RR: Cold

Shawn wrote:
JD wrote:
Cold is a state of mind.

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Strange, but that RR warmed me up. Thanks!
Cold is the state of Colorado right now. Yesterday topped in the 20s in
Salida, same today. Tomorrow it's supposed to hit 13. Not that it's
cold compared to MattB's burg (berg?) over the hill.

Shawn


When I see the weather report for GJ having a high of 22 today, I feel
a little more fortunate. My guess for the temperature with wind chill
at the top of our ride Sunday was in the low 20's or upper teens. It
was freakishly cold for out here.

JD

MattB wrote:
JD wrote:
Cold is a state of mind. Having moved to California from Colorado
earlier
this year, one of the things I was looking forward to was not having to

endure cold weather. I can only remember seeing snow come out of the
skies
in the LA Basin twice in my lifetime, once in Jr High and another time
in
the mid 80's. It just doesn't get cold here. The moutains have other
ideas
though, at least attaining somewhat cold temeratures in Winter. Still,
I
doubt I'll ever be able to match the -19f I experienced XC skiing once
at
10,000ft in Colorado. When your toes go numb, it doesn't matter if
it's
-19f or 40f though.


Well, actually if it's -19 and your toes go numb you have to do
something about it or risk losing them. At 40 you'll probably be ok. You
could still get hypothermia but not frostbite.


True, I was just being mellodramatic.

Right before Bill stopped after a
rocky
turn, I had the good fortune to flip a good sized rock up into my right

shin. You know, the kind that makes a nice thud noise when it hits and

tends to leave a good strawberry and lump.


Ouch. I hate those.


When I pulled up to where Bill was and checked it out, it was already
swelling up and bleeding.

http://www.spokejunkies.com/forum/up...35_32_2807.jpg


Very nice photo!

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Yeah, it was cold, even for an expatriate Coloradan.


That humidity kicks my ass when I head back East or to a coastal area.
Definitely put more of a chill into and temperature.

Nice RR, and it sounds like Bill needs to get out on the MTB more!


If it was Sorni, I would have to agree, but it was Porter and my guess
is that he had a little bit of "riding my new bike a little fast for
conditions" syndrome going on.

JD

G.T. wrote:
JD wrote:
Jumping out of the truck, I noticed that the 37f
shown
was enhanced by the aforementioned stiff breeze out of the North.

Sounds frigid.


Without the wind, it would not have been too bad.

The surface of the trial
didn't
change much either, which was fine by me. A few stretches gave way to
stunning views to the North off of the mountain we were on. If any of
us
happened to be an acrophobic, it would not have been a good thing.

http://www.spokejunkies.com/forum/up..._32_126832.jpg

That looks awesome!


It was a nice viable substitute to the original plan for the day,
though I still want to get over to your 'hood to ride the other.

JD

JD wrote:

When I pulled up to where Bill was and checked it out, it was already
swelling up and bleeding.
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Whenever I get one of those I usually manage to whack it on my pedal
later too.

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Nice RR, and it sounds like Bill needs to get out on the MTB more!



If it was Sorni, I would have to agree, but it was Porter and my guess
is that he had a little bit of "riding my new bike a little fast for
conditions" syndrome going on.

JD


Oops, wrong Bill! Never mind then.

Matt (currently -9 here)

MattB wrote:
JD wrote:

When I pulled up to where Bill was and checked it out, it was already
swelling up and bleeding.
snip

Whenever I get one of those I usually manage to whack it on my pedal
later too.

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Nice RR, and it sounds like Bill needs to get out on the MTB more!



If it was Sorni, I would have to agree, but it was Porter and my
guess is that he had a little bit of "riding my new bike a little
fast for conditions" syndrome going on.

JD


Oops, wrong Bill! Never mind then.

Matt (currently -9 here)

Funnily enough, on my Sunday ride I got one of those "hopping shin busters"
(large flying rock) literally within the first minute of pedaling. DAMN, it
hurt! I've never quite figured out why they pack such a wallop...

I was never (ahem) /invited/ on that other ride.

Bill "at least I didn't bash a pedal on the bruised shin -- prolly because
no hike-a-bike sections" S.

(Hi 60's here today; 30's at night cuz clear.)

:

Matt (currently -9 here)

about 6 here.

brrrrrr.

"Bill Sornson"

I was never (ahem) /invited/ on that other ride.

Bill "at least I didn't bash a pedal on the bruised shin -- prolly because
no hike-a-bike sections" S.

(Hi 60's here today; 30's at night cuz clear.)
Yes you were, first name on the email JD sent out (unless he changed
locations). You've also been invited on rides the 17th and 18th.......gonna
show?

Gary (having trouble finding a campground near those rides) Williams

GeeDubb wrote:
"Bill Sornson"

I was never (ahem) /invited/ on that other ride.

Yes you were, first name on the email JD sent out (unless he changed
locations).

Oh, THAT was the ride. (I never saw any replies and had no idea anyone from
down this way was going.)

You've also been invited on rides the 17th and
18th.......gonna show?

Possibly the 18th if I can talk Miles into it. (Last time we did that ride,
Miles declared he was through with mountain biking! LOL)

Bill "love the two-mile sandy wash (all uphill)" S.

Bill Sornson wrote:
GeeDubb wrote:
"Bill Sornson"

I was never (ahem) /invited/ on that other ride.

Yes you were, first name on the email JD sent out (unless he changed
locations).

Oh, THAT was the ride. (I never saw any replies and had no idea anyone from
down this way was going.)


It was originally going to be in Greg's hood, but the venue got changed
up when he had to bail. If you had shown interest, you would have been
in the loop on the change.

You've also been invited on rides the 17th and
18th.......gonna show?

Possibly the 18th if I can talk Miles into it. (Last time we did that ride,
Miles declared he was through with mountain biking! LOL)


The rides for that weekend have been flip-flopped, the out and back is
now Sunday and the point to point is Saturday.

JD