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[uncle crud]

Setterdey dun road sum trayls. Dems were gud. Deys reel gud. Bowtin' the bestest eye'd ever bin awn.

Sum pitchers fer ye.

Foist we road up a durt rode proksmittly tin myles two thee trayl hedd wear we seenz summa peekz lyke too bigguns hear --



but if youse wuz seen ever'thang round yew then youse seen this'n hear this'n lay-treen bilt buy dems Forrist Servants:



Them boyz is purt gud arrkey-tex. Seen thems billdinz afore.

We duns road up a rode two thet sniggle trek. Thens bowts mebbe our enna haff later we seens sum kinda Zenn gard'n, see whats I meen:



Ev'n tho thet garrd in wuzz kewl we hafta moov on. Bit on down the rode we wuz clime ing uppa hillz. Lay-zee fuquer at werk:



Mine too frenz wuz fastern me. Theyz uppa hed. Theyz taykin pitchers uv me swettin my azz awf.



Fekkin' down hillz wuz rip-in. We went downs hillz fer our & kwarter. Hoo grinz bigist winz.

We gots no pitchers frum down hillz.

[Rontele]

nice pics, Crud. How are you liking your Sultan?

I am convinced my 29er is my favorite bike. Easily.

[uncle crud]

The Sultan makes me want to get rid of ALL of my other bikes. Including the 6-Pack.

But I had to ride it for about 25 hours to reach that conclusion. The rear suspension action was sticky at first and I almost turned around and sold the thing.

I would love to have a little more bottom-out control on the RP23. It bottoms too easily when set for the proper sag, and when its PSI is high enough to prevent bottom-out, the sag is too small and the ride too rough on smaller bumps. Most likely the RP23 will go to PUSH soon.

[RootSkier]

I'll give you $100 for your 6 Pack and you can borrow it whenever you want.

Is that out west on 90?

[uncle crud]

Other direction on US 90. Sorta near Whitehall.

[gravitylover]

The Old Koot rides full rigid

[pnut]

Curly Lake trail.

[uncle crud]

The Old Koot rides full rigid

The Old Koot also is very bad at writing "Koot" style. He does every 4th or 5th word "Koot" style and it makes no sense, is just damned hard to read.

[uncle crud]

Curly Lake trail.

Dang, man. You must know that trail pretty well. The sign says you are correct, but you left out an "E".

[pnut]

Well, what can I say, I'm a freerider not a speller

Nice pics and a great ride. I could recognize those mountains beside the dirt road and the open forest on the climb above the lake.

[Unruly Baker]

Is that Brass Anno? I think we have similar taste in bikes. Here is mine.



UB

[uncle crud]

Well, what can I say, I'm a freerider not a speller

Nice pics and a great ride. I could recognize those mountains beside the dirt road and the open forest on the climb above the lake.

That's a pretty long climb for a "freerider." You sure you're a "freerider"?

Actually, I understand there's a shorter loop that can be done with shuttle bunnies. At one point we stopped for food and headset adjustments, and I pulled out my camera intending to take a few pictures. The headset adjustment made me forget that intention, and when we geared back up to keep climbing, I failed to fully close my pack. Soon after we hit the descent and about 1 mile into the descent, my sunglass case fell out of the pack at a bumpy spot in the trail. I stopped and noticed my camera was gone. I keep it in a Ziploc bag, so I figured it would be easy to see if I just climbed back up to the point where we'd stopped. When I got about 90% of the way back, I came across someone on a grey SC Bullit who was pushing his bike uphill. I asked him if he'd seen a camera in a Ziploc. SCORE! The excellent dude had picked it up and was carrying it. He asked where I was heading, and I said that we were doing a long, fun, techie descent. He asked if we were doing Rock Creek. I didn't know, I'd never done this ride before. So I said that. He said something about us having a long ride back to our rig, but apparently he didn't park where we did. We parked at the bottom of the Rock Creek portion of the trail.

Apparently he knew of some other way than the 10 mile road climb start that we did. So maybe that is the "freerider" way!

When did they put in that ugly plastic latrine? Those things suck donkey balls, they're so fuckin' ugly. My friends and I ride into remote areas to get away from that crap. Is there really so much use of that trail system that a latrine is needed?

[pnut]

The freerider thing is a joke between me and my biking buddies.

The first time I did that ride we did the whole loop from Rock Creek. It is a long way. Now we usually set up a shuttle to the Lake Louise/Lost Cabin trailhead and leave a car at Rock Creek. There is a fun little log ride and rock jump near the parking lot while you wait. That cuts the dirt road ride down to about a 1/2 mile. But you still get all the singletrack. That is the freerider way. There are also two ways to access CurlEy Lake - The first is Curley Creek trail, which is a few less miles on the dirt road then the Curley Lake Trail. This one is a less pleasant climb and w/ the Curley Lake trail you get that nice little downhill after the westphal parks.

Not sure about the crapper, but that place gets really busy some summer weekends. The road ride really sucks w/ all the car/atv traffic constantly making you eat dust.

[uncle crud]

We got super-lucky, I guess. Didn't see a single car or truck while we were doing the dirt road start of the ride. We did see a few trucks pass by the spot where we parked.

I didn't realize ATVs were allowed back there. That would explain the latrine.

[uncle crud]

moh pitchers

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reeeel tarred



'nat JAK kerrikter figgerzowt howta yewsa kamra



'nats awl.

[PeachesN'Cream]

reading this TR was fun. i enjoy yher sphelllun skhillz.

[bio-smear]

So how much longer did it take you to write in Appalachian like that? Spelling wrong actually takes a considerable effort when you're trying to capture the vernacular.

[uncle crud]

thanks, BC-FLOW.

++++++

bio-smear,

It's not too hard, I've done it for a while in different settings. It helps to read a lot of Cormac McCarthy's Appalachian stories. It helps to have a fascination with phonetic concepts and how one might creatively spell things. It helps to have gone to college in West Virginia. It helps to have grown up among poorer folks for part of my youth. I don't know, I guess all that adds up to having it come slightly naturally.

[freetour]

Nice ride! When were you guys there? It's nice to see some good lookin' alpine terrain.

How does the Sultan ride in the techie stuff compared to the Spot?

[MarsB]

It helps to have gone to college in West Virginia.

Whurr bouts in westbygawd?

[uncle crud]

Whurr bouts in westbygawd?

Whee-Lyng.

++++++++++

freetour, the Sultan is better. But it's still 29" wheels so it's better with that in mind. Not everyone likes those big wheels. Whether someone else would like it better would depend partly on how that person likes the 29" wheels.

I think it's even better than my 6-Pack and I may be selling that one soon.

We were there this past Saturday.

[MarsB]

Yew won uh them Jezzewitts? Or uh bethanite?