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08-26-13, 10:16 AM
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Las Vegas!
Hi Everybody!
I've been lurking on these forums since I started riding a little over a year ago. I've found these forums to be a fantastic source of information and banter. It's a rainy day here in Las Vegas, NV (yes, we do have a wet season), so I figured I'd pass the time by dipping my toes in these waters.
Commuting to work on a bike is what got me started, and I'm currently riding to my job about 3 or 4 times a week on my '08 Specialized TriCross. Fixed/single speed bikes are obnoxiously fun too and I've been joyriding on those for a little over a year. I've recently started riding longer distances on the weekend and I'm almost at the point where 50 miles seems like a nice jaunt through the scrub desert instead of a fight for survival. Currently, I am also experiencing delusions of grandeur about one day riding a grand tour of some type, you know, cyclo-camping across state lines and the like.
So yea. Hi!
--RKC
I've been lurking on these forums since I started riding a little over a year ago. I've found these forums to be a fantastic source of information and banter. It's a rainy day here in Las Vegas, NV (yes, we do have a wet season), so I figured I'd pass the time by dipping my toes in these waters.
Commuting to work on a bike is what got me started, and I'm currently riding to my job about 3 or 4 times a week on my '08 Specialized TriCross. Fixed/single speed bikes are obnoxiously fun too and I've been joyriding on those for a little over a year. I've recently started riding longer distances on the weekend and I'm almost at the point where 50 miles seems like a nice jaunt through the scrub desert instead of a fight for survival. Currently, I am also experiencing delusions of grandeur about one day riding a grand tour of some type, you know, cyclo-camping across state lines and the like.
So yea. Hi!
--RKC
08-26-13, 10:25 AM
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Welcome to the forums. I post here and there not to to much. Took a break in riding and starting back up again myself. I'm used to the hills of Cali and the cool weather. How is riding out there in the desert?
08-26-13, 10:40 AM
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08-26-13, 11:14 AM
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Welcome to BF! Just out of curiosity, how long is the "wet season" in Lost Wages? I'm going to guess about 15 minutes...
08-30-13, 06:56 AM
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It's been an oddly wet summer. We've had about 3 or 4 flash flood warnings in the past 2 months. Of course, it goes away just as quickly as it arrives and the next day will be sunny, humid, and hot as all hell. Our hard-as-rock soil doesn't absorb much of anything, so any rain here can create some dangerous flood conditions.
09-07-13, 12:34 AM
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Way to delurk Azel. I'll bet there are some great straightaways out your way. Welcome to BF!
