I Got This

We came to a super-tight downhill switchback. We all stopped. We pondered. I said, "I can totally ride this. Get the camera."


Comments

Nicole said…
* Sits and eagerly awaits comments from the smart@$$ "friends" *
5/05/2010 12:04 AM
Ryan said…
You gotta make the animated .gif your twitter icon.

People love that.
5/05/2010 7:25 AM
James Scott said…
"Hey, hold my Camelbak and watch this..."
5/05/2010 8:47 AM
Cary said…
I'm still laughing. Look, even JB is laughing at you.
5/05/2010 8:52 AM
Hill Junkie said…
"I'll leave my bike here while I go belly surfing down the ravine..."
5/05/2010 9:45 AM
G-ride said…
Ahh, the dreaded high sider. I bet it was even funnier in person.

Please don't get your PRO license cause then you won't be able to post awesomeness like this anymore.
5/05/2010 10:01 AM
Brian said…
Star Gap? Or do all those WNC switchbacks look the same.

ORAMM in July?
5/05/2010 10:16 AM
Colin R said…
I really wish I had a picture of how much skin I took of my leg while sliding down a hillside of shale after this crash.

Brian: yep, that's the tightest switchback on Star Gap.

After riding up Curtis Creek Rd when it was 80 degrees and humid in April, I have trouble getting excited to do that ride in late July at ORAMM. But it's not totally out of the question...
5/05/2010 10:20 AM
Julia said…
Ooh, watching my son get hurt in slow motion and fast motion. Love it.
5/05/2010 11:50 AM
Jorge said…
Feliz Cinco de Mayo! A bit of tequila would have done wonders to calm you down after that experience.
Where is Star Gap exactly?
5/05/2010 4:02 PM
Colin R said…
Star Gap is in Pisgah National Forest, near Asheville NC. I'll have a longer report up soon.
5/05/2010 4:07 PM
DD said…
Countersteering FTW? FTW, ATMO.
5/05/2010 10:52 PM
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