Tuesday, September 20, 2005
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the photo album. We'll see how long before MSN tosses it again. But we'll use it for now. http://groups.msn.com/teamreckless/fattirefest2005.msnw
Bruce Mound, Chequamegon and Bag Slappin...
Reckless went to the Northwoods for the Chequamegan Fat Tire Fest. Pictures will be up later. Here is the Write up.
For results and stuff go here- http://cheqfattire.com/
We stayed Thursday night in Black River Falls and took over the jaccuzzi- for the Super 8's pool area is open til 2am. Sweet.
Next day we woke to Stan showing a group of older gals on their way to a quilting convention how to use the Waffle Maker in the lobby. He had the whole group of them giggling. It just made my day. After we ate we headed out for Bruce Mound.
At this point Burak, Stan, Beth, Marco, Ed, Cyndi, Tony, Dustin, and Gee were in full effect.
I hadn't been to the place since Pedros. This place is just Beautiful. The Hermosas, Yellowjacket, Toad Road, Cliffhanger, Porcupine peak, Dead Turkey and of course Goat Dance just got the juices going enough to realize that we were'nt going back to Ill noize with out 80-100 miles of riding some of the sweetest trails in the midwest. The bicycle smiles were on everyones faces as we got back to the lot for some quick rehydration and to hook up with Rick who took "a short cut" which almost always gets him in trouble.
On the road again to the Cabin in Cable. Stopped off to grab food for the team and dropped like 200 bucks on two cartloads of food. Then another 100 or so in the liquor dept. The supermarket looked happy to see us. We made sure as to buy the food and stuff from Hayward. To help support their economy. This fest is important to them and theres nothing better than to spread a little love to those folks who close off their Streets, Trails and Volunteer a weekend to us so we can have a good time.
Big ol thanks to the towns of Hayward, Seeley, and Cable.
Friday Night was a party. Marco fed us. Marco is one Fantastic man. He always does the cooking. He just rocks. Here's to you Marco.
There was Bag slappin and stupid human tricks and well what happens in Wisconsin will stay in Wisconsin. Ann and Roger made it. They were on tour for a few weeks-Some of their stops included Fruita, Durango, Moab, Tour De Fat and Crusty Butt. Sounds like they had a blast, those two are very thoughtful. They brought back a little piece of their trip for all that made it to CFTF. A BIG THANK YOU TO ROGER AND ANNIE FOR ALL THE GIFTS. Okay on to the races-
Uh well people were moving a little slow. Imagine that. We had Rick, Ed, and Tony doing the Forty- We made it there 10 minutes to 10. Which means we'll be starting behind 1700 people. Fun. But it was still a blast. Thanks for getting us there in time.
Beth, Cyndi, Marco, Roger and Anne doing the Short and Fat. There were no mechanicals and everyone was smiling when it was over. We sat on the side of the ski hill for a while a visited with friends and others.
Anne got the podium for 3rd in the Womens Singlespeed in her Division. Congratulations.
That evening went by kind of in uneventful. The rest of the crew rode Rock Lake. So they were equally worn out. Marco made some delicious pasta and sausage and took it easy. The two kids Dustin and Gee did go and find an adventure tho. Ask one of us about it some day. It was BEARLY believable. (YES THATS A PUN)
Sunday everyone headed to Telemark for the Ohjibwe trail and some did the rough cut rendevous. I think Anne got 3rd and Roger 4th. Congratulations. The rest went and rode what IMBA has tagged one of the best in the Midwest. It was truly a great singletrack trail. If you love singletrack you would love it. We got back from riding and the Telemark was almost empty. We hung out and talked about what to do for dinner and made fun of Cooter Bones. (don't ask) What a wonderfully relaxing day for the group. We ended up going to Lakewoods for a feast. That place rocks.
Woke up on Monday with plans for riding on the way home but rain had invaded the North. So we just headed back home.
Well another Fat Tire Fest has come and gone. Next big outing for the team I think will be Farmdale Fest in Peoria. If any one is interested -Sunburst Showdown is this weekend. Check the WORS site for details. Thanks to everyone who pitched in and made this trip so enjoyable. Can't wait til next year.
For results and stuff go here- http://cheqfattire.com/
We stayed Thursday night in Black River Falls and took over the jaccuzzi- for the Super 8's pool area is open til 2am. Sweet.
