Pictures of your latest ride

[Max_Dingemans]

Originally Posted by aracer

Here's some more (got permission to hotlink now)


From http://www.flickr.com/photos/british...th/7438185086/
britishcycling.org.uk photos. Pictures from a muddy Wiggle Mountain Mayhem 2012. Pictures by Ed Rollason.

... Wow. I wish I could ride in mud like that, but just occationally. That looks like a wonderful event.

[uniShark]

Originally Posted by Max_Dingemans

Starting friday, into yesterday, I competed in the Powderhorn 24, a community checkpoint race with about 275 bikers and 12 uni riders racing around south Minneapolis. Team "All Wheel Drive" (Scott Wilton, Dan Hansen, Me, Dave Krack) before the race, and Scott coming in fast finishing a lap mid afternoon. We managed 62 laps, for a little over 300 miles even though Dan had to be MIA for about ten hours on saturday.

Also included is some of the street art the organizers painted on the road for the event.

That is a crazy handlebar configuration! Looks really comfortable, but I hope you never, ever, ever UPD off the front.

[Lanaboos]

bungeejoe came in third place against the mountain bikers again in Cat 3 Men 45+. Five races so far in the Fat Tire Revolution Series, three podium finishes and high point for his category in the series since the second race.

[MJS]

Originally Posted by Lanaboos

bungeejoe came in third place against the mountain bikers again in Cat 3 Men 45+. Five races so far in the Fat Tire Revolution Series, three podium finishes and high point for his category in the series since the second race.

WAY TO GO, JOE!!! How many people were in the category that Joe was competing in ??

[MadFurai]

Originally Posted by MJS

WAY TO GO, JOE!!! How many people were in the category that Joe was competing in ??

3
just joking, I have no clue..

[skilewis74]

Congrats Joe!

Originally Posted by aracer

Haven't yet found a pic of me on the ride - anyway I was an interloper and only did one lap, most of which I ran.

Great pics

Is that the Mountain Mayhem?
Write up wanted

[aracer]

Originally Posted by skilewis74

Is that the Mountain Mayhem?
Write up wanted

I thought the clue was the number board in my wheel

Not sure I'm the best person to do a write up - as I said I was an interloper. I only live 15 miles away, so took my son along for the kiddies race on Saturday morning and thought I'd look up the unicyclists whilst I was there - found out they were a man down, so volunteered to come back and do a lap. Didn't really enter into the spirit though, as I went away (rode 10 miles with a mate doing John O'Groats to Lands End who was coming past my house, and went to son's school fete), then came back to do my lap before going home to sleep in my own bed! Rob who organised the teams is sometimes on here (as obviously is Roger).

[skilewis74]

lol
I didn't look at that pic too carfully I was more interseted in the riders covered in all that mud.

I thought is was happening soon and past write-ups usually talked about how muddy it got. I would have difficulty doing that race through mud like that on two wheels, on one I doubt I'd make more than a couple of feet

[rob.northcott]

Yes Mayhem was a tad muddy this year. It's often quite muddy and parts of the track become unrideable, but this year was the worst I've seen yet. In places it was like a river of custard 6" deep, other places had almost become part of the lake. Early in the race quite a bit of it was rideable (at least most of the first half of the lap), but it rained a lot overnight and by the time I went out for the second time almost all the singletrack was near impossible (but quite fun trying!). Some people were managing to ride most of it on bikes, but they were definitely a minority with the right skills/technique.

Some years we've had a lot of problem with sticky mud binding the wheel up in the frame, but that wasn't so bad this year. The problem was the sheer quantity and depth of mud. Our two teams managed 5 and 6 laps; we normally do more like 15.

I prefer it drier and faster really

[TragicWarrior]

Sand, you are a worthy adversary; I shake my fist at you! But, be warned...
I WILL defeat you!!!

[MadFurai]

Sand is gnarly. It wears you out twice as fast. Exercise is good, though...

[jbtilley]

I must be doing it wrong, sand wears me out five times as fast.

[Onions]

There were some severe floods here yesterday, with some cars getting completely submerged, and some unfortunate people getting washed away. The only logical thing to do was to go for a unicycle ride


This is actually a bridge. It used to be about 20 meters further upstream, before the flood carried it away.



This is what the stream looked like after all the rain. As a comparison, it is normally about 4 feet wide.



A day later, the flood water had receeded a bit, but it was still faster than I had ever seen it before.







Although this looks like a swimming pool, it is actually the local skate park!

Floodwater muni - YouTube

[JJuggle]

Here is The Beast at the intersection of Colonial and Ned Drives in Matawan, NJ. This is about a mile from my home. It's a shady part of town though not a particularly interesting one.

[UniTographer]

Missed my train this morning, wound up riding to the next station!