PORTLAND Thread

[gorgechris]

I'll be at PC today around 5:30 PM if anyone can make it out to join us.

[Get_Some]

Originally posted by Toshi
so, portland people, what's the deal with leadbetters tomorrow? afternoon again? how about PC on SUnday as well...Toshi, PM Charlie...Frank...Clean out your PM box...

[Toshi]

Originally posted by Get_Some
how about PC on SUnday as well...Toshi, PM Charlie...Frank...Clean out your PM box...
excellent :thumb: . the time may change, but for now, 10:30 on sunday at the truck stop? edit. make that 12 noon :D

[Get_Some]

Toshi...You'll come to find that 10:30 and sunday are NOT in my vocab :D seriously tho, I'm shooting for more like 12 or so, we've got alot more daylight now, and it may be bloody hot during the day, I'd rather ride later and clearer headed, I've had a rough week of construction work and Fire school, I'm definately gonna live it up this weekend...:devil:

[frizanko]

All right Dave, I emptied out almost everything so let me know about tomorrow...

[Chuckwagon]

10:30 or 12:00 works for me. Toshi, If you want to go at 10:30 and meet the others a couple hours later, I'll do that.

[TWISTED]

This is my first time seeing your' local thread. Sweet! I live in Portland, near downtown. Maybe I'll see you guys at PC or ledbetter, I'll be on a Mountain Cycle.

[TWISTED]

If anyone wants to ride urban downtown PDX give me a call. I ride almost everyday after work, M-F 7:00-3:30 pm. My wrist has been bothering me lately so I've been keeping it fairly mellow, mostly manualling and low impact stuff with the odd stair gap thrown in.

Tim
cell (503) 307-3586

[frizanko]

Hey chuck, it's time to clear out you PM's.
I'll meet ya at the truckstop at 9:30. Cant wait.

TWISTED, Welcome to "the Portland thread". the thread that keeps going and going and going....

Dave, whats up? PM me, you dont want to pass on this one!!

[TWISTED]

It sounds like me and some friends are going to do the "Sincline trail" tomorrow. If you aren't familiar with it, it's across the river from Hood River in Washington. About three miles out past Bingin on 14 to the left. We shuttle to the top. There are a couple of different ways down, both way fun twisty sigletrack with a variety of natural obstacles.
We usually go out and do fast DH runs with drops, jumps and such but two of us are trying to get healed up so this trail is a good choice.
We are leaving Portland about 10:30, should be out there before noon. See ya out there.

Tim,
(503) 307-3586

[Chuckwagon]

anko-

All clear. CU there.

[Mallet]

CW, thanks for the invite, but I'm still in NY. I get back to Portland mon nite, then I have to build up this lovely gift I just got from Intense:

<disclaimer> Kid not included!

[TWISTED]

Intense gave you a little boy?





















Just kidding, nice bike.
Now I've got to go riding.

[Mallet]

Originally posted by TWISTED
Intense gave you a little boy?

LOL!
read the fine print

<disclaimer> Kid not included!

[Get_Some]

Damn...Nice gift...Cute kid, he looks stoked eh :D watch him, he'll be takin over your ride before you know it... is it your son?

[Mallet]

Originally posted by Get_Some
Damn...Nice gift...Cute kid, he looks stoked eh :D watch him, he'll be takin over your ride before you know it... is it your son?

Yeah, thats my son, and he better take over my ride soon cuz I getting too old for this sh**! Seriously, I cant wait for the day that he and I can hit the trails together.

[Toshi]

Originally posted by Chuckwagon
10:30 or 12:00 works for me. Toshi, If you want to go at 10:30 and meet the others a couple hours later, I'll do that.
ok 12 noon at the truckstop? eh? eh?

for the record, in case anyone not down with the routine wants to come: 12 noon at the ta truckstop in troutdale, off of exit 17 on i-84.

[TWISTED]

I rode Syncline and Post Canyon today, just got home, great fun. First time getting my new bike in the dirt and riding hard since hurting my wrist. The upper trails at PC are really dry, dusty, and slippery.
I think were heading out there tommorrow.

[TWISTED]

Originally posted by Toshi
ok 12 noon at the truckstop? eh? eh?

for the record, in case anyone not down with the routine wants to come: 12 noon at the ta truckstop in troutdale, off of exit 17 on i-84.

Which truck stop? The first one or the second one. I think ones called Flying J?

[Toshi]

Originally posted by TWISTED
Which truck stop? The first one or the second one. I think ones called Flying J?
i said already :devil: . TA truckstop, after the chevron but before the flying j. same compound as subway and arco if that helps :D

[Toshi]

another weekend of good riding with :monkey:s has passed. :thumb: i'm going to be in some discomfort, if not outright pain, for the next few days tho. ow. poor me.

anyway, here's advance notice of a friday daytime ride at falls city. i have the week off from work :rolleyes: for better or worse, and i want to expand my weekend warrior horizons.

edit: i think i'm going to bail on friday and this weekend. going to boston to hang out :thumb:

[gorgechris]

Sorry I didn't get to hook up with you guys this weekend, I was too busy riding!

Hit PC on Friday evening to preview a new trail called 8-Track. Not yet officially open, but a good intermediate FR descent with good flow.

On Saturday it was Mary's Peak for some of the best technical XC the state has to offer. Check it out if you get down around Corvallis.

Sunday morning was a fitness climb up to Nestor's Peak here in HR. Super fast, rippy descent makes it worthwhile, give it a try in spring or fall for best conditions.

Sunday evening was PC again. Trying to work up the 'nads to hit the teeter on GP, and then doing balancing acts on that new skinny at the bottom of Dropout. Good fun!

I believe the GFRA maps of PC are now done and in the local bike shops. They should be helpful in getting oriented and finding new stuff to hit.

[Mallet]

Tues, weds, thurs anyone?????

[thruster]

Maybe thursday morning depends on what the weather is doing if nice I will be at leadbetter.

[frizanko]

Hey Thruster, we just missed ya on Sat. I noticed your pimp-mobile on the way down as we were headin up to the top. We were there around 4:00.
I think I'll be there this Sat. since I have to work and wont be able to ride untill like 3 or 4.
Anyone else in for Leadbetters sat afternoon?

[zane]

I'd love to ride in the afternoon this week, but I just started a new job at UPS (M-F, twilight shift- 5:30-9:00) and I get off school at 2:10, so for the rest of this term I have pretty much no time during the week to ride. Hopefully for next term my schedule will allow more riding on weekdays!

Well, I was gonna ask Toshi if he was going to PC this weekend but I just read that he's bailing for boston....

So, is anyone else going to PC this weekend?

[zane]

Originally posted by frizanko
Anyone else in for Leadbetters sat afternoon?

Hmmm, I could probably do leadbetters on Sat afternoon. Any possibility of shuttling?

[Mallet]

Originally posted by thruster
Maybe thursday morning depends on what the weather is doing if nice I will be at leadbetter.
Hey Thruster, I can probably do thursday morning.

[TWISTED]

Anyone going to Olympia for the Peak to creek?
I hear it's gravity assisted xc. Runs are 20-25 min.

[thruster]

Mallet, lets see what the weather is like on thursday. If it is wet then I am out don't get me wrong I don't mine riding in the wet but I have to work in the afternoon and it takes me to long to clean the bike and myself before work.
Have you been to Larch?

[Mallet]

Originally posted by thruster
Mallet, lets see what the weather is like on thursday. If it is wet then I am out don't get me wrong I don't mine riding in the wet but I have to work in the afternoon and it takes me to long to clean the bike and myself before work.
Have you been to Larch?

I haven't ridden any of the good stuff out here yet. I went riding out at Skyline tonight and I might hook up with some guys to ride tomorrow night if the weather holds up. Just let me know the deal.

[thruster]

It looks like the weather is going to be nice tomorrow if you are up to riding leadbetter I am in.

