Parker call out comp

[hopsalot]

Sunday Nov. 18th
Weather permitting (no snow or rain)

Hidden Mesa Open Space
10:00 set sections
11:00 rider meeting
11:30 start

Same format as Phills comp. Riders will set the sections, best section by rider vote wins. No entery fee, no prizes. We will keep score for bragging rights.

From Denver
I-25 to Lincon Ave.(left) East
Parker Dr. South (right) to
Castel Oaks Dr. (next right after Ponderosa High School) - right
Go around traffic circle and Castel Oaks turns to a dirt road.
Left onto Pleasant View Drive.
Trail Head and parking on the left at the top of the hill.

From the Springs
1-25 to Franktown rd.
Left onto Parker Rd.
Left into Castel Oaks
Left onto Pleasant View Drive.

From the parking lot take the double track to the fork in the trail, go right towards the rocks.
http://www.douglas.co.us/openspace/Hidden_Mesa.html
http://www.douglas.co.us/openspace/documents/HiddenMesaMap.pdf

The extended forcast looks good for the 18th.
Questions call me at 216-534-7283, Mark.

[Keith Courage]

I'll walk there if I have to.

[xsv4crob]

I'll be there.

Did you decide how you wanna mark the sections this time?

[philth]

I'm in for novice.

[xsv4crob]

I'm in for novice.

I quit

[hopsalot]

I'll be there.

Did you decide how you wanna mark the sections this time?


Side walk chalk and window paint.

[Keith Courage]

My new bike's in the mail

[philth]

Feck its next week....1week of practise....got to finds some more speed on em rocks.

[hopsalot]

Phill can you help me out with score cards?

[philth]

Phill can you help me out with score cards?
http://www.natrials.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17&Itemid=29

[beastoftheeast]

anyone from boulder going down?

[literocola]

got to finds some more speed on em rocks.

oh mother of all fuck. :h5:

Ive been gettin the front wheel scuff down, I can roll back about a foot. Today I'm goin for two.

[MultiRider]

I'm planning on it, won't be there at 10, though. Probably by 11.

Easy sections for the Novice/Sport would be appreciated! I 5'ed all but one section at Phil's and took a hard trip over the bars just to be sure it was a memorable experience. There were lots of 5's at Phil's so, maybe take that into account. It was great, though, I enjoy competing!

Tape is easy to remove, chalk disappears quickly, but paint should be used sparingly if at all unless you have some kind of disappears-in-24-hours paint. People will undoubtedly come by while we're riding, note our activities and location, and will realize we did it if there's paint left afterwards. That might ruffle the feathers of some other trail users. Just my $.02.

I'm looking forward to it!

[hopsalot]

The paint-chalk debate is well noted. This comp is being held on the DL with no offical permission from the parks department. I don't see a problem with this as I ride there all the time, have never seen a park ranger, rarely see other people, the park is kinda in the middel of nothing and even the horse people are cool. Better to beg for forgivness than ask for permission on this one.
Right now the forcast calls for dry and 61 degrees.
A big effort will be made to make the sections more beginner and sport friendly, some of the sections at Phills comp were out of controll hard.

[Keith Courage]

:werd:

Anyone have a 20t 4 bolt chainring they can part with? Is there even a 20t chainring?

[beastoftheeast]

some of the sections at Phills comp were out of controll hard.

yours:greddy2:

[literocola]

yours:greddy2:

Cal you had the best line, or Robs. Comon now.

I have to be at work by 5. I can bring some pizza. (Mark need ye oven, take and bake Beau Jo's) Guys lemme know what you want, just post up. I get 50% off on em.
I love the Yukon w/o Tomotos. Check the menu-
http://www.beaujos.com/menu.cfm (the online menu is crap) Just lemme know what you guys want.

If possible a ride? Rob I will meet you at Arapahoe and 25? Just give me a time.
I also need a ride home in order to be at work by 5pm.

If willing to chip a few bucks for these that would be helpful. I do some recon for pizza. Prolly gonna be free, but if need be chip 5 bucks?

[WhiteRavenKS]

:werd:

Anyone have a 20t 4 bolt chainring they can part with? Is there even a 20t chainring?

i think the smallest 4 bolt is a 22t. i dont think i've ever seen a 20t.

[hopsalot]

yours:greddy2:


Very true...

[beastoftheeast]

so no one from boulder is going? kevin, josh? i might not even be able to make it anyways(not like it really matters since i cant ride) cause i might have to work on a project thats due during the begining of thanksgiving break...yaaaaaa :wtc:. ill know sat.

[hopsalot]

I hoping to see some Boulder, FTC and Springs riders. The park is just East of Castel Rock and very close from the springs.

[MultiRider]

Cal you had the best line, or Robs. Comon now.

I have to be at work by 5. I can bring some pizza. (Mark need ye oven, take and bake Beau Jo's) Guys lemme know what you want, just post up. I get 50% off on em.
I love the Yukon w/o Tomotos. Check the menu-
http://www.beaujos.com/menu.cfm (the online menu is crap) Just lemme know what you guys want.

If possible a ride? Rob I will meet you at Arapahoe and 25? Just give me a time.
I also need a ride home in order to be at work by 5pm.

If willing to chip a few bucks for these that would be helpful. I do some recon for pizza. Prolly gonna be free, but if need be chip 5 bucks?
I'd be happy to give you a ride, could pick you up at 10am, can take you back, let me know if that is of interest. Would also be happy to spring for pizza. I like anything without sausage or spicy. Or little fishies. Other than that, anything - hamburger, pepperoni, maters, pineapple, C-bacon -- I love it all.

