Third Annual Issaquah Ride and Feed

harper said:

*Hopefully some pictures will appear. I know Irene has some in her
blog. *

I'll try to upload to my gallery sometime in the next day.

Greg, not sure if you were still there, but the other noteworthy event
of the day was George's first giraffe ride...followed very shortly by
George's first successful freemount. Then his next, and next, and next
ad nauseum. He actually learned two versions...one with the first step
on the tire, and one going directly to pedal.

For the rest of us there that actually OWN giraffes and still haven't
mastered the freemount, you can imagine our umbrage.

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George who? I don't know anybody named George who makes me sick
anymore.

My vote for dismount goes to JC with his body plant off of the dirt/log
drop. That was a thirty or forty point landing...very well
distributed.

George (who I no longer know) tried to ride the dock rail. Failing the
mount, he bailed to the safe side not realizing that his uni would go
the opposite direction...into the water. He learned that MUni's float. I
enjoyed seeing him scramble over the rail quickly to retrieve it. He
could be quite swift when I still knew him before he could freemount a
giraffe everywhich way he wanted.

Watching Jeff Sloan do the full loop on the double log ride was cool,
too. Ride a moss covered log, rotate 90 onto a 3/8" thick plywood bridge
that might support the weight of a hamster, cross the short bridge, 90
onto the second log and ride it all the way back.

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harper said:

*My vote for dismount goes to JC with his body plant off of the
dirt/log drop. That was a thirty or forty point landing...very well
distributed.*

My vote too. And it's all here, captured on video. Those that know JC
will appreciate how rare this footage is, especially given the rather
simplistic nature of the stunt he's riding.

Gallery of Ride 'n Feed photos and videos:
http://gallery.unicyclist.com/album652

I missed George's dock ride and uni swimming session. Had I known what
he was about to do on MY giraffe, I would have pushed him in myself.

When I think about the fun party and riding, it's kind of amazing that I
would never have met ANY of these cool local riders had I not found the
Moab MuniFest by accident on Google in 2003, then decided to get a wild
hare up my *$$ and just fly there with all of a month or two of riding
under my belt. That led to meeting Rolf who introduced me to JC, who
connected me with the other Seattle locals, who introduced me to trials
and cokering and giraffes and generally the whole obsession thing.

I love Riding and Feeding. I love the Internet, and I love Moab.

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The Blackwoods rock! Tom, Marie, and Miles know how to host a wonderful
party. I am very fortunate that they made the date of the Ride ‘N Feed
when I was in town. I have posted some pictures, along with a write up
on my blog. You might have to page down a bit, as I have been posting a
lot lately.

Thanks so much T, M, and M!

--Irene
http://www.unirene.blogspot.com

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Holy [censored]! JC, you show that ground whose boss!

😄

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tomblackwood said:

*My vote too. And it's all here, captured on video. Those that know
JC will appreciate how rare this footage is, especially given the
rather simplistic nature of the stunt he's riding. *

That was quite the belly flop. 🙂
That's what happens when you try to launch off of a jump and land in a
hole with the pedals vertical. My ribs were actually a little sore
after that. All better now. Fortunately it was a soft landing.

Harper won the luckiest crash of the day. Unfortunately it wasn't
captured on camera.

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