Another Quiz

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Now, for a real Quiz, loosely based on recent events:

1. At the end of the ride, your buddies bail, and you're stuck at the coffee shop with just the
cute, young female on your team. Do you a) graciously bail also, claiming that your wife
expects you home, b) tell interested but jealous passers-by that yes, this really is your
daughter, or c) get a room?

C (I'm single)

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2. You struggle to the top of a hill on your old, fully rigid singlespeed, and the posing peacocks
already there are looking down their collective snooty noses at you. How soon before you subtly
let on that your bike is a singlespeed: A) 10 seconds before you stop, B) 30 seconds after you
stop, or C) Immediately?

C (Ihave an ego the size of Texas)

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3. You see a barney cutting a switchback, damaging the trail. Do you
A) yell at him, B) throw something into his spokes, or C) fly JD up from Fruita to open a can
on him?

D (All of the above)

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4. After the ride, you realize that you've only got $4 in brew-bucks between the whole group, but
you see a gaggle of G-Roadies leaving a table with more than half a pitcher left behind. Do you
A) ignore them for fear of what you might catch drinking after them, B) grab the pitcher, C)
make loud obnoxious comments about their cute, shaved legs, or D) both B & C?

D

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5. You fall in behind a cute gal you've never seen before on a long
climb. Do you A) continue to follow her closely, breathing heavily until blinded by pepper spray,
B) engage her in conversation until she's convinced you deserve pepper spray anyway, C)
try to pass her and cause her to crash, then rush to her aid copping a feel, or D) pull
off and let her gain distance so she doesn't get worried about A through C occurring.

D

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6. You've got serious work, family and other commitments all stacked up on the day you'd casually
mentioned weeks ago of taking your team out of town for an epic ride. You figure hey,
everybody's bailing, nobody's confirming, and just to be polite you leave messages that you're
not going. Then you get called at midnight before the big day with lots of screaming and
whining, demanding why you're letting everybody down. Do you A) leave that next morning at 6am,
B) 7am, or
C) try to reason with your female member that suits are frowned on at the hot springs on the way
back from the ride?

I must disqualify myself from this one, since I'm single.

Paladin scrawled in bright red lipstick:>

5. You fall in behind a cute gal you've never seen before on a long

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climb. Do you A) continue to follow her closely, breathing heavily until blinded by pepper spray,
B) engage her in conversation until she's convinced you deserve pepper spray anyway, C)
try to pass her and cause her to crash, then rush to her aid copping a feel, or D) pull
off and let her gain distance so she doesn't get worried about A through C occurring.

E. watch her butt and then crash into her when she slows down on a techncial move.

F.

"Paladin" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Now, for a real Quiz, loosely based on recent events:

1. At the end of the ride, your buddies bail, and you're stuck at the coffee shop with just the
cute, young female on your team. Do you a) graciously bail also, claiming that your wife
expects you home, b) tell interested but jealous passers-by that yes, this really is your
daughter, or c) get a room?

Get out of there before I'm in trouble!

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2. You struggle to the top of a hill on your old, fully rigid singlespeed, and the posing peacocks
already there are looking down their collective snooty noses at you. How soon before you subtly
let on that your bike is a singlespeed: A) 10 seconds before you stop, B) 30 seconds after you
stop, or C) Immediately?

Don't see the need to even mention it. If they can't tell that it's a single-speed than subtlety
won't work anyway.

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3. You see a barney cutting a switchback, damaging the trail. Do you
A) yell at him, B) throw something into his spokes, or C) fly JD up from Fruita to open a can
on him?

Graciously try and educate him.

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4. After the ride, you realize that you've only got $4 in brew-bucks between the whole group, but
you see a gaggle of G-Roadies leaving a table with more than half a pitcher left behind. Do you
A) ignore them for fear of what you might catch drinking after them, B) grab the pitcher, C)
make loud obnoxious comments about their cute, shaved legs, or D) both B & C?

