Forum: Mountain Biking
December 7th 09, 08:29 PM Posted to alt.mountain-bike,rec.bicycles.misc
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Replies: 4
Views: 418
Hipsters Discussing Cyclocross
On Dec 4, 12:38*am, "Bill Sornson" wrote:
From my friend Simon, the penultimate hipster:
Also: Your friend Simon is the "penultimate" hipster? You mean he's
the second to last...
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Forum: General
December 7th 09, 08:29 PM Posted to alt.mountain-bike,rec.bicycles.misc
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Replies: 4
Views: 501
Hipsters Discussing Cyclocross
On Dec 4, 12:38*am, "Bill Sornson" wrote:
From my friend Simon, the penultimate hipster:
Also: Your friend Simon is the "penultimate" hipster? You mean he's
the second to last...
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Forum: Mountain Biking
December 7th 09, 08:26 PM Posted to alt.mountain-bike,rec.bicycles.misc
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Replies: 4
Views: 418
Hipsters Discussing Cyclocross
On Dec 4, 12:38*am, "Bill Sornson" wrote:
From my friend Simon, the penultimate hipster:
http://www.xtranormal.com:80/watch/5684963/
Too funny.
As a matter of fact, I have...
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Forum: General
December 7th 09, 08:26 PM Posted to alt.mountain-bike,rec.bicycles.misc
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Replies: 4
Views: 501
Hipsters Discussing Cyclocross
On Dec 4, 12:38*am, "Bill Sornson" wrote:
From my friend Simon, the penultimate hipster:
http://www.xtranormal.com:80/watch/5684963/
Too funny.
As a matter of fact, I have...
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Forum: Mountain Biking
February 10th 09, 06:12 PM Posted to alt.mountain-bike,rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,176
GPS communication & locator device
On Feb 9, 3:37*pm, Anthony DeLorenzo
wrote:
I'm not sure where you're getting your information about tree cover...
From reviews like this one, which reports 21%...
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Forum: Techniques
February 10th 09, 06:12 PM Posted to alt.mountain-bike,rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 6
Views: 377
GPS communication & locator device
On Feb 9, 3:37*pm, Anthony DeLorenzo
wrote:
I'm not sure where you're getting your information about tree cover...
From reviews like this one, which reports 21%...
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Forum: Techniques
February 8th 09, 12:39 AM Posted to alt.mountain-bike,rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 6
Views: 377
GPS communication & locator device
On Feb 6, 7:30*pm, Anthony DeLorenzo
wrote:
For example, if I were deep in the bush with a major mechanical, I
would not want to risk having SAR called out to...
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Forum: Mountain Biking
February 8th 09, 12:39 AM Posted to alt.mountain-bike,rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,176
GPS communication & locator device
On Feb 6, 7:30*pm, Anthony DeLorenzo
wrote:
For example, if I were deep in the bush with a major mechanical, I
would not want to risk having SAR called out to...
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Forum: Techniques
February 5th 09, 06:57 PM Posted to alt.mountain-bike,rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 6
Views: 377
GPS communication & locator device
On Jan 30, 2:48*pm, " wrote:
Key Features:
With the SPOT Satellite Messenger, you and your loved ones have peace
of mind knowing help is always within...
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Forum: Mountain Biking
February 5th 09, 06:57 PM Posted to alt.mountain-bike,rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,176
GPS communication & locator device
On Jan 30, 2:48*pm, " wrote:
Key Features:
With the SPOT Satellite Messenger, you and your loved ones have peace
of mind knowing help is always within...
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Forum: Mountain Biking
July 1st 08, 08:45 PM Posted to alt.mountain-bike
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,429
RR: Colorado Trail (Part 4)
On Jul 1, 1:42*pm, Bill Sornson wrote:
Thanks, Matt. *I was VERY fortunate, really -- helmet cracked in
numerous places, plus even my sunglass frame was scraped all to hell
...
