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Well, I'll be the first. It'll be interesting to see how
various accounts stack up...

Nice perspective.

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sporting the Pink.

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pound bike with wheels that rarely moved.

Oh, and White Cheddar Cheezits, Raisinets, and dried
papaya being the best foods on the planet.

Papaya? It was Mango!

Matt (such is...)

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Oh, and White Cheddar Cheezits, Raisinets, and dried
papaya being the best foods on the planet.

Papaya? It was Mango!

Papaya and Mango must be in the same family, the Mana
family.

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>Well, I'll be the first. It'll be interesting to see
>how various accounts stack up...

Nice perspective.

sporting

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the Pink.

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bike with wheels that rarely moved.

Oh, and White Cheddar Cheezits, Raisinets, and dried
papaya being the

best

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foods on the planet.

You forgot all about my sunglasses you miserable sod.

A

Glad to hear y'all had a good time.

John Spann

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>Well, I'll be the first. It'll be interesting to see how
>various accounts stack up...

Nice perspective.

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sporting the Pink.

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pound bike with wheels that rarely moved.

Oh, and White Cheddar Cheezits, Raisinets, and dried
papaya being the best foods on the planet.

Papaya? It was Mango!

Matt (such is...)

The food was less important to me than snuggling up with
Pete for warmth. Glad he shaves his legs and ...

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

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The food was less important to me than snuggling up with
Pete for warmth. Glad he shaves his legs and ...

What goes on in Colorado, stays in Colorado.

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p e t e f a g e r l i n said:

Oh, and White Cheddar Cheezits, Raisinets, and dried
papaya being the best foods on the planet.

Papaya? It was Mango!

Papaya and Mango must be in the same family, the
Mana family.

Definitely, along with Raisinettes.

JD

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Craig Brossman said:

The food was less important to me than snuggling up with
Pete for warmth. Glad he shaves his legs and ...

What goes on in Colorado, stays in Colorado.

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Damn, Pete, you're looking mighty fine and lithe there. Kind
of makes me wish I had been there for some snuggling.

Greg

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JD said:

Be glad you weren't there and be bummed that you missed
it. The cast of characters from AM-B included MattB,
Craig Brossman, Anthony Sloan, MTBBrian, Pete Fagerlin,
Notaknob, and yours truly. Tales of mud, rain, snow,
darkness and other adversities to follow...

Well, I'll be the first. It'll be interesting to see how
various accounts stack up...

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As I heard one person say, this was the worst ride ever.
Then it started to rain.

I'll wait until I'm comfortably home before I make any
remarks on the FFTF, but I can say that the ride Sunday was
probably the best ride I've ever had. Next time I hear some
Euro bragging about how RAD the riding in Garda is, I'll
just reply with two words... Moore Fun.

nk

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Anthony Sloan said:

JD wrote:

> Be glad you weren't there and be bummed that you
> missed it. The cast of characters from AM-B included
> MattB, Craig Brossman, Anthony Sloan, MTBBrian, Pete
> Fagerlin, Notaknob, and yours truly. Tales of mud,
> rain, snow, darkness and other adversities to
> follow...

Well, I'll be the first. It'll be interesting to see
how various accounts stack up...

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As I heard one person say, this was the worst ride ever.
Then it started to rain.

I'll wait until I'm comfortably home before I make any
remarks on the FFTF, but I can say that the ride Sunday
was probably the best ride I've ever had. Next time I hear
some Euro bragging about how RAD the riding in Garda is,
I'll just reply with two words... Moore Fun.

I just dragged some dudes over that today. It's in the best
shape I've ever seen right now.

JD

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> JD wrote:
>
>> Be glad you weren't there and be bummed that you
>> missed it. The cast of characters from AM-B
>> included MattB, Craig Brossman, Anthony Sloan,
>> MTBBrian, Pete Fagerlin, Notaknob, and yours truly.
>> Tales of mud, rain, snow, darkness and other
>> adversities to follow...
>
> Well, I'll be the first. It'll be interesting to see
> how various accounts stack up...
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As I heard one person say, this was the worst ride ever.
Then it started to rain.

I'll wait until I'm comfortably home before I make any
remarks on the FFTF, but I can say that the ride Sunday
was probably the best ride I've ever had. Next time I
hear some Euro bragging about how RAD the riding in
Garda is, I'll just reply with two words... Moore Fun.

