Today's Ride

[raisingarizona]

Nice.
I take it ya don’t operate the yellow excavator.
Looks a bit different than yer nice Arizona trails.

Thanks. I’m an operator for this company and operate in AZ too but a lot of stuff in the desert goes as hand builds. I do a little bit of everything from excavating to design, consulting yada yada. I’ve mostly been in that machine in the background so far this season. It’s a big one for trail construction and pretty darn fun.

 

[raisingarizona]

Yeah be careful. I broke my hand last November riding. First broken bone in my lifetime.

Broken hands/fingers really hurt and it sucks. The last time I dislocated some fingers there were a bunch of tiny hair line fractures and it took a good year or so for some serious pain to finally subside. That was probably 10 years ago now and I’m still feeling that.

I’m dialing everything back now. This is a weird summer for me being not really fired up to ride much. I can’t afford to get injured and be out of work so my focus is very different than it used to be.

 

[tirolski]

Thanks. I’m an operator for this company and operate in AZ too but a lot of stuff in the desert goes as hand builds. I do a little bit of everything from excavating to design, consulting yada yada. I’ve mostly been in that machine in the background so far this season. It’s a big one for trail construction and pretty darn fun.

Yer a man with many talents.
Attaboy
If ya do what ya love you’ll never work a day yer life.

 

[Andy_ROC]

Broken hands/fingers really hurt and it sucks. The last time I dislocated some fingers there were a bunch of tiny hair line fractures and it took a good year or so for some serious pain to finally subside. That was probably 10 years ago now and I’m still feeling that.

I’m dialing everything back now. This is a weird summer for me being not really fired up to ride much. I can’t afford to get injured and be out of work so my focus is very different than it used to be.

I now appreciate how long it takes. It was end of November when I broke the base of my fifth metacarpal bone (closest to the wrist area) of my right dominant hand when I went OTB on a new trail going too fast. 7+ months later I still feel it especially when shaking hands. I also had to give up the interlock grip when I golf.

Oh well, I was a careful conservative rider. I'm even more careful now

 

[gorgonzola]

Lots of buff Michigan flow trail

Along with some bike n brews

 

[jasonwx]

i heard good things about Mich ridding

 

[Harvey]

I'm under roof #4 in a passing shower

II'm kinda a wuss about getting rained on without a coat, and I dont like riding with a coat when it's 75 degrees

Listening to the miles davis channel

 

[Peter Minde]

Light rain here and there during the Whiteface Mountain Race today. Those of you who send it on Empire, I salute you.

 

[Harvey]

I used roof one and roof 2 so far and still I'm wet.

 

[Andy_ROC]

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I used roof one and roof 2 so far and still I'm wet.

Seems like it rains every time you ride!