Colorado Springs or Fort Collins CO? - Page 2

01-04-2007, 05:32 AM

Craig Brossman wrote:
> xxx wrote:
>> On Wed, 03 Jan 2007 19:03:34 GMT, "cufliflox" <vervix@microsoft.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I have to relocate. Which city has better scenery? Colorado Springs
>>> has easier access to Gunnison, Crested Butte, and Fort Collins is a
>>> lot closer to Rocky Mountain National Park. Also heard about
>>> outlying areas such as Woodland Park. Which city is more fun as a base?
>>
>> imho,
>>
>> Colorado Springs is very populated. The congested roads leads towards
>> people running reds, and hitting each other. Because of this some
>> people can't aford car insurance, so many uninsured/unlicensed drivers
>> are on the roads. Also the Olympic Training center is there, the
>> locals hate bike riding groups taking up two lanes, so it happens to
>> be a local sport to run down a rider, or two, and get away with it.

>>
>> Careful, with what you base your relocation on, you have to live with
>> it later.
>> Just my option,
>>
>> xxx
>
> It seems to me that there should be one name for the city that is
> Colorado Springs-Denver-Boulder-Longmont-Fort Collins-...
>
You forgot Trinidad, Walsenburg and Pueblo to the south and Cheyenne to
the north.

Shawn

01-04-2007, 05:43 AM

cufliflox wrote:
> I have to relocate. Which city has better scenery? Colorado Springs has
> easier access to Gunnison, Crested Butte, and Fort Collins is a lot closer
> to Rocky Mountain National Park. Also heard about outlying areas such as
> Woodland Park. Which city is more fun as a base?
>
>
I lived in the Springs for six years and graduated from high school
there. It fell off the map for me about 15 years ago. What a freak
zone. About a third of the population there is a serious blight on
Colorado in general. :-p
WRT riding, it used to be good for road. It has really sprawled *a lot*
since I left, probably still OK in the grand scheme of things though. I
didn't see my second mountain bike until after I left ('81), so I can't
comment there.
We seriously considered Ft. Collins when we moved back to the Front
Range. Nice place. I've ridden near Horsetooth Reservoir before. Good
Front Range mountain Biking IIRC. (settled in Louisville for job reasons).

Shawn

01-04-2007, 06:33 AM

Craig Brossman wrote:
> MattB wrote:
>
>> Craig Brossman wrote:
>>
>>> xxx wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Wed, 03 Jan 2007 19:03:34 GMT, "cufliflox" <vervix@microsoft.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I have to relocate. Which city has better scenery? Colorado
>>>>> Springs has easier access to Gunnison, Crested Butte, and Fort
>>>>> Collins is a lot closer to Rocky Mountain National Park. Also
>>>>> heard about outlying areas such as Woodland Park. Which city is
>>>>> more fun as a base?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> imho,
>>>>
>>>> Colorado Springs is very populated. The congested roads leads towards
>>>> people running reds, and hitting each other. Because of this some
>>>> people can't aford car insurance, so many uninsured/unlicensed drivers
>>>> are on the roads. Also the Olympic Training center is there, the
>>>> locals hate bike riding groups taking up two lanes, so it happens to
>>>> be a local sport to run down a rider, or two, and get away with it.

>>>>
>>>> Careful, with what you base your relocation on, you have to live with
>>>> it later. Just my option,
>>>>
>>>> xxx
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> It seems to me that there should be one name for the city that is
>>> Colorado Springs-Denver-Boulder-Longmont-Fort Collins-...
>>>
>>
>> Front Range?
>>
>> Matt (hi Craig!)
>
>
> Good Point (Hey Matt, go snow?)
>

We have some snow, but it's not like last year. I did a moonlight ski
last night which was really nice butt there was a bare spot or two in
the track. Very nice night, temps in the teens, and the surface hoar was
_really_ reflecting the moonlight.

I'm hoping to head to Silverton for some skiing next week if this storm
comes through. If not I might head West and actually do a little riding.

Matt

01-04-2007, 09:20 AM

CowPunk wrote:
>
> Oh yeah, if you're moving from out of state, there's a shortage of hot
> women here in Colorado.

Either Colorado Springs is particularly desultory these days, or you
have really bizarre taste in women. Colorado in general is packed with
buff, outdoorsey goddesses. Try Durango or Boulder, for example.

CC

01-04-2007, 09:37 AM

Corvus Corvax wrote:
> CowPunk wrote:
>> Oh yeah, if you're moving from out of state, there's a shortage of hot
>> women here in Colorado.
>
> Either Colorado Springs is particularly desultory these days, or you
> have really bizarre taste in women. Colorado in general is packed with
> buff, outdoorsey goddesses. Try Durango or Boulder, for example.
>
> CC
>

He's blind.

I have my tongue taped to the inside of my mouth to keep it from falling
out. I ride with some very good looking and available females.

