I was waiting to use that title.
It's Sunday evening and I'm eating and relaxing after a weekend of Pachaug loop WR-250FP riding.
I went both Saturday and Sunday, and it was pretty good.
Saturday was a solo ride and I made decent time out on the trails.
It was sunny and I decided to use the two-tinted-goggle-lens trick again, and I'm glad I did because I wasn't squinting much.
I rode fairly well, though a bit conservative with the leaves on the ground in lots of places.
I wore my blaze orange don't-shoot-me vest since we're still in hunting season, and although I hope no moron will be shooting his bow across the trail toward me, you never know for sure just how many morons are out at any given moment.
I survived, although I did see several trucks parked along some of the dirt roads.
If they're hunting, fine.
Just walk your ass well off into the woods, buddy.
Today's ride was once again with the guy I rode with last Sunday.
Since this was his second time out there, I went a little bit closer to normal pace in some sections.
I don't think he would mind.
I enjoyed this buddy ride more than last week's for some reason.
Although, as you know, I still prefer solo.
This Thursday will provide another riding opportunity since it's Thanksgiving day and I have that day off jerk.
That's just fine and dandy with me.
-John
Sunday, November 18, 2012
Sunday, November 11, 2012
408 Trees Down
It's Sunday evening (sucks how 5:30 pm is now called evening since it's already dark) and am done doing the weekend's running around.
I rode on the Pachaug loop yesterday as well as today.
How'd it go?
Read on, Bucky.
During the week, a guy who I met at jerk told me he wanted to go riding out on the Pachaug loop, so who am I to refuse.
We decided to go Sunday morning, and since I hadn't yet been out there on the trails since the stupid hurricane came through the week before, I wanted to ride the loop Saturday in order to learn any trouble spots that might be out there from the hurricane (AKA: Downed trees and big branches blocking the trail).
Well, there were a few trees down, and, wonder of wonders and shit-rotten luck, THREE were down on the whoops through the pine-needled woods section.
Figures it's one of my favorite parts of the whole Pachaug loop.
Well, at least I could simply ride off the beaten trail to get around these mutherfuggers, but somebody's got to get out there with a chain saw and take these things out for good.
They're big enough to where doing it by hand with my bow saw would take hours per tree.
Other than being disgusted at having three blow-downs on my favorite trails, Saturday's ride went pretty well.
Sunday (today) with the new Pachaug rider was OK.
I automatically rode slower than normal because it is, in my opinion, a poor choice to go the normal pace when riding at a spot where a newcomer doesn't know where he's going, unlike the guys I rode with a few weeks ago. ;)
So, even though that was on my mind, the new guy says he had a great time out there.
There were no mishaps or grim scenes for either of us, I had a decent ride, so all-in-all, I can't complain.
However, now that's done, I want to go it alone next weekend.
I really do prefer that more often than not.
-John
I rode on the Pachaug loop yesterday as well as today.
How'd it go?
Read on, Bucky.
During the week, a guy who I met at jerk told me he wanted to go riding out on the Pachaug loop, so who am I to refuse.
We decided to go Sunday morning, and since I hadn't yet been out there on the trails since the stupid hurricane came through the week before, I wanted to ride the loop Saturday in order to learn any trouble spots that might be out there from the hurricane (AKA: Downed trees and big branches blocking the trail).
Well, there were a few trees down, and, wonder of wonders and shit-rotten luck, THREE were down on the whoops through the pine-needled woods section.
Figures it's one of my favorite parts of the whole Pachaug loop.
Well, at least I could simply ride off the beaten trail to get around these mutherfuggers, but somebody's got to get out there with a chain saw and take these things out for good.
They're big enough to where doing it by hand with my bow saw would take hours per tree.
Other than being disgusted at having three blow-downs on my favorite trails, Saturday's ride went pretty well.
Sunday (today) with the new Pachaug rider was OK.
I automatically rode slower than normal because it is, in my opinion, a poor choice to go the normal pace when riding at a spot where a newcomer doesn't know where he's going, unlike the guys I rode with a few weeks ago. ;)
So, even though that was on my mind, the new guy says he had a great time out there.
There were no mishaps or grim scenes for either of us, I had a decent ride, so all-in-all, I can't complain.
However, now that's done, I want to go it alone next weekend.
I really do prefer that more often than not.
-John
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
407 Reasons
It's Tuesday morning before jerk, so just a shorty.
No Pachaug ride on this past Sunday either due to a lack of motivation.
Sounds crummy, but it's true.
Bound to happen at least once in a while no matter what, and I've learned not to force the issue.
I am, however, optimistic about the coming weekend as skipping the odd time out tends to up the desire to get back out there and ride.
I am kicking around the idea of trying to arrange the route a bit differently.
