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Title: Bicycling
Notice:Bicycling for Fun
Moderator:JAMIN::WASSER
Created:Mon Apr 14 1986
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:3214
Total number of notes:31946

1756.0. "N.E. FALL RIDIN' 1990?" by WMOIS::C_GIROUARD () Fri Oct 05 1990 23:18

    A little humor is order now. After all, fall riding in the New England
    area is (can be) hilarious...
    
     How 'bout:
    
                 ACORNS AND HORSE CHESNUTS
    
                 I swear that those trees are mean. Getting hit in the
                 the helmet, face, knees, chest, etc... Those acorns
                 are made of super ball material. Bounce??? You bet!
    
                 Naturally, mother nature has equipped them with these
                 sharp points. And they always hit ya just right.
                 
                 Riding on them (over them) is real treat too....
    
                 LEAVES (the crunching noise does nothing for me)
    
                 It's really neat when you get home and have to pick
                 the remnants out of your freewheel. Colder weather?
                 Ever have 'em foul your derailleur??? After they 
                 freeze in there when they're a little damp???
                 Fun stuff!
    
                 Ahhh, the camo factor. I wonder what's (the hell)
                 underneath those suckers. We always find out, don't
                 we.
    
                 Wet leaves? Yeowwwwwww... Pretty to look at, but they
                 really should stay on the trees. 
    
                 WIND
                 
                 Turns a nice ride into a workout (or a workout into
                 a nice ride). I don't know about about your area, but
                 we run 20-35mph winds all fall in my neck of the woods.
                 I'd rather climb all day than buck the winds. Let's not
                 forget the sandblast factor. Gimme bugs vs. grit between
                 my teeth.
    
                 ANXIETY
    
                 Winter's a' comin'. Oh no... relegated to the cellar
                 and the wind trainer...  can only take so much of
                 Oprah Winfrey while gasping for air. Besides, I don't
                 care if Mongolian, one armed horse traders have difficulty
                 breeding in March on odd calender years anyway....
    
                 Hey Tom, $40 bucks for a jersey that's been worn (and
                 washed twice) twice?? I've seen you sweat :-).......
    
                 Chip (who hates not being outside for any activity)
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1756.1Your riding the wrong bike.WMOIS::N_FLYEMon Oct 08 1990 23:2224
    
      Funny thing.  All that was mentioned in .1 made for one great weekend
    of mountain biking.  Never saw one single #$&%*@! leaf peeper.  In fact
    we only saw about 4 hikers and 2 other mountain bikers.  Three straight 
    days of MTB heaven.  Perfect weather.  
      The laughs of the weekend was performed by yours truly.  Being first
    in line on a single track is like being a guinea pig.  I saw a large
    mud puddle in the middle of the trail and decided that it could not be
    too deep.  I started into it at a fair rate of speed and suddenly my 
    whole front wheel and headset along with half the stem disappear into
    the muck.  I was lucky enough to simply step over the handlebars onto
    hard ground.  Later on I was not as lucky.  During a shallow river 
    crossing my front tire hit an unseen rock and I am doing a track stand 
    in the middle of the river.  While trying to negotiate my way around 
    the rock (still on the bike) I fall in.  Can't wait until next weekend.     
      I love road bike riding but at times it can be too serious. 
    Constantly looking out for cars and road obstacles can become tedious. 
    On an MTB the fun is looking for obstacles to ride over.  On MTB rides
    I seem to laugh more and enjoy my friends more.  Especially this past 
    weekend.  So here's to a shower of leaves and a landslide of acorns but
    may they fall in the woods only for Chip's sake.
    
    						Norm
    
1756.2HPSTEK::RGOODTue Oct 09 1990 11:3910
    
    	Sounds like my weekend on MTB. My buddy did exactly the same thing
    in a mud puddle, for a minute I thought it was him and had to check the
    name. We had a blast including crunching up acorns. We ripped it up
    we were so phsyched that we kept on going to the top of Belknap Mtn.
    even though it was impossible to ride, just carried the bikes. The
    downhill was sick. At one time 30 mph on single track. We did 17 miles
    and the next day I felt like I had run the Boston marathon.
    
    	Roger
1756.3So much for nice days...IAMOK::FREREEllas Danzan SolasTue Oct 09 1990 14:3816
    Rode the Dixville Notch Loop yesterday (106 miles).  Told my boss that
    if the weather was nice, I'd be taking the day off.  Of course the
    weather was nice... here.
    
    In Northern N.H., the morning was nice (no wind, overcast and not too
    cold).  Decided to wear a wool short-sleeve jersey.  Rode the 1st 58
    miles and it was gorgeous; not too hilly and very scenic.  I was so
    impressed that I call my friend (who was working) to say how great the
    ride was going.  Had lunch in Errol - didn't realize what a 45 minute
    break can do to the weather.
    I Walked out to face a strong headwind to Dixville notch.  Of course
    when I got to the notch (a steap ~1.5 mile climb), the heavens opened
    up with rain and the temperature nose-dived.  The last 30 miles was spent 
    riding in a cold drizzle.   So much for a nice day...
    
    Eric_who_is_still_thawing_out
1756.4every silver lining has a cloudBANZAI::FISHERstill dis-tneiro-edWed Oct 10 1990 10:545
    Sounds like fun.
    
    %-)
    
    ed
1756.5So what's in a decimal point?IAMOK::FREREEllas Danzan SolasFri Oct 12 1990 12:598
    Actually, it was fun until my glasses got blurry due to the rain and I
    mis-read the sign at Dixville Notch:
    
    			Steep Climb next 1.5 miles
    
    I missed the decimal point and considered suicide...
    
    Eric_who_will_never_lend_wool_jerseys_to_friends_who_put_them_in_dryers