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  1. Original post
    Roger Buchanan
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    We'd finally packed everything we'd need for our trip and
    were on the road. Full of elation that you get on that first
    day of holidays we pulled into the trailhead for our first
    ride. It was a long abandoned fire road. The temp was about
    50F, and it was partly cloudy with a wind out of the NW. We
    planned to ride the trail North as it climbs a very little
    bit, and then enjoy the return with the tailwind.

    We were wondering what the first item we'd learn about
    having forgotten would be, and it turned out to be Linda's
    old riding shoes. More on that later. Off we went.

    About 3km into the ride we came to the first rougher
    section. Lots of erosion, washouts and the like. I made it
    fine through most of it until I came to a big mud hole
    spanning the whole fire road. I took what looked like the
    firmest of a very unfirm surface. I got 2/3 of the way
    across before I bogged down and stalled in the mud. The next
    thing was pure slapstick. I unclipped, put my right foot
    out, stepping inadvertently on the slope of an unseen rut.
    My foot slipped and I started to go over. I managed to catch
    myself with my right arm long enough to get my foot moved to
    make a tripod with the one arm, leg and bike. Then
    everything started sliding again, away from each other.
    PLOP! SPLEECK... Nice gooey mud all down my right side. How
    am I going to get this off??? (More on that later). It is at
    this point that Linda warns me against really crashing, or
    we turn around.

    At the 3.5km mark we come to a nice clear stream running
    across the fire road. It's about 8ft wide and 1.5 feet deep.
    I roll right into the clearest section. Well, as needs be, I
    needn't have really worried about the mud I was wearing
    after all. My front wheel got to the other side, found a
    wheel trap in all that clean water, and once again, over I
    went. SPLASH! Cold, cold, cold, fast running water.

    wpcusrgrp.orgAGASSIZ1.jpg

    Just when we thought we were done with the water we came to
    this Beaver Pond:

    wpcusrgrp.orgAGASSIZ2.jpg

    which I waded through like this:

    wpcusrgrp.orgAGASSIZ3.jpg

    until we finally came out at the other side, which had the
    "caution ahead" sign <grin>

    wpcusrgrp.orgAGASSIZ4.jpg

    Linda, having forgotten her old riding shoes, and refusing
    to get her new shoes wet, decided to walk across barefoot.

    We got sorta wrung out and then started riding. At 6km we
    saw a nice little mink scampering along the waters edge. At
    10 km we stopped for a snack of fresh bananas. When I looked
    up I saw the most amazing creature about 75 yards further
    down the trail. I told Linda "move very slowly and look down
    at the corner of the trail, there's a Timber Wolf checking
    us out!". I'd only ever seen one other Timber Wolf before,
    and they're all huge compared to the Coyote or Brush Wolf.
    His paw prints were almost the size of my hand. Travelling
    into the wind can yield some surprising results. Then at
    12km we saw a couple of White Tailed Deer. By this time I'd
    dried off nicely.

    wpcusrgrp.orgAGASSIZ5.jpg

    At that point Linda was down to half her water, so it was
    time to turn around and head back. There's just no way I can
    get her interested in wearing a larger H20 capacity
    hydration pack.

    Things went remarkably well until the 18km point whereby
    Linda's bike seemed to buck, and OTB she went. Turns out it
    was likely a bit of the trail being off camber and loose,
    with the tire sliding out. Weird! I washed out the cuts and
    scrapes with water from MY hydration pack <evil grin>. She
    still doesn't want one...

    Well, back at the water and I'm carrying my bike. Linda opts
    for the "volume displacement" method, and manages to find
    the deepest part:

    wpcusrgrp.orgAGASSIZ6.jpg
    wpcusrgrp.orgAGASSIZ7.jpg

    We walk and ride some of the rougher section and make our
    way back to the trailhead.

    General comments about the ride included: the fact that my
    "Sharks" socks were appropriate for the day.

    Owing to a heavy wet snow a couple of weeks earlier we saw a
    lot of pine trees that had snapped under the weight of the
    wet snow about 2/3 of the way up their trunk.

    A few Quads had been out on some sections of the trail, and
    those things sure can turn hard pack into "fluffed up pack".

    Soaking nicely warmed up legs in ICE COLD water in NOT
    conducive to making those last few km go by any more
    smoothly. (It was like trying to pedal by stretching
    cold toffee)

    Over the course of 24km, and 3 hrs, our bikes were either
    ridden, pushed, pulled, carried or floated. We encountered
    unexpected challenges and amazing sightings. It was Epic.