We shall see what develops.
-John
No Pachaug ride on this past Sunday either due to a lack of motivation.
Sounds crummy, but it's true.
Bound to happen at least once in a while no matter what, and I've learned not to force the issue.
I am, however, optimistic about the coming weekend as skipping the odd time out tends to up the desire to get back out there and ride.
I am kicking around the idea of trying to arrange the route a bit differently.
We shall see what develops.
-John
Sunday, November 4, 2012
406
How's that for a short title, eh?
I'm just trying to better budget your time, you know. ;)
It's Sunday morning, the first day of going back to Standard Eastern Time.
Now, the sun rises about 6:15 am instead of an hour later, but it also means it sets at about 4:39 pm today, too.
Compromises, compromises.
Where are those longer days hiding at?
I didn't go for a Pachaug ride yesterday, even though I loaded the bike and riding gear up and trucked it out to jerk as usual for a Saturday morning work-freebee-and-then-go-riding gig.
The weather was good for it, but, I gradually started feeling less than enthusiastic about going by the time I got done with jerk.
Why?
Probably because I just wasn't in the mood for it by the time I finished jerk, and also due to a side helping of same-old-same-old, the feeling of having already logged over 1,000 miles on those trails so far in 2012.
In fact, that's a VERY conservative estimate on mileage, as it probably is more like 1,500 miles just this year, so far.
I easily could have gone, but, would have I enjoyed it if my heart wasn't in it?
Not to a large degree, and doing it just to say I did it is a hollow feeling.
So, I brought the bike home without even having started the engine while it was gone.
Too bad, but, it pays to listen to your conscience.
There is always tomorrow, I thought.
Well, Sunday morning, AKA tomorrow, is here.
Will I ride?
I'll know sometime later, as right now, I don't feel any different from yesterday.
It's a 50/50 shot.
The bike is ready and waiting if I suddenly get the urge, and I do mean urge.
I will go if I really want to ride.
If not, it will be a day of rest.
In other news that's not so new, I was getting a small kick out of reading more dirt bike opinions from smart-ass guys on message boards.
The question was why one brand of bike is supposed to be much better than others, and this always brings out the best one-liners and the guys who seem convinced they know how to get their views across in such a way, that all the world is a fool if they don't sit up and take notice.
Pretty funny stuff that I can't take seriously because I know most guys can't be bothered to even wash their bikes regularly or know how an air filter works and what is required of it to work properly in the first place.
So, out of 13-or-so pages of this stuff, about three or four posts seem reasonable to me.
That's out of about 150 posts, in other words.
Pretty good percentage, huh?
-John
I'm just trying to better budget your time, you know. ;)
It's Sunday morning, the first day of going back to Standard Eastern Time.
Now, the sun rises about 6:15 am instead of an hour later, but it also means it sets at about 4:39 pm today, too.
Compromises, compromises.
Where are those longer days hiding at?
I didn't go for a Pachaug ride yesterday, even though I loaded the bike and riding gear up and trucked it out to jerk as usual for a Saturday morning work-freebee-and-then-go-riding gig.
The weather was good for it, but, I gradually started feeling less than enthusiastic about going by the time I got done with jerk.
Why?
Probably because I just wasn't in the mood for it by the time I finished jerk, and also due to a side helping of same-old-same-old, the feeling of having already logged over 1,000 miles on those trails so far in 2012.
In fact, that's a VERY conservative estimate on mileage, as it probably is more like 1,500 miles just this year, so far.
I easily could have gone, but, would have I enjoyed it if my heart wasn't in it?
Not to a large degree, and doing it just to say I did it is a hollow feeling.
So, I brought the bike home without even having started the engine while it was gone.
Too bad, but, it pays to listen to your conscience.
There is always tomorrow, I thought.
Well, Sunday morning, AKA tomorrow, is here.
Will I ride?
I'll know sometime later, as right now, I don't feel any different from yesterday.
It's a 50/50 shot.
The bike is ready and waiting if I suddenly get the urge, and I do mean urge.
I will go if I really want to ride.
If not, it will be a day of rest.
In other news that's not so new, I was getting a small kick out of reading more dirt bike opinions from smart-ass guys on message boards.
The question was why one brand of bike is supposed to be much better than others, and this always brings out the best one-liners and the guys who seem convinced they know how to get their views across in such a way, that all the world is a fool if they don't sit up and take notice.
Pretty funny stuff that I can't take seriously because I know most guys can't be bothered to even wash their bikes regularly or know how an air filter works and what is required of it to work properly in the first place.
So, out of 13-or-so pages of this stuff, about three or four posts seem reasonable to me.
That's out of about 150 posts, in other words.
Pretty good percentage, huh?
-John
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