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Paladin
Guest
The Tuesday Night Barney Rides are quite the institution now. We've
even been written up in the newspaper, and have been mentioned in
other riding forums. These please everyone all the time rides were
originally intended to introduce new riders to mountainbiking. Just
call me Father Goose.
But my buddies and better riders and other friends show up, too, (even
the pro team of Flip and Barbie, just for the laughs and social time)
so we can split the ride up and add hard sections for the better
riders, and keep it clean and easy for the newbs.
We welcomed 4 first timers tonight. One brave new female (her first
time on dirt!), and 3 guys. Add our 4 or 5 ole boring regulars, and we
had quite the gaggle.
Clear as a bell, 80degrees, and the conditions were perfect. Recent
rains left the trails just slightly tacky and kept the dust down.
I led for a couple miles on the singlespeed, then at an intersection
we played leap frog and I took sweep. I felt strong, having worked
myself hard at rosstraining.com, and the newbs did great. Musta been
sandbagging on other rides or something.
Lots of idiots out without helmets and shirts. One particularly
ironic moment was this arrogant young male appendage that passed our
group with not so much as a word or courtesy, not wearing a helmet,
and we found him stacked up just 50 yards ahead. I tried to reason
with the young gentelman regarding his lack of a helmet, but he was
not about to listen to me, an old Coot.
To make a story of a great ride short, we all made it back to the
park, and by the time the final stragglers came in, I had the babyq
going and hotdogs, hamburgers, chips, salsa and beer for all.
By the end, we had a few hotdogs left over so we offered them to some
homeless dudes resting their overworked bones in the park. I
sauntered up, and enthusiastically greeted them, "Good Evening,
Gentlemen Campers! Would you like some hotdogs?!" They graciously
accepted and blessed us sincerely.
I love summer. What a dandy time.
CDB
King of the Barneys
even been written up in the newspaper, and have been mentioned in
other riding forums. These please everyone all the time rides were
originally intended to introduce new riders to mountainbiking. Just
call me Father Goose.
But my buddies and better riders and other friends show up, too, (even
the pro team of Flip and Barbie, just for the laughs and social time)
so we can split the ride up and add hard sections for the better
riders, and keep it clean and easy for the newbs.
We welcomed 4 first timers tonight. One brave new female (her first
time on dirt!), and 3 guys. Add our 4 or 5 ole boring regulars, and we
had quite the gaggle.
Clear as a bell, 80degrees, and the conditions were perfect. Recent
rains left the trails just slightly tacky and kept the dust down.
I led for a couple miles on the singlespeed, then at an intersection
we played leap frog and I took sweep. I felt strong, having worked
myself hard at rosstraining.com, and the newbs did great. Musta been
sandbagging on other rides or something.
Lots of idiots out without helmets and shirts. One particularly
ironic moment was this arrogant young male appendage that passed our
group with not so much as a word or courtesy, not wearing a helmet,
and we found him stacked up just 50 yards ahead. I tried to reason
with the young gentelman regarding his lack of a helmet, but he was
not about to listen to me, an old Coot.
To make a story of a great ride short, we all made it back to the
park, and by the time the final stragglers came in, I had the babyq
going and hotdogs, hamburgers, chips, salsa and beer for all.
By the end, we had a few hotdogs left over so we offered them to some
homeless dudes resting their overworked bones in the park. I
sauntered up, and enthusiastically greeted them, "Good Evening,
Gentlemen Campers! Would you like some hotdogs?!" They graciously
accepted and blessed us sincerely.
I love summer. What a dandy time.
CDB
King of the Barneys