Disclaimer for Penny: I'm not interested. Really.

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01-04-2007, 03:07 PM

Corvus Corvax wrote:
> CowPunk wrote:
>> Oh yeah, if you're moving from out of state, there's a shortage of hot
>> women here in Colorado.
>
> Either Colorado Springs is particularly desultory these days, or you
> have really bizarre taste in women. Colorado in general is packed with
> buff, outdoorsey goddesses. Try Durango or Boulder, for example.

It's a Colorado Springs thing.

Shawn
Loving Boulder County :-)

01-04-2007, 03:15 PM

"CowPunk" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
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> Oh yeah, if you're moving from out of state, there's a shortage of hot
> women here in Colorado. Don't be surprised by the lack of hotties.
> You might want to bring your own.

How can they be very hot when standing in 4' of snow? :<)

01-04-2007, 07:49 PM

> I have my tongue taped to the inside of my mouth to keep it from falling
> out. I ride with some very good looking and available females.

My impression is that there is a ratio of maybe 1 hottie : 6 guys in
Colorado.
Compared to say Dallas where you might see it closer to 1 hottie : 3
guys.
Other cities with lots of hot women are Austin, Atlanta, Nashville,
Boston.

You definitely don't want to live in a ski town if you're trying to
meet chicks.
The ratio there is like 1:50.

I've lived in Boulder, only for 6 months thank god.
Boulder is one of those hellhole places that everyone from out of
state thinks is THE place to live. But once you've actually lived
there you
realize how lame it really is. Yeah, there's some great road riding
close by, but
for MTB you gotta drive. Most of the open space parks are closed to
MTB's.
And sorry, I like women who don't smoke, and shave their armpits,
that's a
rare combination in Boulder.

Although, I remember a job inteview in Boulder, and the hottie I
interviewed
with wore a tight black sweater to show off her boob job. I'm sure she
did
it on purpose because of my sexy phone voice. Yes they were REALLY
nice. She could have been the poster girl for Hooters. I couldn't
stop staring
the whole interview. Needles to say I didn't get the job. It was
worth it though.

Also, just b/c a chick slings her leg over a TT doesn't mean she's hot.
Chances are she's a lesbian, or bi, on second thought, that is hot...
OK
A chick ON a bike is hot, or sexy. But whether or not the chick
herself
is hot is debatable.

01-04-2007, 08:02 PM

CowPunk wrote:
>
> My impression is that there is a ratio of maybe 1 hottie : 6 guys in
> Colorado. Compared to say Dallas where you might see it closer to 1 hottie : 3
> guys. Other cities with lots of hot women are Austin, Atlanta, Nashville,
> Boston.

Ah, ok. I get it now. Sorry I bothered, and I hope the therapy goes
well.

CC

01-04-2007, 08:07 PM

CowPunk wrote:
>> I have my tongue taped to the inside of my mouth to keep it from falling
>> out. I ride with some very good looking and available females.
>
> My impression is that there is a ratio of maybe 1 hottie : 6 guys in
> Colorado.
> Compared to say Dallas where you might see it closer to 1 hottie : 3
> guys.
> Other cities with lots of hot women are Austin, Atlanta, Nashville,
> Boston.

And Houston. Holy crap! Don't forget Houston.

The ratio doesn't bother me at all but I have to tell you I get into
conversations with divorcees all the time even though I wear my ring all
the time. Even the 35+ year olds are not bad around here.

You need to get out more.

>
> You definitely don't want to live in a ski town if you're trying to
> meet chicks.
> The ratio there is like 1:50.

I'll do a count at Keystone on Saturday.

>
> I've lived in Boulder, only for 6 months thank god.
> Boulder is one of those hellhole places that everyone from out of
> state thinks is THE place to live. But once you've actually lived
> there you
> realize how lame it really is. Yeah, there's some great road riding
> close by, but
> for MTB you gotta drive. Most of the open space parks are closed to
> MTB's.
> And sorry, I like women who don't smoke, and shave their armpits,
> that's a
> rare combination in Boulder.

Hippie chicks? Yuck!

>
> Although, I remember a job inteview in Boulder, and the hottie I
> interviewed
> with wore a tight black sweater to show off her boob job. I'm sure she
> did
> it on purpose because of my sexy phone voice. Yes they were REALLY
> nice. She could have been the poster girl for Hooters. I couldn't
> stop staring
> the whole interview. Needles to say I didn't get the job. It was
> worth it though.

She probably noticed where your eyes were focused.

>
> Also, just b/c a chick slings her leg over a TT doesn't mean she's hot.
> Chances are she's a lesbian, or bi, on second thought, that is hot...
> OK
> A chick ON a bike is hot, or sexy. But whether or not the chick
> herself
> is hot is debatable.

Hmmm... I don't know. She would more than likely be fit and I have
this weird thing for sweaty chicks, especially when I am the same way.

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