Nev
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Reged: 05/03/04
Posts: 376
Loc: Never where I want to be
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cyclist, er...I mean, you know, ride both mountain and road bikes?
If so, how much time you spend between the two? And what all you got?
Lately, I haven't touched my mountain bikes due to rain/muddy trails (can't ride wet here) and I've been riding my new road machine. Usually I'm out 3-4 times a week on the mtb. But conditions have kept me off. And I've been out every day, minimum 1/2 hour, since I've gone road. Mostly at least an hour or so. I'm still exploring routes.
I have my new 02 Litespeed vortex. Also have an 04 specialized s-works epic disc. And an 03 specialized stumpjumper, all upgraded components. I'm thinking I'll be selling the stumpy frame soon as I get my warranty replacement due to the paint job. Either build up a single speed or something with more travel than the epic. I can't decide.
Or is all this heresy around here?
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terry
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Reged: 12/18/03
Posts: 47
Loc: Southeastern MA
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i am, not that there's anything wrong with that! anyway, i ride road (first love) from march first till sometime in nov. then we switch over to mtb till march rolls around again. in the summer, for me anyway, the woods are too hot, dirty, buggy. in the winter on the road it's too cold, sometimes snowy while the woods are never too cold. plus, i like the change in disciplines and riding styles and venues.
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Nev
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terry wrote:
i am, not that there's anything wrong with that! anyway, i ride road (first love) from march first till sometime in nov. then we switch over to mtb till march rolls around again. in the summer, for me anyway, the woods are too hot, dirty, buggy. in the winter on the road it's too cold, sometimes snowy while the woods are never too cold. plus, i like the change in disciplines and riding styles and venues.
Cool. It gets pretty hot and humid, not too many bug problems, here in north Texas in the summer also. Also ride in AZ when I'm there, where summer days are out of the question. A couple years ago I picked up some lights and started mountain biking in the mornings before sun up. Nice and cool and a whole other experience you should check out if you haven't. I highly recommend it. Although...if you don't like bugs, you might want to ride at night before the spiders are finished spinning their webs. By morning, before sun up, the trails here are covered in web. And so am I when I finish.
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Nev
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Nev wrote:
By morning, before sun up, the trails here are covered in web. And so am I when I finish.
Not me, but I often look like this after a predawn singletrack ride. Hands, arms, face are covered.
["Subject" line change for Eddy]
Edited by Nev (06/15/04 07:12 PM)
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terry
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Reged: 12/18/03
Posts: 47
Loc: Southeastern MA
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man, spiders freek me out. thanks for the heads up-i'll never ride pre-dawn in the summer time. re lights-yea, i've discovered them and it's a blast-makes me feel like a kid again. unfortunately, being from TX you don't get to experience snow but riding at night with falling snow is..well, surreal. sure makes winters bearable.
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sn69
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Reged: 04/03/04
Posts: 28
Loc: San Diego, CA
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In fact, I'll go so far as to say that I'm starke-raving terrified of the lil' suckers. Nature's vampires and whatnot. While I realize their importance, I would nonetheless be quite satisfied if spiders were somehow removed from Mother Earth.
Blech. Shiver.....
Some of my worst mountain bike crashes have been after I've realized I took down a web, wondering where its proprietor was on my person. Oof.
Great...now I'm all itchy.
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Scott Needle,
nobody of particular importance
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Nev
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Ever since I started night riding I DO NOT kill spiders, ever. If I find them in the house or they're in the way outside, I carefully lift them up on something and carry them outside or to another safer spot. I don't want any bad spider mojo in me from all the webs I disrupt. In the dark, the spiders and their webs reflect your lights, so you see the webs coming, and often a big glowing circle (spider) right in the middle usually right where your face is going to break the web. So there's a lot of head dodging and whatnot. I kinda feel it's worse in the light, first one on the the trail in the morning because you can't see the webs, only feel them breaking across your face and arms. Fun stuff!
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