RR must be summer

Penny says:

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I give her the camera and here's what she got, for all you that have been begging for a lycra shot:

More cleavage than lycra, but it'll keep the wolves happy ;-)

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But she got the bug for the season!

Pimpette......... (good job)

Steve

Wow that rr brings back memories of riding Beacon hill. I can remember when I first started I
couldn't ride it all the way without walking then in a few months I was doing it 3 and 4 times in a
row just to get a good work out. Does the trail still go over what we called the "CAMEL BACKS" (huge
whoops that are like strait up and down and very deep) I used to love hitting those full out.

"Penny S." <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

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My original plan for the day was to scare up someone to join me in an all day epic/explore to a
new area I haven't ridden but it was not to be. So

I

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hit the second tier call list and was able to plan a little ride with a (single) gal I know who
earlier this year had expressed interest in

riding.

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She's only ever ridden at Riverside so at my suggestion we decided to broaden her trail horizons.
We meet at Beacon where she doesn't seem to be scared off by the prospect of 1.8 miles of climbing
to get up the ridge. It's hot... I had hoped to get out early today but nope, it's noon and

they

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are predicting into the 90's for today. Michelle has a great attitude... the climbing is a little
much for her and she's walking a lot but I had

let

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her know right off the bat that it was all about fun, not who gets there first( that would be me
of course) then at the top the fun begins... I ask her how she is on technical stuff, let her know
there are a couple of "interesting" corners coming up and off we go. I'm ahead but I don't worry
about her because I hear a couple of whoops and yee-haws through the

brush.

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She's liking this. Instead of giving my usual non- stop tour guide commentary, I try to just give
out warnings for things that might be considered "surprises"... for example the gully run that
exits up and a

hard

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90 degrees around a ponderosa pine. I was hoping that the DH-er's might

be

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practicing for the Bomber next weekend, so I could show Michelle what that was all about ( she has
asked) but the course is surprising quiet. Eventually we end up down in what I call the play area
and we mess around

on

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the rocks. I give her the camera and here's what she got, for all you

that

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have been begging for a lycra shot: specialtyoutdoors.compenny6 03.jpgOpen ↗

Michelle is pooped, she hasn't been riding a lot so I can't convince her

to

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do the climb back up the ridge in the heat, we end up going around on some roads. But she got the
bug for the season!

Penny

Rick B thoughtfully penned:

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Wow that rr brings back memories of riding Beacon hill. I can remember when I first started I
couldn't ride it all the way without walking then in a few months I was doing it 3 and 4 times
in a row just to get a good work out. Does the trail still go over what we called the "CAMEL
BACKS" (huge whoops that are like strait up and down and very deep) I used to love hitting those
full out.

hehe, I know those... it's dropping into them that wigs me out. And when there's sand in
the bottom...

I was nice to a downhiller yesterday. As we were "saddling up" in the Esmerelda lot, a guy pulls up
in a pickup with out of state plates and a pretty nice looking DH rig in the back. He says, you look
like you know what you are doing ( har, har .. do I have them all fooled) and asked for directions
to the DH course. I carefully explained that from where we were, it was 2 miles up, then down, then
another steep up ( at least 3 miles total) He said he was new to town, just moved here... So I drew
him a little map to the other access, where it's only about 1/2 mile up a jeep road to the DH runs.
It's kind of nice there's room for all... and someone's been posting IMBA trail rules signs. There
have been a lot of Minnehaha/Beacon clean-ups too, people are starting to care for it better.

Penny

I heard about the Downhill course that was built but it wasn't there when I was riding it. Maybe
someday I'll get back there to check it out on my new Bullit.

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Rick B thoughtfully penned:

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Wow that rr brings back memories of riding Beacon hill. I can remember when I first started I
couldn't ride it all the way without walking then in a few months I was doing it 3 and 4 times
in a row just to get a good work out. Does the trail still go over what we called the "CAMEL
BACKS" (huge whoops that are like strait up and down and very deep) I used to love hitting those
full out.

hehe, I know those... it's dropping into them that wigs me out. And when there's sand in the
bottom...

I was nice to a downhiller yesterday. As we were "saddling up" in the Esmerelda lot, a guy pulls
up in a pickup with out of state plates and a pretty nice looking DH rig in the back. He says, you
look like you know what you are doing ( har, har .. do I have them all fooled) and asked for
directions to the DH course. I carefully explained that from where we

were,

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it was 2 miles up, then down, then another steep up ( at least 3 miles total) He said he was new
to town, just moved here... So I drew him a little map to the other access, where it's only about
1/2 mile up a jeep road to the DH runs. It's kind of nice there's room for all... and someone's
been posting IMBA trail rules signs. There have been a lot of Minnehaha/Beacon clean-ups too,
people are starting to care for it better.

Penny

"Penny S." <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Eventually we end up down in what I call the play area and we mess around

on

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the rocks. I give her the camera and here's what she got, for all you

that

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have been begging for a lycra shot: specialtyoutdoors.compenny6 03.jpgOpen ↗

Ooh, baby! Lookin' good! I don't think that was really the lycra shot the boys were hoping for.

Sounds like a good day.

Matt

Rick B thoughtfully penned:

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I heard about the Downhill course that was built but it wasn't there when I was riding it. Maybe
someday I'll get back there to check it out on my new Bullit.

I wouldn't call it "built". The DHer's just cleared some bushes and made some trails using the
natural terrain ( large boulders, outcrops etc) for their runs. Someone has been building gap jumps
and I did spy a ladder way off in the woods.

penny

Is that a GPS on your handlebars?

James

James Messick thoughtfully penned:

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Is that a GPS on your handlebars?

