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MattB
Guest
Corvus Corvax wrote:
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>
> I stop the bike in the small crowd at the Aid Station, and guzzle
> Gatorade. A bunch of the Dirt Rag crew are there, Maurice Tierney and
> Thanita Adams and a few other people. They are drinking beer and
> smoking cigarettes. Beer and smokes in the feed zone. I love it. The
> smell of the cigarettes is marvelous, and I feel an intense craving. I
> drink more Gatorade. I linger too long. I don't want to get back on the
> bike. Suddenly, from behind, comes a cheerful cry: "Yo, Corvus!"
>
> It's J.
>
> My jaw drops.
>
> "Come take a look at this!" she announces proudly. She draws a small
> crowd, bent over her rear wheel. She has done a McGuyver on her
> tensioner:
>
> http://gallery.mtbr.com/data/mtbr/500/255709/McGuyver.jpg
>
Wow! I'm impressed. But get her a bike with track ends for the love of
god! She deserves it!
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> It has been about four and a half hours. We ride the last mile of the
> course together.
>
>
> After that, we go out and get stinking wasted.
>
>
> CC
>
Beautiful. Good job to you both.
Matt (I think the cig smell might have made me barf)
<snip>
>
> I stop the bike in the small crowd at the Aid Station, and guzzle
> Gatorade. A bunch of the Dirt Rag crew are there, Maurice Tierney and
> Thanita Adams and a few other people. They are drinking beer and
> smoking cigarettes. Beer and smokes in the feed zone. I love it. The
> smell of the cigarettes is marvelous, and I feel an intense craving. I
> drink more Gatorade. I linger too long. I don't want to get back on the
> bike. Suddenly, from behind, comes a cheerful cry: "Yo, Corvus!"
>
> It's J.
>
> My jaw drops.
>
> "Come take a look at this!" she announces proudly. She draws a small
> crowd, bent over her rear wheel. She has done a McGuyver on her
> tensioner:
>
> http://gallery.mtbr.com/data/mtbr/500/255709/McGuyver.jpg
>
Wow! I'm impressed. But get her a bike with track ends for the love of
god! She deserves it!
<snip>
> It has been about four and a half hours. We ride the last mile of the
> course together.
>
>
> After that, we go out and get stinking wasted.
>
>
> CC
>
Beautiful. Good job to you both.
Matt (I think the cig smell might have made me barf)