Fun Fridays 2019

[shrpshtr325]

agree, work is stupid, bikes are good,

we are on!

 

[Patrick]

i'll be there - and attempt to be on-time, but ya never know with rt 287.....

 

[shrpshtr325]

ill hold ya to it, one beer for every 5 min you late

(so we are clear 1 min late = 1 beer 5 min late =1 beer, 6 minlate = 2 beer)

 

[Patrick]

so the later i am, the more beer i get?

 

[shrpshtr325]

so the later i am, the more beer i get?

you polish? the later you are the more beer you owe us (thats per person in attendance who was on time)

 

[knobbyhead]

Another fun fri in the books. It was lovely until the skys opened up on the last section of the ride

 

[rick81721]

Another fun fri in the books. It was lovely until the skys opened up on the last section of the ride

So another fun mud-day ride?

 

[shrpshtr325]

So another fun mud-day ride?

only mud we encounted was water crossings . . . . whats the stick up your ass about now?

 

[rick81721]

only mud we encounted was water crossings . . . . whats the stick up your ass about now?

 

[JimN]

So another fun mud-day ride?

whats the stick up your ass about now?

Mom won't let him take the car and his local trails drain poorly.

It was lovely until the skys opened up on the last section of the ride

I assume that's why you guys just blasted down Green Pond Road at the end?

 

[shrpshtr325]

Mom won't let him take the car and his local trails drain poorly.



I assume that's why you guys just blasted down Green Pond Road at the end?

yup you correct X2 it sounds like . . .

 

[Patrick]

View from hawk watch!

 

[knobbyhead]

Mom won't let him take the car and his local trails drain poorly.

I assume that's why you guys just blasted down Green Pond Road at the end?

Which was the exact time it started pouring. Other than that the trails were good. Edit word.

 

[JimN]

Which was the exact time it started pouring. Other than that the trails were go ok d.

Yeah, most of the trails there are always good.

 

[shrpshtr325]

Yeah, most of the trails there are always good.

would you have suggested a different route? i hijacked last weeks wildcat wednesday ride which confused @Patrick since he said you guys normally go the other way out of the lot . . .
@sarcaro??

 

[JimN]

would you have suggested a different route? i hijacked last weeks wildcat wednesday ride which confused @Patrick since he said you guys normally go the other way out of the lot . . .
@sarcaro??

No, what you guys did is fine. That's a route I do very frequently, and then I either cross Green Pond after Oreland, or climb back into Wildcat and do something. One of my favorite ~2 hour loops is what you guys did and then climb Darlington and do orange to new way down to beach glen back to the car. AKA this:

https://www.strava.com/activities/2223189251

This is another great two hour loop, but with considerably more tech:

https://www.strava.com/activities/971252743

 

[shrpshtr325]

thanks, now if only strava route converter didnt suck off road :/

 

[JimN]

thanks, now if only strava route converter didnt suck off road :/

Just use this to make a gpx file:
https://mapstogpx.com/strava/

 

[shrpshtr325]

Just use this to make a gpx file:
https://mapstogpx.com/strava/

but then i cant just open the strava routes app on my garmin for navigation assistance

 

[JimN]

but then i cant just open the strava routes app on my garmin for navigation assistance

Just put the gpx on there and follow the line. If you come to a trail intersection, look at the garmin to see which way to turn. Look down once in a while to make sure you didn't miss a turn. This is literally how I learned all of the trails in North Jersey, and it's how I go on rides when I travel. Navigation assistance is unnecessary.