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Chilli on fries. BPW has really upped their food game
It's obvious, you have not been to Walmart lately!!
A Scheckler ?
It’s funny the things that tickle our palate.….in combination with a Cappuccino or hot chocolate? You might try wieners with chocolate cream (nutella), what is not bad.
Having lunch with the crew once and discovered that I forgot my spoon for my chocolate pudding cup. Used a pepperoni stick instead.
Pepperoni and chocolate pudding …yummy!
….in combination with a Cappuccino or hot chocolate? You might try wieners with chocolate cream (nutella), what is not bad.
Cappuccino. I can picture my Italian friends reactions
It’s funny the things that tickle our palate.
Having lunch with the crew once and discovered that I forgot my spoon for my chocolate pudding cup. Used a pepperoni stick instead.
Pepperoni and chocolate pudding …yummy!
Hot chocolate!
It’s funny the things that tickle our palate.
Having lunch with the crew once and discovered that I forgot my spoon for my chocolate pudding cup. Used a pepperoni stick instead.
Pepperoni and chocolate pudding …yummy!
Oh wait! By pepperoni you mean the sausage not the chili (what we say in Germany), right? Then its „just“ Chocolate on a stick!
Well, we have the next heavy storm heading with lots of rain to our region. No good outlook for getting out on the bike for new pics to share.
But hey, what a opportunity to test my new watertight jacket! 
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A hot pork pie covered in hot mushy peas, with mint sauce! In a bowl, not on a plate. 
Yum, yum! It was a local delicacy in the part of the UK where I grew up.
Not had it for years. Must do something about that.
Yum, yum! It was a local delicacy in the part of the UK where I grew up.
Not had it for years. Must do something about that.
I agree completely which is why I wear all the pads I can put on when I do the stuff that makes me nervous. I used to be able to jump off the bike and land on my feet when I crashed but since I broke my foot and tore the tendons in my other ankle, I ride way more reserved these days.It's the consequences that defeat me, every time.
But once I've done it once, I am usually (not always) amazed at how much easier it was than I thought it would be!
This feature used to scare the crap out of me as the run in is a pretty steep rock slab and the drop used to be bigger. After doing it many times, it's routine and I don't even notice it. Practice makes better!
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Here in South Australia it's a Pie FloaterA hot pork pie covered in hot mushy peas, with mint sauce! In a bowl, not on a plate.
Yum, yum! It was a local delicacy in the part of the UK where I grew up.
Not had it for years. Must do something about that.
Beef Pie covered in Pea & Ham Soup with Tomato Sauce
Iconic !
My highest respect!
How often did you ride to get enough practice and confidence / routine to ride such structures? Daily?
Well... I started riding the North Shore around 15 years ago and there are structures like that (bigger and smaller) on lots of trails, which I have fallen off of many of them! I ride on average 3 times a week. Also, 10+ seasons riding 30+ days a year at Whistler Bike Park is more than most people do in a life time. Practice takes time and so does confidence.My highest respect!
KnollyBro, those of us in the motorcycle world, especially off road motorcycle, have a term called ATGATT...all the gear all the time. Your mention of pads and other protective gear is perfectly logical when the riding or any physical activity that can involve some relatively serious injury is considered. Now I'm not promoting full body armor for riding one's ebike down to the store to get a jug of milk, but there are times, right?
This concept of wearing an appropriate level of protective gear for the task at hand was something I found occasionally odd when I got into MTB. I mentioned to you about my Moab adventures in the past. A good friend and I would spend 2 weeks every year there riding our MTB's, and we both wore full coverage helmets...Specialized Deviant...knee/shin guards, and even Answer Products lightweight body armor that had front and back panels along with shoulder and elbow pads.
We were old guys then, but we really enjoyed sending it on some of the rougher sections of trail out there. We would frequently get odd looks or even comments sometimes from other cyclists about our gear. The fun part came when we would fly by them on our decently big hit bikes at full speed through rock sections, drops, and such. No...we weren't Simmons and Schley, but our gear and bike selection gave us confidence and a level of capability that we could take advantage of.
