swingset

Have fun with the insane traffic down there, I would head toward Marietta if I were you.

This. Memorial Day in Hocking Hills? No thank you.

You'd better LOVE the sight of this because it's all you're gonna see.

1. My name is Craig.

2. I graduated from Carnegie Mellon Univ., where I played free-safety for the mighty fighting Tartans (mascot: A scottish terrier...fearsome).

3. I can play a dozen or so instruments well, sing and play guitar in a band.

4. My grandfather was a studio musician and appeared on over 200 albums in the 50's and 60's, mostly country and nashville recordings like Flatt & Scruggs, Duane Eddy, Patsy Cline, etc.

5. My avatar is named Bullet.

6. I do a weekly comedy/satire podcast with my wife (see sig).

7. Until the age of 18 I was left handed in everything I did, but switching over after an elbow injury in baseball I found I could do better with my right hand and slowly migrated everything over, even handwriting.

8. I grew up in Arizona, where my mom owned a gas station in the late 70's.

9. I'm allergic to christmas trees, and most hard liquor (something to do with the distilling process, makes me violently ill).

10. My first paying job was teaching break-dancing.

If Obama had a son, he'd look like that horse.

Obviously a white-hispanic beating him, too. You know how those people are...well....racist.

I've been using the Harley trip planner for setting up routes for longer trips but it will not upload to my current GPS. Anybody have any recommendations for a GPS that can be used for this or any other ideas for route planning in general. Thanks.

Mary

Tyre will lay out routes and then save them to either Garmin or TomTom.

Works great, free, and versatile.

http://www.tyretotravel.com/

I have noticed a ton of bicyclists around the New Albany area. I've run into a few that ride two abreast and don't care when cars or motorcycles are behind them.

Not that I'm a fan of bicyclists on the roads or riding abreast, but that is legal in the ORC. And, they do it so that you're not tempted to squeeze by and clip one of them and instead pass using the oncoming lane...it's their rationale (not mine).

When I ride the roads, I use the berm and stay there....but I'm not your normal passive-aggressive spandex goober. I'd just as soon stay on the bike path that's designed for bikes.

Black guy

Nothing gets by you.

Holy crap.

http://m.now.msn.com/money/0518-man-30-kids-child-support

Not even gonna click the link. I know it's a Jewish guy right? That's sooooo them.

I always get these right.

Seeing Coolwhip's thread has me a little concerned. Plus, I just got my uniforms for my new job, and the pants are just slacks. I want to ride to work though.

So, I'm thinking some kind of knee pads that I can put under or over the pants. Haven't searched the internet yet, just wanted to get a direction before I go previewing everything. Also, I prefer cheap. This new job pays shit.

Overpants. Ride with your work pants.

They can be had for $100 if you look around.

Could have been worse - but you learned that Jeans aren't riding pants - no knee protection. Good armor would have saved you a trip to the ER.

At least the first guy put a helmet on the kid - but now that boy has to live with the memories of that accident, and the death of the pilot.

Wear your fucking helmets.

I'll be on Skyline Drive, twisties galore.

I still don't get why people do this! The visor is there, I'm using it even if I have sunglasses on.

Airflow.

oh really? where was they at when students getting robbed on campus but they quick at stopping people for riding with there visor up for 5 seconds NICE!

Where was they at?

Seriously?

Moron.

Glad no one was seriously injured (although I guess a broken leg could be considered).

I got hit in Greer (which is on 514) by a deer sitting still at a crossroads. Felt something slam into me, knocked the bike over and when I looked over the bike I see a doe running off...damnest thing, but I didn't get hurt. Stupid, stupid animals.

Rte. 62 BBQ is the shizzle, for sure...eat there about once a week. Used to be a lot cheaper, but it's still worth the dough. The Buckeye Deli at the end of 514 in Nashville is good too. Funky place, but good sammiches.

Will second the endorsement for Sloopy's. Was in Coshocton the other day and passed by (used to be a BBQ joint in there). When I saw it I thought why not and headed in.

50's motif and music aside, nice menu, fast service and the burger and fries were perfect....very good. The waitress was overly-friendly, which is better than being ignored, but overall a good lunch stop.

It's a good ruling. Kiddie porn bad, but make sure you're prosecuting someone who knowingly goes after it and knowingly possesses it.

