Things that make you smile :)

[iman29]

After driving home for 50 minutes with white knuckles and death grip on 78/287 I pulled into the driveway and saw this.

Another view from the red light 15 minutes later on the way to pickup my son from work

The last two pics are a better one from a few weeks ago.

It seems whenever it rains the storms slide from west to east by my house and then as the sun sets we are nearly guaranteed to see this every time.

Pics don’t show well how bright it was for both times.

 

[johnbryanpeters]

Riding with friends in Brevard, NC area this week. DuPont State Forest today and downtown Brevard yesterday!

@Santapez
@Mare
@Dictatorsaurus
@Bizarro
@MissJR

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Heading down there next week.

 

[Santapez]

#CROSSISHERE

Happy to spectate a Tuesday night cross series. Was regretting not registering once the racing started. @Carson couldn't resist swinging by since it was 5 minutes from his AirBnB.

Awesome having a cross race at a brewery where you can order drinks/food and hangout on picnic tables while the race is happening. Also hilarious seeing mustached hipsters who have been polishing their cowbells and staring at their jorts all year in anticipation.

 

[Carson]

CX is not dead in Western NC. Meth is also not dead.

 

[Carson]

We hit the other side of DuPont today after a late start and a flat and broken spoke on @Bizarro bike. @Santapez had to work... can you imagine? so we used TrailForks, maps, and whoever yelled the loudest to decide our loop.

Wilke and Cascade were big hits today. Along with red meat and ice cream.

 

[Carson]

 

[Carson]

A third day at DuPont. Fawn Lake, Airstrip, and Bridal Veil Falls. Then doubled back and did Ridgeline again. Less miles today but still some hard climbs and great scenery.



@Santapez says meth isn't really a problem but I have evidence to the contrary.

 

[Santapez]

So much spandex.

 

[Patrick]

Fly like an eagle



Hung with me for 10 seconds or so.

 

[serviceguy]

We hit the other side of DuPont today after a late start and a flat and broken spoke on @Bizarro bike. @Santapez had to work... can you imagine? so we used TrailForks, maps, and whoever yelled the loudest to decide our loop.

Wilke and Cascade were big hits today. Along with red meat and ice cream.

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Dang, fugitive down!

 

[jShort]

A third day at DuPont. Fawn Lake, Airstrip, and Bridal Veil Falls. Then doubled back and did Ridgeline again. Less miles today but still some hard climbs and great scenery.

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@Santapez says meth isn't really a problem but I have evidence to the contrary.

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It’s time for baggies. You still look like a cop.

 

[Santapez]

Investments in trails make me smile.

If anyone here has ridden in Old Fort (Kitsuma/Heartbreak Ridge), it was a possibility that the trails could get kind of crappy since Kitsbow went out of business and the two major trails are major commitment trails.

State is now dumping 2.5 million dollars into building new trails there. Should be helpful to revitalize the downtown and give more options for trails so there's more draw than a couple big name trails.

There's a trail they have to shutdown near my house to bikers in the summer as it's too popular with hikers. So they're now in the middle of a 300k trail build with professional builders to build a mtb specific trail in parallel so bikers have their own trail during the summer.

 

[Patrick]

Investments in trails make me smile.

If anyone here has ridden in Old Fort (Kitsuma/Heartbreak Ridge), it was a possibility that the trails could get kind of crappy since Kitsbow went out of business and the two major trails are major commitment trails.

State is now dumping 2.5 million dollars into building new trails there. Should be helpful to revitalize the downtown and give more options for trails so there's more draw than a couple big name trails.

There's a trail they have to shutdown near my house to bikers in the summer as it's too popular with hikers. So they're now in the middle of a 300k trail build with professional builders to build a mtb specific trail in parallel so bikers have their own trail during the summer.

San-Lee has separate trails. And directional. Lots of people, limited conflicts. Something right is happening down there. (Might be up there to you)
They also had a gravity section and a pump track

 

[Santapez]

San-Lee has separate trails. And directional. Lots of people, limited conflicts. Something right is happening down there. (Might be up there to you)
They also had a gravity section and a pump track

I can confirm all the trails here have gravity.

I don't think the closed trails to the bikers in the summer actually bothers anyone here. It makes it more special in the off months to hit them. But having new sustainable trails with biking in mind is pretty sweet.

Apparently the parts that are completed already will be rideable and opened with the seasonal opening of the old trail so we will get a preview before the spring finish.

 

[Santapez]

Just looked it up. San-lee is 4 hours from here. That's like 2.5 NJ away! Looks cool though.

 

[w_b]

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Now I gotta get YSA shirts for my fishin’ crew….

 

[pkovo]

Hard work paying off for my daughter. 1st in NJ in 13 girls expert and cruiser

 

[mwlikesbikes]

David Bowie playing peek-a-boo in Hoboken.

 

[iman29]

4 weeks into the new job after leaving the previous one after only 13 months and it feels like one of the best decisions I have made in a long time.

 

[JDurk]

4 weeks into the new job after leaving the previous one after only 13 months and it feels like one of the best decisions I have made in a long time.

Maybe this statement will motivate me.