Surgery or accident.BurlyShirley said:
Spring MonkeyFest 2005 at Pisgah NF
- Thread starter BurlyShirley
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Throttled my knee against a piece of steel at work. Hurt like a sumbitch. So Im gunna be a little out of shape, but not too bad off. I been riding the exercise bike like 20 minutes a day HARD for the last couple weeks, but havent seen a trail since like November...except on my dirtbike.Westy said:
...some mountain biker I am. Life is wierd.
Ha .i hear you on that.
I started a routine to get back in shape so i don't cough and weeze the whole time.
If you show up without a bike your gonna get :nuts: .
By everybody.
I started a routine to get back in shape so i don't cough and weeze the whole time.
If you show up without a bike your gonna get :nuts: .
By everybody.
sooooo, who is doing what? I mean, DH, trailbike, XC, agressive XC, race XC, beginner XC, singlespeed XC, whatever-they-call-it-today-XC. Should I bring my freeride hardtail or hopefully-built DH bike or XC bike, or all or a couple.....tanx
I'd say one of each should cover it. :devil:motomike said:
DAMNIT!! Why did you have to plan this thing on Passover? :angry:
I wont be able to come
I wont be able to come
If you had a Heckler you'd only need 1 bikemotomike said:
I have done a ton of ridding in pisgah on my XC bike. This included climbing up Black Mtn. BOTH ways. Still had a blast, but we'll see if the DH bike is built by then(probably not). Hell, I'll just shuttle the freakin thing.
ok this is less then a month away. Who is ready 
If any other
's are interested, there is a decent sized group of us coming up from FL and we will be there Thursday AM. I think the plan is to do the following ride (xc/shuttle) from N Mills Thursday.
Drop-in from the undisclosed location, climb the remainder of Trace (about 1/8th mile easy climb) down Trace to the trail head, then up the Fire Road to Spencer Branch, across Spencer Gap, down Spencer Branch to the Never Ending road, turn right 1 mile to Fletcher Creek down Fletcher to the reservoir, climb out of the reservoir back to Trace Ridge Trail head, down lower Trace, across N Mills River and back to N Mill parking lot.
We have a pretty diverse group coming up (intermediates to advanced riders) so anyone is welcome to join us, it will NOT be a hammer/haula$$ fest.
If any other
's are interested, there is a decent sized group of us coming up from FL and we will be there Thursday AM. I think the plan is to do the following ride (xc/shuttle) from N Mills Thursday.Drop-in from the undisclosed location, climb the remainder of Trace (about 1/8th mile easy climb) down Trace to the trail head, then up the Fire Road to Spencer Branch, across Spencer Gap, down Spencer Branch to the Never Ending road, turn right 1 mile to Fletcher Creek down Fletcher to the reservoir, climb out of the reservoir back to Trace Ridge Trail head, down lower Trace, across N Mills River and back to N Mill parking lot.
We have a pretty diverse group coming up (intermediates to advanced riders) so anyone is welcome to join us, it will NOT be a hammer/haula$$ fest.
Sounds good Rob.
You are going to mount some panniers to your bike so we can have cold beers handy right?
neaky:
Right?
You are going to mount some panniers to your bike so we can have cold beers handy right?
neaky: Right?
If I have to dang it. YLOOnatic said:Sounds good Rob.
You are going to mount some panniers to your bike so we can have cold beers handy right?
Right?
o Loo what day are you meeting us? You wanna go on that above ride with us? I'll call you this week, maybe you can just park at N Mill and I can pick you up or something.
whew! I just read this entire thread........a lot of repetition going on..... But I know everything that is going on now, so I don't have to bother anyone. Here's a recap:
The monkeyfest is taking place on April 22-24, with riding on the 23 and 24. We will be camping @ North White Pines and South White Pines group campgrounds. There will be plenty 'o shuttling going on and it seems the same amount of XC/Trail riders showing up. Bring Your Own Stuff! Everything!
That's about it.
The monkeyfest is taking place on April 22-24, with riding on the 23 and 24. We will be camping @ North White Pines and South White Pines group campgrounds. There will be plenty 'o shuttling going on and it seems the same amount of XC/Trail riders showing up. Bring Your Own Stuff! Everything!
That's about it.
Alot i think.
A crew from Miami led by their evil leader Mtb_rob_fl. maybe 10-20?
I'm visiting Tampa and i got a few guys ready to go.
