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    Ride-A-Lot
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    OK. I really sucked on today's ride at Wissahickon and Belmont Plateau.
    Don't know why, but it was a rough one. The goal was to ride some of
    Wiss and then cross over to the other part of Fairmont Park. In JAR
    fashion we started out with a murderous climb. Andrea was leading the
    ride and I think she was trying to kill me. The trails were mostly
    frozen and fast, when I could actually muster enough energy to pedal.

    I wasn't fond of the Blemont Plateau area. It just seemed like a long
    way on a "road" to get to a trail that just wasn't that long or
    thrilling. Add that to nearly breaking my leg when it got caught
    between the riser and the top tube, and I just lost it all.

    I took a whopping two photos. The first is of the famous witch's house.
    Well that's what the local kids always think it is. It's actually the
    remnants of an old railroad bridge. The second is the gorge the defunct
    bridge would have spanned.

    http://www.schnauzers.ws/public/images_upload/IMG_0014.jpg
    http://www.schnauzers.ws/public/images_upload/IMG_0015.jpg

    I also shot some new video of Wiss. The last one I did was more than a
    year ago and I was not exactly fast. I'll have it up later this week.

    OK, now the excuses of why I sucked today...

    1. Coming off the Racer-X to the Id is a HUGE difference. It may be
    six pounds but I just climb so much better on the Titus.

    2. I have the video camera in the Camelback Hawg. That adds almost
    eight pounds to my weight.

    3. It was cold.

    4. Did I mention it was cold?

    5. I could say I just suck, but you already knew that. [:p]

    --
    o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-o
    www.schnauzers.ws

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  2. GeeDubb
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    Ride-A-Lot wrote:
    snip whining

    Quoted message said:

    3. It was cold.

    4. Did I mention it was cold?

    5. I could say I just suck, but you already knew that. [:p]

    So when are you going to pack up the family and move? I also forgot to
    mention that I did nearly three hours of riding Wednesday afternoon, 25
    miles, 23 of which were single track.

    neener neener

    then we came across a guy riding a custom frame size Ti racer x completely
    decked out with top of the line components....pushing it up the hill (on the
    other side of the hill we pushed our bikes up......and both ways are
    rideable)

    Gary (Rides like today (and Wednesday) make May through September
    acceptable)

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  3. Ride-A-Lot
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    GeeDubb said:

    Ride-A-Lot wrote:
    snip whining

    Quoted message said:

    3. It was cold.

    4. Did I mention it was cold?

    5. I could say I just suck, but you already knew that. [:p]

    So when are you going to pack up the family and move?

    I'm still working on it. I need more info on how the personnel agency
    biz is out there.

    Quoted message said:

    then we came across a guy riding a custom frame size Ti racer x completely
    decked out with top of the line components....pushing it up the hill (on the
    other side of the hill we pushed our bikes up......and both ways are
    rideable)

    If I paid that much for a bike, you better damn well believe I would
    ride that thing up the Matterhorn if I had too. You should of asked him
    how much he wanted for it, he was probably ready to sell it.

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    o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-o
    www.schnauzers.ws

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  4. GeeDubb
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    Ride-A-Lot said:
    GeeDubb said:

    Ride-A-Lot wrote:
    snip whining

    Quoted message said:

    3. It was cold.

    4. Did I mention it was cold?

    5. I could say I just suck, but you already knew that. [:p]

    So when are you going to pack up the family and move?

    I'm still working on it. I need more info on how the personnel agency
    biz is out there.


    That's what brought my wife's family here back in '76. Her dad tried to
    start up an employment agency and buried himself but good. Of course he had
    no experience in that line of work so it was a foolish move. Funny thing
    about the whole experience was that my wife was expecting to see TeePee's as
    she was coming from the Bronx. Silly Kid!

    I think that market is pretty flooded here but I may be blowing smoke out my
    wazoo, too. Why wouldn't you continue to do what you're doing?

    Gary

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  5. Ride-A-Lot
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    GeeDubb said:
    Ride-A-Lot said:
    GeeDubb said:

    Ride-A-Lot wrote:
    snip whining

    >3. It was cold.
    >
    >4. Did I mention it was cold?
    >
    >5. I could say I just suck, but you already knew that. [:p]

    So when are you going to pack up the family and move?

    I'm still working on it. I need more info on how the personnel agency
    biz is out there.

    That's what brought my wife's family here back in '76. Her dad tried to
    start up an employment agency and buried himself but good. Of course he had
    no experience in that line of work so it was a foolish move. Funny thing
    about the whole experience was that my wife was expecting to see TeePee's as
    she was coming from the Bronx. Silly Kid!

    I think that market is pretty flooded here but I may be blowing smoke out my
    wazoo, too. Why wouldn't you continue to do what you're doing?

    Gary

    I'm getting kind of tired with what I do. I've basically reached the
    plateau where I am, and the only way up would be CIO in a large
    commercial company. I doubt that's going to happen, especially in IT
    challenged Arizona. My parents have been in the personnel/busness
    consulting biz for years and now that my Dad has retired, I have been
    trying to coax them out to AZ to start the biz. So, it's either that or
    win the lottery.

    --
    o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-o
    www.schnauzers.ws

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