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Just so you guys know, I'll be at the meet spot early so I can plug in my tire warmers before the epic ride.

I just want to be able to close all these damn for sale threads when they are finished.

@TimTheAzn From now on his race is "track"

Which one of you gay pole smokers sucked off the new overlord to make it on this list?

Face it... this is America. That's not how this works...

Okay guys. Update on the Epic Ride. If we want this ride to continue to be a success, I'll need everyone to vote for me to become mod. Currently, I'm getting my ass kicked by 2talltim and we need to amount the comeback. Link to the thread is here: Click here to Vote!

I would like to see the pics of the potential first lady of the Mods campaigning, this is very important in my evaluation of the candidates!

I think he just called your bike "shit" bruh.

I am the only candidate qualified enough to provide evidence of my capability. Good thing mods fucked up and left rabbit, uncle gramps, and 0hi0

I call shenanigans for the inordinate amount of Orientals. Someone has yellow fever.

My vote is for sale.

Whew, for a second I almost went with the opinions of Tonik. Glad I came to my senses. SHOTS FIRED

First thing first, I'm OK. Second, The Stealth Bomber is mechanically sound...only a bunch of cosmetic damage. Now the story: I live east of St Louis on the Illinois side, so I thought I would explore a bit and find potential curves in Southern Illinois near the Ohio River. I'm confident on the new bike with about 3K miles. I was riding ATGATT on the first of three days off(before the rain rolled in). It took about 90 minutes of slab to get to some decent roads in the Shawnee National Forest. I refueled and started north of Glaconda, IL on IL-146. I saw this sign and thought I would check it out, as the road look well maintained. After about 1/4 mile the road turned into hardpacked gravel with very solid ruts. Good to go. I've ridden on this plenty before. I climbed a steepish hill and then realized the road turned to very loose gravel on the other side. No biggie, I will just stay loose on the bars and ready to gently engine brake or rear brake if absolutely necessary. At the bottom of the hill there is no good area to turn around as it is essentially a soft shoulder 1-lane now, with the very loose gravel. So I decide I will attempt to climb the STEEP upcoming hill that looks similar to this. I feel committed at this point and figure the park area will have a great area to turn around. I start up the hill and feel the rocks sliding beneath me. I get spooked and bring the bike to a stop. The rocks continue to slide as I'm trying to tip-toe both sides. Its just too much though and I slowly set the bike down on the right side. Cussing up a storm, I kill the engine and use the adrenaline rush to upright her. Now I'm on a very unstable hill sweating my ass off. I use my toes to drag a larger rock over to support the kickstand. It seems to hold, so I shed all my gear. I figure at this point I can Idle/walk her to the top of the hill and then turn around and coast back down to the decent area. Popping back into 1st gear and releasing the clutch slowly only moves her an inch or two before the rear starts spinning on the dusty rock. I reevaluate and decide to try just backing down the hill walking beside her. I only get a few inches before the rocks beneath my feet and the tires are sliding down again. My left foot finally finds a large stable rock again and am able to get her to a stable kickstand position after a few attempts. At this point I realize I am going to need to swallow my pride and find assistance, or else me or the bike will be seriously hurt. I check my phone to find ZERO signal. I start walking up the hill, because I can't remember any houses in the other direction. At the top I see a friendly local driving toward me in an old flatbed diesel Ford. He introduces himself and assures me noone will hit us, because noone else uses this horrible road. Initially he underestimates the situation, and accuses me of not being "country strong". He thinks it's "just a plastic bike" and he can pick it up by hand and turn it around. After I let him try to pick up the front wheel of a 560 lb bike he not only realizes how heavy it is, but how much the rocks are sliding beneath us. So back to trying to back her down/turn around. We turned the bike around BEFORE reaching the bottom. Against my better judgement, with him insisting, I,mounted her and tried to get to the bottom of the hill to a hardpacked spot. He exclaims I shouldn't be riding such a tall bike, that I can't flatfoot. As soon as I released the brake and let go, she washed out beneath me and luckily fell on the same side as before. This self proclaimed hillbilly is actually yelling at me for "not having the balls to goose it and get down the damn hill". I remind him of the slippery/dusty rocks and the shear amount of torque this bike has. He doesn't believe me but is reluctantly willing to finish walking the bike down the hill with me. I retrieve my gear and drive back to the highway with the hillbilly following. We talk for a few minutes in a more friendly manner and he gives me a local map and suggestions for areas that are more bike friendly. I try to give him a few dollars for his time. He says not to worry about it. I head back into town and stop at the only gas station to finally cool off. I put $20 in the map and tell the cashier to give it to the friendly hillbilly next time she sees him. I ride the 2 hours back home mad and appreciative that it was only surface damage. So far it looks like scraping on the muffler, peg, fairing, cowling, and mirror. Not the worst, but still sucks. Deciding how to handle insurance claim. I mostly want to go back to stock, because that's the look/sound I like. I also understand the stock parts/labor are ridiculously expensive and will have a LARGE check coming my way if I decide to file a claim.