Next day we woke to Stan showing a group of older gals on their way to a quilting convention how to use the Waffle Maker in the lobby. He had the whole group of them giggling. It just made my day. After we ate we headed out for Bruce Mound.
At this point Burak, Stan, Beth, Marco, Ed, Cyndi, Tony, Dustin, and Gee were in full effect.
I hadn't been to the place since Pedros. This place is just Beautiful. The Hermosas, Yellowjacket, Toad Road, Cliffhanger, Porcupine peak, Dead Turkey and of course Goat Dance just got the juices going enough to realize that we were'nt going back to Ill noize with out 80-100 miles of riding some of the sweetest trails in the midwest. The bicycle smiles were on everyones faces as we got back to the lot for some quick rehydration and to hook up with Rick who took "a short cut" which almost always gets him in trouble.
On the road again to the Cabin in Cable. Stopped off to grab food for the team and dropped like 200 bucks on two cartloads of food. Then another 100 or so in the liquor dept. The supermarket looked happy to see us. We made sure as to buy the food and stuff from Hayward. To help support their economy. This fest is important to them and theres nothing better than to spread a little love to those folks who close off their Streets, Trails and Volunteer a weekend to us so we can have a good time.
Big ol thanks to the towns of Hayward, Seeley, and Cable.
Friday Night was a party. Marco fed us. Marco is one Fantastic man. He always does the cooking. He just rocks. Here's to you Marco.
There was Bag slappin and stupid human tricks and well what happens in Wisconsin will stay in Wisconsin. Ann and Roger made it. They were on tour for a few weeks-Some of their stops included Fruita, Durango, Moab, Tour De Fat and Crusty Butt. Sounds like they had a blast, those two are very thoughtful. They brought back a little piece of their trip for all that made it to CFTF. A BIG THANK YOU TO ROGER AND ANNIE FOR ALL THE GIFTS. Okay on to the races-
Uh well people were moving a little slow. Imagine that. We had Rick, Ed, and Tony doing the Forty- We made it there 10 minutes to 10. Which means we'll be starting behind 1700 people. Fun. But it was still a blast. Thanks for getting us there in time.
Beth, Cyndi, Marco, Roger and Anne doing the Short and Fat. There were no mechanicals and everyone was smiling when it was over. We sat on the side of the ski hill for a while a visited with friends and others.
Anne got the podium for 3rd in the Womens Singlespeed in her Division. Congratulations.
That evening went by kind of in uneventful. The rest of the crew rode Rock Lake. So they were equally worn out. Marco made some delicious pasta and sausage and took it easy. The two kids Dustin and Gee did go and find an adventure tho. Ask one of us about it some day. It was BEARLY believable. (YES THATS A PUN)
Sunday everyone headed to Telemark for the Ohjibwe trail and some did the rough cut rendevous. I think Anne got 3rd and Roger 4th. Congratulations. The rest went and rode what IMBA has tagged one of the best in the Midwest. It was truly a great singletrack trail. If you love singletrack you would love it. We got back from riding and the Telemark was almost empty. We hung out and talked about what to do for dinner and made fun of Cooter Bones. (don't ask) What a wonderfully relaxing day for the group. We ended up going to Lakewoods for a feast. That place rocks.
Woke up on Monday with plans for riding on the way home but rain had invaded the North. So we just headed back home.
Well another Fat Tire Fest has come and gone. Next big outing for the team I think will be Farmdale Fest in Peoria. If any one is interested -Sunburst Showdown is this weekend. Check the WORS site for details. Thanks to everyone who pitched in and made this trip so enjoyable. Can't wait til next year.
Monday, September 12, 2005
Kewaunee and stuff
Okay I've decided that "sweet singletrack" is a relative term. Can anyone say bumpy ass cow field mowed to make singletrack that bakes in the hot sun with 2-3 miles of okay singletrack. Well some of the whoopdees were fun but they were linked by crappy atv trails and wasn't worth the drive. Oh well. Note to self- skip kewaunee next year. Sounds like John S. pulled enough rock out of stone temple for some of the armoring of the new trails. Word has it that there was a road trip down to Bloomington where I hear some singletrack with 20 or so jumps exist.
Chequamegon is 6 days away. Is everyone going to make it up by Friday for an afternoon ride somewhere? New singletrack maybe.
Chequamegon is 6 days away. Is everyone going to make it up by Friday for an afternoon ride somewhere? New singletrack maybe.
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