Buy a six-pack at the local grocery store, if I need it THAT bad.

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5. You fall in behind a cute gal you've never seen before on a long
climb. Do you A) continue to follow her closely, breathing heavily until blinded by pepper spray,
B) engage her in conversation until she's convinced you deserve pepper spray anyway, C)
try to pass her and cause her to crash, then rush to her aid copping a feel, or D) pull
off and let her gain distance so she doesn't get worried about A through C occurring.

Enjoy the view of her behind until she leaves me behind.

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6. You've got serious work, family and other commitments all stacked up on the day you'd casually
mentioned weeks ago of taking your team out of town for an epic ride. You figure hey,
everybody's bailing, nobody's confirming, and just to be polite you leave messages that you're
not going. Then you get called at midnight before the big day with lots of screaming and
whining, demanding why you're letting everybody down. Do you A) leave that next morning at 6am,
B) 7am, or
C) try to reason with your female member that suits are frowned on at the hot springs on the way
back from the ride?

There isn't an answer for everything. :-(

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Paladin scrawled in bright red lipstick:>

5. You fall in behind a cute gal you've never seen before on a long

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climb. Do you A) continue to follow her closely, breathing heavily until blinded by pepper
spray, B) engage her in conversation until she's convinced you deserve pepper spray
anyway, C) try to pass her and cause her to crash, then rush to her aid copping a feel,
or D) pull off and let her gain distance so she doesn't get worried about A through C
occurring.

E. watch her butt and then crash into her when she slows down on a techncial move.

Depending on the butt, it still might be worth it.

Matt (bum-lookha)

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| 1. At the end of the ride, your buddies bail, and you're stuck at the coffee shop with just the
| cute, young female on your team. Do you a) graciously bail also, claiming that your wife
| expects you home, b) tell interested but jealous passers-by that yes, this really is your
| daughter, or c) get a room?

C, oh yes indeed.

| 2. You struggle to the top of a hill on your old, fully rigid singlespeed, and the posing peacocks
| already there are looking down their collective snooty noses at you. How soon before you subtly
| let on that your bike is a singlespeed: A) 10 seconds before you stop, B) 30 seconds after you
| stop, or C) Immediately?

C, "Hey it's an SS, give me a break!"

| 3. You see a barney cutting a switchback, damaging the trail. Do you
| A) yell at him, B) throw something into his spokes, or C) fly JD up from Fruita to open a can
| on him?

B, preferablly a complex object like a twisting twig.

| 4. After the ride, you realize that you've only got $4 in brew-bucks between the whole group, but
| you see a gaggle of G-Roadies leaving a table with more than half a pitcher left behind. Do you
| A) ignore them for fear of what you might catch drinking after them, B) grab the pitcher, C)
| make loud obnoxious comments about their cute, shaved legs, or D) both B & C?

C, loud and hurtful comments. For liquid satiation, I would just order some water.

| 5. You fall in behind a cute gal you've never seen before on a long
| climb. Do you A) continue to follow her closely, breathing heavily until blinded by pepper spray,
| B) engage her in conversation until she's convinced you deserve pepper spray anyway, C)
| try to pass her and cause her to crash, then rush to her aid copping a feel, or D) pull
| off and let her gain distance so she doesn't get worried about A through C occurring.

C, then act the gentleman and help her tend to her wounds. Eventually exchange numbers and *bam*,
there goes another entry into my black book!

| 6. You've got serious work, family and other commitments all stacked up on the day you'd casually
| mentioned weeks ago of taking your team out of town for an epic ride. You figure hey,
| everybody's bailing, nobody's confirming, and just to be polite you leave messages that you're
| not going. Then you get called at midnight before the big day with lots of screaming and
| whining, demanding why you're letting everybody down. Do you A) leave that next morning at 6am,
| B) 7am, or
| C) try to reason with your female member that suits are frowned on at the hot springs on the way
| back from the ride?

