Leechtown or the Great Trail

[JTyre]

There was discussion at Friday coffee about an extended crossride next week, possibly to Leechtown or the Great Trail. Impediments could significant (e.g., weather, work, hangovers, unicorn scat) but I’m raising this for further consideration anyways.

Respond if you have any gumption, otherwise please slip back into your velour onesie. I’m available next Thursday and Friday and on the weekend following.

Johnny Fyre

[SteelBuns]

Great idea Johnny, you're on Fyre. I'm in, but what about the others? There must be more than two honest Vikings out there.

Posterboy

[Rolf]

Definitely in. If it’s the Great Trail, I just got a 32 in back which will help a lot.

Who’s Posterboy? I hate pseudonyms. Johnny Tyre: are you ghosting on a new account, just to encourage pick-up of your desired nickname?

[JTyre]

Rolf, have you been drinking heavily, seeing double? No idea who Posterboy is but I'll take Johnny Tyre if that's your best offer .

JT

[Paul C.]

I can not explain to you why a bunch of people I know are doing the following.....but we are:

Getting up at about 4:30 a.m....OK 4.45
GETTING ON ROAD or CX Bikes...
On Christmas Eve Day
When it is about-3
Drinking....how about a tripleshot of coffee
Going outside
Riding about 62 laps..of a very familiar route
Then going for ??? Coffee

So....yes I'd be up for a CX to Leechtown and/or Great Trail over the holidays and in pursuit of the infamous.....
F500!

[bikehart]

You might want to consider this before decide where to ride:
http://images.drivebc.ca/bchighwaycam/p ... www/8.html

[JTyre]

Yuk, I’m gonna pretend I didn’t see that and think this instead for later in the week (and for Ritchie’s ride on Boxing Day as well):

[GarthC]

There’s going to be at least 12” of snow on the Great Trail...it would be beautiful, but not sure if it’s rideable.

[JTyre]

Sadly, reality is sinking in.

Hopefully Leechtown or some such will be available, otherwise reruns of the Patridge Family over at Alan’s.

[LouiseF]

I'm a strong possible for Thursday, a likely not for Friday, and decent chance Sat or Sun.... maybe better for Sun....(Thursday! Thursday! Thursday!)

I believe there is a group returning form the great trail right now, based on real time ride reports. I'll post back when I get some intel on the trail conditions.

L3 (JF, don't you covet my nickname?)

[LouiseF]

Apparently lower great trail is in good shape, the goose not so much. Anyone for Thursday? We could try the GT and if we don't get far up it, hit Thetis on the way back.

[JTyre]

That sounds like a fun adventure to me. Looking forward to hearing from our videographer “Priscilla Loveruts” and his Best Boy “Chip Queen” on their availability.

[Rolf]

I'm a maybe. Grand Adventures may fit better next week. Hoping to get out tomorrow and do a bit of an extended FarmCross.

P. Loveruts

[Alan]

I'll be out there with my horsey, who's a little muddy from today's ride....

[JTyre]

OK kiddies, how does this sound?

Tomorrow morning (Thursday) meet at the Alpha St. Starbucks at 8:00 am (earlier for coffee, as required) and then follow Louise’s idea of getting up the Great Trail as far as humanly possible. Rain or shine unless deluging.

Also, Alan, would you please have word with Rolf about his attitude? Starts with “all in”, then “definitely in”, and now “maybe in”. Disturbingly uncharacteristic behaviour for Rolf.

John F.

[LouiseF]

That sounds good John. I admit I'm not entirely sure how to get into the Great Trail at this end but i will look at hubby's Strava and figure it out - although I think Alan should know?

I am also in unless the weather is incomprehensibly nasty. You know, like it was supposed to be this morning, but then wasn't.

[mfarnham]

One thing I love about Tripleshot is how inclusive it is--room for road riders, track riders, slow riders, fast riders, mountain bikers, unicyclists, economists, sociologists, and now--thanks to Alan (and Roland?)--Bronies. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronies:_ ... ittle_Pony
Maybe we need a movie night.

Oh...and fans of portmanteau (Rolf).

Happy Holidays all! Might make it to this ride tomorrow (obligatory keeping-it-on-topic line).

Martin

[Rolf]

...have a word with Rolf about his attitude?

It’s partly my velour onesie, and partly overestimating how quickly my family’s psychological disruption from living in close proximity without work and school routines would lead them to embrace a half-day absence for Father Dearest.

So, next week’s looking more likely for rides that end later than 9:30 or 10. If I wake early enough tomorrow, I may go for a bomb and meet up with y’all for a post-ride coffee on your way out at 8. Otherwise, I’ll aim for the usual TSCX ride Friday.

Trails this morning were in great shape. A few tiny scraps of snow and a few muddy bits. Otherwise, things were mostly dry and fast. (Of course, we didn’t go further out than PKOLS, Broadmead and HCP.)

[JTyre]

OK Rolf, your adorable eye-rolling emoticon is too cute for me to stay disappointed in you any longer. May see you for a bit tomorrow, and if not then, soon enough.

John

[Alan]

I don't want to kibosh this Thursday plan but the route out there getting us towards the Great Trail was NASTY. I mean really nasty: bumpy, slippery, death-defying, rollicking ice that threatened to beat out all your fillings. By the time we were ready to abandon the trail, I had a headache from all the pounding. The ONLY guy among our group who wanted to keep going was GREG (ie: husband of Louise, who I am sure heard it's all 'ducky' out there in the Snowy Ozarks of Langford).

Greg, by the way (and this IS telling tales out of school) is a hard-ass ex-navy guy, harder-assed than most ex-navy guys I know even though I is one). He wanted to keep going on this Ho Chi Minh trail because he was apparently having fun while the rest of us were busy meditating on all the dental bills we'd face after the ride.
Anyways. I would love to do the Great Trail, but why don't we wait until the snow melts or at least the underlying ruts of sharp ice and slush are less of an obstacle?

Having said that the Festive 500 demands mileage and coffee, so let's go somewhere. Just not there!