half of Boneshaker are the only natural stuff in there...

I mean, don't get me wrong, it was still an awesome day, riding with some buddies and enjoying a beer from a deck afterwards...

now I'm in the cube farm.
 

jimmydean

The Official Meat of Ridemonkey
Sep 10, 2001
43,078
15,165
Portland, OR
Morning Monkeys.

My week off was nice, but I honestly didn't do jack shit, which was also kinda nice. I did get Frita ready for adventures, the new new water heater comes Wednesday.
 

Jozz

Joe Dalton
Apr 18, 2002
6,157
7,852
SADL
Did a big ride yesterday. it felt great. but my local trails are definitely getting IMBA-fied. What's disappointing is that my buddies are lapping it up. I want old-school. It doesn't have to be mega-tech-gnar all the time, just more than berm-table-berm-hip-berm-berm-table-table-hip-berm. If I'm going to climb for 2 hours over the course of a day, a little variety would be nice... 10 minute downhills get repetitive after a while.
for anyone interested I rode Family Jewel to Growler, then Boneshaker, then Dream:

Family Jewel and the upper half of Boneshaker are the only natural stuff in there...

I mean, don't get me wrong, it was still an awesome day, riding with some buddies and enjoying a beer from a deck afterwards...

now I'm in the cube farm.
Lager, Maibock and Shaolin should have been on your hit list then. :rolleyes:
 

slyfink

Turbo Monkey
Sep 16, 2008
9,795
5,625
Ottawa, Canada
Lager, Maibock and Shaolin should have been on your hit list then. :rolleyes:
Agreed, (except for Shaolin - it's still very man-made) but it's hard to convince my buddies to hit Lager and Maiboc up... they're just too rough. And since one of my buddies is a local (and was on the bike Board for years), we kind of go where he takes us...
 
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