A, if there's a female I'm there.

"Paladin" <[email hidden]> wrote

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2. You struggle to the top of a hill on your old, fully rigid singlespeed, and the posing peacocks
already there are looking down their collective snooty noses at you. How soon before you subtly
let on that your bike is a singlespeed: A) 10 seconds before you stop, B) 30 seconds after you
stop, or C) Immediately?

D) Let the clueful notice on their own. The rest of the peacocks do not matter.

Pete

Paladin says:

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Now, for a real Quiz, loosely based on recent events:

I'm gonna fail - I just know it....

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1. At the end of the ride, your buddies bail, and you're stuck at the coffee shop with just the
cute, young female on your team. Do you a) graciously bail also, claiming that your wife
expects you home, b) tell interested but jealous passers-by that yes, this really is your
daughter, or c) get a room?

a) I'm a wimp, and happily wedded at that. Unless she really IS my daughter (I have two)

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2. You struggle to the top of a hill on your old, fully rigid singlespeed, and the posing
peacocks already there are looking down their collective snooty noses at you. How soon
before you subtly let on that your bike is a singlespeed: A) 10 seconds before you stop, B)
30 seconds after you stop, or C) Immediately?

b) Never - let them figure it out for themselves later, and be much more impressed...

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3. You see a barney cutting a switchback, damaging the trail. Do you
A) yell at him, B) throw something into his spokes, or C) fly JD up from Fruita to open a can
on him?

c) JD takes up two seats and I can't afford that.

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4. After the ride, you realize that you've only got $4 in brew-bucks between the whole group,
but you see a gaggle of G-Roadies leaving a table with more than half a pitcher left behind.
Do you A) ignore them for fear of what you might catch drinking after them, B) grab the
pitcher, C) make loud obnoxious comments about their cute, shaved legs, or D) both B & C?

d) Drink what's left in my water-bottle - I don't do alcohol <shock, horror...>

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5. You fall in behind a cute gal you've never seen before on a long
climb. Do you A) continue to follow her closely, breathing heavily until blinded by pepper spray,
B) engage her in conversation until she's convinced you deserve pepper spray anyway, C) try
to pass her and cause her to crash, then rush to her aid copping a feel, or D) pull off and
let her gain distance so she doesn't get worried about A through C occurring.

e) Tell her that if she doesn't like her butt being admired, she should get out of the way and let
me through. Ya might get slapped on the way, but she'll thank you for it eventually. ;-)

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6. You've got serious work, family and other commitments all stacked up on the day you'd
casually mentioned weeks ago of taking your team out of town for an epic ride. You figure
hey, everybody's bailing, nobody's confirming, and just to be polite you leave messages that
you're not going. Then you get called at midnight before the big day with lots of screaming
and whining, demanding why you're letting everybody down. Do you A) leave that next morning
at 6am, B) 7am, or
C) try to reason with your female member that suits are frowned on at the hot springs on the way
back from the ride?

So what did YOU do, Paladin? Sounds like there was some experience involved with this one ;-)

Steve

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Paladin scrawled in bright red lipstick:>

5. You fall in behind a cute gal you've never seen before on a long

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climb. Do you A) continue to follow her closely, breathing heavily until blinded by pepper
spray, B) engage her in conversation until she's convinced you deserve pepper spray
anyway, C) try to pass her and cause her to crash, then rush to her aid copping a feel,
or D) pull off and let her gain distance so she doesn't get worried about A through C
occurring.

E. watch her butt and then crash into her when she slows down on a techncial move.

F. (for Colorado riders): PRETEND to fall back, even though she really dropped YOUR sorry ass, in
order to preserve some semblance of an intact ego.

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Now, for a real Quiz, loosely based on recent events:

1. At the end of the ride, your buddies bail, and you're stuck at the coffee shop with just the
cute, young female on your team. Do you a) graciously bail also, claiming that your wife
expects you home, b) tell interested but jealous passers-by that yes, this really is your
daughter, or c) get a room?