[zane]

frizanko, any details about leadbetter on saturday? Time, place, etc...
( I haven't been there yet, we could meet somewhere or you could PM/call me with directions- 360-904-0279 cell )

About shuttling- I'll be driving a subaru with a bike rack (can hold 3 bikes and 3 people inside w/gear, and I'll probably have another friend with me so that's room for 1 more), or I can be the shuttle retrieval vehicle...either way works for me.

[frizanko]

I work untill 2:00 so Im thinkin like 3:30 or 4:00... Its not too hard to find. Just head straight out 1st st. from 164th towards Camas. Its about a 5 min. drive out to the Lacamas lake boat launch parking area... Thats where we usually meet. As far as shuttleing goes... I'm working on getting someone with a truck to come out too, otherwise Im sure we can work something out pretty easily.. Most of the time we end up just sessioning different sections anyway.

[thruster]

I might make it there on saturday just depends if I can kick this cold.

[Chuckwagon]

Frizanko-
Time to clean the PM box. I found a good spot in the whistler village for about $20 per night US. I'll PM it to you. Or, just check

ww1.whistlerblackcomb.com/accommodation/index.htm

[shocktower]

Hey all you PNW monkeys I`am entertaining to watch trying to do a log ride inviten me and get a LOL ;) ;) ;)


BTW I had a blast riding with Toshi and chuck wagon ,and the other guy

[frizanko]

Damn, I only had a few in there too... I just cleaned it out , again.
Im gonna check that link right now. If its as cheap as you said that'll work for me.

[Toshi]

Originally posted by frizanko
Damn, I only had a few in there too... I just cleaned it out , again.
Im gonna check that link right now. If its as cheap as you said that'll work for me.
clean out your outbox and message tracking folders too!

nice riding with you, too, shocktower. boston is good stuff btw and a nice respite from the trails. bruise is looking very prominent, still :dead:

[Mallet]

Originally posted by thruster
Mallet, lets see what the weather is like on thursday. If it is wet then I am out don't get me wrong I don't mine riding in the wet but I have to work in the afternoon and it takes me to long to clean the bike and myself before work.
Have you been to Larch?

I'll be back home next Weds-sat so I'll hit you guys up again then. Finally put my new race bike together. Here she is.............

[frizanko]

Thanx for reminding me of those Toshi... Everythings cleaned out now.

The forcast for Sat. isn looking kinda wet, but I'm still down to go if anyone else is...

[zane]

I'm still good to ride too, as long as it's not freakin down-pouring when we go..... 3:30 at the boat launch parking sound good?

[zane]

Originally posted by Mallet
I'll be back home next Weds-sat so I'll hit you guys up again then. Finally put my new race bike together. Here she is.............

Your Chain looks REALLY long... (judging by the angle of the derailler)

[Mallet]

Originally posted by zane
Your Chain looks REALLY long... (judging by the angle of the derailler)

Good eye. I didn't have the cables in yet!

[gunslingger]

anyone defintieyl riding? i would like to go to larch if anyone is up for it.

[zane]

Frank- let me know what's goin on, give me a call if you still want to ride.
Ken- if we go to camas you should come, but if nobody's going there I could possibly head to larch.... how wet will things be? I'll give you a call.

[eknomf]

we were going to go out to larch today but that stuff would be really slippery today. instead my friend and i are heading out to post canyon now in hope of avoiding the rain.

[Toshi]

advance notice: i'm planning on heading out to post canyon on sunday. :D

[gorgechris]

Not-so-advanced notice: we're riding PC tonight. Meet at Family Man at 5:45 PM, we'll shuttle up from there.

[frizanko]

Hey Toshi, What time are you plannin on headin out on Sunday?

[Toshi]

Originally posted by frizanko
Hey Toshi, What time are you plannin on headin out on Sunday?
any time is fine by me. 9? noon?

[zane]

Eknomf & Gunslingger-
You guys wanna ride larch this weekend?

[eknomf]

Id be up for larch this weekend. Sometime on saturday would work best for me. I was also thinking about heading out to Post Canyon again this weekend on sunday. What stuff do you guys usually ride Toshi? Do you have room for an extra rider or two?

[Get_Some]

NOON...NOON...I think the hand's healed enough to ride on man I havenb't hit threal trails since 2 weeks ago, shoulders all go and no whoa, nopw the gash in the hands healing up nicely, so I'm in...PC? where are you planning on riding?

[frizanko]

Good to see ya back Dave... Do ya want to do Camas tomorrow and PC on Sunday with everyone else?
Where has Gunsligger been? Anyone been ridin with him?

[Get_Some]

wierd...every time I go to post, I have to log in again...Hmmmm, Camas tomorow PC on Sunday...damn I wann hit that, I'll say yes, I dafinately want to ride all weekend, I've been so buried for the last 3 weeks it's not even funny, Yeah, didn't GS just move, and wasn't there some talk of him being P-whipped too ;) Come on Ken, get out here and ride some more...

[Toshi]

ok, frank and dave, you in if it's noon on sunday? (post canyon, ta truckstop, exit 17 on i-84, etc.)

[Get_Some]

yes, NOOn is also good for ANdrew, he's claiming he's coming too, so we'll see, I'll try'n bring the trailer too.

[frizanko]

So Noon Sunday... What time do you want to go to Camas tomorrow?

[Get_Some]

ya know, I think I'm maybe gonna have to pass on Camas tomorow, I just went for a Pedal, and the hand is still not great, it's been healing alot every day, so hopefully by Sunday, with some sterry strips and some tape and gloves it'll be great, if you wanna hit Camas a little later in the afternoon tomorow, I may decide to go, I just wanna see how the hand shapes up by tomorow...

[zane]

gorgechris- I know you always say that when it's raining in portland it's good to ride in hood river....

So, is it raining at PC this weekend???

[zane]

Originally posted by Get_Some
wierd...every time I go to post, I have to log in again...

Maybe you have cookies disabled, so the computer can't remember your info....

[frizanko]

These showers are supposed to clear out and turn into a high overcast w/ sunbreaks.
If it does dry out later I'll be down to ride If anyone else is in.

[eknomf]

I'd be in for riding somewhere today if it clears up.

[Get_Some]

Originally posted by zane
gorgechris- I know you always say that when it's raining in portland it's good to ride in hood river....

So, is it raining at PC this weekend???
Good question, I came home just to ask the same thing :D

so any thoughts on tomorow? anyone see a forcast? PC still on? Let's just not hit GP in the rain again, that was sketchy at best...

[Toshi]

Originally posted by Get_Some
so any thoughts on tomorow? anyone see a forcast? PC still on? Let's just not hit GP in the rain again, that was sketchy at best...
yahoo weather sez that hood river will be partly cloudy tomorrow. i'll settle for that.

noon, ta truckstop/exit17/i-84 :thumb: . i now can carry three bikes on that rack btw -- i don't know how this affects your bringing the trailer

[eknomf]

Originally posted by Toshi
yahoo weather sez that hood river will be partly cloudy tomorrow. i'll settle for that.

noon, ta truckstop/exit17/i-84 :thumb: . i now can carry three bikes on that rack btw -- i don't know how this affects your bringing the trailer

So you are still heading out to PC tomorrow? Do you mind if i come along? We went out there last weekend to avoid the rain here and it worked well.

[Get_Some]

Originally posted by Toshi
yahoo weather sez that hood river will be partly cloudy tomorrow. i'll settle for that.

noon, ta truckstop/exit17/i-84 :thumb: . i now can carry three bikes on that rack btw -- i don't know how this affects your bringing the trailer well, Andrew is suposedly coming, may be my fiend Chris too, I can fit 5 in the Jeep, hell 7 really, and I can definately fit 7 bikes in the trailer, so I'd say thats our suttle, Tosh, the worst part is driving back and forth...so noon TandA...

Originally posted by eknomf
So you are still heading out to PC tomorrow? Do you mind if i come along? We went out there last weekend to avoid the rain here and it worked well. good to see more folks...noon TandA...

[frizanko]

Damn Dave.. 3:59am? You sure your gonna make it?
I bet you'll still be buzzed when I wake you up.:D

[gorgechris]

Originally posted by zane
gorgechris- I know you always say that when it's raining in portland it's good to ride in hood river....

