Is sycamore cycles is close enough to the camp site for parts should something break that i don't have a spare for?

It'd suck to drive all the way to NC only to have something bad happen and not have the part i need to fix it.

Yep, it is a 10-15 minute car ride, if I remember correctly.

Sycamore will be close if we should have any problems,but we're gonna ride problem free!

I usually bring a fair assortment of spare parts just in case - I wouldn't worry about it.

The Re:Cycles rolling bikes shop.

Re:Cycles rocks!!

Sounds good.

I went for a ride on Sunday and all i could think about was how boring it was. It was a place i hadnt ridden for several months and i remember why. It was all flat and super tight and twisty so you could never gain any momentum. No down grades to speak of, and bar the occasional feature, it was just flat, flat, flat....always pedaling. I could count on one hand the places in the 8 mile loop where i had some help from gravity. The one good thing about it was a very short hill with a little kicker (about 2/3rds the size of the kicker from the 24 hour race id say) with a banked corner at the bottom.

Im really itching to get down there at this point. Im dreading the climbs, but ive seen pics of gastro climbing so that makes me feel better The downhills will put me out of my element, but dammit they'll be fun

Hey is there tap water at the site? Or am i bringing my own drinking water for the weekend?

The site has a fire ring and thats it.

Do we get to howl at the full moon too?

yeah i suck.

Are there places to shower up in the area? A few days is no big deal. I'll be out there for 9 days, though. Any parks with showers in the area? How about public showers around Asheville? Many towns in Colorado have quarter showers. Any such places around western NC? I'll be staying at the NOC the following weekend, but will probably need a shower or two in the mean time.

This trip's going to be awesome.

Of course. Wolf sounds will probably help keep the bears at bay.

Ive never seen a bear.

They say you can't out run them, but i think our odds improve if we're on bikes.

As the old saying goes, you don't have to be faster than the bear, just faster than somebody else in the group.

There will be dogs in camp - I don't anticipate bear problems.

What about the sasquatch in the campsite? isn't he big enough to ward of bears?

if all else fails the gay pink flamingo can be the distraction.

Little story, my buddy and I went for a run while I was in college. Turned the corner and there was the mean neighborhood nasty Rotweiler. Easily a 140 lb dog.

We immediately slowed to a walk and I asked, "think we can outrun it if it comes after us?"

And he replied, "Don't care! I know I can outrun you!".

Dude, come on...the pink flamingo is not gay. He it totally hetro. Don't project your desires for man flesh on a harmless bird. He ain't like that bro.

After he meets me he will. RAWRR!!!

That is so messed up.

Okay wait. So Pheard. You swing that way? I mean....it's all good and stuff but ya know, you can't be calling me a MILF and stuff if you do. See? And then Hammy. He'd then be a FYLF, right?

But either way it's all cool. Just let us know, man. Let us know. Because if Hammy was that way, I'd have to look at him and the whole NC crew in another light here.

LOL. That's all I got to say.

whao... I must have totally missed somthing.

Hey highrevs. Clue me in, guy!

Someone is going to have to sell me a clue... I'm not up to speed on pink flamingos and their sexual preferences. Heck, I thought we where going camping.

A cretain NC guy likes to dress up at times.(pheards avatar)
No Sui, the NC crew ain't like that!