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Re: [ST] Western Rallye Adventures(very long) Part II
- Subject: Re: [ST] Western Rallye Adventures(very long) Part II
- From: Greg Gagliano <gggjaguar@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 21:20:05 -0500
Steven "Dirty Dawg" Kohlscheen wrote:
> I take off with Greg, who happened to be at the dealer when I showed up,
Imagine my surprise (and the sinking feeling in my stomach) when he
showed up!
> a Presidents job of schmoozing is never done.
S'truth.
> We head over the road we
> stumbled upon the year before at STAR, CO 65. This has to be the best road
> in the west, a near perfect balance of great scenery and technical road.
Awesome, awesome road! And newly paved. Even I, Mr. Slowpoke
Flatlander, had a blast on this road and was able to ride quite briskly
and confidently. Very enjoyable.
> I drank about half my flask of Tequila that night.
Note to self - buy some Tarantula Azul tequila (Hecho en Mexico, but
bottled in Weston, Missouri... go figure!).
> I have a wonderful ride thru the canyons and mountain passes of CO 141.
Yup... Steven and his group passed me although I left about 10 minutes
of them. Damn speedsters. ;-)
> One of the interesting little things to happen was the plague's
> worth of blackfiles in one canyon run.
Caddisflies actually. The local trout must have been quite happy.
> And although I missed the bear, I was about 10-20
> min ahead of those that saw it, I did get to try my maximum braking skills
> when I rounded a blind corner to find 3 horses standing in the road!
I too missed the bear, and was lucky enough to find the pinto ponies had
move off the road when I went by, though I was still surprised to see
them. The only animal-Sprint interaction was when I ran over some sort
of lizard that shot across the road between sweepers. The "thump-thump"
sound still haunts me...
> The evenings festivities were filled
> with stories of bears, horses, and bicyclists in the road.
Nothing like coming up on a bike race at speed. I'm an ex-bicycle racer
and I've got so say that these racers were pretty rude. The difficulty
was that the riders weren't in a peleton, but rather in gruppetto's or
riding solo. The cyclists were strung out on Hwy 141 for miles making
for some tough riding.
> Greg and I pack up to head out in the morning, same situation, my bike runs
> rich until it gets warmed up.
He didn't mention that we were riding the twisties and sweepers on Hwy
50 at a high rate of speed. Well... Steven was. I couldn't keep up
though I almost caught him on one very long straightaway (had to have
been close to 2 or 3 km) where I was doing about 130mph/209kph (actual,
not indicated). This was with a tank bag, tail pack and Triumph Sport
Panniers. Triumph recommends staying below 80mph/129kph with the
panniers mounted, but the bike was rock steady.
> I wave down Greg and explain to him what happened.
A front end wash-out. That must have been very scary!!!!
> I whip off the bag, get out my Leatherman and bend the hook on the bag back
> into place. I get the feeling Greg is questioning my sanity about now, if
> not previously.
Nah, not really. I just obey the 3 meter rule. It's not like you tried
to kill me in my sleep or anything. ;-)
> The final indignity happens in Russell, KS... Insert much cussing and, well
> cussing.
Yup, much cussing. Some people who were re-fueling their automobile saw
Steven freaking, then looked at me as if to ask "Is he going to be
okay?" I just sat there cool and calm (obeying the 3 meter rule) and
they realized that Steven and I have gone through this before. Ain't no
thang.
> I enjoyed meeting more of my fellow riding enthusists and being able to put
> some faces with the names here.
Me too!!!
GG
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