And that will always be grooved in your brain! Good story! Cheers, David
"it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride." - Seth Vidal On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 9:16 AM, James Warren <jimcwar...@earthlink.net>wrote: > > It sticks in my memory, because of a fitting coincidence: last June I took > the double-top-tube proto-Hunq on a mountain dirt-road overnighter with > mountain-bike riding friends on Mount Ashland. My Oregon buddy made fun of > my bike a bit when he saw it. At one point during the ride, he > intentionally-mistakenly called it the Jackalope (having no knowledge that > there actually is a bike with that name.) The Hunq was great, and at the > end of the ride, he proclaimed, "The Jackalope's no slouch dude!" > > So that was my Hunq's name for a couple of weeks until I saw on this forum > that Andy was getting a frame built up, and it was named that. The > similarity between the Jackalope and the 2TT proto-Hunq AND my buddy's need > to instinctively call such a bike the Jackalope all means that Andy's bike > has the most perfect name ever! > > -Jim W. > > > On Mar 23, 2014, at 8:46 AM, cyclotourist wrote: > > Good memory, Mr. W! > > Cheers, > David > > "it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride." - Seth Vidal > > > > > > On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 8:18 AM, James Warren <jimcwar...@earthlink.net>wrote: > >> Fun! >> >> It's great to see the Jackalope in the wild! (Name of Andy's bike I >> believe.) >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Mar 23, 2014, at 8:00 AM, cyclotourist <cyclotour...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> This was one of those rides that you plan out the small details on, and >> then have to deal with multiple monkey wrench gangs. But as far as I know, >> everything worked out! >> It started with Andy Schmidt letting folks know he would be visiting from >> PDX for Spring Break. Great says we, as he has hosted many a Southlander >> visiting up there, so lots of intentions to show a great ride down this >> way. >> After multiple ride options were discussed, including Santa Monica, >> downtown LA, San Bernardino mountains, and OC mountains, a plan was worked >> out to overnight in Joshua Tree National Park. A very unique and beautiful >> experience, especially for a guy visiting from the wet and green Pacific >> Northwest! >> Unfortunately I couldn't make, but was still part of the planning process. >> Hugh and Evan went there Friday to secure a camping spot for the group's >> Sat arrival. And of course, they get there and the "All campgrounds full" >> signs have been unfurled. Damn. >> They end up getting a room in town, and resort to Plan B. We go with the >> Redlands to Angelus Oaks climb and camping option and hope to get hold of >> Andy before he gets on the road to JT. >> My plans had changed enough that I could ride with them the first part >> and lead through town and up into the mountains. A beautiful overcast day, >> 20 degrees cooler than last weekend when we had the RSR! We fueled up with >> burritos for breakfast, and head out the back roads and bike paths to get >> to Hwy 38 leading up to the mountains. A beautiful ride till the point I >> had to turn around and head back down the hill. No flats, but some >> drivetrain mechanicals slowed us down a bit. The crew is somewhere in the >> mountains as I write this, hope to catch up with them for lunch sometime >> today and debrief the weekend's events!!! >> >> First day pics showing how we do it down this way: >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclotourist/sets/72157642763723203/ >> >> Cheers, >> David >> >> "it isn't a contest. 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