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09-04-2013, 11:17 PM #11Old Fart
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Looks like Sam must have been there too!
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09-04-2013, 11:25 PM #12Senior Member
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Ha. Would have been easier to deal with. That's sleet that piled up when I had to bail during the worst of it. A real beatch
Screw it. Let's ride.
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09-05-2013, 09:56 PM #13Senior Member
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Looks like a lot of fun.
Sucks being so exposed sometimes... Hail, ouch!Ragnar Benson:
Never, under any circumstances, ever become a refugee.
Die if you must, but die on your home turf with your face to the wind, not in some stinking hellhole 2,000 kilometers away, among people you neither know nor care about.
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09-05-2013, 10:39 PM #14Senior Member
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Worst part was that I couldn't see. Close my face shield and fog up. Open it and get pelted with rain and hail. 25 miles on a 4-6% downhill grade with lots of curves at 15-20 mph
Screw it. Let's ride.
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09-05-2013, 10:44 PM #15Senior Member
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I woulda grayed out....
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09-05-2013, 11:31 PM #16Senior Member
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I hear ya. It came down to two choices: basically curl up and quit or per those infamous Harley words: Screw it, lets ride. Dang sure made a memory.
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Made my mind up that I'm gonna do Pike's Peak tomorrow to complete the hat trick. That'll make over 40,000 feet of climbing in 5 daysOld Swamp Gobbler likes this.Screw it. Let's ride.
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09-06-2013, 10:03 AM #17Old Fart
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You gonna need a brake job after this trip.
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09-06-2013, 12:14 PM #18Senior Member
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Got to Pike's Peak and found it closed today for a friggin' movie shoot.
Yea, Fin, straight to the shop when I get back.Screw it. Let's ride.
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09-06-2013, 12:19 PM #19Old Fart
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Go to Garden of the Gods Park near Colorado Springs, awesome photo ops and won't wear out your brakes.
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09-06-2013, 03:08 PM #20Senior Member
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It's open tomorrow. Gonna try again. Want to have all three peaks in one season.
Screw it. Let's ride.
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Well, after several hours making phone calls, I was able to track down a certain manufacturer’s service center in California. Thankfully, they agreed to send out my needed parts. These were left over...
You would think I would know this!