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Forum: Mountain Biking
July 1st 08, 12:33 PM Posted to alt.mountain-bike
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,429
RR: Colorado Trail (Part 4)
On Jun 30, 7:46 pm, Bill Sornson wrote:
My ISP dropped Usenet access a week ago, and reading via Google Groups
is not only boring but frustrating (can't tell who wrote what),...
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Forum: Mountain Biking
July 1st 08, 12:19 PM Posted to alt.mountain-bike
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,062
RR: Colorado Trail (Part 5)
Days 6 and 7: Continental Divide
I pitch my tent on Kenosha Pass. I have gotten pretty well acclimated
to 7,000 feet, but at 10,000 I am winded by the smallest activity. My
legs are totally shot,...
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Forum: Mountain Biking
June 30th 08, 11:53 AM Posted to alt.mountain-bike
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,429
RR: Colorado Trail (Part 4)
Days 4 and 5: South Park
One thing about bike touring is that it arouses sympathy in just about
everybody you meet. The road to Goose Creek is navigable by car, and
there are a few other campers at...
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Forum: Mountain Biking
June 29th 08, 06:10 PM Posted to alt.mountain-bike
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,254
RR: Colorado Trail (Part 3)
Day 3: A bivouac in Hell
The Hayman fire in 2002 was the largest fire in Colorado history,
burning 140,000 acres of forest and destroying 133 homes. I have been
in old burn zones many times before,...
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Forum: Mountain Biking
June 28th 08, 05:22 PM Posted to alt.mountain-bike
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Replies: 0
Views: 1,296
RR: Colorado Trail (Part 2)
Day 2: Luck
There is a scene in the old Clint Eastwood movie "The Eiger Sanction",
when the climb has gone totally to hell, death is in the air, and
Clint looks at a fellow climber and says: "We'll...
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Forum: Mountain Biking
June 28th 08, 02:47 AM Posted to alt.mountain-bike
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Replies: 0
Views: 1,268
RR: Colorado Trail (Part 1)
"We all make powerful models of the future. The world we imagine seems
as real as the one we've experienced. We suffuse the model with the
emotional values of past realities. And in the thrall of...
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Forum: Mountain Biking
May 1st 08, 03:43 PM Posted to alt.mountain-bike
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,072
Where'd everybody go?
On Apr 29, 6:29*pm, MattB wrote:
Sadly, as a group we couldn't ignore the trolls. A few old timers are
still here but it seems many have moved on.
Spokejunkies has a...
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Forum: Mountain Biking
April 7th 08, 12:00 AM Posted to alt.mountain-bike
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Replies: 3
Views: 415
Q for the Colorado Folks
On the off chance that any of the Colorado contingent is still
checking in around he
I'm going to be in Boulder in early June, and it looks like I'll have
a free week to kick around on the bike...
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Forum: Mountain Biking
April 2nd 08, 03:03 AM Posted to alt.mountain-bike
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Replies: 2
Views: 663
RR: Phoenix
On Mar 30, 11:52 pm, wrote:
http://www.spokejunkies.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=7223
JD
Nice.
CC
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Forum: Social Issues
February 14th 08, 06:48 PM Posted to alt.mountain-bike,rec.bicycles.soc,rec.backcountry,ca.environment,sci.environment
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,579
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Forum: Mountain Biking
February 14th 08, 06:48 PM Posted to alt.mountain-bike,rec.bicycles.soc,rec.backcountry,ca.environment,sci.environment
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,100
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Forum: Social Issues
February 13th 08, 01:43 AM Posted to alt.mountain-bike, rec.bicycles.soc, rec.backcountry,ca.environment, sci.environment
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,579
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Forum: Mountain Biking
February 13th 08, 01:43 AM Posted to alt.mountain-bike, rec.bicycles.soc, rec.backcountry,ca.environment, sci.environment
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,100
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Forum: Mountain Biking
February 13th 08, 12:20 AM Posted to alt.mountain-bike
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Replies: 8
Views: 598
Hey CC, cold enough for ya?
On Feb 12, 4:40 pm, Scott Gordo wrote:
I don't think that I can comprehend -40.
I saw temperatures like that a few times when I lived in Montana, with
wind chills below...
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