Practice parking lot crits?

jj <[email hidden]> wrote:
:> At the end of the crit, I did an out and back down this hill that
:> was so steep, I was cringing in fear going down it. I kept thinking
:> 'dude, you're not going to be able to climb back up outta there.
:> [censored]!!
:>
:> It goes down to a narrow bridge and a sharp uphill that curves
:> around the hilltop on the other side. Topo obviously lies, but says
:> it's a 15-20% grade. Because of the bridge on the curve you just
:> can't get much run up on either side.
:>
:> Haha, very strange to get within about 50 feet from the top and your
:> mind is saying 'I'm gonna make it and your legs are saying 'oh no
:> you're not!'.
:>
:> Time becomes molasses-slow... ;-)
:>

Jpegs, man, jpegs! 🙂

jj said:

Man I had a great time doing a "pretend" criterion in this huge parking lot
with lots of lanes and dividers on Sunday. There's a satellite hospital
annex with about 5 big centers and a great hill leading out to the state
police hdqts and it's nearly empty on weekends.

[...]

Hmm. Sounds interesting.

I think I know of a good place in my area for me to try this. The area mall is
ringed by two concentric circle roads. Early on a Sunday or a work day, well
before the normal opening time should be great for what you describe.

Great idea.

--
Steve Koterski
Atlanta, Georgia

"Whenever you are to do a thing, though it can never be known but to yourself, ask
yourself how you would act were all the world looking at you and act accordingly."
-- Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)

Steve Koterski said:

I think I know of a good place in my area for me to try this. The area mall is
ringed by two concentric circle roads. Early on a Sunday or a work day, well
before the normal opening time should be great for what you describe.

Great idea.

If the mall owns the roads and has posted "No bicycles," you may also
get to race the rent-a-cops in a golf cart, cutting across the parking
lot to tell you off. Beating them shouldn't be a problem...

At least in my imagination. Never done that sort of thing, personally,
you know?

Pat

Pat Lamb said:

Steve Koterski said:

I think I know of a good place in my area for me to try this. The area mall is
ringed by two concentric circle roads. Early on a Sunday or a work day, well
before the normal opening time should be great for what you describe.

Great idea.

If the mall owns the roads and has posted "No bicycles," you may also
get to race the rent-a-cops in a golf cart, cutting across the parking
lot to tell you off. Beating them shouldn't be a problem...

At least in my imagination. Never done that sort of thing, personally,
you know?

ROFL! I hadn't thought about that.

I don't think the roads are part of the mall, other commercial establishments
are situated off them (outside the mall perimeter).

But I will post back here any comic anecdotes of playing cat-and-mouse with mall
security.

--
Steve Koterski
Atlanta, Georgia

"Whenever you are to do a thing, though it can never be known but to yourself, ask
yourself how you would act were all the world looking at you and act accordingly."
-- Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)