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Highway retaining wall riding

Aspenmike · 2004-05-04T07:44:25+00:00

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. +------------------------------------------------------- ---------+ | Attachment filename: logan on retaining wall.jpg | | |Download attachment: http://www.unicyclist.com/attachment/207717| +------------------------------------------------------- ---------+ -- aspenmike - unicycling albino ------------------------------------------------------------------------ aspenmike's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/3768 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/32245

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Aspenmike
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4 May 2004, 07:44 UTC #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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Krashin'Kenny
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4 May 2004, 07:45 UTC #2

That looks soooooo cool, but it's waaaaaaaay outta my
league!!!!
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Tennisgh22
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4 May 2004, 07:46 UTC #3

hot diggity that looks like fun. can't wait to come to
aspen.
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Aspenmike
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8 May 2004, 22:29 UTC #4

That Flume trail looks awesome! MUniing big exposed areas
like that are not for the faint of heart.
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Zod
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8 May 2004, 22:29 UTC #5

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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Aspenmike
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8 May 2004, 22:29 UTC #6

No, I don't. Who does he work for?
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Magicollin
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8 May 2004, 22:29 UTC #7

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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Aspenmike
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8 May 2004, 22:29 UTC #8

Quoted message said:
Quoted message said:
Quoted message said:
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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Chirokid
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8 May 2004, 22:29 UTC #9

Great picture Mike. That looks like a ton of fun. Does CDOT
consult with unicyclista for project input? --chirokid--
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Johnfoss
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8 May 2004, 22:29 UTC #10

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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Aspenmike
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8 May 2004, 22:30 UTC #11

[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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