Thanksgiving weekend ride pix

I finally got around to downloading my camera and editing some pictures I
took on a couple of rides I and others did on Thanksgiving weekend.

http://xpupload.hpphoto.com/servlet/...wp=guestwelcom
e.html&RefreshRandom=0.537882742000342

Some friends wanted to start an annual T-day ride and 12 people showed up
for the inaugural event. They ranged in age from 13 to late 50's (I'm
guessing),one rider from South Africa(riding a 34+ lb. Santa Cruz) and one
from Colombia (one of two ss guys).

This was an out an back trip on Trail 100 in Phoenix, Arizona from Dreamy
Draw Park to the base of Shaw Butte where we had hot chocolate, donuts and
muffins waiting. Since I live at the base of the Butte I had ridden to DDP
(42°F in route, that's chilly to us here in the desert) to meet with
everyone else and road back to the Butte with the group. I didn't make the
return trip to DDP. It took me 40 minutes to ride the near 7 miles there
alone and it took nearly 1-1/2 hours to ride back so I had plenty of time to
take photos.
We had quite a diverse group of riders.

The second ride was in the Pima and Dynamite area in North Scottsdale,
Arizona. I hadn't been out there in some time and was surprised to see all
of the trails marked and numbered. There was some talk about losing this
area to ride in but I think the state and riding groups have put a lot of
effort into keeping this an open area w/o housing.

Five riders (and one dog) showed up for this ride. The dog was like the
energizer bunny for about 11 miles then she started running down and
continued the remainder of the ride backpacked. We had three flats and one
broken chain (mine) and had one of the best rides I've been on in some time.
We did about 22 miles of single track, never hitting the same trail except
for the last 1/2 mile stretch. We even found a new stretch of trail that
only a few people had ridden.

The only drawback to riding this area is that many of the trails are open to
motorcycles and some to four wheelers. Most of them are courteous but there
are always a few that give the others a bad reputation for dusting out the
bicyclists when they ride by.

Gary

damnit, here's the correct link

http://xpupload.hpphoto.com/servlet/...or d=24823070

GeeDubb wrote:
I finally got around to downloading my camera and editing some
pictures I took on a couple of rides I and others did on Thanksgiving
weekend.


http://xpupload.hpphoto.com/servlet/...wp=guestwelcom
e.html&RefreshRandom=0.537882742000342

Some friends wanted to start an annual T-day ride and 12 people
showed up for the inaugural event. They ranged in age from 13 to
late 50's (I'm guessing),one rider from South Africa(riding a 34+ lb.
Santa Cruz) and one from Colombia (one of two ss guys).

This was an out an back trip on Trail 100 in Phoenix, Arizona from
Dreamy Draw Park to the base of Shaw Butte where we had hot
chocolate, donuts and muffins waiting. Since I live at the base of
the Butte I had ridden to DDP (42°F in route, that's chilly to us
here in the desert) to meet with everyone else and road back to the
Butte with the group. I didn't make the return trip to DDP. It took
me 40 minutes to ride the near 7 miles there alone and it took nearly
1-1/2 hours to ride back so I had plenty of time to take photos.
We had quite a diverse group of riders.

The second ride was in the Pima and Dynamite area in North Scottsdale,
Arizona. I hadn't been out there in some time and was surprised to
see all of the trails marked and numbered. There was some talk about
losing this area to ride in but I think the state and riding groups
have put a lot of effort into keeping this an open area w/o housing.

Five riders (and one dog) showed up for this ride. The dog was like
the energizer bunny for about 11 miles then she started running down
and continued the remainder of the ride backpacked. We had three
flats and one broken chain (mine) and had one of the best rides I've
been on in some time. We did about 22 miles of single track, never
hitting the same trail except for the last 1/2 mile stretch. We even
found a new stretch of trail that only a few people had ridden.

The only drawback to riding this area is that many of the trails are
open to motorcycles and some to four wheelers. Most of them are
courteous but there are always a few that give the others a bad
reputation for dusting out the bicyclists when they ride by.

Gary

On Tue, 9 Dec 2003 11:57:36 -0700, GeeDubb wrote:
damnit, here's the correct link

http://xpupload.hpphoto.com/servlet/...or d=24823070

Yeah, that works much better. Plus now I have a username and password so I
know where I can mix some porn in there to keep it interesting (just
kidding).

Looks like fun! A lot more fun than I had on T-day.

--
-BB-
To reply to me, drop the attitude (from my e-mail address, at least)

BB wrote:
On Tue, 9 Dec 2003 11:57:36 -0700, GeeDubb wrote:
damnit, here's the correct link


http://xpupload.hpphoto.com/servlet/...or d=24823070

Yeah, that works much better. Plus now I have a username and password
so I know where I can mix some porn in there to keep it interesting
(just kidding).

Looks like fun! A lot more fun than I had on T-day.

Make sure it's the kind of porn I like g.

It's a free photo posting site so I use it. The only way I can post the
link here is to first send the link to myself then copy and paste to the
message I send. I first tried copying the link from the site but of
course that failed.

I don't mind taking the pix but I wish someone else would bring their camera
next time (;-{}

I missed a ride this past Saturday in the Sedona area of Arizona. Missed
photographing two guys who chose to fight with prickly pear cacti (at
different times on the ride) . They lost the fight. From what I
understand one of them fell into a very large plant. Could have been
worse....cholla.

Gary

Nice pics.
Do you guys, by any chance, have a thing for Fox Forks? ;-)
--
Westie
(Replace 'invalid' with 'yahoo' when replying.)

Westie wrote:
Nice pics.
Do you guys, by any chance, have a thing for Fox Forks? ;-)

Well if someone had taken a picture of me and my bike you would have seen
the Bomberhood. But I guess I do have a boingy Fox on the back. After
riding my friends Blur with the Fox Fork I think I'd change if I had the
money....sshhhwwweeeettt.

Gary