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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 10, 2013 - 01:20pm PT
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Feb 10, 2013 - 01:20pm PT
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Feb 10, 2013 - 01:21pm PT
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Feb 10, 2013 - 01:55pm PT
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The Larry
climber
Moab, UT
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Feb 10, 2013 - 02:07pm PT
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Feb 10, 2013 - 03:57pm PT
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C'mon Guido, don't be such a tease. Is that Ghastly Rubberfat, or who?
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Feb 10, 2013 - 04:06pm PT
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Broke my sternum, two ribs, my tailbone, and gave myself a concussion. Nothing like camping in a beautiful place, only to be up all night puking. My sternum painfully cracked for two years after that whenever I took a deep breath.
Good times.
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Fletcher
Trad climber
The great state of advaita
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Feb 10, 2013 - 04:43pm PT
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The Norge/Mr. Sven bike chute image is impressive but looks like it may be photoshopped.
Eric
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zBrown
Ice climber
chingadero de chula vista
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Feb 10, 2013 - 06:19pm PT
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I can't find any evidence that anyone rides down the one in the photo above, however
[Click to View YouTube Video]
also
You can take a run down the mountain year-round for about $20.
In summer, they use a sled with wheels, which isn't as fast as those which run on ice
but still gets up to a speed
of about 65 mph. and can pull 2.5 G in the corners
(on ice, they pull 4.5 G!).
I took a ride and was blown away; the turning velocity of the wheel-bob
makes motorcycle roadracing seem
tame, especially when it goes nearly upside-down through the banked turns.
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Tobia
Social climber
Denial
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Feb 10, 2013 - 06:30pm PT
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Fletcher, I see it all the time on the What Song thread.
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Feb 10, 2013 - 10:35pm PT
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 10, 2013 - 10:59pm PT
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Captain Rubberfat to you Reilly Sir.
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hairyapeman
Trad climber
Fres-yes
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Feb 10, 2013 - 11:03pm PT
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Feb 11, 2013 - 04:53pm PT
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dirt claud
Social climber
san diego,ca
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Feb 13, 2013 - 02:47pm PT
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Went to the San Diego Rairoad Museum this last weekend and spotted these guys.
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SCseagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz
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Feb 13, 2013 - 02:54pm PT
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Close call of hypothermia to all's good!
Susan
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hillrat
Trad climber
reno, nv
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Feb 13, 2013 - 03:36pm PT
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SCseagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz
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Feb 14, 2013 - 04:57pm PT
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Usually running, biking today.
Susan
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Feb 14, 2013 - 06:16pm PT
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I'm gonna cry. That picture of your bike makes me think of my Bianchi -- stolen two months ago after six years of daily use.
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SCseagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz
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Feb 14, 2013 - 06:30pm PT
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I'm gonna cry. That picture of your bike makes me think of my Bianchi -- stolen two months ago after six years of daily use
Oh Ghost, I am so sorry. This is a very special bike to me and I worry about it being stolen all the time. It was hand made at the Bianchi factory in Italy to fit me. It has a "handmade medallion" and signature on it which I worry is like a spotlight to "notice me". However I did eventually swap out the stem when I didn't want to ride in such an aggressive posture. I also cannot swap out the front cluster for 3 chainring which I'd really like to have a better climbing ratio. Ravages of age!
Susan
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