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  1. Anybody else riding these things. We have two different highway sections
    that have these perfect walls to ride, hop, whatever on top of. I
    suppose some might drop these. We rode a section on Sunday until the
    Sheriff arrived. He told us that what we were doing was legal, but
    someone had called in and said that we were creating a traffic jam by
    people slowing down to watch. What a butthead. The sheriff was so into
    it, he watched the movie we were taking, with traffic stopped behind
    him, that was cool. My son is on top of the upper wall hopping.

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  2. That looks soooooo cool, but it's waaaaaaaay outta my league!!!!

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  3. hot diggity that looks like fun. can't wait to come to aspen.

    -grant

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  4. Cool, there is a nice drop opportunity there too...right over on the
    right...but not the bigger one. 🙂

    Andrew

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  5. That looks like good training for the 'Flume Trail'
    (http://www.unicycling.com/brett/flume.shtml) at Lake Tahoe. 🙂
    The good part of the Flume Trail is riding along a rather non-technical
    trail with a big drop on your left.

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  6. That Flume trail looks awesome! MUniing big exposed areas like that are
    not for the faint of heart.

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  7. Hey Mike.....this is a long shot but do you know Danny Taylor, he lives
    up around your area. I thought you might because you both do residential
    work, he's a carpenter and a builder.

    He also knows how to unicycle although I don't think he rides one
    anymore....

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  8. No, I don't. Who does he work for?

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  9. I think i rode that exact same wall actually, are those walls on the way
    to copper mountain if i am coming from the denver area? if not there are
    some that look exactly like that on the way to copper mountain that i
    rode once...crazy...😎

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  10. Quoted message said:
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    are those walls on the way to copper mountain if i am coming from the


    denver area?>>>

    No, there in Snowmass Canyon on the way to Aspen. They seem to be
    standard for CDOT. Fun huh!😎

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  11. Great picture Mike. That looks like a ton of fun. Does CDOT consult
    with unicyclista for project input? --chirokid--

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  12. aspenmike said:

    *He told us that what we were doing was legal, but someone had called
    in and said that we were creating a traffic jam by people slowing down
    to watch. What a butthead. *


    I'm still trying to figure out the butthead part. Both the sheriff and
    the caller are thinking in terms of public safety, namely yours. They're
    not trying to ruin your day, it's really the other way around!

    Those look like fun walls though; wide enough to be "accessible" to many
    of us.

    The Flume Trail at Lake Tahoe is one of the most scenic rides out there.
    For more pictures, got to my Photo Albums listing and click on one of
    these choices:
    - 2001 Great Flume Trail
    - 2000 MUni Weekend
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  13. [quote="johnfoss"][B]I'm still trying to figure out the butthead part. Both the sheriff
    and the caller are thinking in terms of public safety, namely yours.
    They're not trying to ruin your day, it's really the other way
    around!

    I seriously doubt the caller was thinking of my safety, and I
    certainly was NOT trying to ruin the callers day! DUH!!!!!! The
    sheriff was sincerely bummed that he had to stop us, but we understood
    his duty to act. It was Sunday, traffic was very light, maybe 3 or 4
    cars at a time every couple of minutes, and the walls don't affect the
    traffic one bit. Unfortunately the sheriff was responding to a public
    person who has no openmindess to adventure and fun, in other words a
    "butthead". We accepted complete responsibility for our actions. You
    should see some of the actions people take on the ski slopes, this was
    minor in comparison.[/quote]



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