D - I'm a downhiller. Cute young female went home with another cute young female.

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2. You struggle to the top of a hill on your old, fully rigid singlespeed, and the posing peacocks
already there are looking down their collective snooty noses at you. How soon before you subtly
let on that your bike is a singlespeed: A) 10 seconds before you stop, B) 30 seconds after you
stop, or C) Immediately?

D - Yeah right. Did I mention I'm a downhiller?

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3. You see a barney cutting a switchback, damaging the trail. Do you
A) yell at him, B) throw something into his spokes, or C) fly JD up from Fruita to open a can
on him?

D - Open my own can on him. I look huge in my body armor.

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4. After the ride, you realize that you've only got $4 in brew-bucks between the whole group, but
you see a gaggle of G-Roadies leaving a table with more than half a pitcher left behind. Do you
A) ignore them for fear of what you might catch drinking after them, B) grab the pitcher, C)
make loud obnoxious comments about their cute, shaved legs, or D) both B & C?

D - Of course!!! Did I mention I'm a downhiller?

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5. You fall in behind a cute gal you've never seen before on a long
climb. Do you A) continue to follow her closely, breathing heavily until blinded by pepper spray,
B) engage her in conversation until she's convinced you deserve pepper spray anyway, C)
try to pass her and cause her to crash, then rush to her aid copping a feel, or D) pull
off and let her gain distance so she doesn't get worried about A through C occurring.

A. - Rip a tear-off off of my goggles and I'm back in the game!

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6. You've got serious work, family and other commitments all stacked up on the day you'd casually
mentioned weeks ago of taking your team out of town for an epic ride. You figure hey,
everybody's bailing, nobody's confirming, and just to be polite you leave messages that you're
not going. Then you get called at midnight before the big day with lots of screaming and
whining, demanding why you're letting everybody down. Do you A) leave that next morning at 6am,
B) 7am, or
C) try to reason with your female member that suits are frowned on at the hot springs on the way
back from the ride?

C - sounds good, maybe she'll bring her friend.

Mike

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Quoted message said:

Now, for a real Quiz, loosely based on recent events:

1. At the end of the ride, your buddies bail, and you're stuck at the coffee shop with just the
cute, young female on your team. Do you a) graciously bail also, claiming that your wife
expects you home, b) tell interested but jealous passers-by that yes, this really is your
daughter, or c) get a room?

D - I'm a downhiller. Cute young female went home with another cute young female.

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2. You struggle to the top of a hill on your old, fully rigid singlespeed, and the posing
peacocks already there are looking down their collective snooty noses at you. How soon before
you subtly let on that your bike is a singlespeed: A) 10 seconds before you stop, B) 30
seconds after you stop, or C) Immediately?

D - Yeah right. Did I mention I'm a downhiller?

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3. You see a barney cutting a switchback, damaging the trail. Do you
A) yell at him, B) throw something into his spokes, or C) fly JD up from Fruita to open a can on
him?

D - Open my own can on him. I look huge in my body armor.

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4. After the ride, you realize that you've only got $4 in brew-bucks between the whole group,
but you see a gaggle of G-Roadies leaving a table with more than half a pitcher left behind.
Do you A) ignore them for fear of what you might catch drinking after them, B) grab the
pitcher, C) make loud obnoxious comments about their cute, shaved legs, or D) both B & C?

D - Of course!!! Did I mention I'm a downhiller?

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5. You fall in behind a cute gal you've never seen before on a long
climb. Do you A) continue to follow her closely, breathing heavily until blinded by pepper
spray, B) engage her in conversation until she's convinced you deserve pepper spray
anyway, C) try to pass her and cause her to crash, then rush to her aid copping a feel,
or D) pull off and let her gain distance so she doesn't get worried about A through C
occurring.