So, is it raining at PC this weekend???
Damn, sorry, I didn't check my email earlier! Well, no doubt you boys had fun up there today, as the weather held.

Everybody make it through the day OK? You guys hit that teeter on GP? I still have not worked up the 'nads for that thing. My nemesis has been that skinny at the bottom of Dropout. Hella' tough! Gonna' go work on it tomorrow.

[Toshi]

Originally posted by gorgechris
Damn, sorry, I didn't check my email earlier! Well, no doubt you boys had fun up there today, as the weather held.

Everybody make it through the day OK? You guys hit that teeter on GP? I still have not worked up the 'nads for that thing. My nemesis has been that skinny at the bottom of Dropout. Hella' tough! Gonna' go work on it tomorrow.
i hit the teeter today! and promptly rode off the side of the ladder (thankfully on the ground). another highlight was watching a few guys from another group ride the skinny connecting post between the two platforms on upper gp. er, that didn't make much sense now. hmm. :D

overall the ride rocked. :thumb: frizanko, get_some, their non-rm buddy and eknomf all showed, and we got two full runs in which makes the ~120 mi of driving entirely worth it imo.

[Get_Some]

Originally posted by Toshi
i hit the teeter today! and promptly rode off the side of the ladder (thankfully on the ground). another highlight was watching a few guys from another group ride the skinny connecting post between the two platforms on upper gp. er, that didn't make much sense now. hmm. :D

overall the ride rocked. :thumb: frizanko, get_some, their non-rm buddy and eknomf all showed, and we got two full runs in which makes the ~120 mi of driving entirely worth it imo. Yep Tosh, my sentiments exactly...8-track was sweet, The dropzone was great to finaly hit...all in all, I rode bigger and harder yesterday than ever before, I was lovin it...Ryan, good to meet you, sorry about your fork, hopefully we'll get to ride again before I take off foe the summer...Andrew said to say thanls for getting him in on the ride, he was worked today, and is just itching to get back up there, maybe hit some bigger stuff this time, Family man was great for him...cheers yall, hope we can do it again soon...Frank, have a great time in whistler.

[gorgechris]

Originally posted by Toshi
i hit the teeter today!
Nice!!! You're my hero.

[zane]

Geez, this thread was almost off the first page. The Portland thread lives on! Muah-Ha-Ha!!!

[ragin-sagin]

That teeter is kewl. So is the step up- gap at the "end" of lower GP.

[Get_Some]

Man, I've been having dreams about hitting that step-up...it looks so damn good, I also love the big hip at the end of Dropzone or whatever it's called...

Man, a buddy of mine off NSMB was at PC on Sunday, riding in Oregon for the first time and his buddy wouldn't show him the upper shuttle areas, they rode XC all day, and he was pissed, what made it worse is I had the trailer and Jeep, and could have found room for him, but we didn't hook up...GHe said he was mucho impressed with the area though, and rightfully so eh ;)

[Toshi]

so is it too early to start planning for this weekend? any vancouverites want to show me around larch? :D

[frizanko]

Next weekend... Chuck and I will be getting up early in the moanin to hit the road for Whistler. I cant freakin wait!!!
Hope everyone has a good weekend at PC or Larch or wherever y'all end up....:D :monkey: :D

[thruster]

Frank have fun in whistler I will be up there june 25-27 and in july, aug, and sept.
Do you guys have a place to stay?
The Shoestring is a cheap place.

[Toshi]

Originally posted by Toshi
so is it too early to start planning for this weekend? any vancouverites want to show me around larch? :D
anyone want to ride somewhere near portland today? i might not go to hood river tomorrow since the forecast is for rain :dead:

[TWISTED]

Anyone want to ride urban downtown Portland around the waterfront Tues? I'm meeting some friends down at the fire station East side by the Hawthorne bridge around 5 pm.
Everyones welcome to come along.

Tim Parker,
Team Mountain Cycle

[zane]

Twisted- I'd like to go but I gotta work, no more evening rides for me!

So, WHO'S RIDING THIS WEEKEND? And where are you going? If there's a group going out to PC I may hook up with them, if not maybe a trip to larch could be arranged. I'm up for just about anything, so let me know.

Edit- If we do something local we could also hit some portland urban, or maybe use MAX to shuttle the zoo trails (I haven't done that yet, but maybe someone else has and can show us the good stuff)

[zane]

Originally posted by frizanko
Next weekend... Chuck and I will be getting up early in the moanin to hit the road for Whistler. I cant freakin wait!!!
Hope everyone has a good weekend at PC or Larch or wherever y'all end up....:D :monkey: :D

Hey Frank- how was whistler??? Let us know, even though I'm jealous already....

[frizanko]

Whistler was freakin amazing! We stopped on the way and rode Seymore in the rain, but still had a blast. The weather cleared for Sun.& Mon. And it was bright and sunny. We hit practically everything but kept going back to Dirt Merchant and A-line over and over.
I got beat down pretty good after stackin a few times, but Chuck only took one fall the whole time there. A nasty scorpion off a stairstep rockface.He brushed it off like it was nothing though.
I cant wait to go back...

[Toshi]

Originally posted by TWISTED
Anyone want to ride urban downtown Portland around the waterfront Tues? I'm meeting some friends down at the fire station East side by the Hawthorne bridge around 5 pm.
Everyones welcome to come along.

Tim Parker,
Team Mountain Cycle
do you ever leave later for these rides? i'm stuck in corporate hell (or at least purgatory) until after 5 each day but am otherwise game for urban riding...

good to hear of your successful whistler trip, frank and charlie.

[TWISTED]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Toshi
do you ever leave later for these rides? i'm stuck in corporate hell (or at least purgatory) until after 5 each day but am otherwise game for urban riding...

good to hear of your successful whistler trip, frank and charlie. [/QUOTE
I usually ride till dark, sometimes later.
Give me a call,
Tim (503) 307-3586

[Toshi]

Originally posted by TWISTED
I usually ride till dark, sometimes later.
Give me a call,
Tim (503) 307-3586
cool, i'll do so in the future. i rushed home today, only to realize that my z1 is at marzocchi and the rigid fork off my xc bike needs about 1.5" more steerer tube to work on the evil... so i'm out of commission for a while at least :dead:

[thruster]

Frank sounds like you had a good time now go to leadbetter and do the superman and road gap trust me you will think it is small after being at whistler.

I will be there june 25-27 can't wait.

[TWISTED]

I was at Whistler 2 days last summer It's mountainbike heaven and the best place to ride but I didn't find any 30 foot drops like the Superman is when hit at full speed. Most stuff at Whistler is pretty tame to keep the tourists safe. I think the tabletops on crabapple hits were the biggest jumps there but they seemed pretty basic considering the long straight-away. At Ledbetter I measured the Junkyard Tabletop at the foot of Superman 40' to clear, 60' to flat.
My section at Ledbetter called Wyte Line has a ladder to 10' drop to 25' kicker over a deep gap with rough rolling landing followed by the 30' downhill triple with a wooden kicker step up over the ditch (20') at the end. Nothing at Whistler or Post Canyon can touch that.

[thruster]

Your measurement is way off, the junkie is more like 20' to 25' tops to clear the tabletop and I can bet you that most of the riders that have rode leadbetter would agree. As for the Wyte line you built it look good until you had the step-up ramp which was impossable to clear even you couldn't clear it thats why it was taken down.
Well leadbetter is pretty much dead not much left. The new trails are kicka**.

[TWISTED]

Get a 100' tape measure and measure it, I did.
Here's Jason Ding off the Junk Yard.

[TWISTED]

The step up was easy if you landed smooth off the triple before it.
Here's a crappy scan of me off the Superman. I've been riding my hardtail alot lately I'm thinking about taking it up to ledbetter and dropping this.

[TWISTED]

Here's Jason Ding dropping over me off Sudden Impact. I never dropped it, "TOO SCARY". Slow, then straight down, don't hit a tree!