I've always been for function over looks. For commuting, fenders would be a must. It will be a long time before I see wet roads on a bicycle though. I hope to be able to get to the local bike path after work and do a few miles a couple times a week. I'm not sure how I feel about riding on the road yet. Especially from my driveway, it's a busy road and a hill, big hill, in three directions.

Picked up a used Trek 7.5 FX over the weekend. Seems OR has turned into a guns and bicycles forum so I figured I needed a bicycle. Gonna have to figure out the ins and outs and thought this would be a good bike to get started on.

I voted for jbot simply cause he's in my OR clique

other than OsuMJ who is a hispanic tranny, everyone else on the mod team is whiter than Casper the admin. Aren't you guys tired of vanilla? jbot for mod 2016

I'm pretty sure 3 of the contenders are in the country illegally and are ineligible due to upcoming deportations. And Derek isn't permitted to live with in 300 yards of a school or playground and has to report to authorities and re-register when ever his social status changes and that just sounds like too much work. So close this thread up, I win by default, just the way Hank would have wanted.

Gotta love whitie playing the fake Asian race card.

Fat finger it? Amateur.

I live kinda near lancaster, sorta. Nice bike!

You've seen my lady in lingerie... Time for the others to pony up.

this man speaks the truth

It was mine and I didn't make this poll which is a travesty. All the options are terrible so #GaryJohnson2016

Which party is each future mod reppin? 40% tims is not diverse enough.

Don't stop believin....he might thow it in the next one.

And watch out for Gravel while standing! lol I'm still IN* (solo riding alone again down from Michigan)

This thread has my support and approval. I hope no one does anything out of line so it needs to be moderated.

Welcome, I live in Columbus but always ride through Lancaster on my way to some good roads. Coming through today actually.

If you want to get the party started a little earlier take 9 south near St Clairsville to147 east from Centerville to Bellaire.Both were paved last year.If you don't know this part of 147 you're in for a pleasent surprise.The esses going down the hill into Bellaire are a blast...if you can get a clean shot without blockers. Also...if you have the time to do a little exploring turn at the gas station in the little town of Key.Go straight until it T's.At the T go left.It's all new pavement and it will eventually take you out on 7 about a mile or two from the Moundsville bridge.Sorry,I don't remember the road names or number.Or you could look for new pavement on the side roads as you're going down 7.

You all should hit the track pipe. It's addictive !

It was nice meeting all of you. Dave it was great to see you again man. Sorry we didn't ride more, I hope you guys enjoyed the rest of the day. That was FUN. Let me know when the next ones go down. Be safe out there tomorrow guys.

Fixed.

I think it's perfect time to start a guess my bike thread

Picked up a Trek 7.5fx...I felt like an outsider on this bicycling forum.

that's cool leave out the member that has been here since day one and never caused any shit but posts at least once a day.. I get it

Yea, if he has that Android for too long he might actually get caught up to 2016 current events.

Have you looked up alaskan drinking rates?

i would settle for journey or REO speedwagon

Really do want your bike but not buying any shit !

Sadly with all the new people few will get that

I'm pretty sure Carie, and MJ are the only ones who don't meet that criteria.

Not trying to be a dick, but the forecast was looking perfect all last week....did you guys really not expect the days to sell out? to add to that; intermediate riders, bumping to novice because their group is sold out, and complaining about the rules? lol The rules are there for everyone, including the first timer who is just figuring out the track....the guy who looks behind, slows down or veers "out of the way" when he hears a bike behind him. The rules aren't there to make you happy, they are there to make the track a safer place. You think a first timer is ready for open track after 3 sessions? I definitely wasn't. If you make open track all afternoon in novice, you are expecting everyone who is having a difficult time to speak up and request a CR to help...that won't happen and there will be issues caused by it. If you don't need the structure and feel you are capable, bump to intermediate. haven't seen or heard of anything, last year they sent out an email the week before requesting an RSVP/rider info

Wow. This was the best thread that you could find to troll? Slow day. [emoji14] Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

And on a side note, this finch is freaking me out. He's chilling outside my office window, tapping on the glass like he wants in.

Perfect response to someone who can't fathom to be wrong But mommy they are assaulting me with knowledge