One might think that a Monday in Loma might garner empty trails in the Winter. Not if the tourons
can help it. Figuring on this, I had preplanned by wearing my most obnoxious Three Stooges tshirt
and bringing the singlespeed.
Poseur #1:
Riding some xc RM thing. Yielding by riding about 3' off of the trail mafter I was already yielding.
He sure had a cool jersey though (not).
Poseur #2:
Just about crapped himself when I buzzed around a turn on a fast doubletack. I was on the right side
as was he. By his reaction, one may have thought a train was going to hit him head on. Didn't notice
the bike because those saucers he calls eyes were too amusing.
Poseurs #3:
Walking their POS gt idontdrives up an easy grade that amost any beginner can climb. They sure had
all of the right gear though, pretty gt jerseys and all. They didn't bother returning my greeting as
the others had. That brought out a laugh.
Posuers #4:
I saw them departing from their vehicle as I was heading out on another trail that is more than
twice as long as the one they were heading up. After riding out and back, I decided to hit the
beginner loop they were on for a quick 5 mile finish. After stopping for a 15 minute trail
maintenance issue, I passed them at the apex of the loop. They were already pulled off the trail,
gasping from the small grade they had just climbed. A quick estimation of total cost for gear for
these peacocks over $10K. Many would have done better on a beat up Huffy singlespeed cruiser. When I
was exiting, they had just gotten to their vehicle and were talking about how rough that trail was
as I passed. What a friggin joke.
It's no wonder so many of our trails are jacked-up. It's supposed to rain again tonight and is in
the forecast for the next few days. At least it'll give the trails a break from the poseurama that
Fruita seems to becoming inflicted with.
JD sticking to unpublished