I just dragged some dudes over that today. It's in the
best shape I've ever seen right now.

I figured it was about time I rode it. I don't think it was
done when I was last there in 2000.

Thanks for the guidance JD.

My wife was thinking I was coaching people on what to say
since everybody has the same story and said almost exactly
the same thing "It wasn't his fault" After doing moore fun
with Pete on Sunday, I really wished I'd taken some "bruce"
time and gone on the Icaraus ride on Monday. Gives me
something to look forward to the next time I get out there.
Those rides along the Kokepeli trail and the Bookcliffs are
(yawn) really lame compared to the fireroads and short
double track I'm used to. I've recently heard great things
about exciting technical trails in Florida.

Bruce

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> > JD wrote:
> >
> >> Be glad you weren't there and be bummed that you
> >> missed it. The cast of characters from AM-B
> >> included MattB, Craig Brossman, Anthony Sloan,
> >> MTBBrian, Pete Fagerlin, Notaknob, and yours
> >> truly. Tales of mud, rain, snow, darkness and
> >> other adversities to follow...
> >
> > Well, I'll be the first. It'll be interesting to
> > see how various accounts stack up...
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As I heard one person say, this was the worst ride
ever. Then it started to rain.

I'll wait until I'm comfortably home before I make any
remarks on the FFTF, but I can say that the ride
Sunday was probably the best ride I've ever had. Next
time I hear some Euro bragging about how RAD the
riding in Garda is, I'll just reply with two words...
Moore Fun.

I just dragged some dudes over that today. It's in the
best shape I've ever seen right now.

I figured it was about time I rode it. I don't think it
was done when I was last there in 2000.

Thanks for the guidance JD.

My wife was thinking I was coaching people on what to say
since everybody has the same story and said almost exactly
the same thing "It wasn't his fault" After doing moore fun
with Pete on Sunday, I really wished I'd taken some
"bruce" time and gone on the Icaraus ride on Monday. Gives
me something to look forward to the next time I get out
there. Those rides along the Kokepeli trail and the
Bookcliffs are (yawn) really lame compared to the
fireroads and short double track I'm used to. I've
recently heard great things about exciting technical
trails in Florida.

I thought some German wrath was going to be incurred upon
me, but when I saw you two on Saturday she seemed to have
forgiven me. I *did* promise to bring you back alive before
we left in the AM. I'm glad you made it out Bruce and look
forward to riding with you again. BTW, what did you think of
the Locomoto?

JD

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Before the whole story comes out, the funniest, most
telling moment for me was with the Albuquerque boys, Rich,
Brian and Scott. We had all stopped somewhere during the
middle of the slog to the water tank, the four of us
waiting for the rest of the group to catch up, perhaps
hoping that someone would suggest we turn around. Sometime
during the break, Rich pulls out the baggy, all our eyes
light up. Within seconds, a chorus of "yeah, I'll do some"
breaks the silence.

I didn't even use any water to swallow my Advil, they went
down real nice. I told my wife about it, she says we
should submit it as a commercial suggestion, it was
classic!

[censored]!

I knew you were holding out. Clif Bars and dried mango were
all I was offered. Now I'm glad I didn't share my hold-out
Chivas Regal shooter with anybody.

The only reason I was behind is (a) I was enjoying the
scenery. (b) Altitude sickness. (c) Jet Lag. (d - stolen
from Pete) Fitness and Technique.

nk

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bike with wheels that rarely moved.

Don't forget dragging.

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Bruce

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My wife was thinking I was coaching people on what to
say since everybody has the same story and said almost
exactly the same thing "It wasn't his fault" After doing
moore fun with Pete on Sunday, I really wished I'd taken
some "bruce" time and gone on the Icaraus ride on
Monday. Gives me something to look forward to the next
time I get out there. Those rides along the Kokepeli
trail and the Bookcliffs are (yawn) really lame compared
to the fireroads and short double track I'm used to.
I've recently heard great things about exciting
technical trails in Florida.

I thought some German wrath was going to be incurred upon
me, but when I saw you two on Saturday she seemed to have
forgiven me. I *did* promise to bring you back alive
before we left in the AM. I'm glad you made it out Bruce
and look forward to riding with you again. BTW, what did
you think of the Locomoto?

