What does 90+ days of bc skiing translate to:?

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07-07-2005, 10:26 AM
Trackhead

What does 90+ days of bc skiing translate to:?

A weak, pathetic, slow biker.

Rode up to Albion Basin (Alta) today from my house and felt like I had sat on the couch all winter eating donuts and chips.

Anyway, motivated to get out more. Have a little ambition to ride the tri-canyon link up. Would be fun to ride LCC, BCC, and then Mill Creek in a morning.

Feels good to get out and suffer again.

I ride like I ski, shitty on the way down. So if anyone is getting out, PM me. I'm looking for folks to ride with.
07-07-2005, 11:58 AM
Xover

mmmmm ... donuts :biggrin: :biggrin:
07-07-2005, 01:22 PM
Crinkle

slacker ;)

utard riders are in trouble if you go at biking like you go at skiing, you'll be killing it by mid august
07-07-2005, 01:30 PM
powderwhore

He'll just kill us on the climbs. I don't think he'd keep up on the downhill sections. :D

Track do you road or mt?
07-07-2005, 02:34 PM
Trackhead

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Originally Posted by powderwhore

He'll just kill us on the climbs. I don't think he'd keep up on the downhill sections. :D

Track do you road or mt?

Sold my road bike. So just hardtail mtn bike now.

You're right, I suck at the downhills. But I love climbing.
07-07-2005, 03:15 PM
powderwhore

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Originally Posted by Trackhead

You're right, I suck at the downhills. But I love climbing.

I suck at climbing but love the downhills. Go figure.

Buy a full suspension at least 6 and 6, you'll love it. Bombing down singletrack at about 30 mph makes me happy! :biggrin:
07-07-2005, 03:44 PM
Trackhead

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Originally Posted by powderwhore

I suck at climbing but love the downhills. Go figure.

Buy a full suspension at least 6 and 6, you'll love it. Bombing down singletrack at about 30 mph makes me happy! :biggrin:

I'd like to do that, but recent purchases are inhibiting that 6x6.
07-07-2005, 04:22 PM
Crinkle

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Originally Posted by Trackhead

I'd like to do that, but recent purchases are inhibiting that 6x6.

sounds like your priorities are screwed up
07-07-2005, 06:03 PM
SkiingBear

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Originally Posted by Trackhead

[SIZE=4]Would be fun to ride LCC, BCC, and then Mill Creek in a morning.

Just tack on Emigration to the end of that and you've got 111 miles and 17,000 vertical of pure fun.
07-08-2005, 07:21 AM
Xover

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Originally Posted by Crinkle

sounds like your priorities are screwed up

not if'n you want to continue to see top quality vids 'round these parts they ain't ;)
07-08-2005, 09:08 AM
Trackhead

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Originally Posted by SkiingBear

Just tack on Emigration to the end of that and you've got 111 miles and 17,000 vertical of pure fun.

Have you done that?

LCC, BCC, and Mill Creek gives you what? 13 or 14k of vert and how many miles?
07-08-2005, 09:30 AM
TeleAl

Alpine or Tele Skiing?
I find my legs stronger than ever at the beginning of bike season.
My lungs however, lack the ability to keep up.
I noticed this my after my first season on Tele Skis.
I found myself climbing hills in harder gears than normal,
on the first rides of the season.

When I was Alpine Skiing, my legs got weaker over the Winter Season.

But, don't dispair, 90+ days is well worth enjoying.
And there is plenty of biking to do all summer.
07-08-2005, 09:53 AM
Frozone

Tri-canyon is something I've been meaning to do, I'm game but I don't think it would be very fun on a mountain bike. Are you running slicks when you ride on the road? Do you have access to a road bike?

I've never really heard of a dirt version, is there one? I guess you could follow Great Western ala the Wasatch 100 course but I don't know how rideable all of that would be, it would be interesting to look into.
07-08-2005, 10:07 AM
Trackhead

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Originally Posted by Frozone

Tri-canyon is something I've been meaning to do, I'm game but I don't think it would be very fun on a mountain bike. Are you running slicks when you ride on the road? Do you have access to a road bike?

I sold my road bike. But slicks on the mtn bike would work fine.

