|   As the song says - what goes up...(weekend ride) | Chef
Apr 22, 2002 6:59 PM | | Must, inevitably, come down. Sometimes it's smooth and gentle...
while sometimes, it's abrupt and painful...
I suppose that, after last week's successes, it's only fair that this week saw a plethora of crashes. I just wish it didn't have to be so expensive...
Regardless, challenges were attempted, and generally conquered. Alison, instead of trying (again, and again, and again) - succeeded (again, and again, and again)...
Travis (Dante) rode The Wall (read it HERE) and, even though he managed to do himself damage he did indeed clean it.
Jerome hit some things he'd never ridden, and cleaned the majority of them...
Tom (Karpi) hit this 9-footer; his record on it is sketchy, but this time he pulled it out super-smooth...
Jenna nosed into this 4-footer that she cleaned last week...
However, she promptly said something along the lines of "screw that", went back up to the top, and launched it clean...
Even I managed to get into the action; my crash late in the day, caused by an attack of advanced stupidity (I mean, when your fork is screwy you don't HAUL ARSE down a hill, right?), was painful yet hardly a damper. I rolled some faces that I've never attempted, rolled the original NFW, and actually rolled the right side of NFW2 three times. This is a rockface earlier in the day. Photo credit to Jenna (good pic - thanks!).
Cheers to those who ate dirt, augered in, or in some way left a piece of themselves to appease the singletrack Gods. You all rock.
T |
| Nice Pics T! | Red Ascent
Apr 22, 2002 7:13 PM | | Too bad about Heather though. Seems to be an injury prone spring so far....please keep the jinx away from Ohio, I've had enough of that already!
Thanks for the post.
Phil |
| nice job again chef | rich
Apr 22, 2002 7:44 PM | | nice post and thanks for NOT including all my crashes on the day :)It was a good time as always to bad for all the injuries:(
cya next week..............red |
| great pics...sorry I missed it looks like it was a blast nm | Shencycle
Apr 22, 2002 7:53 PM | | |
| Great pics... | Mellow Yellow
Apr 22, 2002 10:41 PM | | I enjoyed this post allot. Hope all is well with Crasher as well.
M.Y. |
| a lot nm | sp
Apr 23, 2002 7:27 AM | | |
| Great pics! | Drevil
Apr 23, 2002 4:19 AM | | Bullets told me what nutballs you guys were ;^) If someone went up there with say...a rigid SS... they wouldn't have much riding to do would they? |
| Quite to the contrary... | Chef
Apr 23, 2002 4:43 AM | | There are at least 12-15 miles of very technical singletrack with lots of climbing and descending. It's some of the best XC around. You don't have to do the jumps, or chutes, or any of that stuff - it's just there if you want to. One of the guys who's joined the group the past couple weekends is a SSer - he watches, does some of the jumps, and occasionally goes off to ride more XC.
When I first started riding at Trumbull it was for the XC - I didn't quite know what to think of these "nutballs" jumping off of things. How ironic that I should now be included in that group. :-)
Seriously - you could ride there with a rigid SS. You'd just be hurting afterwards). ;-)
T |
| Quite to the contrary... | jcros007
Apr 23, 2002 8:57 AM | | Actually Andy was there with a rigid SS (he did have a front fork) but he rode NFW2, did 3-4 footer wheely drop and lauches...
It's not all about the bike ;-) |
| Congrats on one fine post | Mr Magoo
Apr 23, 2002 4:56 AM | | Great pic and organized side ref's. I have a non riding buddy who lives in trumbull. Guess I'll have to bring my bike down from boston next time. thanks for the vicarious trip.
mike |
| Dang Chef - helluva post here ! | Nick
Apr 23, 2002 7:13 AM | | The gif(s) are a nice addition, very cool!
Fine pics and good job on the rock faces. What does "NFW" stand for?
Thanks,
Nick |
| No Focking Way. nm | Chef
Apr 23, 2002 7:30 AM | | |
| it stands for " No F***ing Way" (nm) | rich
Apr 23, 2002 7:30 AM | | nm |
| it stands for " No F***ing Way" (nm) | Karpi
Apr 23, 2002 11:13 AM | | Chef, thanks for cuttin me up, next time I am flying down that last decent and your lying face down, I will just bunny hop ya, kiddin, cool picks, get that fork fixed, or get a new one, Plattekill this Sunday, everyone should go, thanks again chef, Karpi |
| Hell, Karpi...! | Chef
Apr 23, 2002 11:51 AM | | I *COULD* have posted the OTHER picture, ya know... ;-)
Thanks for stopping; I really do appreciate your not using my body and bike as a launching ramp. ;-) As to the fork issue, well, I'm working on it.
What's this about Plattekill? Email me, please, at THIS address.
T - ain't racing, but I'll take pictures |
| Yup Chef, one "helluva" post!!! (nm) | ET_SoCal
Apr 23, 2002 7:22 AM | | . |
| re: As the song says - what goes up...(weekend ride) | jcros007
Apr 23, 2002 9:00 AM | | That was an awsome. Congrat. to Tai for the really cool pictures and naration and to all the riders who showed up.
I had a blast. Thanks for letting me in.
Hope to go there soon.
Jerome |
| Next Time Call ME!!!! | Snapdragon
Apr 23, 2002 10:09 AM | | I may not be up for 4 or 6 or 9 foot drops, but damn, do I need to ride!!!
Snapdragon (feeling especially "snappy" today) |
| Nice post. You up for Plattekill in a few weeks? | Rev Bubba
Apr 23, 2002 10:53 AM | | I've never been there but have been going through withdrawal since Mountain Creek stopped their lift served program.
Might be interested in a trip there some time in May.
REV |
| re: As the song says - what goes up...(weekend ride) | Jenna (bruiser)
Apr 23, 2002 11:59 AM | | Chef...once again you managed to create the perfect narrative of Trumbull adventure!
Thanks so much for taking these great pics. I have some nice bruises and scrapes from Soprano rock...thank goodness that wasn't caught on camera...audio would have been nice though..ooofff!
It feels good to fly!
later
brusier |
| GREAT post. thank you. (nm) | mindhole
Apr 23, 2002 1:05 PM | | |
| Good stuff, chef!! | mugg
Apr 23, 2002 2:13 PM | | Thanks for sharing those awesome pics! |
| Good riding!! | mtb_Crasher
Apr 23, 2002 4:57 PM | | thanks for takin and posting the pics chef!!! see i don't understand why you don't give yourself a bit more credit w/ your camera shots - awesome!!! and way to go taking on some new challenges on the trail!!! get that fork in working condition - you'll be as nutsy as the chongos in a matter of months!!
it was great to meet you too!! see ya next ride buddy!
heather |
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