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Comment on Coconut bowl by Wolfy

Wolfy — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:25:15 +0000

He’s got good form for a hack…

Did I mention I got two strikes?

-M

Comment on Cascade Creampuff… by bustigator

bustigator — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:46:48 +0000

Nice job sheik!!!! Good to see there were no TBS casualties…team is on a bad run so maybe this is the turnaround we needed! All I can think about is what McD said to me the nite the drunkard took him out….”your’e next Buster”. DAMMIT!

Comment on Coconut bowl by bustigator

bustigator — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:42:35 +0000

Sheik, lets say I am mildly disappointed that you bowled under 100 when all we chat about is bowling in WisCONsin…next time bring your own ball, shoes and some game mofo!!!Hwwwaaaa

Comment on coconut bowl by taldor

taldor — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:27:50 +0000

I can’t see the coconut bowl game because Flickr says it’s a “private video”. Does this mean that the video is not safe for work? What are you guys up to, anyway?

Comment on people still wear fingerless gloves… by bustigator

bustigator — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:30:15 +0000

Calllin your bro’s pussy or telling them they have rad fingerless gloves is very underused. Kind of like janky bag o dix…so underused.Old pueblo next year Im in!

Comment on Cascade Cream Puff Drop-outs by lowco2

lowco2 — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:07:38 +0000

I heard about TRA’s crunch when I tried to get him to go out on a ride with me. Bummer, sounds pretty bad, but he’s a tough guy. I told him to get some bungee cords to hold his shoulder in teh socket and go for it.
Seriously, what’s up, you, then TRA, then Japhy gets taken down by a drunk. It’s like we’re into some dangerous sport or something. I’m fairly lean but no one calls me tall!
Cheers,
–lowco2

Comment on snow lion by SphincterBoy

SphincterBoy — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 21:13:23 +0000

Jeez. It’s safer on the mountain these days.

Comment on snow lion by japhyrider

japhyrider — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 06:47:53 +0000

i’m down with any effort with DOG as T.L.

so far, in recent memory, a quick tally of debilitating injuries includes pinched nerve from a misstep in talus while walking off a new route on Mt. Francis Farhquar in the southern Sierra; rockfall to the shoulder in ‘98 while climbing Gift of the Wind Gods,” in a party following the original ascentist - Joanne Urioste - on what may have been a 2nd or 3rd ascent of the route; a severely sprained ankle from an botched attempt a Gill boulder problem at Horse Tooth reservoir while “checking out” the graduate school at CSU in the spring of 2001; running into the back of truck that “failed to maintain its lane” while on my motorcycle, resulting in a busting up arm & bruised up back in ~fall of 2004(?); and now… getting run down by a driver DUI in the bike lane and walking away with a broken rib, bruises and soreness, pinch flat, compromised bicycle frame and rack, and general meanness towards fellow (wo)man.

fall back!!! i’d rather deal with calculated risk and natural weirdness than f-sticks and unknown quantities. thanks for sharing stories from your efforts in the high, thin air. hope to see you and your pals in the mountains soon.

Mark McDaniel

Comment on suffer solstice… by japhyrider

japhyrider — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:05:14 +0000

i’ve sorta considered McCarren as a “safe bike route” given the bike shoulder is really wide, there are few intersecting side streets, and has no cars parked along it. we are still not protected by any sort of barrier though, which, apparently, is needed. it chaps my ass every time i see someone driving down the bike lane so they don’t have wait to turn right at some light.

as far as barriers go, i wouldn’t mind seeing plastic posts and catalope-sized half spheres adhered to the white line. such measures would work wonders for keeping drivers from using the bike lane.

you’ve addressed the big issue here, Taldor. there NEEDS to be better awareness of cyclists and pedestrians. more and more people are using the streets for nonmotorized transportation these days (probably partly from the nice weather, an partly from the rising cost of petrol), motorists will find themselves amongst increasing numbers of nonmotorists. better awareness and tolerance will go a long way to keeping the number of accidents down.

Comment on suffer solstice… by taldor

taldor — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:08:50 +0000

Holy Shit Japhy - just heard about you getting run down by a drunk! Glad to hear that you got off without too much damage. I can’t begin to tell you how frustrating I’ve become with drivers treating cyclists like they’re some kind of a joke on wheels with little if any rights to use the same road. I see it and experience it all the time, as I’m sure you do.
Along these lines - I really believe that we need bike lanes on a few of the main arteries in town with physical barriers. With the amount of money that is being spent on road improvements, it would seem to be a drop in the bucket to add some dividers - and what’s a life worth?
One thing I really enjoy is taking my little boy for bike rides in the trailer, whether it’s a run down to the local grocery store or to one of the parks in my neighborhood. I generally stay on low-traffic residential streets, but sometimes it’s necessary to cross a main artery (Virginia, etc) - at this point I feel like we’re vulnerable even though I take care to adhere to traffic rules. To me it’s important to establish a bike ethic in the kids, but to have to pack all the shit into the truck and drive to a closed circuit somewhere (I don’t know where) and ride from there defeats the whole purpose. Reno seems like it would be a great place for bikes, so why can’t the planners break out of the paradigm that bikes are an afterthought and that cars take the top priority?
Japhy’s incident once again reminds me how unsafe our streets are and makes me reconsider rolling to the playground with Calvin in tow. The only thing that gives me comfort is knowing that the episode of large cars is coming to an end, and hopefully that will take with it the ‘out of my way’ attitude and bring a little decency to the streets.
Hope you heal quickly and that the offending driver will have her driving privilege permanently revoked.