[TWISTED]

Me off Boss Hogg

[Get_Some]

nice pics... I recognize those... I belive that the superman hill as a whole is pretty huge, but you could never hit it to flat, that's unpossible ;) neither drop is that gnarly, it's the run out hat can be sketch eh, really rutted on the right, and really narrow on the left. is your line the one up in the gullry that has that huge gap and than a hit with no landing over on the left looking up the ravine? there are some hits in there that are just not rideable... me, I like the road gap...great run in, great launch, good landing, fun...

[KaiMana]

Hey Portland monkies, I am coming to visit my family in late July and really want to do some riding. I miss dirt, colorado is rock and gravel around me.

Anyway, would love to meet up with you guys for a PC day, the problem is I don't really want to ship my big bike for one or two days of riding. I also have a SS chameleon that would be far easier and cheaper to pack, but am not sure how limiting a hardtail will be.

[Toshi]

Originally posted by KaiMana
Hey Portland monkies, I am coming to visit my family in late July and really want to do some riding. I miss dirt, colorado is rock and gravel around me.

Anyway, would love to meet up with you guys for a PC day, the problem is I don't really want to ship my big bike for one or two days of riding. I also have a SS chameleon that would be far easier and cheaper to pack, but am not sure how limiting a hardtail will be.
take the hardtail! there are single speeders tooling around post canyon on any given weekend...

[gunslingger]

if you ride one you are cooler anyway so bring it and people will think you are cool even if you crash cuz then you can say "yeah but I am on a hardtail"

fosheezy.....

[thruster]

HE's ALIVE welcome back did your wife have the baby yet.
Hardtails do rule I am rideing mine more and more every day. Next time I go to PC I am going to take it.

[KaiMana]

cool, i will definitley try. I know that there will be some stuff that I would try on the big bike and less likely on the HT, which will piss me off if I don't.

Just as long as it is not super huck oriented (all the good trails have drops over say 6') I will be happy on the HT.

[gunslingger]

but i have become a beattcchhh. i play hoops all the time and trying to find 4 or 5 hours to ride is tough.

also when I went to larch i fell off a skinny and hit the back of my head under my helmet on a branch that was sticking up. I did not get hurt too bad but it got me thinking........

[zane]

Originally posted by gunslingger
but i have become a beattcchhh. i play hoops all the time and trying to find 4 or 5 hours to ride is tough.

also when I went to larch i fell off a skinny and hit the back of my head under my helmet on a branch that was sticking up. I did not get hurt too bad but it got me thinking........

Yeah, I get to thinking sometimes too. It gets me into more trouble than it's worth- I could get hurt riding my bike, crossing the road, driving my car, hell, even eating a hamburger...... but which one would be the most fun? At least if you're riding and you get hurt you're having some fun and it wouldn't be some pointless injury.

BTW- good to hear from you again, we were starting to think you forgot about mountain bikes or something....

[gunslingger]

you are completely right, i could get killed in the jack in the box drive through on my way to a poetry reading!

anotherissue is my time, i have been seriously busy. wow i sound sad huh? anyhow if it was not raining and i was not working i would be out shredding......

[zane]

It's a 3-day weekend, so is anyone up for riding sunday or monday? We could all meet up for an urban sesh, or a zoo run, or larch, or ???.

[Toshi]

Originally posted by zane
It's a 3-day weekend, so is anyone up for riding sunday or monday? We could all meet up for an urban sesh, or a zoo run, or larch, or ???.
i'm up for urban! or any of that, really.

[TWISTED]

I'm in for urban.
Going riding out near Hood River Sunday morning, shuttling downhill trails. We know a place that should be dry. Anyone want to join me and a couple friends?

[zane]

I guess urban sounds good for tomorrow, what time are you all available? I'm thinking around 1 or 2, downtown portland. Maybe we could ride MAX up the hill and shuttle the zoo trails too...

[Toshi]

Originally posted by zane
I guess urban sounds good for tomorrow, what time are you all available? I'm thinking around 1 or 2, downtown portland. Maybe we could ride MAX up the hill and shuttle the zoo trails too...
any time is good for me. 22 + single == lots of time :D

[TWISTED]

Maybe I'll hook up with you guys when I get back from riding, if it's not raining here.

[zane]

looks like toshi and I are gonna hit some p-town urban today, we're meeting at river city bikes at 3:00. if anyone else wants to show up you're welcome to come, or give me a call if you wanna meet up with us later- my cell is 360-904-0279.

[TWISTED]

Rode syncline today, it was perfect so we tried Post Canyon. Rained the whole time. We drove around alot using the gfra map to find some of the new trails.

[frizanko]

Anyone know how the trails are?
Twisted, you said that it rained yesterday. Was it the downpour type rain or just sprinkles. Do you think the trails would be tacky or just plain slippery?

[zane]

Dammm, good urban riding yesterday. Rode around with my friend eric and toshi all afternoon, got a free pizza from schmizza because they said it was burnt (it was almost perfect...) and then rode at night with twisted and saw him do some crazy wicked stair gaps. Now I'm seriously thinking about a hardtail.

Awesome riding with you guys, we'll definitely have to do it again.

[zane]

Originally posted by frizanko
Anyone know how the trails are?
Twisted, you said that it rained yesterday. Was it the downpour type rain or just sprinkles. Do you think the trails would be tacky or just plain slippery?

twisted told me it was raining to the point where they had to stay in the car and drive around, if that helps at all...

[Toshi]

Originally posted by zane
Dammm, good urban riding yesterday. Rode around with my friend eric and toshi all afternoon, got a free pizza from schmizza because they said it was burnt (it was almost perfect...) and then rode at night with twisted and saw him do some crazy wicked stair gaps. Now I'm seriously thinking about a hardtail.

Awesome riding with you guys, we'll definitely have to do it again.
it was good riding with you and eric as well. today i am nursing my poor, old back. :D

[zane]

Originally posted by Toshi
it was good riding with you and eric as well. today i am nursing my poor, old back. :D

dude, you're only like 3 years older than I am. If you're old that makes me almost old, and that's not cool. But yeah, I'm sore too from pedaling my squish bike. I want a hardtail!

[TWISTED]

Hey guys, just got back from riding. Went to the new Forest Grove skatepark, then the dogwood park dirt jumps in Cornelius, then Beaverton skatepark.
Toshi, I think you would like the F.G. park, lots of trialsy type obstacles. My friend Kevin who does that kind of stuff had a good time. They are in the process of building dirt jumps at the park as well.
Zane those stair gaps were nothing, wait till next time!
Post Canyon, very wet, slippery obstacles, lots of puddles, but some of the trails were fine.

[eknomf]

i went down to ride the stuff on the discovery trail today to find it was all torn down. I know a few people from here like zane got to ride some of the more recent stuff. There wasnt lots there, but there was enough to have some fun. Whoever pulled it out did a lot of work hauling out all the wood and filling in all the holes and such which means it was probably the city.

On a different note... does anyone want to do some riding this week at larch or leadbetter or someplace fairly local?

[zane]

wow, that's pretty lame about discovery. Last time I was there was about 3 weeks ago, it was looking pretty good. Except there were a ton of little kids on bmx machines trying to build stuff- they had already torn down the ladder drop in the 2nd area so we scared them away with our big bikes.

eknomf- Answer your phone! I tried to call you this past weekend to go ride some urban, and 3 weekends ago to hit up larch (it ended up raining...). I have your mom's number, PM me a different one if you're not there anymore.

[eknomf]

yeah i think part of its demise was due to the fact that poorly built stuff was popping up right by and in some cases on the walking trails.. probably because of some of the kids you saw. And im not usually around to answer my phone so you usually have to leave a message.
edit- my number is 360-571-2292 for where i usually am

[TWISTED]

Speaking of Vancouver, the Wendy's jumps looked really good when I saw them a week ago.
Anybody want to ride urban Portland thurs. ? Give me a call after 3:30, leave a message if I don't answer.
Tim
cell (503) 307-3586

[zane]

DOOD!!! I went to the Grotto in portland yesterday after a trip to universal for some new grips, and that place looks DAMN GOOD. I mean the rhythm set is like 20 jumps long and it all flows together. Once I get my hardtail I'll be there trying to remember how to ride trails...