A. - Rip a tear-off off of my goggles and I'm back in the game!

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Mike

ROTFLMAO!!!
--
Slacker

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Quoted message said:

Now, for a real Quiz, loosely based on recent events:

1. At the end of the ride, your buddies bail, and you're stuck at the coffee shop with just the
cute, young female on your team. Do you a) graciously bail also, claiming that your wife
expects you home, b) tell interested but jealous passers-by that yes, this really is your
daughter, or c) get a room?

B, followed shortly by C.

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2. You struggle to the top of a hill on your old, fully rigid singlespeed, and the posing peacocks
already there are looking down their collective snooty noses at you. How soon before you subtly
let on that your bike is a singlespeed: A) 10 seconds before you stop, B) 30 seconds after you
stop, or C) Immediately?

C, and be rude and condescending.

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3. You see a barney cutting a switchback, damaging the trail. Do you
A) yell at him, B) throw something into his spokes, or C) fly JD up from Fruita to open a can
on him?

B, pumps are cheap these days.

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4. After the ride, you realize that you've only got $4 in brew-bucks between the whole group, but
you see a gaggle of G-Roadies leaving a table with more than half a pitcher left behind. Do you
A) ignore them for fear of what you might catch drinking after them, B) grab the pitcher, C)
make loud obnoxious comments about their cute, shaved legs, or D) both B & C?

C, then E) Go to the [censored]*ng cash machine.

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5. You fall in behind a cute gal you've never seen before on a long
climb. Do you A) continue to follow her closely, breathing heavily until blinded by pepper spray,
B) engage her in conversation until she's convinced you deserve pepper spray anyway, C)
try to pass her and cause her to crash, then rush to her aid copping a feel, or D) pull
off and let her gain distance so she doesn't get worried about A through C occurring.

E) Ride up next to her and give an encouraging comment about how well she climbs. Then give her a
good smack on her nice, firm ass.

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6. You've got serious work, family and other commitments all stacked up on the day you'd casually
mentioned weeks ago of taking your team out of town for an epic ride. You figure hey,
everybody's bailing, nobody's confirming, and just to be polite you leave messages that you're
not going. Then you get called at midnight before the big day with lots of screaming and
whining, demanding why you're letting everybody down. Do you A) leave that next morning at 6am,
B) 7am, or
C) try to reason with your female member that suits are frowned on at the hot springs on the way
back from the ride?

F) 4 am. Later on say that you waited at the trailhead for two hours and when nobody showed you
soloed the ride.

--
Cameron

"Paladin" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Now, for a real Quiz, loosely based on recent events:

1. At the end of the ride, your buddies bail, and you're stuck at the coffee shop with just the
cute, young female on your team. Do you a) graciously bail also, claiming that your wife
expects you home, b) tell interested but jealous passers-by that yes, this really is your
daughter, or c) get a room?

D) Get the room, do the deed, then while she's in the shower, go through her stuff for her even
hotter sister's phone #, run off and do her too.

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2. You struggle to the top of a hill on your old, fully rigid singlespeed, and the posing peacocks
already there are looking down their collective snooty noses at you. How soon before you subtly
let on that your bike is a singlespeed: A) 10 seconds before you stop, B) 30 seconds after you
stop, or C) Immediately?

hil with maniacal glint in eyes.

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3. You see a barney cutting a switchback, damaging the trail. Do you
A) yell at him, B) throw something into his spokes, or C) fly JD up from Fruita to open a can
on him?

E) Pull out the 9mm and shoot him in both knees - he'll never cut another one. Ever.

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4. After the ride, you realize that you've only got $4 in brew-bucks between the whole group, but
you see a gaggle of G-Roadies leaving a table with more than half a pitcher left behind. Do you
A) ignore them for fear of what you might catch drinking after them, B) grab the pitcher, C)
make loud obnoxious comments about their cute, shaved legs, or D) both B & C?

F) Mug one of them for their money, buy fresh beer and gloat.