James

odometer. specialtyoutdoors.compenny6 03.jpgOpen ↗

after studying that photos I think you are seeing part of my water bottle cage sticking out right
behind the headset. it's a straight on view which makes the perspective really wierd. Or maybe
that's a bit of the rear part of the frame. (?) IF I take the gps it goes in the pack.

penny

Penny S. said:

My original plan for the day was to scare up someone to join me in an all day epic/explore to a new
area I haven't ridden but it was not to be. So I hit the second tier call list and was able to plan
a little ride with a (single) gal I know who earlier this year had expressed interest in riding.

She's only ever ridden at Riverside so at my suggestion we decided to broaden her trail horizons.
We meet at Beacon where she doesn't seem to be scared off by the prospect of 1.8 miles of climbing
to get up the ridge. It's hot... I had hoped to get out early today but nope, it's noon and they
are predicting into the 90's for today. Michelle has a great attitude... the climbing is a little
much for her and she's walking a lot but I had let her know right off the bat that it was all about
fun, not who gets there first( that would be me of course) then at the top the fun begins... I ask
her how she is on technical stuff, let her know there are a couple of "interesting" corners coming
up and off we go. I'm ahead but I don't worry about her because I hear a couple of whoops and
yee-haws through the brush.

She's liking this. Instead of giving my usual non- stop tour guide commentary, I try to just give
out warnings for things that might be considered "surprises"... for example the gully run that
exits up and a hard 90 degrees around a ponderosa pine. I was hoping that the DH-er's might be
practicing for the Bomber next weekend, so I could show Michelle what that was all about ( she has
asked) but the course is surprising quiet. Eventually we end up down in what I call the play area
and we mess around on the rocks. I give her the camera and here's what she got, for all you that
have been begging for a lycra shot: specialtyoutdoors.compenny6 03.jpgOpen ↗

Nice arms BTW

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Michelle is pooped, she hasn't been riding a lot so I can't convince her to do the climb back up
the ridge in the heat, we end up going around on some roads. But she got the bug for the season!

Penny

Nice RR thanks Penny, Bill

The mind serves properly as a window glass rather than as a reflector, that is, the mind should give
an immediate view instead of an interpretation of the world.
:-]

Penny S. said:

My original plan for the day was to scare up someone to join me in an all day epic/explore to a new
area I haven't ridden but it was not to be. So I hit the second tier call list and was able to plan
a little ride with a (single) gal I know who earlier this year had expressed interest in riding.

She's only ever ridden at Riverside so at my suggestion we decided to broaden her trail horizons.
We meet at Beacon where she doesn't seem to be scared off by the prospect of 1.8 miles of climbing
to get up the ridge. It's hot... I had hoped to get out early today but nope, it's noon and they
are predicting into the 90's for today. Michelle has a great attitude... the climbing is a little
much for her and she's walking a lot but I had let her know right off the bat that it was all about
fun, not who gets there first( that would be me of course) then at the top the fun begins... I ask
her how she is on technical stuff, let her know there are a couple of "interesting" corners coming
up and off we go. I'm ahead but I don't worry about her because I hear a couple of whoops and
yee-haws through the brush.

She's liking this. Instead of giving my usual non- stop tour guide commentary, I try to just give
out warnings for things that might be considered "surprises"... for example the gully run that
exits up and a hard 90 degrees around a ponderosa pine. I was hoping that the DH-er's might be
practicing for the Bomber next weekend, so I could show Michelle what that was all about ( she has
asked) but the course is surprising quiet. Eventually we end up down in what I call the play area
and we mess around on the rocks. I give her the camera and here's what she got, for all you that
have been begging for a lycra shot: specialtyoutdoors.compenny6 03.jpgOpen ↗

Nice arms BTW

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Michelle is pooped, she hasn't been riding a lot so I can't convince her to do the climb back up
the ridge in the heat, we end up going around on some roads. But she got the bug for the season!

Penny

Nice RR thanks Penny, Bill

The mind serves properly as a window glass rather than as a reflector, that is, the mind should give
an immediate view instead of an interpretation of the world.
:-]

here's some pics of some of the DH stuff at Beacon that I don't ride:

ridemonkey.comshowthread.phpOpen ↗ and there is a lot more than this.

Penny

Penny S. <[email hidden]> spoke thusly...

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here's some pics of some of the DH stuff at Beacon that I don't ride:

ridemonkey.comshowthread.phpOpen ↗ and there is a lot more
than this.

Penny

Drool, Nice! that is some tasty looking terrain. we got nothing like that here, i have to improvise
by using trail side obstacles now and then (actually on the trail, but a bit off the beaten path.
doesn't eat any foliage, and they are actually established obstacles, like a log with a dirt built
up in front.

Though i found out one thing, riding trails normally is one thing, but ride in the other direction,
and they are a whole new monster. i rode a
1/4 loop several times, just because it was fun. i forgot to log it on my site, but it don't matter,
it was perhaps a very short ride as far as distance, but it was the most fun i have had.

But those pictures get my blood pumping and making the bike god prayers more intense as i pray that
the letter of application i just turned in (actually looked very nice IMO) will result in a job. I
started it with a nice introduction, to get the bearing of what i am applying for, followed it up
with some very subtle begging, and closed it with a paragraph emphasizing my ability to learn this
area of knowledge very quickly, and stating the usual garbage that may be over used, but subtlety,
and with good finesse, closes out the letter.

...Oh [censored], i forgot to sign it, damn, damn, damn. ah well, i guess i can kiss that job goodbye.

Ah well, guess it is time to face the music and get an application for [censored] patties R us (aka
McDonalds) where i can make minimum wage, work chaotic hours, and earn money that no longer has
purpose as my lifeforce has been sucked dry by the sound of psudo meat being heated on a psudo grill
(aka, heated sheet of stainless steel).
--
~Travis

travis57 at megalink dot net megalink.net~farmersOpen ↗