[TWISTED]

You pretty much need a bmx to ride there. All the jumps are real tight together and none are really that big, I did much better on my bmx there.
Leaving to ride right now, bye.

[frizanko]

Hey Twisted, where are the Wendy's Jumps? Never heard of em, unless they're known by other names as well.

[eknomf]

does anyone have plans for heading out to PC or something this weekend. I want to ride some of that stuff now that i have a bike working again.

frizanko- theose wendys jumps are on 4th plain by the vancouver mall behind wendys and a firestone tire store. They are a few blocks east of the 4th plain and andreson intersection

[TWISTED]

The Wendy's jumps are located in Vancouver on fourth plain across the street from Barnes and Nobles, Dick Hannah auto mall, and Winco Foods, behind the Wendy's. Heading east on fourth plain turn right (south) at the light (might be 78th st). There is a tire shop and a Blimpy's, park on the side street.
The jumps are really sandy so it is best to go there when it is wet out. I started these jumps back in '91 and have tried to design in good water runn-off to keep puddles away from the trails. I haven't lived there or worked on them in years so don't blame me for any weird stuff.
Here's an old picture of me at Wendy's. This jump is long gone but there are some nice other ones there.

[TWISTED]

I'm hitting PC saturday, wanna hook up? I might actually take my downhill bike this time because I actually found some new drops that might be alot for my xc bike.

[eknomf]

Originally posted by TWISTED
I'm hitting PC saturday, wanna hook up? I might actually take my downhill bike this time because I actually found some new drops that might be alot for my xc bike.

Saturday would work for me. Are you thinking of shuttling.. because that would be much easier with dh bikes. If so we should probably try and get a few more people to make it easier.. so any other monkeys thinking of riding PC? Do you know the trails very well? I know most of the mid to lower parts pretty well but ive been wanting to go see the work thats been done one the very top few trails

[TWISTED]

Originally posted by eknomf
Saturday would work for me. Are you thinking of shuttling..

Are you kidding me?
Of course, that's the only way to ride!

[eknomf]

Ok good... ive been there a few times and not shuttled with my big bike and its not a fun walk/ride

[TWISTED]

You can join us then.
Everyone got their GFRA trail maps?

[Get_Some]

PC Sat? I was thinking about hitting it on SUnday, but I'd like to ride with a group too. Hey Eknomf how's the DJ? got it fixed and full of oil yet? man that was a weird break eh...

Toshi...where are ya? what are your plans? Anybody else...Frizanko?

Cheers

Dave

[frizanko]

Dave, check your e-mail. I want to go , but Jeremy is being difficult and refuses to go untill he gets his Fetish built. I have to help him move a huge pile of dirt he had brought in for some stuff we're buildin behind his house too... If we can get it done tomorrow I could prolly do something Sunday... Or maybe we could do something a lil closer in tomorrow like Leadbetters.
BTW this weather isnt supposed to last much longer.

[Toshi]

Originally posted by Get_Some
PC Sat? I was thinking about hitting it on SUnday, but I'd like to ride with a group too. Hey Eknomf how's the DJ? got it fixed and full of oil yet? man that was a weird break eh...

Toshi...where are ya? what are your plans? Anybody else...Frizanko?

Cheers

Dave
hi dave. unfortunately i'm in no position to ride, as i have the total of 0" of suspension distributed among my 3 bikes at the moment. the z1 is apparently lost on its way to marzocchi by the fabulous usps, and i don't have a 20mm front wheel else i'd stick the monster on the evil... :dead:

if someone has an extra 20mm wheel they are just dying to loan me then i'll be up for post canyon or whatever... :D

[frizanko]

Toshi, When are ya supposed to be getting your Canfield?

[Toshi]

Originally posted by frizanko
Toshi, When are ya supposed to be getting your Canfield?
it was supposed to be last week! soon, in any case.........

[eknomf]

I talked to marzocchi and they said i have to send it in to get it fixed. Part of the internals were connected to the part that ripped off i geuss. Ill be riding my new full spspension bike.

twisted - what time and place do you want to meet tomorrow? I might have another friend who would come with too.

toshi - if your wanting to come ride pc i have a 20mm front wheel you could borrow from my hardtail.

[Toshi]

Originally posted by eknomf
I talked to marzocchi and they said i have to send it in to get it fixed. Part of the internals were connected to the part that ripped off i geuss. Ill be riding my new full spspension bike.

twisted - what time and place do you want to meet tomorrow? I might have another friend who would come with too.

toshi - if your wanting to come ride pc i have a 20mm front wheel you could borrow from my hardtail.
pm sent. i now have no excuses not to ride :mad: so will show up wherever/whenever specified

[Get_Some]

Damn Toshi I thought you'd have the damn Cannfield by now, so you finnaly killed the z1 eh :D I would have thought it was toast after our last PC session !BANG! ;)

so ekonmf (was it Ryan? sorry man I'm terrible with names) what kinda squishy did you get ?

Sat won't work, I have to go pay speeding tickets and go to the dump, but I'm up for Sunay as long as it's not flooded out.

Frank, did you go to Primus on Tuesday? man if you didn't you missed one hell of a show :D

AHH dammit, now everyone's readdy to ride, so what are your plans guy's I really want to hook up again...

[TWISTED]

Eknomf we'll be heading out towards PC around 9 or 10 (I think).
Get_some or anybody else, if your free let's go ride urban pdx tonight.

Tim
503 307-3586

[Toshi]

Originally posted by TWISTED
Eknomf we'll be heading out towards PC around 9 or 10 (I think).
where and when should we meet up? i volunteer the use of my pathfinder as one of the shuttle vehicles since i can carry 4 bikes outside now.

[TWISTED]

I live close in pdx. I don't have a car.
Toshi, wanna pick me up on the way out? I'm thinking between 9 and 10. My friend Jason lives in Battleground so it's kinda a bother for him to come get me. I think He's bringing Zane.

[thruster]

I thought Ding was on the injuried list. Heard he hurt his foot or something like that.

[TWISTED]

He's fine. He seemed to have no problem last weekend doing drops, etc.

[Toshi]

charlie, clean out your inbox (and outbox and message tracking) :eek: . sunday sounds good tho :thumb:

[zane]

Alright, jason's picking me up at 7:30 and we're picking up his friend in the couve at 8:00. So I guess we'll all meet up on the mountain, I have toshis and twisteds cell #'s, so it should be all good.

[TWISTED]

Thruster, you going riding with us?

[thruster]

Love to but we are heading up to larch/jones creek for some runs. I have to be back at home by 1:30 so heading to PC is out of the question for me. Hope you all have fun.

[Mallet]

Eknomf: Good riding with you on Thursday. Thanks for showing me Larch. Surgery went well today, and I cant wait to get back on the bike!

[Chuckwagon]

Toshi-
All clear.

Let's meet at the truckstop at 9:30.

Anyone else want to go? It's the TravelAmerica truckstop on I-84 at exit 18. See you there. We're riding wildcat. DH/FR shiznit.

[Chuckwagon]

Turns out I have to work tomorrow. F*#%

See y'all next time.

Toshi-
All clear.

Let's meet at the truckstop at 9:30.

Anyone else want to go? It's the TravelAmerica truckstop on I-84 at exit 18. See you there. We're riding wildcat. DH/FR shiznit.

