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[Yesterday at 09:39:54 PM] cgarolr: oh, hey I love it too and don't really know all the history...I'll do whatever it takes

[Yesterday at 09:40:16 PM] cgarolr: I spend 2 hours from 6am to 8am one sunday morning about 1 month ago...

[Yesterday at 09:41:03 PM] cgarolr: put the first stair board back, and tried to fix that 

[Yesterday at 09:41:25 PM] cgarolr: hard left drop into the gully with the sharp left climb...

[Yesterday at 09:41:39 PM] cgarolr: fixes lasted about 2 weeks and now crap

[Yesterday at 09:42:07 PM] cgarolr: "sharp left climb" = sharp RIGHT climb

[Yesterday at 09:42:27 PM] KRUNNCHERO: Yah I mean nothing towards you, but I need to advocate that we need to take other steps before closures.

[Yesterday at 09:43:00 PM] catman: K saw that sharp left hole very close today, from the groud level

[Yesterday at 09:43:44 PM] KRUNNCHERO: It is definitely dangerous - look at me, but it is fixable with a really good efficent group.

[Yesterday at 09:43:49 PM] catman: I'd rather ride it on my big bike, otb was looming over my head today on XC

[Yesterday at 09:50:53 PM] cgarolr: i don't pretend to understand the politics of the park

[Yesterday at 09:52:34 PM] KRUNNCHERO: They are messy - I don't touch park politics either.

[slowfatguy]

Yeah, I know right where you went over. I've come close a few times, and I've seen a few others go over there. And have heard about a whole lot of people that go swimming there.

I assume everyone knows who Tinker Juarez is? He went swimming at Carter one time. So it gets everyone eventually.

[SandPine]

...I assume everyone knows who Tinker Juarez is? He went swimming at Carter one time. So it gets everyone eventually.

I remember reading about this on his Blog.  Quite interesting reading to get a rider's perspective of a race.  You can read how he had technical problems in that race including a detailed account of his fall in the water.  Even a comparision of the Carter park with some other internaltion venues he has done.  Very interesting.  Check it out:  http://www.tinkerjuarez.com/archives/carter_park_2006.htm

[RiskEverything]

Nice to see that even Tinker found Carter Road a challenging course. Not so challenging that he couldn't win it without so much as a pre-run, even after falling in the water, having to replace a rear wheel, etc...

I almost went into the water on Lochness early on a Thursday evening ride. I clipped my handlebar on a tree and was heading off the edge. Everything went slow-motion. There were some small trees to grab ahold of, and I remember reaching out with my right hand and grabbing the tree (hoping it was big enough to stop me) and reaching down with my left hand and grabbing the saddle as my bike shot out in front of me. I don't remember unclipping and jumping off the bike. I turned to the right and kept saying "Go go go go!" to the people who were riding behind me and slowing down to make sure I was OK. (I want to say Janice was right behind me).

I had only ridden clipless a few times, and that wreck gave me a big boost of confidence that I could get out of the pedals quickly when I needed to.