That's all I can think about when I see/hear pictures of Deacon Patrick's rides: my own white knuckles gripping the handlebars on the those unbelievably steep descents with large drop offs. The butterflies are a turnin'.
What was the elevation (low and high)? Looks like an awesome time nonetheless. On Thursday, August 6, 2015 at 4:49:53 PM UTC-7, Patrick Moore wrote: > > I am laughing as I type. I'll let you on into a secret: the photos of me > riding and upright were staged. Unstaged, I was either 1/2 mile behind the > Deacon or timidly walking my bike or falling over. (Nursing a beer and > Ibuprofen as we talk.) I fell twice, and tried many other times. Even when > awheel, I had a death grip on the bar as we skirted the Lake along a 50' > dropoff. > > Great ride and thanks again, Dn. > > (One more secret: timid, long-haired Patrick Moore falters along the > singletrack, until at the magic word "Auuum" he turns into: > > BICYCLE REPAIRMAN!!! > > Whoops! Deacon Patrick!!! Whose uphill power and downhill handling skills > are wondrous to behold. The double photo is smoke and mirrors. > > Patrick "sore! But had a good time!" Moore > > On Thursday, August 6, 2015 at 2:24:42 PM UTC-6, Deacon Patrick wrote: >> >> We navigated the logistics and met at Rampart Reservoir while Patrick of >> the Moore was here in the highlands. After mastering the astrophysics of >> disk brakes and the sun spot expansion of brake pad effect on his front >> brake, we got underway and had an amazing ride. >> >> What a pleasure to meet and get to ride and share toil and sweat views >> and flowers and amazing trail and road, including “you’re joking, right?” >> roads with the added feature of providing toe floss for the shoeless. Grin. >> >> Thank you for a fantastic ride, Patrick! Fantastic gift. >> >> We Photoshopped, er, used a tripod, and obtained proof that we can be >> seen together. Check out the evidence but please, don’t zoom in too closely >> at the fuzzy pixels or incongruent lighting. >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/32311885@N07/sets/72157656815085416 >> >> With abandon, >> Patrick >> >> *www.MindYourHeadCoop.org <http://www.MindYourHeadCoop.org>* >> *www.OurHolyConception.org <http://www.OurHolyConception.org>* >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