Nice bike, but is quite heavy when packed up with mud. The
shifting sometimes jumped when climbing. I had lots of
trouble getting it into the small chain ring.

Since it was a rental I never got into the details of tuning
it. Probably should have spent a little more time with the
shocks as I never seemed to use the full travel on them.
I'll have to come back and give it another try.

I've eyeing the switchblade for quite some time though. The
Locomoto wasn't my primary choice.

bruce

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I thought some German wrath was going to be incurred upon
me, but when I saw you two on Saturday she seemed to have
forgiven me. I *did* promise to bring you back alive
before we left in the AM. I'm glad you made it out Bruce
and look forward to riding with you again. BTW, what did
you think of the Locomoto?

Actually after thinking it over a little more, the Locomoto
had a few things that are desirable for me in a FS:

Never really noticed it working, but it did - even at speed.
Light. Stiff. Worked even while jammed full of mud. Very
little bob while pedaling that I noticed. Went where I
wanted it to. Shimano RF shifters - didn't have to learn
Sram stuff.

I'd never ridden a single-pivot suspension before and was
pretty happy with it.

BTW, I think I fell into the category of rider who's had
*bad* rides before. I didn't mind the whole thing ad it was
only nine hours AND there was *free* beer at the finish. It
was great to travel for 9+hours and have a couple great
rides with an adventure thrown in.

Bruce

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I thought some German wrath was going to be incurred
upon me, but when I saw you two on Saturday she seemed
to have forgiven me. I *did* promise to bring you back
alive before we left in the AM. I'm glad you made it out
Bruce and look forward to riding with you again. BTW,
what did you think of the Locomoto?

Actually after thinking it over a little more, the
Locomoto had a few things that are desirable for me
in a FS:

Never really noticed it working, but it did - even at
speed. Light. Stiff. Worked even while jammed full of mud.
Very little bob while pedaling that I noticed. Went where
I wanted it to. Shimano RF shifters - didn't have to learn
Sram stuff.

I'd never ridden a single-pivot suspension before and was
pretty happy with it.

BTW, I think I fell into the category of rider who's had
*bad* rides before. I didn't mind the whole thing ad it
was only nine hours AND there was *free* beer at the
finish. It was great to travel for 9+hours and have a
couple great rides with an adventure thrown in.

Bruce

Mountain biking is an adventure to those who dare to make it
so occasionally.

JD

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Before the whole story comes out, the funniest, most
telling moment for me was with the Albuquerque boys, Rich,
Brian and Scott. We had all stopped somewhere during the
middle of the slog to the water tank, the four of us
waiting for the rest of the group to catch up, perhaps
hoping that someone would suggest we turn around. Sometime
during the break, Rich pulls out the baggy, all our eyes
light up. Within seconds, a chorus of "yeah, I'll do some"
breaks the silence.

I didn't even use any water to swallow my Advil, they went
down real nice. I told my wife about it, she says we
should submit it as a commercial suggestion, it was
classic!

[censored]!

I knew you were holding out. Clif Bars and dried mango
were all I was offered. Now I'm glad I didn't share my hold-
out Chivas Regal shooter with anybody.

The only reason I was behind is (a) I was enjoying the
scenery. (b) Altitude sickness. (c) Jet Lag. (d - stolen
from Pete) Fitness and Technique.

nk

No holding out, we were on to post ride beer conversations
when the rest of you guys made it up.

Good meeting you Bruce, and of course, the rest of you guys.
Let me know if you ever get to my area, I can't promise you
mud and snow, and we would probably have to ride most of the
time, but at least the beer sucks.

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

JD said:

Mountain biking is an adventure to those who dare to make
it so occasionally.

JD

And I have to say JD, despite the veiw some have of you
here online, you are a very good host and kept it light and
fun. Thanks!

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

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JD said:

Mountain biking is an adventure to those who dare to
make it so occasionally.

JD

And I have to say JD, despite the veiw some have of you
here online, you are a very good host and kept it light
and fun. Thanks!

De nada, Craig. Expect a freakish visit to the area as soon
as things open up down there.

JD

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I just dragged some dudes over that today. It's in the
best shape I've ever seen right now.

JD

Hugged your kid lately?