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andy aka rut

I think it is time for a sacrifice. With the 24hr event coming at the Fullerton Loop next weekend, I'm thinking we should do a sacrifice to the bike gods. They are obviously not happy with us. There have been so many injuries over the last year (one back, several clavicles, tons of egos, broken frames and who knows what else.)

I'm thinking we donate one bike or piece of equipment(hopefully a piece of equipment) that is considered a prize posession. Now what exactly could that be??? I don't really have any thoughts on it but I was hoping for your input here.

Now that I think of it maybe the STR Construction hat??
We can always replace it with the next of kin right??

What are your thoughts????

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DISCO

I would suggest nothing flammable.....

DDB@OCR

I gotta old 5lb Gen II or III Marzocchi fork we can toss in the fire.

They go BOOOOM when the oil reaches boiling and errupts out the caps.
Catches on fire pretty sweet afterwards too!

Yeh.......I've done this before. (prolly wanna stand back a lil)

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genusmtbkr5

I guess mechanicals(flats, shifting problems) will happen, can't help those, but we had our fair share of mechanicals last night. Also, come to think of it, when did all the broken bones happen? After the hat was found? Maybe it should be permanently mount it at the staging area and every rider has to rub it or give it a tap for luck?

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Evil Chocula

Reverse the curse!

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KonaDupee

Sadly, it seems like the Fully Loop deity demands blood--and nothing less.

It really is strange. The Loop is a very non-technical ride, but I've known more experienced riders to go down there.

Methinks our egos get the best of us? Like the Air Boss in Top Gun screamed at Tom Cruise: "Son, your ego's writing checks your body can't cash!"

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I'll donate one of my broken frames to lift the curse if you like - I say we douse it in gasoline and dance round the burning wreckage waving chickens feet and splashing each other with blood. ....Its quiet. Did I go too far?!

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jcampbell

we can have a magnesium fire with the rockers off my epiphany

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sdyeti

We had a trail like that back in MA called Big Pine Tree...everyone had to touch the tree at the end of the trail or else bad things seemed to happen.

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Will Steven Jackson be performing the ceremony? It is his loop after all isnt' it?

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Good idea!!

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bajamtnbkr

We have something like that also, is a single track at Lower Otay lake we call "touch the fence" if you don't bad luck can happen like fall in the lake or be eaten by "Otaytzila" that lives in the lake.

slowSSer

the broken bones happened a while ago- Scott (Burdman??) did the most damage to himself with the vertibrae, ribs, clavicles, etc. and another friend (jeana) did her arm in on the loop.

now i'm not sure i ever want to ride the loop (never have in 15 years of socal mountain biking)

i like the "tap for luck" idea. helmet attached to a gate?

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el_d00der1n0

[sarcasm]Are you guys sure you don't want to wait for the Santa Anas to be blowing before you start a big fire?[/sarcasm]

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tkblazer

we should sacrifice one of the noobs

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Guero: dayum, i wish i went. alarm went off and everything, even got a call from nam at 745 but i couldnt get out of my bed, it was too warm.

Evil Chocula

I think we should sacrifice a Full Face Helmet.

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slowSSer

but this isnt bootleg we're talking about

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thebush

2004 Kona Blast. My first real mountain bike and the only one I've kept. Let me know I just ask that someone takes a picture or two if it's torched

DeeZee

m-bike crashes I have ever seen was in the parking lot before the ride

Also I have crashed hard within the first 100 of Whiting Ranch

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