I will never forget one ride in particular on Porcupine Rim. We had stopped at that "High Anxiety" overlook of Castle Valley to eat a snack. This is a big stopping point for most riders doing the rim before the fast, rocky sections begin. A young lady in about her early 20's came up to us and asked why we were wearing so much protective gear. For one, we jokingly told her that we were older guys who wanted to keep riding instead of ending up in the nursing home. She laughed. For two, more seriously, we mentioned that we occasionally crash and the gear came in handy for that.
She was dressed like about 50% of the riders you usually see in Moab...lycra shorts, open face helmet, fingerless gloves, etc. Nothing wrong with that, and I'll defend anyone's choice to wear whatever they're comfortable with. So she and her small group of about 5 riders take off down the descent. My buddy and I look at each other and wonder how long it will take us to catch them...or maybe not. Anyway, we head off, and as we get to one of the very fast, chunky, rock sections, we see a small group of riders in a tight pack standing around someone on the ground. We stop briefly and sure enough, it is the same young lady laying on the ground. Her friends are attending to her, and she is conscious but just about out of it. You can tell she took a header face first into the rocks, and she is bloody and buggered up facially. I'd call concussion too, but I didn't stay in a Holiday the night before. We ask if they need any help, but they say they have it handled and thank us for asking. We make our way down to the Colorado River to the end of the ride, thankful we wear significant protection.
I don't relay that story to make fun of the young lady. I mention it because many bicyclists have some thoughts like her that protective gear isn't necessary. Sure, it comes down to where and maybe how you're riding, but I suggest wearing the amount and kind of gear that you feel comfortable with.
This concept of wearing an appropriate level of protective gear for the task at hand was something I found occasionally odd when I got into MTB. I mentioned to you about my Moab adventures in the past. A good friend and I would spend 2 weeks every year there riding our MTB's, and we both wore full coverage helmets...Specialized Deviant...knee/shin guards, and even Answer Products lightweight body armor that had front and back panels along with shoulder and elbow pads.
We were old guys then, but we really enjoyed sending it on some of the rougher sections of trail out there. We would frequently get odd looks or even comments sometimes from other cyclists about our gear. The fun part came when we would fly by them on our decently big hit bikes at full speed through rock sections, drops, and such. No...we weren't Simmons and Schley, but our gear and bike selection gave us confidence and a level of capability that we could take advantage of.
I will never forget one ride in particular on Porcupine Rim. We had stopped at that "High Anxiety" overlook of Castle Valley to eat a snack. This is a big stopping point for most riders doing the rim before the fast, rocky sections begin. A young lady in about her early 20's came up to us and asked why we were wearing so much protective gear. For one, we jokingly told her that we were older guys who wanted to keep riding instead of ending up in the nursing home. She laughed. For two, more seriously, we mentioned that we occasionally crash and the gear came in handy for that.
She was dressed like about 50% of the riders you usually see in Moab...lycra shorts, open face helmet, fingerless gloves, etc. Nothing wrong with that, and I'll defend anyone's choice to wear whatever they're comfortable with. So she and her small group of about 5 riders take off down the descent. My buddy and I look at each other and wonder how long it will take us to catch them...or maybe not. Anyway, we head off, and as we get to one of the very fast, chunky, rock sections, we see a small group of riders in a tight pack standing around someone on the ground. We stop briefly and sure enough, it is the same young lady laying on the ground. Her friends are attending to her, and she is conscious but just about out of it. You can tell she took a header face first into the rocks, and she is bloody and buggered up facially. I'd call concussion too, but I didn't stay in a Holiday the night before. We ask if they need any help, but they say they have it handled and thank us for asking. We make our way down to the Colorado River to the end of the ride, thankful we wear significant protection.
I don't relay that story to make fun of the young lady. I mention it because many bicyclists have some thoughts like her that protective gear isn't necessary. Sure, it comes down to where and maybe how you're riding, but I suggest wearing the amount and kind of gear that you feel comfortable with.
