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A new thread about cycling
crohnsy:
--- Quote from: Social Bacon on 02 Jun 2008, 21:52 ---How's the cycling in Thunder Bay? I'd bet the place is riddled with all kinds of trails through the bush.
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yeah we have lots of really fun mtb trails and even the road rides are pretty fun with a nice mix of climbing and flat road.
Phil73805:
Hi all, I'm very into cycling and have been for about two years now but I'm talking about mountain biking! Not for me, the garishly coloured lycra nor the death of otherwise finely honed fashion sense, no no. I'm much happier racing on a downhill run in full protective armour or for that matter doing a 30km cross country route and sweating my fat ass off :-) Any other frothing mountain bike nuts out there?
jhocking:
--- Quote from: ledhendrix on 03 Jun 2008, 05:20 ---I prefer cycling over hilly roads, because whilst the hills may be crap on the way up, they are shit loads of fun on the way back down.
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Yeah but taken to an extreme that logic is kind of crazy. When I was in northern california two weekends ago, we drove on Las Lomas road to get from Napa to the coast, and we passed many bikers. That's a tiny road that winds a dozen miles up a mountain, and then winds a dozen miles back down on the other side, with maybe two places to pull off and take a break along the entire length of it. Not only would it be insanely hard to bike up in the first place, but losing control on the way down would result in you plummeting to your death.
ledhendrix:
Probably not practical in that situation. It's alright over here in Scotland though, theres always loads of passing places and even if there aren't any if your on a bike it's easy enough just to pull over to the side and let stuff past. I doubt there are any inclines/declines as long as the ones you are talking about over here as well.
KickThatBathProf:
--- Quote from: jhocking on 03 Jun 2008, 07:35 ---Yeah but taken to an extreme that logic is kind of crazy. When I was in northern california two weekends ago, we drove on Las Lomas road to get from Napa to the coast, and we passed many bikers. That's a tiny road that winds a dozen miles up a mountain, and then winds a dozen miles back down on the other side, with maybe two places to pull off and take a break along the entire length of it. Not only would it be insanely hard to bike up in the first place, but losing control on the way down would result in you plummeting to your death.
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Actually, I saw the same thing in the Reno area when I was there two years ago. When I told my uncle about it, he said that they actually have a sort of "Death Tour" where they bike up and down five different mountain passes. Eesh.
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