[Toshi]

Turns out I have to work tomorrow. F*#%

See y'all next time.
perfect tho! since i just wussed out, check your PMs. heh

in other news, TWISTED, ekmonkf (sorry if misspelling it), zane and i had a great time up in post canyon today. tim managed to break his frame on the second hit of the day so graciously drove shuttle duty, ryan loaned me his front wheel, and all helped out at the start of the ride when my evil was switched from a rigid, brakeless, single speed urban machine to a huckarific downhill hardtail, replete with monster t, huge tires, and even brakes. imagine that :D . thanks!

in riding news, it was a bit wet so some wooden obstacles were slippery, but on the whole the place was very rideable and very fun. also, ryan was ripping it up on his new/used scream w/'03 monster up front. and, in personal riding news, my '01 monster t didn't bottom out or dip into its last 1" of travel even on the (big for me) lower gp drops. props to marzocchi. if only it didn't send my handlebars to the sky... :mad:

[Chuckwagon]

gotta ride. :eviltongu

[Toshi]

does anyone have a link to the thread where i posted pics of my evil with various forks? i can't find it now. maybe it has been deleted on this new server. in any case, here is how it looks with a 175mm (just looked it up, not 170mm) '01 monster T

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/biking/bikes%20and%20parts/a%20rolling%20cliche%20-%20june%206,%202004/Images/1.jpg

[TWISTED]

:stupid: Ha ha ha, just kidding. I didn't expect you to show anyone that thing.

[zane]

:stupid: Ha ha ha, just kidding. I didn't expect you to show anyone that thing.

Toshi- I didn't think you'd post that either, but then again you actually seemed to like that setup by the end of the day. Oh- cool picture too, those front knobs look gnarly on the wall!

Good riding with all of you, and thanks again to tim for shuttle duties.

[eknomf]

Eknomf: Good riding with you on Thursday. Thanks for showing me Larch. Surgery went well today, and I cant wait to get back on the bike!
Good to hear your surgery went well.. hopefully you'll be riding again soon. You should come hit PC with us sometime once your all healed up.

Toshi, Tim, Zane - Good riding with you all... that was probably one of my best days at PC yet. Thanks for the shuttling Tim.

[TWISTED]

Toshi, Tim, Zane - Good riding with you all... that was probably one of my best days at PC yet. Thanks for the shuttling Tim.
No problem. Thanks for letting me try to break your bike as well.
I guess that was a little too much for my xc bike huh?

[Get_Some]

does anyone have a link to the thread where i posted pics of my evil with various forks? i can't find it now. maybe it has been deleted on this new server. in any case, here is how it looks with a 175mm (just looked it up, not 170mm) '01 monster T

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/biking/bikes%20and%20parts/a%20rolling%20cliche%20-%20june%206,%202004/Images/1.jpg

BAH!!!!!!!!!!! Toshi why have you been riding the Z1 all this time, you've been needing the monster more...CREACK ;) bet you didn't bottom that sucker eh...

Man I'm pissed I missed out on the ride this weekend...I didn't get to ride at all, and to make matters worse, I have a Wildland Firefighter Re-Cert class this weekend in Roseburg for 4 days (leaving Friday afternoon) so no trails for me again :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry:

Then after that, I have no idea how long it'll be till I get called up, might be a few days, might be a month, man I need to get on the 4x4, she's downstairs looking lonely eh...poor baby :eviltongu

[GFXRACE]

anyone here racing june 19 at ski bowl
GravityFX is ready to race

[TWISTED]

anyone here racing june 19 at ski bowl
GravityFX is ready to race
I didn't even know about the race. I raced the last ski bowl downhill race, you would think that if the promoters and sanctioning body wanted people to show up for their races they would send out schedules or e-mails to the racers. When I signed up to race I had to list my address etc. like three times, I gave them my e-mail too.
I don't get it. I grew up in Portland, been riding bikes here 29 years (bmx then mtb) and it seems like you have to be in some kind of click just to hear about races. Why aren't there race flyers posted at every bike shop in town? Hell, post them at Fred Meyers and Wal Mart too.
It looks like the only racing I'll be doing is at Whistler, they advertise all over the place.

[Toshi]

my z1 isn't lost after all! @#$% usps priority mail, supposedly 2 day service, took a solid 16 days to deliver it from oregon to california. whew.

[eknomf]

Does anyone have plans for riding this weekend? Id like to go out to PC again either earlier saturday or anytime sunday.

[TWISTED]

Does anyone have plans for riding this weekend? Id like to go out to PC again either earlier saturday or anytime sunday.
Just like the Verizon commercial "I'm in". :D

[eknomf]

i just found out that i have things to do sunday.. but i can ride all day saturday until 6 or 7ish. Looks like saturday is suposed to be the best weather out in hood river anyways so maybe we can ride some more of the logs this time. Anyone else want to ride?

[zane]

I really want to ride, but I'm screwed for this weekend - f&#kin army reserves.... But, I have NO SCHOOL next week! That means I can ride until 4 or 5 every day, so anyone else who can ride let me know (I'll give you a call eknomf- we can ride larch or some local stuff or maybe even make a quick PC trip...). Hope everyone has fun this weekend.

[frizanko]

So is anyone riding this afternoon or tomorrow? PC on Sunday?

[bikegrrl]

I'm down with PC today if anyone still wants to go. Otherwise I'll hit Washington Park, Tabor or other urban. Tomorrow I'm gonna build/ride at some trails I've never been to.
But I DEFINITELY wanna ride PC next Friday during the day, before the Collective premiere. Anyone else in?

[zane]

I'm in, what time is the premire? I have to work in portland at 5, but I can probably ride until 3 or so.

Ryan- you in?

[TWISTED]

DEFINITELY wanna ride PC next Friday during the day, before the Collective premiere. Anyone else in?
Huh? What is the Collective?

[eknomf]

I'm in, what time is the premire? I have to work in portland at 5, but I can probably ride until 3 or so.

Ryan- you in?

Possibly... i got invited to whistler this thursday friday and saturday with jason and will so if the weather looks good and i can find some money i might be doing that. Otherwise Id probably be up for PC

[bikegrrl]

Huh? What is the Collective?
http://www.thecollectivefilm.com/
Sick riders, sick shooters.
Premiere at Savino's in Hood River this Friday at 9 PM.
212 4th Street – Corner of 4th and State.

[Toshi]

anyone up for urban tomorrow or wednesday night? weather forecast looks good...

[TWISTED]

anyone up for urban tomorrow or wednesday night? weather forecast looks good...
You know it. I'd be down for a little bum jumpin'. :thumb: :D

[Toshi]

You know it. I'd be down for a little bum jumpin'. :thumb: :D
cool. let's ride tomorrow then. i think my z1 just came back from marzocchi today --something came via ups in any case -- so i'll have fresh new goods to abuse :D . what say we meet up around 6:30 or 7...? where?

[TWISTED]

cool. let's ride tomorrow then. i think my z1 just came back from marzocchi today --something came via ups in any case -- so i'll have fresh new goods to abuse :D . what say we meet up around 6:30 or 7...? where?
How about the fire station, east side waterfront by Hawthorne bridge? :evil:
That's where I usually meet people. I'll try to get Kevin to show up. :mumble: :dancing: :thumb:

[Toshi]

How about the fire station, east side waterfront by Hawthorne bridge? :evil:
That's where I usually meet people. I'll try to get Kevin to show up. :mumble: :dancing: :thumb:
ok, it's a deal.

[zane]

I have to work so I can't rock the urban, but are you guys free this weekend? Ryans not going to canada and we're riding PC on friday, but I wanna ride this weekend too. Hows about PC on saturday or sunday?

[bikegrrl]

I have to work so I can't rock the urban, but are you guys free this weekend? Ryans not going to canada and we're riding PC on friday, but I wanna ride this weekend too. Hows about PC on saturday or sunday?

I think there are at least four of us planning to ride PC on Sunday.

[zane]

Does anyone know if the collective premire will be for 21 and over? I'm not 21 but I still want to go...

[TWISTED]

Does anyone know if the collective premire will be for 21 and over? I'm not 21 but I still want to go...
Karen can say you're her son. :thumb: :D :sneaky:












Just kidding Karen. :love:

[zane]

Karen can say you're her son. :thumb: :D :sneaky:












Just kidding Karen. :love:
Hahaha....

Freakin lame, i called savino's and they are 21 and over all the time, including the collective premire. Oh well, I'm still riding PC on friday morning.

