Why wouldn't you waste the afterlife?
Had to miss what was dubbed as the fixie ride this morning, but I'll be out later today and am really looking forward to it. Wilderness around 2:30 is lock, stock and two smoking barrels.
IF can't pull off the paint job I want so I was in a creative redirect last night. ('Can't' isn't fair. Apparently what I wanted would stand a better than good chance of peeling off.) The new scheme is sweet and disappointment has turned to excitement once again.
Here's a question: What is the perfect place to start a ride? I am envisioning a combination of a coffee house and bike shop, but am wondering what other people would have in a "perfect scenario."
mmmmm espresso.
6 comments:
My opinion? Bikes should be white, black, or naked ti. It's about riding, not the ride.
Joe
The perfect place to start a ride is from a campground located at the trail head. Said campground is free of bugs and ticks, is dry, and has no late night yahoos making noise when I want to sleep. Right after a breakfast of pancakes and strong black coffee, we roll out on the sweetest single track EVER. At the end of the trail there is a Mexican restuarant with killer bean burritoes and the best green sauce ever served with ice cold beers.
.....well, YOU ASKED!
Joe, I completely agree with the sentiment, but I don't know how well the logic holds up.
If you work up a frame based on the riding you'll be doing and what you need as a rider, then someone says, "What color do you want it?" I don't think it dimishes your passion for riding if you say something other than black, white or naked Ti. (That's all meant respectfully, btw.)
G-Ted, that's a great response and nearly how my Laramie Enduro was last year. Camped out and woke up to discover they had a coffee cart at the race start serving espresso. Heaven.
Is there a mexican joint near the end of the Invitational?
i like GT's dream response. typically and urbannally someones house is always good. you can usually take care of anything you might need to take care of and a big loud group of bike dorks freeks out the neighbors. yah.
fixie ride went like this. here. campus. highlands. kawasaki. raymond. valpariso. loma. brainard. wahoo. cresco. lincoln. here. should be around 95-100. after brainard was paved because it was down to just sda and i and we were the only ones who started on fixie roads bikes. 700x30s were packing up the brakes on the dirt sections. other then that...bomb.
Snob-
Hey man, I never said I used logic! ;)
My reasoning comes down to this: I beat the hell out of my bikes. I hate to beat the hell out of beautiful things. A nicely painted frame is beautiful, therefor I would never beat it up the way I should. So, for me, it is naked ti, or black/white paint which is easy to touch up.
My $.02,
Joe
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