Cool Report Cat-I: "Seeing, but not being part of, the traffic in the city way below" now that is cool.
On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 1:25 PM, Carine <[email protected]> wrote: > 'you guys are crazy', the guy said as he left with the celebrity at the > bottom of cornwall downhill rush. > 'but i'll be back' > > that's what they all say, the newbies. > they all think cycling gnarly downhills in the dark is slightly crazy. > > what is it, then, that makes them keep coming back for more? > > the string of lights ahead and behind you when you get onto cruizer, your > first singletrack for the night? > qt making up songs while we wait for oupa gerrit to fix a light on vetseun? > the technical challenges of unexpected short steep climbs or rocky ascends? > > we know it's not the smell that transformed paul's bike into a scott stinky > :) > > maybe it's the thrill of rushing down cornwall > or the expressions on newbie's faces after their first downhill rush :D > > seeing the river in flood while you ride on what's gonna become the new > R21. > seeing, but not being part of, the traffic in the city way below. > knowing that in the other houses, people are sitting in front of their tvs > with their tv dinners. > > bundu-bashing through the veld, then climbing up routter's route with 11 > likeminded people. initailly 14, which included our celebrity for the > evening, samantha oosthuisen - we were obviosly too hardcore for her :) > > personally, i think it's chasing lights down eric's trail that make people > come back. staying on the bike always helps :) > > or maybe it's arriving at the top of quadbuster hill to champagne and > cupcakes (thank you qt!!!!) > or chasing down look ma no brakes, or python. yes, it must be python that > makes people want to ride D&D again and again! > > the roadies or epic-trainees come back week after week for tour de tar, or > that tar-climb on cornwall. oupa gerrit might graciously allow you to ride > in his slip if you don't want to chase the bunch and if you can keep up with > him. > > the mountain bikers come back for the final singletrack and kakiebos on > cruizer. > > or maybe the the endorphin-overload, or the hot chocolate or beer > afterwards. > > > or maybe because while they're riding, they're alive. > > > *whatever their reasons: here's to many more!!* > > > > thx oupa gerrit who lead us, mummy man who swept, and clint and qt who kept > us all together (and organised the cupcakes) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "DarkAndDirty" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<darkanddirty%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/darkanddirty?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "DarkAndDirty" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/darkanddirty?hl=en.