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5. You fall in behind a cute gal you've never seen before on a long
climb. Do you A) continue to follow her closely, breathing heavily until blinded by pepper spray,
B) engage her in conversation until she's convinced you deserve pepper spray anyway, C)
try to pass her and cause her to crash, then rush to her aid copping a feel, or D) pull
off and let her gain distance so she doesn't get worried about A through C occurring.

G) Pop in front and keep just ahead of her until she realises how damned cute your butt is, and
pulls you over for a passionate screwing session behind the hedgerow.

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6. You've got serious work, family and other commitments all stacked up on the day you'd casually
mentioned weeks ago of taking your team out of town for an epic ride. You figure hey,
everybody's bailing, nobody's confirming, and just to be polite you leave messages that you're
not going. Then you get called at midnight before the big day with lots of screaming and
whining, demanding why you're letting everybody down. Do you A) leave that next morning at 6am,
B) 7am, or
C) try to reason with your female member that suits are frowned on at the hot springs on the way
back from the ride?

H) Just do what the hell I please.

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Paladin so lighten up already

Hey, if I lightened up anymore, I'd float the hell off ',;~}~

Cheers Chris!

Shaun aRe

Doug Taylor said:

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Paladin scrawled in bright red lipstick:>

5. You fall in behind a cute gal you've never seen before on a long

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climb. Do you A) continue to follow her closely, breathing heavily until blinded by pepper
spray, B) engage her in conversation until she's convinced you deserve pepper spray
anyway, C) try to pass her and cause her to crash, then rush to her aid copping a feel,
or D) pull off and let her gain distance so she doesn't get worried about A through C
occurring.

E. watch her butt and then crash into her when she slows down on a techncial move.

F. (for Colorado riders): PRETEND to fall back, even though she really dropped YOUR sorry ass, in
order to preserve some semblance of an intact ego.

Very true, always seems like the nicer the backside, the faster/stronger she is and more easily she
drops my sorry ass.

--
Craig Brossman, Durango Colorado (remove ".nospam" to reply)

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4. After the ride, you realize that you've only got $4 in brew-bucks between the whole group,
but you see a gaggle of G-Roadies leaving a table with more than half a pitcher left behind.
Do you A) ignore them for fear of what you might catch drinking after them, B) grab the
pitcher, C) make loud obnoxious comments about their cute, shaved legs, or D) both B & C?

Trick question - GR's don't drink pitchers.

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5. You fall in behind a cute gal you've never seen before on a long
climb. Do you A) continue to follow her closely, breathing heavily until blinded by pepper spray,
B) engage her in conversation until she's convinced you deserve pepper spray anyway, C)
try to pass her and cause her to crash, then rush to her aid copping a feel, or D) pull
off and let her gain distance so she doesn't get worried about A through C occurring.

I suppose D) would be ok as long as no-one caught you 'pulling off'.

bomba said:

Paladin said:

5. You fall in behind a cute gal you've never seen before on a long
climb. Do you A) continue to follow her closely, breathing heavily until blinded by pepper
spray, B) engage her in conversation until she's convinced you deserve pepper spray
anyway, C) try to pass her and cause her to crash, then rush to her aid copping a feel,
or D) pull off and let her gain distance so she doesn't get worried about A through C
occurring.

I suppose D) would be ok as long as no-one caught you 'pulling off'.

You are a sick b@$%ard, but not yet in your 40's. It will only get worse 🙂
--
Craig Brossman, Durango Colorado (remove ".nospam" to reply)

Craig Brossman said:

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5. You fall in behind a cute gal you've never seen before on a long
climb. Do you A) continue to follow her closely, breathing heavily until blinded by pepper
spray, B) engage her in conversation until she's convinced you deserve pepper spray
anyway, C) try to pass her and cause her to crash, then rush to her aid copping a feel,
or D) pull off and let her gain distance so she doesn't get worried about A through C
occurring.

