Quest for Mud (Special Edition)

[NOAL]

7 and 8? I had no idea those existed.  Dont want nor need.

Have been thinking about buying a road bike.  Any suggestions out there for entry level bike?

[clink]

I'm not sure I need any of this stuff but I think clink needs the t-shirt and the cams since squeeze chimneys will be offwidths for him 

 Right side of the Remnant is memorable.

[JC w KC redux]

Right side of the Remnant is memorable.

Is this some reference to that side of what's left of your brain? 

By the way...Where did you learn how to quote? Geez...first I'm fixing pictures and now this...what a maroon 

[JC w KC redux]

Have been thinking about buying a road bike.  Any suggestions out there for entry level bike?

Unicycle is way cheaper, will kick your a$$ just riding around the block a couple times and requires no maintenance (no chain, no gears, no brakes).

I would recommend a 24 inch wheel to get back into it. I remember you told me you used to ride one.

Bonus - People smile, laugh and tell bad jokes as you ride by.

When you get tired of spinning like a madman on the 24 inch wheel, I have an extra 36 inch wheel you can try.

[NOAL]

You know the majority of the people who buy those cams are those people on Instagram who post photos of their climbing gear on peg boards all nice and neat like.

Those cams will hang there all shiny and new until the owner decides to take up yachting.

[NOAL]

Unicycle is way cheaper, will kick your a$$ just riding around the block a couple times and requires no maintenance (no chain, no gears, no brakes).

True.  Cant see riding a unicycle from my house to pescadero and back.

[JC w KC redux]

True.  Cant see riding a unicycle from my house to pescadero and back.

That would be a nice ride (on a bicycle).
My idea was to keep you in your neighborhood, kick your arse and keep costs to a bare minimum.
It also brings challenge, focus and core strength all together in one compact package.
Bonus - everybody will think you're talented and they'll be especially nice to you because you're providing them entertainment. 

[JC w KC redux]

Those cams will hang there all shiny and new until the owner decides to take up yachting.

Nice conversation pieces while you enjoy Boat Drinks 

[Brad Young]

Nice conversation pieces while you enjoy Boat Drinks 
 

I don't want to insult those who don't like words that rhyme with "it."

So while I won't say where, I'll just say that these will compliment my nine inch Valley Giant cam. And my Valley Giants got a lot of scratch marks....

[NOAL]

Munge can use at reservoir for boat anchor!

These cams would be better if they came with a parachute.

[Brad Young]

^^^

Much bigger and they'll need to come with a sherpa.

Or a tall, 30 year old blonde surfer type who strangely likes crack climbing and loves (LOVES) to carry all my gear.

[briham89]

I don't want to insult those who don't like words that rhyme with "it."

Anybody want a peanut?

Or a tall, 30 year old blonde surfer type who strangely likes crack climbing and loves (LOVES) to carry all my gear.

Parts of that sentence are true. We'll leave it to the scholars to figure out which. 

Honestly I would love hiking up hill both ways with a huge pack to go climbing big cracks right now!!!! No joke, that sounds wonderful. The couch is consuming me.

[Brad Young]

Parts of that sentence are true. We'll leave it to the scholars to figure out which. 

Uh, I'm the only scholar here... and I typed the sentence 

[NOAL]

That would be a nice ride (on a bicycle). 

 

I live three blocks from Crystal Springs Road.  That takes you to the reservoir on 280. 

[clink]

I live three blocks from Crystal Springs Road.  That takes you to the reservoir on 280.

 Do you ever Sneath over 280?

[NOAL]

That have to do with the bridge over the dam?  Used to know a guy who did bungee jumping there.

[F4?]

Supposed to be good climbing on the dam wall

[JC w KC redux]

Supposed to be good climbing on the dam wall

Haven't been down there since they did the big retrofit on that dam a couple years ago. That dam was the most sophisticated engineering structure west of the Mississippi for a long time. I used to do a field trip that started at San Andreas Dam and ended at Crystal Springs. Those reservoirs are situated right in the rift of the mighty San Andreas fault. A nice paved trail connects the two (right along the rift) but it's too long to walk on a field trip. Nothing like standing right on top of a major plate boundary.  

[JC w KC redux]

I never actually rode the trail between reservoirs but I did ride it down to the dam at San Andreas Lake one time and it was terrifying on the big uni. It was off camber, fairly tight turns and steeply downhill (combine those three elements) in several sections. I barely made it to the bottom. I couldn't ride back up (too steep). I might be able to do it now. I ride a different tire now that is super light compared to the one I was using when I did it many years ago (2013). I hadn't been riding the big wheel that long either.

I always liked standing on the dam at San Andreas and imagining a huge earthquake destroying that dam and releasing all the lake water. Then imagine all that water thundering down the rift and overtopping the dam at Crystal Springs.
The Crystal Springs dam fails and sends a massive flood wave under the 280 overpass and right into San Mateo.                

[NOAL]

I dont know which is scarier an unexpected out of control unicyclist barreling downhill towards you or a massive tidal wave in Hillsborough.

Luckily I live on the second floor. By the time it got here i would just see a huge river pass by filled with debris and luxury automobiles.