[TWISTED]

Had fun rippin' around downtown with Toshi and my friends Kevin (lil' kevster), and Shane from work. Showed them some fun lines.
Others are invited next time. :D

[Toshi]

Had fun rippin' around downtown with Toshi and my friends Kevin (lil' kevster), and Shane from work. Showed them some fun lines.
Others are invited next time. :D
i can officially ride... nothing. :D oh well. that "downhill trials" section is fun, i'll have to go back there

[scriz]

A friend forwarded me this message so I thought I'd post it here in case someone's interested... or if you already have some good pics maybe they could use them.


Hello MTB'ers,

The Oregonian is in the process of putting together a story about us enthusiasts and our sport. What they need is some photo's of someone actually riding on a trail in the Mt Hood area. If anyone has a ride planned for Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, please contact Michelle Cole at 503-294-5143 or michellecole@news.oregonian.com <mailto:michellecole@news.oregonian.com> if you would like to be the willing subject. Your participation would be greatly appreciated AND you'd get a chance to be in the newspaper!

Please refer to Michelle Cole regarding any questions/suggestions. She did say the one thing that may hold up the entire article IS this photo. Please help!

Roger W. Louton
503-702-4590
www.pumpclub.org <http://www.pumpclub.org>

[frizanko]

Does anyone know what the snowpack on Hood is like? Specifically on the lower mountain below T-line. Ive been itchin to hit the Glade trail lately and I'm hoping it'll be good to go soon. T-lines website says 121 inches, but I'm guessing thats up on Palmer, not at the lodge.
Anyone else ready for a 14 mile bomber on the Glade?

[eknomf]

Is anyone riding PC or elsewhere tomorrow or saturday? Zane and i were going to ride out there but he cant ride.

[Toshi]

Is anyone riding PC or elsewhere tomorrow or saturday? Zane and i were going to ride out there but he cant ride.
if my rear wheel arrives tomorrow, i'll go. but i have little faith. the frame looks nice tho :D . you wouldn't have a spare 160x12 wheel i could borrow as well, ryan? hehe

[eknomf]

if my rear wheel arrives tomorrow, i'll go. but i have little faith. the frame looks nice tho :D . you wouldn't have a spare 160x12 wheel i could borrow as well, ryan? hehe

well i do actually have a spare 12 mm wheel.. but its not 160. What happened to your evil?

[Toshi]

well i do actually have a spare 12 mm wheel.. but its not 160. What happened to your evil?
the evil is camping out in fat tire farm this weekend, getting that funky hayes fixed and the recalcitrant rotor bolts drilled out

oh, and the cranks haven't shown up yet either for the canfield. hmm, where are you, ups man?!

[zane]

Toshi- you get your canfield??? Post a picture if you have the time...

[Toshi]

Toshi- you get your canfield??? Post a picture if you have the time...
yes, i did, but i'm going to wait until she's all built up. which may be some more weeks from now :cool: :dead:

[scriz]

Anybody ridden Syncline? Any recommendations for some good lines? Hopefully I won't be struggling too bad on the Bullit. We're leaving ptown at about 9 if anyone is interested.

Also anyone ride the Blackrock trails in Falls City? I went there a couple weekends ago.. it's dope. Fast trails with jumps and berms and some really nice structures. I'm thinking of going back on Sunday

[frizanko]

Chuckwagon lives down near Falls City and rides there all the time... Try sending him a PM.I was planning a PC ride for Sunday but had a couple of CART race tickets fall into my lap.

[Toshi]

my junk is all here. so who wants to hit up post canyon this weekend? :D

[eknomf]

my junk is all here. so who wants to hit up post canyon this weekend? :D

I do. Lets ride it tomorrow. Sunday doesnt work because of fathers day.

[Toshi]

I do. Lets ride it tomorrow. Sunday doesnt work because of fathers day.
cool. pick a time, preferably not too early since i still need to cut my seatpost. do you have a hacksaw you could bring along by any chance? i can also finally give you back your wheel after the ride, many thanks. :D i have no bike rack any more, just for the record, so can't really handle more than 2 people + bikes

[eknomf]

cool. pick a time, preferably not too early since i still need to cut my seatpost. do you have a hacksaw you could bring along by any chance? i can also finally give you back your wheel after the ride, many thanks. :D i have no bike rack any more, just for the record, so can't really handle more than 2 people + bikes
edit- i missed the hacksaw question - ill get a saw or a pipecutter and bring it along
I bvroke my seatpost last ride and have a new uncut one as well so i need to cut one too. For a time.. 9ish or later would work for me... it would be nice if we could get tehre early enough to do a bit of riding without it being really hot.

[zane]

What happened to the bike rack?

I want to go to PC, but I'm out for a couple more days. Anyone free to ride next week?

[Toshi]

What happened to the bike rack?

I want to go to PC, but I'm out for a couple more days. Anyone free to ride next week?
i returned the rack because of the whole sagging-to-the-ground deal. d'oh.

ryan, let's meet at the ta truckstop at 9am, k?

also, even tho it's built i'm not going to take pics of my new/old bike until tuesday, when it gets its proper brakes vs. the alivio lever mated to a 6" avid mech and awkwardly spaced out adapter currently on the rear.

[eknomf]

ryan, let's meet at the ta truckstop at 9am, k?

ok sounds good. I got a saw and ill make sure i bring it along for the seatpost. Is anyone else going to be riding PC that wants to shuttle with us?

[Chuckwagon]

Anyone been up to Willamette pass yet? I'm planning to do the race next week. Anyone else going?

[TWISTED]

Anybody ridden Syncline? Any recommendations for some good lines? Hopefully I won't be struggling too bad on the Bullit. We're leaving ptown at about 9 if anyone is interested.

I've ridden Syncline many times. It looks like I'm posting this a little too late for you. Let me know if I can help.

[thatoneguy]

Hey guys, any light trail riding in the Beaverton/Hillsboro area? I finally built up one of my bikes and need to ride it. Also, where exactly is Post Canyon? Is it a big bike run, or will a 5" dual be good for it? Just curious as to what to build up next...

[frizanko]

Post Canyon is in Hood River about an hour east of Portland... Theres something for everyone there, but most of the trails are built for DH/FR rigs. There are a few guys that do it all on a HT though.

[Toshi]

2 of TWISTED from today:

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/biking/random%20galleries/stairs%20of%20my%20world%20-%20june%2020,%202004/Images/1.jpg

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/biking/random%20galleries/stairs%20of%20my%20world%20-%20june%2020,%202004/Images/2.jpg

[TWISTED]

Toshi you're awesome! :thumb:
I get home from a ride, check my computer, and you've got some sweet shots of me already posted. :dancing:
In the second shot it looks like I'm coming up short. Looks cool all sideways. :cool:
I can't wait for you to shoot me some more.

[zane]

Tim- what fork is that? I thought you had a monster t on your dh rig...

[TWISTED]

That's the same Drop-Off triple I had on my Rumble. I wanted to try it out because it's so much lighter than my big MonsterT. Seemed to work OK even though it's only 6" and has crap valving. Toshi takes nice pictures, huh? :thumb:

[downhilldude84]

hey im new to the forum, hey twisted thiz iz matt i was riding that black big hit at the zoo. if theres any riders that wana ride downtown or zoo trails call me up 503 730 9859. im an ok rider i race sport class so im not reely bad,

peace
matt

[downhilldude84]

can ne body help me body help me out i need to know what to put on my resimes to get sponsored, please help

peace
matt

[Get_Some]

Post Canyon is in Hood River about an hour east of Portland... Theres something for everyone there, but most of the trails are built for DH/FR rigs. There are a few guys that do it all on a HT though.
Bah...Frank you know HT's are fine at PC :D Tosh and Eknomf did damn fine despite a oddly broken fork... How ya been man, I've been off the ride for 3 weeks now with School, Wildland training and then String Cheese last weekend, man I'm gonna be shaky this week when I get in my first ride...I'm home this weekend unless some gnarly fire springs up, and I want to ride bad, so let's get something together, I meant to call you back, but I got swamped... I need to hit PC soon or I'm gonna go nuts...

Tosh, you go that Canfield yet?