I suppose D) would be ok as long as no-one caught you 'pulling off'.

You are a sick b@$%ard,

Thank you. One always strives, but it's awfully nice to be called one.

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but not yet in your 40's. It will only get worse 🙂

Still a fair way off 30... and you say it gets worse? God only knows what kind of degenerate I'll be
when I'm that age.

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Now, for a real Quiz, loosely based on recent events:

Sail Designer says: I'm gonna fail - I just know it....

OK, Here I go: No pass or fail. Just a break from that other "quiz" to have a little fun.

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1. At the end of the ride, your buddies bail, and you're stuck at the coffee shop with just the
cute, young female on your team. Do you a) graciously bail also, claiming that your wife
expects you home, b) tell interested but jealous passers-by that yes, this really is your
daughter, or c) get a room?

a) I'm a wimp, and happily wedded at that. Unless she really IS my daughter (I have two)

We also rode a few times alone, probably because she felt safe with me, and was tired of all these
hounds hitting on her. Neat gal, who wouldn't get entangled at all with anybody since she knew she
was leaving for good the end of the summer.

But I honestly tried to avoid the one-on-one deal as a courtesy to my truly lovely wife, whom some
of you have met. Do they get any better than her?

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2. You struggle to the top of a hill on your old, fully rigid singlespeed, and the posing
peacocks already there are looking down their collective snooty noses at you. How soon
before you subtly let on that your bike is a singlespeed: A) 10 seconds before you stop, B)
30 seconds after you stop, or C) Immediately?

IN the last instance, (as this happens all the time), a guy up top who came up the easy way, asked
me if there was much traffic coming up. I told him about my biff, and that I came up pretty fast, as
I had to on the SS, standing most of the way. Then he took a closer look at the Gray Lady, showed
proper obeisance, and we chatted about how crazy this fendy trad is.

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D) Never - let them figure it out for themselves later, and be much more impressed...

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3. You see a barney cutting a switchback, damaging the trail. Do you
A) yell at him, B) throw something into his spokes, or C) fly JD up from Fruita to open a can on
him?

I always yell, but I won't hurt anybody. I rode with the Freak down a huge narrow, twisty draw a few
years back, and a guy cut a trail way out in front of him. He let out a yell and hit the nitrous
oxide, truly leaving me eating dust and wondering what happened. ???

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A) JD takes up two seats and I can't afford that.

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4. After the ride, you realize that you've only got $4 in brew-bucks between the whole group,
but you see a gaggle of G-Roadies leaving a table with more than half a pitcher left behind.
Do you A) ignore them for fear of what you might catch drinking after them, B) grab the
pitcher, C) make loud obnoxious comments about their cute, shaved legs, or D) both B & C?

Something similar recently, but some kind but limp roadies offered me and my kids two half pizzas
when they left and we took their seats. Which was a good thing, considering I really only had $4 for
dinner after a ride with the youngstermigos.

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E) Drink what's left in my water-bottle - I don't do alcohol <shock, horror...>

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5. You fall in behind a cute gal you've never seen before on a long
climb. Do you A) continue to follow her closely, breathing heavily until blinded by pepper
spray, B) engage her in conversation until she's convinced you deserve pepper spray
anyway, C) try to pass her and cause her to crash, then rush to her aid copping a feel,
or D) pull off and let her gain distance so she doesn't get worried about A through C
occurring.

This happens a lot, as we have a high percentage of good, female riders, and a couple of nationally
recognized female teams that live and train here. So usually, I'll follow until I can pass.
Appreciating the view for a minute or two is no crime. If I can't pass immediately, I'll pull over
and give her some distance. It's shameful molestation to just hang on her rear wheel if she doesn't
know who I am. I think that's one of the reasons our female member always wore big loose clothes to
keep from being the object of some drooling fool's desire.

