_THE_SEATTLE_AREA_RIDERS'_GASWORKS_PARK_RIDE_
This ride started out with me wanting to prevent another "Lazy Sunday"
because I missed the Seattle Area Riders' MUni ride last Sunday. I
e-mailed all of those Washintonians, and I got a great response with 6
people including me who wanted to go for a nice ride around Seattle.
The drive there from my town, about 1.5 hours away, was really wet but
when we got there it was pretty dry (in the air that is; the ground was
still wet). The official attendees were Jeff Sloan, Greg Harper, John
Childs, Tyler Cox (me), Ruby Sloan (on one of those two wheeled
thingies), and Tom Blackwood. I was the only one on a non-geared 29er
(Jeff had a Schlumph), but I kept up just fine. In fact, I even led
the pack a few times!
We started off from Gasworks park and rode across the first bride, and
trust me: you don't want to look down. The even scarier part is that
the rail was low enough that if you UPDed to fast you could go flyind
off the multi-hundred foot drop, or into traffic on the other side.
Thankfully I did neither! We got to the other side of the bridge and
rode through lots of wet, puddley roads and came to a super steep
hill.
This hill was no regular hill! It was so steep that even the Coker
riders with breaks couldn't tackle it! Congrats to Jeff who made it
most if not all of the way down using his break and Schlumph 29er. I
said, "when the people on the forums ask why you need brakes on a
Coker, this hill is the answer!" We all made it down with out killing
ourselves (walking that is), and rode more.
We came to a dock, and filmed some 29er wheelwalking by Jeff and me and
other tricks such as spins by me. I was stupid enough to forget my
camera, but Greg, Tom, and Jeff made up for that with their cameras.
Speaking of cameras, hurry and make a gallery of those captures! 🙂
The weather was still ok, although it was a little chilly. We traveled
over to the lochs and took a video of us idling next to a "Shut of
engine, no idling" sign. We pushed the unis through the short route
through the lochs, and Greg was a true rebel and rode about 3 feet past
the "$2,500 fine for bikes ridden in lochs" sign. :eek: Let's just
hope no policemen browse this forum! 😉
After the lochs, we rode through lots of streets (are you detecting the
pattern?), and something funny happened: John Childs got stuck between
a staggering homeless drunk while Greg, Jeff, and Tom sped ahead with
not a clue. 😄 Thankfully I was able to squeeze past and tell them we
had a sandbagger. 🙂
When were nearing the end of the ride everyone wanted beer, so we
stopped at a brewery. The ones of legal age drank beer while I ate
tater tots and a 1.5 shot mocha. When the waitress asked how many
shots I wanted, I told her to surprise me and that's what I got. 🙂
After we were finished chowing, Jeff, Ruby, and Tom left early while
Greg, John, and I waited for the bill.
When we walked outside it was raining, but because of the short ride
back it wasn't too bad. We got back, met my dad, and I headed off! 😄
Great ride guys, I can't wait to do it again! Thanks for coming, and
especially to Harper for paying for my tots and mocha. 🙂
😎 Tyler 😎
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