    And of course what should one have after such a nice ride,
    but an appropriately named treat!

    wpcusrgrp.orgAGASSIZ8.jpg

    Enjoy!

    --
    - Rog

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  2. Pas
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    Roger Buchanan said:
    Quoted message said:

    Soaking nicely warmed up legs in ICE COLD water in NOT
    conducive to


    making those last few km go by any more smoothly. (It was
    like trying to pedal by stretching cold toffee)

    Actually this is supposed to help reduce lactic acid buildup
    in the muscles. I seem to recall JD forcing us all to stand
    in the ice-cold Payette Lake after one of the AMB-ID rides.

    Great photos, time to invent a new sport combining snorkels
    and mountain bikes.

    penny

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  3. S O R N I
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    Roger Buchanan said:

    We'd finally packed everything we'd need for our trip and
    were on the road. Full of elation that you get on that
    first day of holidays we pulled into the trailhead for our
    first ride. It was a long abandoned fire road. The temp
    was about 50F, and it was partly cloudy with a wind out of
    the NW. We planned to ride the trail North as it climbs a
    very little bit, and then enjoy the return with the
    tailwind.

    {snig ol' bip}

    Very enjoyable RR, Rog -- don't let your doc(s) read
    it, however!

    BTW, I hear Nashbar has a special on XT snorkles right now.

    Bill "rimshot" S.

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  4. Monique Y. Muda
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    On 2004-05-30, Roger Buchanan penned:

    [adventure snipped]

    Okay, I'm never going to complain about the dinky little
    puddles I ride through again.

    Quoted message said:

    At that point Linda was down to half her water, so it was
    time to turn around and head back. There's just no way I
    can get her interested in wearing a larger H20 capacity
    hydration pack.

    How big is the one she uses?

    --
    monique

    "The people who run record companies now wouldn't know a
    song if it flew up their nose and died." -- David Crosby, on
    PBS Frontline

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  5. Monique Y. Muda
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    On 2004-05-30, PAS penned:

    Quoted message said:
    Roger Buchanan said:
    Quoted message said:

    Soaking nicely warmed up legs in ICE COLD water in NOT
    conducive to


    making those last few km go by any more smoothly. (It was
    like trying to pedal by stretching cold toffee)

    Actually this is supposed to help reduce lactic acid
    buildup in the muscles. I seem to recall JD forcing us all
    to stand in the ice-cold Payette Lake after one of the AMB-
    ID rides.

    If a friend of mine suggested that, I'd suspect them of just
    trying to get a good laugh at my expense =P

    --
    monique

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  6. crazy6r54
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    After what you went into you need that beer. Thank
    goodness it isn't that [censored] water beer.
    Bud,Busch,Miller,and the lites.

    I MTB 2004

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  7. Roger Buchanan
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    PAS said:


    Roger Buchanan said:
    Quoted message said:

    Soaking nicely warmed up legs in ICE COLD water in NOT
    conducive to


    making those last few km go by any more smoothly. (It
    was like trying to pedal by stretching cold toffee)

    Actually this is supposed to help reduce lactic acid
    buildup in the muscles. I seem to recall JD forcing us all
    to stand in the ice-cold Payette Lake after one of the AMB-
    ID rides.

    Yeah... but this was **during** the ride... ;-)

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    - Rog

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  8. Roger Buchanan
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    S o r n i said:

    Very enjoyable RR, Rog -- don't let your doc(s) read it,
    however!

    Doc's?!?!? Where????

    Quoted message said:

    BTW, I hear Nashbar has a special on XT snorkles
    right now.

    Yeah... Shimano is milking that "hollowtech" stuff for all
    it's worth.
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  9. Roger Buchanan
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    Monique Y. Mudama said:
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    At that point Linda was down to half her water, so it
    was time to turn around and head back. There's just no
    way I can get her interested in wearing a larger H20
    capacity hydration pack.

    How big is the one she uses?

    Sorry. I wasn't very clear on that one. She just uses large
    bottles. Won't wear a pack no how!
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    After what you went into you need that
    beer. Thank goodness it isn't that [censored]
    water beer. Bud,Busch,Miller,and the
    lites.

    It went down well after each ride. I even used a bottle of
    it a couple of days later to make some Beer & Cheese soup!
    Was it good? Well, Linda came back for seconds, and she
    *hates* beer...

    It's too bad none of the micro-breweries around here make an
    "assorted" pack with one or two of each beer they make. I
    don't drink a lot normally, and even less since my surgery,
    but I'd be willing to buy an assorted pack from micro place
    that I trust.

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