Let's do it in a month or so.
07-08-2005, 10:39 AM
Frozone

I pm'd you about morning rides. I've been lazy this season so August will be good for the Canyons. Let's hook up in the meantime, sounds like you're close to LCC. Quarry, Bells and Shoreline are getting old, I'm ready to wake up earlier and drive somewhere instead of riding these from my house. Always game for the road as well. PM me with your schedule, I'm free most mornings (middle of the day's too hot anyway, lunch road ride yesterday almost did me in!)
07-08-2005, 10:47 AM
SkiingBear

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Originally Posted by Trackhead

Have you done that?

LCC, BCC, and Mill Creek gives you what? 13 or 14k of vert and how many miles?

I haven't done it myself, but I'll talk to my buddy about the mileage. I know that when he finished all 4 he was pretty much worthless for a day or so.
07-08-2005, 10:56 AM
Trackhead

I'd be up for the 3 canyon in a month, then the four canyon in September or so.

We should get a possie of the sufferfest to do this.
07-08-2005, 02:17 PM
altagirl

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Originally Posted by Frozone

Tri-canyon is something I've been meaning to do, I'm game but I don't think it would be very fun on a mountain bike. Are you running slicks when you ride on the road? Do you have access to a road bike?

I've never really heard of a dirt version, is there one? I guess you could follow Great Western ala the Wasatch 100 course but I don't know how rideable all of that would be, it would be interesting to look into.

So you're just talking riding the roads? (There's no way in hell I'd be interested in that... if there's no good singletrack descent, there's no point in riding up in the first place.)

But my physical therapist was telling me that her favorite ride was something like Deer Valley up to the Crest Trail, down Mill D, up Brighton/Solitude somewhere, down to Alta, back thru Mineral Basin and they end up at Sundance. She said it took her and her husband 8 hours or something and they were riding that pretty regularly for a while when training for endurance events. Insane, but mostly because most of those trails sound like gravel roads and not trails.
07-08-2005, 03:01 PM
Trackhead

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Originally Posted by altagirl

So you're just talking riding the roads? (There's no way in hell I'd be interested in that... if there's no good singletrack descent, there's no point in riding up in the first place.)

But my physical therapist was telling me that her favorite ride was something like Deer Valley up to the Crest Trail, down Mill D, up Brighton/Solitude somewhere, down to Alta, back thru Mineral Basin and they end up at Sundance. She said it took her and her husband 8 hours or something and they were riding that pretty regularly for a while when training for endurance events. Insane, but mostly because most of those trails sound like gravel roads and not trails.

^^Sounds good.

Linking up the canyons off road would be fun.

No point without singletrack? Perhaps not for everyone. But I enjoy riding up more than riding down. Same goes for skiing alot of the time.
07-08-2005, 03:11 PM
powderwhore

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Originally Posted by Trackhead

But I enjoy riding up more than riding down. Same goes for skiing alot of the time.

Are you from opposite world?
07-08-2005, 04:30 PM
Buzzworthy

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Originally Posted by altagirl

But my physical therapist was telling me that her favorite ride was something like Deer Valley up to the Crest Trail, down Mill D, up Brighton/Solitude somewhere, down to Alta, back thru Mineral Basin and they end up at Sundance. She said it took her and her husband 8 hours or something and they were riding that pretty regularly for a while when training for endurance events. Insane, but mostly because most of those trails sound like gravel roads and not trails.

That sounds like one nice ride and one hell of a ride.

C, were they on full or hardtail?
07-08-2005, 05:10 PM
skibe

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Originally Posted by altagirl

So you're just talking riding the roads? (There's no way in hell I'd be interested in that... if there's no good singletrack descent, there's no point in riding up in the first place.)

But my physical therapist was telling me that her favorite ride was something like Deer Valley up to the Crest Trail, down Mill D, up Brighton/Solitude somewhere, down to Alta, back thru Mineral Basin and they end up at Sundance. She said it took her and her husband 8 hours or something and they were riding that pretty regularly for a while when training for endurance events. Insane, but mostly because most of those trails sound like gravel roads and not trails.

Endurance riders aren't playing with a full deck.
07-08-2005, 05:28 PM
altagirl

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Originally Posted by Buzzworthy

That sounds like one nice ride and one hell of a ride.

C, were they on full or hardtail?

I know she has a FS (she races Super D sometimes) but I don't know what they do their epic rides on. She used to race DH skiing too, so she's is the descender's club depite loving the endurance stuff. ;) I think their trail choice was mostly just for sheer distance and elevation.