-- Nothing equals the joy of silently rolling forward under my own power, no matter how fast I go. You can't enjoy the descent without earning the climb. I ride because I can.
agree that i at least especially love the descent after a hard climb. yet more and more i run into riders who shuttlecock up the mountain with a truck and bomb down, never earning the descent. i was at pisgah this past february and came down after a particularly grueling 2 hour climb to find five pre-pubes loading their pick-up truck for another run. at first i kind of though they were cheating, and i suppose i still think that in a way, but they seemed to be having a great time and so i eventually came around to just being happy for them. it happens everywhere i ride. in maryland between cotoctin and gambrill there's a [censored] of a climb called "coxey brown" and it is a punishing 9 percent grade for 2 miles on road between trails. mtbers are never on it - they get a ride up so. it sucks when you're climbing and are passed by a truck full of bikes, but then your own descents are that much more satisfying afterwards i think.
Cool. Nice photos, but too bad that HP site makes them so small! Hartman's is hard to capture in a photo and make it look half as nice as it is in person. It needs a wide angle lens in a lot of cases.
Cool. Nice photos, but too bad that HP site makes them so small! Hartman's is hard to capture in a photo and make it look half as nice as it is in person. It needs a wide angle lens in a lot of cases.
Matt
There's an option on the lower right hand portion of the picture page that allows for original size or full screen mode once you've selected an idividual photo. One of these days I'll figure out how to use my alotted web space.........
Damn those pic post sites! Aaarrrggghhhh! I don't see nuttin!
It's that coke you're drinking....
I checked and it works for me. Come on, you're the computer geek........<g>
Gary
Now it's working but the pictures are so tiny but very pretty (Mmmmm... Aspens). Then it wants to install software on my computer to download the bigger picture, I presume. I gotta set you up with a gallery on one of my Websites.
Now it's working but the pictures are so tiny but very pretty (Mmmmm... Aspens). Then it wants to install software on my computer to download the bigger picture, I presume. I gotta set you up with a gallery on one of my Websites.
Try
View ->Original Size
-- monique
"Get a bicycle. You will not regret it, if you live." -- Mark Twain