1st (annual?) SoWeCo Ride - June 30/July 1 - Fricken awesome!

[noskills]

Thanks

At long last, the long awaited RYBOPICS of the SoWeCo trip...

Look here!

http://homepage.mac.com/scott.rybarik/PhotoAlbum3.html

[Nick_Ninja]

[pilot]

Nice picture Jeff. Thanks for sharing.

[pilot]

At long last, the long awaited RYBOPICS of the SoWeCo trip...

Look here!

http://homepage.mac.com/scott.rybarik/PhotoAlbum3.html

Thanks for posting up the pictures, Scott. A fun ride for sure.

[PrillerGrrl]

Well gang, I didn't race.

Arrived in Mosport last wednesday and the race wasn't open yet. Open track day. Mosport is super technical with 4-7 story elevation changes. Most of the corners were repaired with concrete so your line basically has you on a 12-36 inch strip on the inside of each turn and you're knee-dragging the turtles.

The fast groups were full so I was put in the green group - for the weekend warriors. During the first session, I pulled off because the green riders were frick'n all over the place. Went out with the yellow group and got shit for it. 3rd session, i'm back with the green group and I let them take off first. I then did a slow lap to get myself some distance and then I pinned it.

I was cooking over the hill going into turn 2 (all you see is blue sky coming over the hill) which is 7 stories downhill, off camber with a left had hook turn at the bottom. Well, I'm moving at abotu 115 mph, come over the hill and greenhorns biff, cam, and dave are all riding side by side at about 10mph right on the race line. I miss them by going wide. On an off camber downhill turn, you can't use yer brakes at speed. You will lose the rear end. So I sit up and start gently gearing down and runnoff the race track.

So here I am.. still keeping the bike up doing a tour of a field Dukes of Hazzard style and still scrubbing speed and turning left so I don't hit the rather large wall of tires coming at me.

"Oh, nuts..."

I remember feeling the impact and then the next thing I'm in the ambulance heading to the hospital. I was down for about 10 min. The paramedic asked me my name and I responded "Fries, please". LOL

5 xrays and a cat scan later I was cleared medically but really nauseaus and dizzy. Couldn't even sit up.

On thursday, the track doctor clears me to get back on the track. I missed 2 of the morning practices because I was getting the bike back together. Bend left rotor and clipon and some cow sh*t in the sliders.

I ran really slow during the evening practice with a bad case of the nerves. After 8 laps, I got off because I started having tunnel vision.

Friday, I do all 3 practice sessions and run the qualifier for WCC. I ran 8th fastest lap time!!! go me!

Against the men, my lap time was 28th in a field of 150.

Saturday morning early, I wake up because I can't breathe properly. Taking more than a 1/4 breath is way painful. Track doc sends me back to hospital. More Xrays.. and I get tested for a pulmonary embolism and pneumothorax.

Doctor: "None of your ribs are straight. Have you broken them before?"
Me: "I've been a busy beaver"

Turns out I had torn the diaphram. Nothing major.

Saturday afternoon, the AM600 qualifier and round 4 WCC final is cancelled because of rain so they use the morning practice session for qualifying times. They wouldn't use my WCC lap time. I would have been in row 6.

Sunday, rain is bad. Alot of crashes. Took 3 hours to run the Pro600. After the podium, they anounce that WCC round 5 finals will still run. Track doc and race director tell me if the track is wet at all, they will DQ me because I'm still dizzy. I didn't mention I couldn't see out my right eye.

So I'm in the pits doing the sun dance and the track is drying... I ignore them and head out for my 2 warm up laps. Track is greased lightening. Every corner is a mess and your rear is swishing all over the place. I get flagged back into hot lane and I'm done.

So, I didn't get to race... but running 1:33:7 qualifier sure was kewl with a bent bike and one eye. The top rider was 1:30 and the slowest was 1:46.

That was my week. I'm in Nebraska now driving home feeling pretty good about everything that happened. Need to replace the rear subframe and get the bike checked to see if the forks and headset are straight. Got a few deep bruises here and there. Vision is coming back in my right eye. About 90% and just a touch blurry.

Pueblo is next.

Medical bill: 5K Running a 1:33:7 with a bent bike and one eye: priceless.

Ciao!

PG

[mtnairlover]

"Oh, nuts..."

I remember feeling the impact and then the next thing I'm in the ambulance heading to the hospital. I was down for about 10 min. The paramedic asked me my name and I responded "Fries, please". LOL

Oh and...Holy crapola! 28th amongst a field of 150! Way cool. Keep it up...well, the amazing race times, not the crashes.

[Nick_Ninja]

Arrow --- get better and back at it

[mtnairlover]

I'm sorry, but I've been dying to say this...but...






m00bs!!!



Ok, back to work with me...I'm done...

[PharmerKyle]

It's funny how a one syllable word can bring so much joy!

[mtnairlover]

Tee hee...shoulda heard the reaction from the buff cop that frequents the coffee shop and rides with some of our Northies when he mentioned he should learn how to flaunt his "man boobs". I told him, "Dude! They're m00bs!" He just about busted a gut.

Thanks for the laugh...I'm still chuckling.

[Clovis]

BUMP!

Talk about a stroll down CSC memory lane! 2007 was full of happier times.
First summer riding, no great recession, no dividing political threads, everything seemed to be coming together.

Pictures start on page 9.

I would like to see a repeat of this trip in 2012

[Foolds]

Make sure if you are going to Pagosa Springs to TAOS, NM that you gas up in Pagosa as there is only one gas station between there.. And if you miss it you are SCREWED! GPS shows plenty but we counted 6 that were closed and out of business on that route. I also gotta stand at the side of the road and wait for gas.. and Cat let some backwoods guy tie the gas can with no lid onto the back of her bike and it fell forward on to her.. Pouring gas all down her pants.

Infact... Take a gas can or two also! =)

[Foolds]

Umm Wow this was from 2007... Shit

[BC14]

Umm Wow this was from 2007... Shit

[Nick_Ninja]

Good times.

[mtnairlover]

I forgot how much skinnier I was back then...damn! Welp, give me about a year and I should be back to that again. I still stroll down memory lane with all the past years photos and rides with so many of you since this ride. But, this ride...the SoWeCo ride 2007 will always be a fond memory.

Sigh...

[Mother Goose]

If you want to take a trip down memory lane, please don't bump a 4 year old thread. If you want to make the trip again, make a new thread and refer to this one. God damn zombies!

[Nick_Ninja]

^ For that I think I'll dredge up some really old crap

[Clovis]

You can make ANGRY MONEY in Durango!!

[rforsythe]

^ For that I think I'll dredge up some really old crap

You woke up today, didn't you?

[Nick_Ninja]

You woke up today, didn't you?

And I saved it for you. All I have to do is fish it out of the bowl and wrap it up!