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E) Tell her that if she doesn't like her butt being admired, she should get out of the way and let
me through. Ya might get slapped on the way, but she'll thank you for it eventually. ;-)

I did have a funny experience of coming down a technical, narrow section as a group of gals were
hiking up. They had nowhere to go, but the last one turned sideways, and I accidently (I swear)
got a good feel of her hinder side as she turned to face sideways up the trail, it was that
narrow. At least I didn't hook her with my bar and throw us both into a creek, or give her a good
pinch or slap.

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6. You've got serious work, family and other commitments all stacked
up on the day you'd casually mentioned weeks ago of taking your team out of town for an epic
ride. You figure hey, everybody's bailing, nobody's confirming, and just to be polite you leave
messages that you're not going. Then you get called at midnight before the big day with lots of
screaming and whining, demanding why you're letting everybody down. Do you A) leave that next
morning at 6am, B) 7am, or
C) try to reason with your female member that suits are frowned on at the hot springs on the way
back from the ride?

So what did YOU do, Paladin? Sounds like there was some experience involved with this one ;-)

On this one, I wrote it up. Some of the best riding and most fun I've ever had, on my all-time
favorite trail.

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It was an absolute blast and a perfect end to a really outrageously good summer of riding. We left
at 6 am, got back at 5pm and did a loop north of Sun Valley that really put Idaho on the mtnbiking
map about 8yrs ago. We passed on the hot springs, mostly due to time, which was a good thing, as we
just barely missed a huge wreck that closed our road down for 4hrs.

So there you have it, Steve. The truth, the half-truth, and nothing but a truce.

Paladin

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Now, for a real Quiz, loosely based on recent events:

1. At the end of the ride, your buddies bail, and you're stuck at the coffee shop with just the
cute, young female on your team. Do you a) graciously bail also, claiming that your wife
expects you home, b) tell interested but jealous passers-by that yes, this really is your
daughter, or c) get a room?

Door Number Four.

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2. You struggle to the top of a hill on your old, fully rigid singlespeed, and the posing
peacocks already there are looking down their collective snooty noses at you. How soon
before you subtly let on that your bike is a singlespeed: A) 10 seconds before you stop, B)
30 seconds after you stop, or C) Immediately?

The Battle of 1812.

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3. You see a barney cutting a switchback, damaging the trail. Do you
A) yell at him, B) throw something into his spokes, or C) fly JD up from Fruita to open a can
on him?

Manchurian Candidate.

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4. After the ride, you realize that you've only got $4 in brew-bucks between the whole group,
but you see a gaggle of G-Roadies leaving a table with more than half a pitcher left behind.
Do you A) ignore them for fear of what you might catch drinking after them, B) grab the
pitcher, C) make loud obnoxious comments about their cute, shaved legs, or D) both B & C?

6.02E23

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5. You fall in behind a cute gal you've never seen before on a long
climb. Do you A) continue to follow her closely, breathing heavily until blinded by pepper spray,
B) engage her in conversation until she's convinced you deserve pepper spray anyway, C)
try to pass her and cause her to crash, then rush to her aid copping a feel, or D) pull
off and let her gain distance so she doesn't get worried about A through C occurring.

10BaseT into a normal hub.

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6. You've got serious work, family and other commitments all stacked up on the day you'd
casually mentioned weeks ago of taking your team out of town for an epic ride. You figure
hey, everybody's bailing, nobody's confirming, and just to be polite you leave messages that
you're not going. Then you get called at midnight before the big day with lots of screaming
and whining, demanding why you're letting everybody down. Do you A) leave that next morning
at 6am, B) 7am, or
C) try to reason with your female member that suits are frowned on at the hot springs on the way
back from the ride?

Mt. Ranier.

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Paladin so lighten up already

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Mt. Ranier.

Finally, something that makes sense. Mt. Rainier happens to be awesome, you smart-ass. I'll bet you
posted all that profundity naked from your laptop at work, right??

Good to hear you chime in, too. Take 2 habaneros and call me in the morning.

As always,

Paladin