| Re: mocking Ride-A-Lot - girl raging Apex rock garden
"MattB" <somedudeus@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> C-40, huh? Sweet. I guess if you're going to go GRS, you may as well do it
> right! I got a Roubaix last year that I've been enjoying. Not quite as
> bling (or pink) as yours, but a nice comfortable ride and carbon fiber too
> (I like to touch it and say "ooh").
>
> That section in the photo is a semi-tough climb - I dabbed with the SS on
> it going up, my bald rear tire spun out. No problem descending and Mitch
> cleaned it on the way down too. I think he was still chatting while he
> rolled it.
> I doubt I could ride up it on my road bike but down would be no problem.
> It's a little like cobblestones, so it's still sidewalk-like, just a
> really old sidewalk.
>
> If you make it to CO like you're threatening to, I'd love to show you some
> good stuff that I think you'd enjoy. None of that silly city-boy trail
> rating has been applied to it, but I'd call some of them pretty difficult.
> It's also too cold here for homeless people, so that problem takes care of
> it's self.
>
> This an old photo you may have already seen, but it is a fun spot on one
> of the close-by trails. It gets better that this, but we are usually too
> busy having fun to take many photos.
> <http://tinyurl.com/staz3>
>
> Matt
>
That looks sweet, I'm sure it continues down a ways : ) Think I'm getting a
little tired of the pink bike. It's perdy and all, but the new stuff from
this side of the pond is very cool. I was looking at Specialized new SWorks
road bikes. Colnago better get back to the drawing board lol! Now if
Specialized would hire Colnago's airbrush guy I'd be in!
Shaun Bell
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