I wonder if that means 7.6 percent were the BG, or 7.6 percent were just involved in a criminal incident (and used a CCW to defend themselves, etc)

It's the latter. The study only looks at criminal incidents where a gun was present, which leaves a shit ton open as far as who was negligent, criminally charged, or even if the weapon was used in the commission of the crime.

I believe Lott's work showed that CCW holders were statistically the least represented criminal element in American society...what other ways people were classified (I'm assuming legal adults) I don't know, but suffice to say we're not the ones fucking up society and killing each other.

See: Ghetto.

I predict alot more 'neglect discharges' though depending on how this pans out. I don't see how they can even begin to think about getting rid of mandatory classes, thats a huge safety issue.

It's not a huge safety issue in the myriad of states without mandatory classes - hell Vermont has total unrestricted carry.

Don't feel about an issue, think. Study the statistics and then you'll know instead of fear the worst.

Do you plan on getting a new helmet? I hear alot of people say it's best to buy a new helmet if it gets damaged during a wreck, even if it looks fine physically. I don't know how true that is or what the effects would be if it was to be involved in another wreck(still has to be 10000x safer than no helmet at all ) but better safe than sorry.

Yeah, the lining foam compresses during an accident, the outer shell bounces back out but the protection is compromised. A strong hit with your head inside is reason to retire it. I've got another Caberg as backup, so this one is done for.

Glad to hear you are mostly OK.

Damage on the bike doesnt look too bad either. Road rash just gives the bike character. I've got some scratches on mine from trying to follow you and a bunch of other nuts down some dirt "roads" last summer.

Hope everything heals quickly and repairs are quick and easy.

Craig

The worst damage is the engine guards, rear rack and pannier are all a total loss. Pictures don't do them justice. The Motech crash bars are caved in, broken welds, the rear-rack broke in two places and the pannier won't close up once opened the weather seam/lip is contorted. They did their job protecting the bike, tho.

It'll be road-worthy with not much effort, and I'll start piecing the accessories back as I can. The scratches and scuffs are nothing, "adventure marks" I like to call them.

Glad you are ok! Did you beat a moths fukin dogs azz?

I'm a dog lover but shit man. People need to learn to keep them up or on chains if they are going to do shit like this.

I definitely wanted to put my foot up someone's ass for it, but shit happens...could have been a deer or a coyote.

I'm thankful I got to ride away without any harm. My shoulder is sore as fuck today, which I anticipated, but it's not seriously hurt.

Posted some pics in the OP. Doesn't look so bad, for as hard as I hit, but the bulk of the crap was the engine guards and rear rack getting mangled - they took the brunt of the damage, which I suppose is better than the frame and engine.

So avoiding hitting deer results in failure to control. I guess because of no witnesses.

It's up to the responding officer, in most cases. A statey wrote my friend, and I've heard they're notorious for doing so. Since I was on a state route, I thought better of tempting fate.

I know people who have crashed and nothing was said.

Glad ur okay! Time for payback on two dogs. I'm thinking paintball gun!

I was carrying today, and it did cross my mind looking at the ragged ass dog that I swerved to avoid.

I'd much rather shoot their owners...dogs can't help their instincts, but hilljacks can keep their mutts fenced or leashed.

That sucks, glad you are OK. Where aprox. were you on 258?

Ya know, I'm not 100% sure...it was a bit before it splits north again heading W. towards 77....because I took the south way down Salt Fork Road to 541.

I'd know it in a heartbeat if I see that area again.

I probably should have marked it on the GPS, but I was still a little rattled and not thinking as clear as I should have.

Glad you are ok! Didn't somebody else here have a situation with a dog? Can the owner be held responsible?

Yeah, one of the road crew guys mentioned that first thing (I wasn't thinking 100%, so good on him). So he walked to the only house nearby and asked about the remaining dog wandering around (the one that grazed me ran off). The lady there said she had a dog but it was inside and didn't recognize it, said the area is just full of dogs running loose.

I figured my chances of finding the owner, especially so far from home were slim to none. And, I'll be honest I figured anyone with those two fucked up nasty dogs wasn't going to cough up any money anyway.

I didn't file a police report, I know better than that. I have a friend who wrecked avoiding a bunch of deer, he got cited for failure to control. Not about to add insult to injury.

First off glad your ok. Did you happen to be on a Silver DL1000? I recall tossing a wave to one today and I think it was on 258 and I also remember some kind of crew on the side of the road.Can''t remember which road. It was a long day. There were 3 of us together.

Yup, that was me. I saw you guys a couple times...I think you were stopped on 36 when I first passed ya.