Comments on: Jacobs Ladder, Ghost Falls

By: Bob

Bob — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 01:41:12 +0000

A perfect post, Fatty. Thanks!

By: Cycling Jersey

Cycling Jersey — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 20:47:40 +0000

great post Fatty – you nailed it for sure!

By: Daisy

Daisy — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 01:56:24 +0000

Fatty, you inspired me to my second PR of the week. 6 miles was a big deal in April. BUT I finished 17 on Tuesday and 25 today.

http://www.3pinkdrinks.com/3pinkdrinks/2010/07/jen-wanna-ride-bikes.html

Dropped my bike off for a tune on the way home, so I have an excuse to slorch in the hammock tomorrow without feeling guilty.

And I’m spent.

Thanks for articulating so well what’s so utterly awesome about MTBing.

PS. you rock.

By: Greg @ Greg Rides Trails

Greg @ Greg Rides Trails — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:04:45 +0000

Mountain biking is just about the closest thing to flying without an engine! That, and downhill skiing… but right now there isn’t any snow, so yeah, mtbing…

By: AK_Chick

AK_Chick — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 06:09:55 +0000

This is off topic, but had to share. :) 29 miles on the roadie tonight. We are having a somewhat crappy summer (little sun, lots of clouds, some rain – blah). We have miles of multi-use trails in Anchorage and one of my favorite rides is to a place called Kincaid Park (mtn bike, running trails in summer, nordic skiing in winter, soccer fields, folf (frisbee golf), etc.) it has some small nasty little hills on the way in next to the road and a nasty bugger on the way out to 9 miles of multiuse trail. 10.3 miles into my ride when…(taken from my FB post)…coming down the BIG hill at Kincaid. Mama and tiny baby on side of trail. Stopped. Flagged runner to stop. Flagged biker to stop. Biker: “No problem.” Blazes down hill. STOPS BETWEEN MOM AND BABY. Mom doesn’t bat an eye. Baby crosses trail to mom. Holy crap. Runner and I proceed. Mom barely glances at us. We are within touching distance of her. Now I’ve seen almost every thing. Wish I had my camera.

We see moose all the time around here, but I have never been around a mom who was so calm with so many people going by. It was weird. And surreal. And normally, I would NEVER do that. Mom’s will kill to protect their babies so this was highly unusal.

Also, one of our popular mtn bike trails has wildlife of another kind: http://www.adn.com/2010/07/21/1376279/sow-3-cubs-cause-rovers-run-warning.html I will definitely be avoiding THAT trail!

By: 3 donut (3d) brian

3 donut (3d) brian — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:27:54 +0000

How was your ride up AF Canyon this morning? – We drove by you at about 6:45 on our way to mtn bike.

How does it feel to repeatedly ride over a message that was written to you on the road nearly a year ago? Might be an interesting post…

By: KK

KK — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:45:19 +0000

“You’re going fast, downhill.”

Fatty, your narrative starts in the middle, Inception?

By: Darth Vader

Darth Vader — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:55:28 +0000

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh……………..yes. Nicely done darksider.

By: Ian

Ian — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:47:06 +0000

I know. I had one of those yesterday. Well almost. Fast, flowing and not the sandbagger I usually am In fact, I nailed a track I usually find an excuse to stop four times or so. Floated over everything. Later on, one of the guys said, “You seem to be getting used to those clipless pedals”. The mongrel jinxed me. Into a tree and down a hill. A graze on my arm and a chainring gash in my calf. That’s ok. I almost never come home from a ride to this site, without bleeding. And I nailed the back track. I’m invincible

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:14:51 +0000

Amen brother, ride on