Comments on: Gripped

By: Zed

Zed — Thu, 29 Dec 2005 20:31:07 +0000

Hey, it beats trying to see it under the streetlights, TimD. No shame there.

By: Unknown

Unknown — Thu, 29 Dec 2005 19:20:04 +0000

I know I’ve already won the stupedist thing on two wheels award, but I think I outdid myself this evening. Its sub-zero (centigrade), icy, windy, dark and drunks on the road, so I am riding, along no handed, trying to turn on the light on my watch so that it would illuminate my computer so that I could see how fast I am going.

By: Ariane

Ariane — Thu, 29 Dec 2005 17:04:23 +0000

Hahaha… I was reading the info on the KTR website… "…don’t ask someone else to save your ass. Start hoofing it and, as you walk, think about the error of your ways." Ahaha… that makes me laugh. I wonder how long it would take me to walk the last hundred-or-so miles…?

By: Zed

Zed — Thu, 29 Dec 2005 15:38:03 +0000

You know, it’s the "this is impossible" thought that makes this race so tempting. Cycling-related things wouldn’t be nearly as interesting if you knew they’d be easy.

By: Loes

Loes — Thu, 29 Dec 2005 11:04:54 +0000

Bah. I’m jealous. I want to ride that race even though I would totally kill myself and get a DNF for sure. But fatty, just train your ass off and if you’ll die, at least you’ll die on your bike.

By: Tom Stormcrowe

Tom Stormcrowe — Thu, 29 Dec 2005 02:51:02 +0000

Frankly, it sounds like panniers and a trunk bag will be needed! I might just be in shape for this ride in 2007! My wife thinks I’m nuts for even thinking about it!

By: Big Guy on a Bicycle

Big Guy on a Bicycle — Wed, 28 Dec 2005 23:00:06 +0000

What could go wrong besides everything? Everything else.

By: Unknown

Unknown — Wed, 28 Dec 2005 18:10:32 +0000

The Kokopelli Trail Race Training RegimenStep 1: Make sure life insurance premiums are paid up to date.Step 2: Does it really matter what step 2 is since you’re going to die anyway?

By: Jill

Jill — Wed, 28 Dec 2005 05:05:19 +0000

I say do it. But, then again, I’m lined up to do a similarly long race where the consequences of bonking or making a poor decision in the dark at 1 a.m. could result in my freezing to death. Hey – you only live once. (sometimes, literally :-)

By: Tom Stormcrowe

Tom Stormcrowe — Tue, 27 Dec 2005 21:33:25 +0000

Eldon, I’m not gonna doomsay you! If you really want to do this race, you WILL WORK your ass of to get in condition to do it without bonking so bad you ride off of a 1000′ drop and say wow, what a story this’ll make, just before you splat! That’d be a waste of a perfectly good mountainbike, by the way, not to mention a pretty fair satirical writer!::GRIN::