Things that make you frown :(
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rick81721
Lothar
Bear will eat them for lunch
This guy is the biggest gator I've ever seen and it's in the carlton reserve - pic from June:
Cassinonorth
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Well it's in Florida so I'm inclined to agree.
A Potted Plant
Honorary Sod
my name being changed 
my name being changed
that was a great run tho.
This was probably just a blanket statement to mean that all of Florida is basically Hell.
my name being changed
No.
Fat Trout
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No state income taxes, sunny weather, women in bikinis. Definitely hell.
rick81721
Lothar
Haha I get what they were saying - wouldn't want to spend a night in there during rainy season. But those 60 miles of singletrack when it's dry are awesome.
Fat Trout
Well-Known Member
Except for the crazy spiders of course š
Cassinonorth
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Florida is the only state that doesn't ban bikinis. TIL.
Even Hell has a few things going for it, and I didn't say it isn't a nice place to visit
iman29
Well-Known Member
Warning rant:
Decided last minute today I didnāt want to deal with riding the road for 4+ hours of swirling winds and instead hopped on the gravel bike for an end to end ride of the Columbia Trail. Figured 7:15 was early enough to avoid most of the idiots. Boy was I wrong. I had to deal with :
- Groups of beach cruiser riders stopping in the middle of both sides of the trail even when I politely called out passing please 3x from over 200 feet away.
- the NYU cross country running team seems to have packed into a bus and used the High bridge lot as a base because on my way out there were 3 groups of testosterone fueled teenagers running in a pack and barely left me enough room to pass.
- multiple non helmet wearing riders riding
The opposite side of the trail towards me
In my lane and not bothering to yield until I said MOVE.
And the worst was the DB with his 2 dogs OFF THE LEASH near Highbridge that I called out passing please 3x before I realized he didnāt have them on a leash. I rolled past him and kinda not politely
Called out they are supposed to be on a leash to which he replied No they donāt have to be. WTF ?!! Thereās only
Like 50 signs that say All Dogs must be on a Leash. If there werenāt some little kids and a family around I might have stopped to show him the trailhead sign but you canāt fix stupid.
At least today I didnāt get stung by any bees and got my 50 miles in.
Rant over. Maybe.
Decided last minute today I didnāt want to deal with riding the road for 4+ hours of swirling winds and instead hopped on the gravel bike for an end to end ride of the Columbia Trail. Figured 7:15 was early enough to avoid most of the idiots. Boy was I wrong. I had to deal with :
- Groups of beach cruiser riders stopping in the middle of both sides of the trail even when I politely called out passing please 3x from over 200 feet away.
- the NYU cross country running team seems to have packed into a bus and used the High bridge lot as a base because on my way out there were 3 groups of testosterone fueled teenagers running in a pack and barely left me enough room to pass.
- multiple non helmet wearing riders riding
The opposite side of the trail towards me
In my lane and not bothering to yield until I said MOVE.
And the worst was the DB with his 2 dogs OFF THE LEASH near Highbridge that I called out passing please 3x before I realized he didnāt have them on a leash. I rolled past him and kinda not politely
Called out they are supposed to be on a leash to which he replied No they donāt have to be. WTF ?!! Thereās only
Like 50 signs that say All Dogs must be on a Leash. If there werenāt some little kids and a family around I might have stopped to show him the trailhead sign but you canāt fix stupid.
At least today I didnāt get stung by any bees and got my 50 miles in.
Rant over. Maybe.
TheGerd
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Broke out this bike to do a Henry Hudson trail, brew-tour. Half way through I heard a creek and the bars were loose. Gingerly made it back, without it giving away totally. Anybody have a spare front clamp for this Ringleā stem. I hadnāt ridden that Diamond Back since the early 90ās.
serviceguy
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You're going to do a lot of frowning...
Strix
Well-Known Member
š yes I have been.
Wow, heal up quickly.
That's a blow but follow the course, you'll be back before you know it.
I crashed hard again on labor day. Finally went to the Dr. On Monday because ribs were getting worse. Catscan revealed fracture to the 4th-6th which also explained the sternum displacement.
Was on the verge of Pneumonia, which between that and fluid around fracture was the cause of the extreme pain. Moral of the story don't wait over 3 weeks to see the doctor š¤£