[Kwwwyle]

I hoping to see some Boulder, FTC and Springs riders. The park is just East of Castel Rock and very close from the springs.

I might make it down to represent the FTC

[hopsalot]

O.K. pizza and beer after party at my place after the comp. I'm 5 minutes away.

[Keith Courage]

Yea dude, I'd like to see at least the same number as last comp.
Last one was killer, I expect it to only get better.

Guess I'll have to start saving for some new shit, mebbe I'll just build my king...
Turns out an 18-12 on a mod is less gear inches than a 22-18 on a stock.

[literocola]

Cool Jim, Ill see ya at 10.

[literocola]

yours:greddy2:

i totaly read that wrong til now lol.

Yeah Mark your line was out of control. Mario, Phil and yourself almost made it too.

Who else's line was nuts.. the boulder guy riding the Pure. Then Phils up with no room, fuck. I tried to hook that over and over and over, till my freewheel blew up... lol good times.

[hopsalot]

Friendly reminder for those new to Hidden Mesa, bring tubes and patches and a pump as there is lots of ninja cactus. The riding area is about a half mile from the parking lot and it has been very dry so bring water.

My goal is to come up with a section that is not a mile long death trap that riders can get more that 4 feet into with out 5ing.

[literocola]

My goal is to come up with a section that is not a mile long death trap that riders can get more that 4 feet into with out 5ing.

until Phil hits it.

lol :joshers:

[MultiRider]

until Phil hits it.

lol
I have to tell this short little story . . . a couple weekends ago there was a call out for riding downtown at 10am. I said I could be there at 1pm, asked if anyone would still be around. No response. So I mosey'ed up approx 2pm. I started messing around on the rocks and the wall at Confluence. Approx 3pm I'm setting up to try to go up the rocks and I hear "Jim!" Well, it's 3pm, extremely unlikely that any one is still down there if they started at 10am, and Jim is a fairly common name. So I just pedal towards the rocks. For some reason, I stop and turn around just in case someone was really calling to me. There's Phil on the bridge over the river! I wave him over. He goes back across the bridge, down the sidewalk, and when he gets to the rocks he just points in straight down and blazes from top to bottom. I was too stunned for words! I had made it down the rocks a few times by carefully picking my way across the flattest ones and trying to avoid them altogether by riding the concrete gullies between as much as possible. Typically took me several minutes of finesse (well, okay, MY version of finesse) and balance and (I thought) skills. Then Phil just bombed down like they weren't even there. Wow.

We talked for a few minutes, then he went straight back up the boulders -- really fast! LIke his bike had a motor! Keep in mind that I'd put in dozens of attempts at climbing these things and, as with the descents, it was always a slow, careful, delicate process full of stops and small hops. I made it to the top with 1 dab a couple of times, 2 dabs a couple of times, and numerous 5s. Always a long process. Phil went up like he was on a chair lift! Thankfully, he made a mistake at the top and dabbed. Otherwise, I might have thought the whole thing was a hallucination. :joshers: <== Phil the Apparition

[Keith Courage]

No crap. Riding with Phil, you might as well be riding with Stan, Danny Butler, or Wayne Mahomet. No brakes.

Insane.

[philth]

HAHA
Quote that line from "Trainspotting"
"ock eye a wee dab of speed eh, that'll do the trick"

[hopsalot]

O.K. just one unPhillable section for good measure perhaps.

[3rd Degree]

can someone do some filming this time. i like to see all the shit im missing

[Keith Courage]

I forgot to pull my brake lever on a pedal up tonight. How does one do that?
Oh thats right, Haye's V levers are for people that have fingers longer than the guy in "My Giant".

My tailbone is dunfer.

[beastoftheeast]

can someone do some filming this time. i like to see all the shit im missing

if someone from boulder mans up and decided to go so i can get a ride and someone gives me a camera...

[philth]

I forgot to pull my brake lever on a pedal up tonight. How does one do that?
Oh thats right, Haye's V levers are for people that have fingers longer than the guy in "My Giant".

My tailbone is dunfer.


What can I say, Brakeless isn't for everyone;):run:

[xsv4crob]

I forgot to pull my brake lever on a pedal up tonight. How does one do that?
Oh thats right, Haye's V levers are for people that have fingers longer than the guy in "My Giant".

My tailbone is dunfer.

Ok, now you know how I feel. I still hurt all over from that damn thing. We've got to do some work on those brakes before someone gets killed.

[literocola]

I'll be bringing my camera, it has video but only like 1 minute of video.

[Keith Courage]

changing that blasted lever tonight. Probably going to get a new rotor soon so I can put my old disc brake on it.

[philth]

changing that blasted lever tonight. Probably going to get a new rotor soon so I can put my old disc brake on it.

What size rotor?

[greyghost]

if someone from boulder mans up and decided to go so i can get a ride and someone gives me a camera...

I'll probably be heading down.....ride yes, camera no

[literocola]

O.K. just one unPhillable section for good measure perhaps.

Perhaps the super scary Benito Ross line...

[hopsalot]

Any trouble finding the place call my cell @ 216-534-7283. Mark

[Keith Courage]

I hadn't put much thought into it really. Bigger than 160 for sure.

[MultiRider]

I have a brand new 200mm rotor I'd sell you.

[Cole]

Buff Creek comp tomorrow...

Noon

All the best riders in Colorado will be there...better show up.

For serious...

[Stu_himself]

I'll be there Cole. Sounds DOPE!!!

[Keith Courage]

Lies.

I should stop posting for a while.