A crew from Miami led by their evil leader Mtb_rob_fl. maybe 10-20?
I'm visiting Tampa and i got a few guys ready to go.
werd this thing is gonna blow up fo shizz dawg. i am going to try to get there on thursday night with some tents and secure some of the free roadside camping spots to take pressure off of the group site that i have reserved. We have a 25 person site (south white pines campground) but it will fit more than that i assure you. Rob and the rest of the FL crew are staying at davidson river camp ground. i will be starting a roll call thread so i can get an idea of the turnout.
LOOnatic said:
bah some of it just fell apart on our end, (the guy with the camper got hurt) We can still use the camper, but dont have anything to tow it with. (well I am talking for only myself from this point on) I AM going up there. I dont care if I have to sleep at Biggins house Thursday night.
^^I'll do my best...
Darn I won't be down until the second week in May. Biggins, you wanna give us a tour? Hey Buck, my wife and I went to Clemson, is Sardi's Den still in business? It was a little rib joint by the grocery store.
Biggins: "we play rummy and drink powdered fiber drinks all weekend. sometimes people have been known to get crazy and not wear a depends all day. its awesome."
I have acouple of cribbage boards.
I have acouple of cribbage boards.
so who all will be shuttling DH runs? I think this will be the place to pop my DH cherry.
im going to speak for the gvegas crew here but im pretty sure that they will tag along with me and my crew. so thats about 7,8 peps and im sure that there are many others.
so moto can i assume that you finished your bike. cause you will deffinatly enjoy yourself a little bit more if you have the dh bike so hope to see ya down here man. peace out. ohh and biggins were hittin averies this sunday if your game. and of cours tp your crews invited to.
so moto can i assume that you finished your bike. cause you will deffinatly enjoy yourself a little bit more if you have the dh bike so hope to see ya down here man. peace out. ohh and biggins were hittin averies this sunday if your game. and of cours tp your crews invited to.
The Folks from FL do not like to pedal uphill that much. So we are good for Shuttling.motomike said:
To everyone sweating the details of how what level of experience you have,how good of shape your in, what bike you have , etc.......don't sweat it. We are all going to ride whatever and have a really stellar time.
Don't stress over a mountain bike gathering.
Good day.
Don't stress over a mountain bike gathering.
Good day.
There really arent any CRAZY DH stuff in that area. I am riding my Heckler, and I am bringing some folks that are intermediate XC riders at best. The great part about NC is the variation. We will all have fun.stosh said:
Oh and we will be driving about 12 hours as well.
You better record mileage Stosh cause it might be close.
I better get my moldy tent out of the crawl space.Mtb_Rob_FL said:
Let the summer road trips BEGIN!
I just remembered I forgot to renew my registration on my Xterra. I'm going to do it next Wed. I wonder if this is something I should worry about driving thru the south with an expired NY registration....
I can't imagine anyone giving you a hard time when they pull you over and see that monkey banging your ear like that.stosh said:I just remembered I forgot to renew my registration on my Xterra. I'm going to do it next Wed. I wonder if this is something I should worry about driving thru the south with an expired NY registration....
If you get pulled over, just say "I'm a Yankee and I'm going straight home." They will be happy to hear that, and will probably let you off.stosh said:I wonder if this is something I should worry about driving thru the south with an expired NY registration....
Just remember the obscure NC law that requires you to wave at everyone you pass on a two lane road, and you should be fine.
gastro said:If you get pulled over, just say "I'm a Yankee and I'm going straight home." They will be happy to hear that, and will probably let you off.
Just remember the obscure NC law that requires you to wave at everyone you pass on a two lane road, and you should be fine.
Quite possibly two of the funniest lines I've heard all week.
dude, if someone can peel me away from the DH bike, I'll do some riding on my XC bike fo sho. I think Burley Shurley will be on a 1x1. More peeps will be doing trail rides than shuttles, me thinks.wooglin said:So if by some miracle I was to get a day off and come up there with my rigid singlespeed, what would be a good day to find someone actually willing to pedal up a mountain with me? I know that's a hard concept to grasp, but give it some thought please.
I would be more than happy to ride up a mnt with you but I have to renig on my commitment. I wont be able to make it. We have to do another one at the end of the summer in the fall some where.
Next week this time I will riding some NC Mountains with some monkeys! Or making Biggins go get some more beer