03/22/00

Was shooting the shit with all my friends at Ten Speed Spokes when I realized, "crap! it's getting dark out, gotta go ride man!" Outta Newport and heading north to Lincoln. We met in the Pizza Works parking lot at the crack of 7:30 PM - it was just the GongShow riding this evening. Everyone else had prior obligations, from painting markers on the road for our roadie friends, to working a little late :)
  1. airMaster getting blinded
  2. aftermath
  3. Me + tree = treehugging
  4. laughing at myself
  5. mudder
  6. mudder farger - notice the duct tape Screaming Fro...doooh! :)
The ride was, well different! Having not gone night riding in over a year (if not more) and not riding in Lincoln Woods in over 8 months - the trails wandered more than usual. It was LOOSE and not knowing how loose cuppled with short techy terrain made this interesting. It was a blast nonetheless.

Ed did a few super flying chinese man a couple of times and on the infamous drop off, my foot popped out of the pedal and my ribs pretended to be my ass on the saddle when I hit bottom. That was a default exhale when I landed.....had to do a rib check after that one - sound familar Tom / Mike D?

Great fun! More people have to go, Lincoln is fun - but it IS techy, after last nights ride - I'm willing to say it is short, but the technical areas are far more challenging than most parts of Gilbert......!

03/26/00
Ride update - apparently that hit to the ribs produced a cracked rib (or two) - tonight I was leaning up against it trying to reach for something when I felt and heard a popping noise coming from the ribs....now it hurts to laugh, cough, breathe deeply....son of a !#@%!%^@$!

David Y. Gong
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