[Toshi]

yeah, the canfield showed up last tuesday, and its wheels showed up this past friday. i rode it on saturday for a run at post canyon (clipless == sketchy) and on sunday for about five minutes before i decided that riding is too hard when the sun is out :D

[frizanko]

Daves Back!
Lets ride PC on Saturday. If you can get the trailer, I'll haul it with the Bronco which is now rollin topless. If the heat keeps up we might even consider trying out the Glade trail from Timberline to the bottom of the pass.. Toshi that'd be the place to really test the Canfield.

[blong]

I'll be in portland this wednesday (23rd) for 2 weeks. i'm bringing the dh bike.

drop me an email if you don't mind some socal fool tagging along

brian

pedalpedal at hotmail.com

[Toshi]

maybe PC on saturday isn't such a hot idea. the forecast is for rain all weekend. i'd be up for going anywhere, whether there or elsewhere where the sun might be out... i was originally planning to go to the suv jamboree :D but riding is always the better option

[oly]

Rain this weekend?? Argh, i was going to visit my dad out in N. plains and swim in the pool and bbq.

[Toshi]

Rain this weekend?? Argh, i was going to visit my dad out in N. plains and swim in the pool and bbq.
i'm just going by this... http://weather.yahoo.com/forecast/USOR0162.html

[oly]

So what does a few showers mean? Their icon makes it look like rain...not a few showers.....

[zane]

Toshi- Donde estan los Canfield fotos???

Is it the frame that's on the canfield site as lance's "custom frame"?

[Toshi]

Toshi- Donde estan los Canfield fotos???

Is it the frame that's on the canfield site as lance's "custom frame"?
you don't browse around in the downhill forum? :D

they are here:
http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=89826

[zane]

I just saw them, I always come to the p-town forum first.....

Suh-weet bike!

[frizanko]

Yeah Toshi, that ride is very very nice. Who cares if rains this weekend lets go ride in the mud.
I cant believe you picked that up for about what I paid for the Banshee!!!

[TWISTED]

If it rains it should still be good at Syncline. I'm ready to ride sat.
Lil' Kevster and I are going to do a little riding around downtown this afternoon if anyone wants to join us. I need to check out my new bike.
Tim (503) 307-3586

[scriz]

I've ridden Syncline many times. It looks like I'm posting this a little too late for you. Let me know if I can help.

Thanks Twisted. We had a good time out there despite almost fryin' to death. We rode (and pushed) way way up into the woodsy area and ended up on some overgrown jeep trails. We got stuck so we turned around and came down a fun singletrack right on the edge of the cliff. Then we cut over and climbed east a while and found another singletrack with some really fun rocky sections. Nothing too crazy, but definitely made me glad I brought the full squisher. Is there a map of all the singletracks somewhere?

[TWISTED]

Sincline is way fun. Although it is frowned upon we shuttle it and only ride down those sweet trails. There are probably some maps online somewhere. I'll be hitting Post Canyon or Sincline this weekend depending on the weather.
We'll figure out the weekends plan here on this thread.
Tim

[richhouseman]

Is the Jones Creek Trail still there? Or is it closed now?

[frizanko]

Im pretty sure Jones Creek is still there and open for riding.. The guys at Universal have been doing a weekly ride there on Friday evenings.

[oly]

Im pretty sure Jones Creek is still there and open for riding.. The guys at Universal have been doing a weekly ride there on Friday evenings.

Universal Cycles
5929 NE 80th
Portland, OR 97218

Phone: 1.800.936.5156
Fax: 503.296.2473
Email: mikeuniversal@hotmail.com

also.... a map here....
http://www.universalcycles.com/visit_us.php

[TWISTED]

Is the Jones Creek Trail still there? Or is it closed now?
Yeah it's there but the only good trail is the "Houseman Trail", ever here of it? ;)

[Toshi]

ok, so what's happening this weekend? who is driving? :D and when/where for meeting up?

[eknomf]

It looks like its no longer supposed to rain on Saturday. So how about PC and if it does get wet we head over to syncline like Tim was saying.

[TWISTED]

How about Post Canyon sat? Head out of Portland 9 or 10ish. Meet up at TA truck stop.

[Toshi]

How about Post Canyon sat? Head out of Portland 9 or 10ish. Meet up at TA truck stop.
sounds good to me... dave, frank, what's the word with the trailer? pick a time. brian, i can pick you up in portland, as my pathy can handle 2 people + 2 dh bikes as it is.

[TWISTED]

I'm sure Jason and Will or Chris will be heading out there too.
Gotta practice GP! :thumb:

[eknomf]

Is there a time set for the truckstop yet? If not how about 9:30. I just talked to one of my friends who wants to come ride post canyon and he has a trailer im going to borrow that he says can hold about 10 bikes... So i should be able to drive 4 or 5 people and lots of bikes.

[zane]

Damn, I sure picked a sh**ty weekend to move. I'm moving to an apartment near the vancouver mall on saturday, so I'm busy this weekend. It sounds like the whole portland/vanc posse will be at PC, hope you all have fun.

[TWISTED]

Ride in the morning, move at night and sunday Zane.
I'm still looking for a ride out there Ryan.

[eknomf]

Ride in the morning, move at night and sunday Zane.
I'm still looking for a ride out there Ryan.

If theres no one in portland to get a ride to the TA with i could probably come pick you up. First i have to stop out by vancouver mall to get my friend Brian and his trailer, so its a bit out of the way but it will work.

[TWISTED]

Any Portland :monkey:'s wanna go to Post Canyon sat. morning? My cheap ass aint got no car, so I need a ride to the TA rendevou (sp?) in Troutdale. :help:

If I can't get a ride I'll take the MAX to the Gateway stop at I 205 by Washington st.

[bikegrrl]

If theres no one in portland to get a ride to the TA with i could probably come pick you up. First i have to stop out by vancouver mall to get my friend Brian and his trailer, so its a bit out of the way but it will work.

I don't know yet...but I also might need a ride for me and my Bullit if anyone can swing by close-in SE PDX.

[TWISTED]

What happened to your car Karen?

[bikegrrl]

What happened to your car Karen?
It died. But hell, I got 225K out of it first. I am looking for a new rig but holding off til I get the funds for something sweet. (Wanna hook me up with more photo shoots with Mountain Cycle??? That would help ;-) Driving Kim's Tracker in the meantime, but I don't always have access to it...depends on our schedules.

[TWISTED]

Photoshoots? Hmmmm... I don't know. :blah:
You take some nice shots, but Toshi does a good job with his sweet digital cam. Serious competition. :D

[Toshi]

Is there a time set for the truckstop yet? If not how about 9:30. I just talked to one of my friends who wants to come ride post canyon and he has a trailer im going to borrow that he says can hold about 10 bikes... So i should be able to drive 4 or 5 people and lots of bikes.
i'm in. 9:30 at the TA. :thumb:

[eknomf]

i'm in. 9:30 at the TA. :thumb:
ok that sounds good. Im still not sure how many people will be with me.. it sounds like between 2 and 4, but shuttles should work well. Dave and Frank.. are you guys coming along?

[TWISTED]

Jason is coming with his truck, maybe with Chris and his big Chevy truck.

[frizanko]

I think Im in... I havent heard back from Dave yet, but Im sure he'll be on here sometime today...Without the trailer I'll need to get on the list for shuttle service. Hopefully he can get it though.

[scriz]

What's up everyone... I'm in SE portland so if there are any of you that need a ride to the truckstop or all the way to PC give me a call. I've got a Tacoma 2WD. I can fit 2-3 bikes in the back and 2-3 monkeys up front if you don't mind the cramped extra cab. Anyway Tim or Karen, give me a call if you still need a lift. (415) 385-9627[c]

-Ben

[TWISTED]

Thanks Ben. I gladly except your' offer. :dancing:
Sounds like we're gonna have alot of people, sweet. Good times. :thumb:
Chris is bringing his truck, Ben has a truck. Cool. :D
Toshi, bring your camera. I'm sure one of us will come up with something worthy of a picture. ;)