I used to think protective gear was unnecessary until I started bleeding!
I bought my first mtb and booked a skills course that started the day after. I only bought a helmet because it was a condition of the course. The day after the course I was enthused by my new skills and I was gung-ho. On a cinder descent, on my 100mm hardtail, I hit a hole and did a Superman OTB. I landed flat and bounced like a dead cat. I broke my helmet in two, bruised what felt like all my ribs and had long and deep cinder-filled scratches down both knees and forearms. It was nearly two weeks before I could wear long trousers and long-sleeved shirts without bandages.
As I steadily fell off more and more, my protective gear increased. Nowadays, when I fall off, crash, run out of skill, (whatever), I usually don't get hurt. I get limbs wrenched and get the wind knocked out of me, but no cuts, gouges, scrapes, and very few bruises. I have come near to being impaled once, and I almost broke both thighs at the same time (ouch!), but fortunately no big drops onto pointy rocks yet. There's time!
I bought my first mtb and booked a skills course that started the day after. I only bought a helmet because it was a condition of the course. The day after the course I was enthused by my new skills and I was gung-ho. On a cinder descent, on my 100mm hardtail, I hit a hole and did a Superman OTB. I landed flat and bounced like a dead cat. I broke my helmet in two, bruised what felt like all my ribs and had long and deep cinder-filled scratches down both knees and forearms. It was nearly two weeks before I could wear long trousers and long-sleeved shirts without bandages.
As I steadily fell off more and more, my protective gear increased. Nowadays, when I fall off, crash, run out of skill, (whatever), I usually don't get hurt. I get limbs wrenched and get the wind knocked out of me, but no cuts, gouges, scrapes, and very few bruises. I have come near to being impaled once, and I almost broke both thighs at the same time (ouch!), but fortunately no big drops onto pointy rocks yet. There's time!
LOL!...on our main local trail that Strava thing is kept up with by a few of the locals. I didn't even know it was a thing for MTB, just roadies. Only 2 or 3 of us around here do the emtb thing...our trail allows them. One day of our guys took the shop's demo Rail 7 and did the Strava thing out there as a joke. Man, there were some raised eyebrows apparently, and he finally let the cat out of the bag that it was on an emtb. Much fun was had and no bruised egos were involved.
Love my old clunker ìt gets taken to the bottom of a hill occasionally and left till i get back as it has panniers.
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Your photos always have a richness and saturation that is awesome. What are they taken on?
I would like to take all the credit for my extensive background and time spent setting up lighting and cameras while working in the porn industry but most of the actual credit has to go to the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra, cloudy days and the "Auto" color balance filter to reduce the flat/washed out original image.
I slept in the living room last winter got the place to myself. I had the fire on all night, no way I would use that mattress. Toilet well there is a shovel if you prefer the outside option.I wish I hadn't seen that mattress or that toilet
You may need to get some stabilisers.I used to think protective gear was unnecessary until I started bleeding!
I bought my first mtb and booked a skills course that started the day after. I only bought a helmet because it was a condition of the course. The day after the course I was enthused by my new skills and I was gung-ho. On a cinder descent, on my 100mm hardtail, I hit a hole and did a Superman OTB. I landed flat and bounced like a dead cat. I broke my helmet in two, bruised what felt like all my ribs and had long and deep cinder-filled scratches down both knees and forearms. It was nearly two weeks before I could wear long trousers and long-sleeved shirts without bandages.
As I steadily fell off more and more, my protective gear increased. Nowadays, when I fall off, crash, run out of skill, (whatever), I usually don't get hurt. I get limbs wrenched and get the wind knocked out of me, but no cuts, gouges, scrapes, and very few bruises. I have come near to being impaled once, and I almost broke both thighs at the same time (ouch!), but fortunately no big drops onto pointy rocks yet. There's time!
Not being to shy I think I would not plan to stay there or need to be pretty lost without any option. But maybe it looks different when being on site.
Who or why are all these pictures with cattle(?) on the walls?
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