BlackStar - Motorway on 9/22 Meet around 745 On the road @ 8AM!!

[Waldo]

Thanks for the invite but I feel a sleepless night in progress. Besides, even on my best day I'd be slowing y'all down. I'll try that one another day soon.

[guero]

i just got back from newport. some chix bday and she was puking like crazy, it sucked. luckily she puked when we got her back to ground zero, bu then we had to clean the couch....moved her into the bedroom, then she pukes some more...so lame! luckily i took lots of pictures with my other friends camera, maybe i will post them...it was rad. but nonetheless, it was still raining pretty good on my way home from newport to long beach...not sure bout tomorrow/this mornings ride now eh......i texted that bubb jose and he said i was gonna flake, but since it dumped so hard, i dont feel like riding in slop eh...

[maxwell]

I had all my gear in my car, and would'nt you know it, it rained pretty much all night in Irvine. When I got off at 7am, it was raining lightly, but the clouds were so thick that I could'nt see the Peaks. So, I just came home.

[jcampbell]

been there done that with the dng blackstar mud... no way will this happen for me.... its too late anyway.

[foofighter]

Originally Posted by guero

i just got back from newport. some chix bday and she was puking like crazy, it sucked. luckily she puked when we got her back to ground zero, bu then we had to clean the couch....moved her into the bedroom, then she pukes some more...so lame! luckily i took lots of pictures with my other friends camera, maybe i will post them...it was rad. but nonetheless, it was still raining pretty good on my way home from newport to long beach...not sure bout tomorrow/this mornings ride now eh......i texted that bubb jose and he said i was gonna flake, but since it dumped so hard, i dont feel like riding in slop eh...

pics pls

[Pho'dUp]

Tell me you guys didn't do this ride. Justin, I know it's cyclocross season and all but seriously?

C

[klutter]

Originally Posted by Pho'dUp

Tell me you guys didn't do this ride. Justin, I know it's cyclocross season and all but seriously?

C

Hell yes we did...now let us never speak of this ride again. j/k it was friggin great...no mud whatsoever!

[guero]

where is the RR bubbs?!?!?

[Pho'dUp]

Dammit, I woke up, saw all the water in the street. and totally flaked.

Tried to atone for it by riding the road this afternoon. Flatted, broke the valve stem on the first inner tube, and my 2nd inner tube was a shrader valve and my wheels are drilled for presta only. F*ck! No patches, so I had to walk 45min. to a place my buddy would recognize to pick my azz up. Karma sucks.

Sorry bros. Glad you guys got a good ride out it.

[ShinKen]

Originally Posted by guero

where is the RR bubbs?!?!?

dood!! the ride was off the hook!! u totally missed one for the books!

we started with little rain it got worse and than it got really muddy!! long story short I could move no mo on the climbs i had mudd all over the bike the tiers would not move from all the mudd!! DID I tell ya guys there's was muddd all over the place? and this was maybe halfway up Blackstar (justin?) so we [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]decided[/SIZE][/FONT] [/SIZE][/FONT]to call it a day Is not like we could keep going nedumm way


only two of us made the ride but it was still fun

btw right when I was about to call it I get a text message from Jeff asking how was the ride ehh? (he was clowing like a mofo too). Well that made my day. just tough it was funney and perfect timing too!! inche hucker...

[klutter]

I showed up a little late figuring that Jose would be late himself. As it turns out, even Jose flaked on his own ride, but Bizarro "You no am Jose" Jose showed up on time instead. We waited around for a few more minutes and then took off to Blackstar. We encounter some light rain while on the pavement, but it wasn't enough to deter us.
Once we got onto the dirt, it started to rain a bit harder. Luckily, the fireroad wasn't as muddy as I thought it would be. By the time arrive we arrived at the '180' degree left turn (where all the concrete pipes were piled) we were pretty much soaked. Well...we came this far...might was well keep going.

About a quarter mile from the first cattle crossing, my tires just sank into the ground. I got off my bike and started pushing, but my tires were so completely covered in mud my tires wouldn't even turn. So I shouldered the bike and made my way up past the first cattle crossing. I looked back to see where Jose was and I didn't see him. I figured he got stuck in the same muddy section I was in, so I decided to make use of the time to clean some of the mud off my bike. After wasting half the water in my camelbak, I walked back down the fireroad to see where Jose went. Didn't see him. I thought 'Eh, he must be around the corner.' I went back to my bike and cleaned some more mud off of it. I went back down the fireroad....still no Jose. WTF...the mud was bad, but it wasn't THAT bad. Just was about to head back up to my bike, I hear the squealing of brakes....a second later I see Jose tearing down the hill. Frakkin eh...if you're going to turn around at least let me know.

I yelled out 'Hey, where are YOU going?'

Jose replies back 'I'm going back down'.

Yeah, no shit you're going back down.

So I ran back to my bike and headed back down. I finally caught up to Jose when the dirt turned to pavement.

'Hey wth, why'd you turn around?'

Jose points to a clump of mud that was formally his bike.

Well, that's understandable....he was riding a 29er. The ride back to the cars was uneventful, it was on pavement after all. Even after all the rain and mud, the ride still turned out well.