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[Today at 03:46:34 PM] Skinman: Cant run...no legs

[Today at 03:46:39 PM] treadlight: Dan--cant do...baby duty

[Today at 03:46:43 PM] treadlight: i wish tho

[Today at 03:46:51 PM] Dan-o: got it

[Today at 03:47:05 PM] treadlight: thanks for the invite btw

[Today at 03:47:14 PM] Dan-o:  i have 3 and got the hall pass!

[Today at 03:47:26 PM] treadlight: same here..10, 7 & 3

[Today at 03:47:38 PM] treadlight: brb

[Today at 03:50:22 PM] FACTORe: I have a pomeranian

[Today at 03:50:32 PM] FACTORe: that is like a baby

[noble]

thanks for the advice and info.

       I actually park my Jeep just off of FR 3 when I go there, so I could be found if need be. If I didn't ride alone I would never ride!! Nobody else hits it daily that I know of. I do a lot of mountainmboarding too, those pits are great for that as well.

     

[treadlight]

You do not belong on Group "A"(not only on this Club) if you:
-Are struggling and tired after 13.5 mph on a 20 mile loop off (single track) Wilderness Trail.
-Stop to catch you breath or pretending to fix your bike on Boyette's Abyss (North & South).
-Don't know how to pivot and still dab and turns the bike around.
-Can't complete Gatorback without walking.
-Dismount on an unramped 16" log.
-Are doing 9 mph on fingers at Loyce Park.
-Can't do two laps at Red*.
-Have not done a 12 hours mtb ride.
-Have not done a century off road ride.
-You have not "podiumed".

my $0.02 and my goals!!!

i am not close to any of these...haha

nice ones

Me neither but I have that list as a screensaver for this year's goal. I think its doable

[FACTORe]

you will acheive your goal for sure

[Gregg]

So will you.

[EllsRider]

You do not belong on Group "A"(not only on this Club) if you:
-Are struggling and tired after 13.5 mph on a 20 mile loop off (single track) Wilderness Trail.
-Stop to catch you breath or pretending to fix your bike on Boyette's Abyss (North & South).
-Don't know how to pivot and still dab and turns the bike around.
-Can't complete Gatorback without walking.-Dismount on an unramped 16" log.
-Are doing 9 mph on fingers at Loyce Park.
-Can't do two laps at Red*.
-Have not done a 12 hours mtb ride.
-Have not done a century off road ride.
-You have not "podiumed".

Tough Treadlight. My nemisis is definitely Gatorback.   The off   road century will happen one day. I do like the  - You might not be an A rider if you have to stop and check your  bike as an excuse to catch your breath !    If I have seen that once , I have seen that one a 100 times. Of course, I've never done it!! 

[FACTORe]

i have to stop reading this thread for a second....i think i have a stick in my derailer

[EllsRider]

      

[treadlight]

Just based on my experience riding with different mtb clubs up in Maryland and here.

[noble]

Where and when are you guys doing the Croom cook-out thing??

I have family stuff going on but I can probably swing by at some point. Just look for a guy in a camo Jeep with a BMX in the back--I am the only one, I'm sure.

[RiskEverything]

Man I need to get my Jeep fixed so I can get out and ride more or I'll never make the A group!

You're not an A group rider if you walk your bike across the bridge into Gatorback!

Funny story- when I did the Cannondale Demo rides out at Alafia, the guy who was running the demos decided to go riding after he'd put everything away. He pulled out a Carbon Rush and asked me where the hardest trail in the park was. I was pretty new to the place so I showed him to Gatorback. He took one look at the bridge and asked if there were many bridges on the trail. I told him that this was the longest and highest one, good luck, and ride safe. He then walked the bike across the bridge, mounted up and rode off, muttering something about not liking bridges

[EllsRider]

Everyone has their nemesis. One of mine is that root wall on Gatorback. Busted bad a while back and ever since cannot seem to muster the courage to attack that climb. A friend of mine is a very very good mtb rider with all the skills. His first time in W. Virginny at Snowshoe he entered a downhill race on the expert course, his first time ever riding a downhill course,  and he blew the  competition out of the water, on a cross country bike yet. Anyways, as much skill as the guy has, he could not easily cross the log that lays across the trail as you go into the wooded section at the beginning of RollerCoaster.  We would laugh our as#$%%$# off at him when he had to slow down and 'maneuver' that log crossing. It's all in the mind!!!   

[chisel]

poor chez..

[Bear]

Yep Gatorback is my nemesis and trail mistress right now.....
Although the complete Vortex loop at Santos (with all the hard options included) is defintiely on my list - I'll nab this one clean before Gatorback though. 

That root wall on Gatorback is a killer climb, and one that I'm not close to making at this point, but I do love that trail.

I've gotta nab a couple of these goals before too long...I'm starting to think really hard about a trip to Whister in a year....check this out for anyone interested.  The XC trails out there look killer, and I'd like to try a day at the park as well....

http://www.imba.com/news/videos/comfortably_numb.mov

I would also really like to do the 12 hours of Razorbakc this year too!!!