Now this may irritate some people out there, but holy wah! For those who think they are professional “trail racers” you really need to get a clue. Fortunately, we only had to ride the trail about three miles this Saturday, during our three mile ride I truly felt that my life was in jeopardy three times.
The first was a group of six coming at us; apparently they were in a “professional trail race” to the Harbor and were trying to figure out which one of them was the stupidest on the way. Attempting to pass your buddy on a curve on a public trail at 80mph? Can anyone in the group, other than the leader, see anything but snow dust while traveling 80 mph at five foot intervals?
The second group was also traveling at a very high rate of speed way to close together (does anybody remember the three second rule from drivers education) and was from all appearances relatively new to this sport; I don’t really care how many are in your group, would you please keep both hands on the handlebars you can hardly control that dam thing! Also, if you are all only 15 feet apart I can tell there are five of you, you don’t have to let me know (see point one here)!
The final straw was the group that caught us from behind, I knew you were there, thank god, I was rolling 60ish, in my opinion an appropriate speed, and my riding partner was following at appropriate distance behind me. First you had to pass my partner at about 90 mph, then as you rode my *** I raised my left had high in the air to signal my slowing and my intent to pull off the trail. In that situation, it might be appropriate to slow down rather than pin it and fly by me. I know you are a “professional trail racer” I could tell the second I heard your pipe, I am on an 800 E-tech and I can virtually guarantee you, you are not faster. Literally, if I had had a gun I would have shot you in the back of the head, you are dumb asses!
Now some of you this may agree with this little message, some may not; this message is for the nots. We rode six (6) hours this past Saturday (1/8/2011) in the Keweenaw and admittedly we are not even in the same class as you “professional trail racers”. By your standards we are wimps, we covered a whopping 48 miles in that six hours which calculates to an average speed of about 8 mph, not even in the same class as you 150+ miler “professional trail racers”. So please, next time you see some guy riding down the trail completely covered in snow from top to bottom, cut me a break I’m trying to get off the trail as fast as I can but my abilities are limited I’m not a professional like you.
The first was a group of six coming at us; apparently they were in a “professional trail race” to the Harbor and were trying to figure out which one of them was the stupidest on the way. Attempting to pass your buddy on a curve on a public trail at 80mph? Can anyone in the group, other than the leader, see anything but snow dust while traveling 80 mph at five foot intervals?
The second group was also traveling at a very high rate of speed way to close together (does anybody remember the three second rule from drivers education) and was from all appearances relatively new to this sport; I don’t really care how many are in your group, would you please keep both hands on the handlebars you can hardly control that dam thing! Also, if you are all only 15 feet apart I can tell there are five of you, you don’t have to let me know (see point one here)!
The final straw was the group that caught us from behind, I knew you were there, thank god, I was rolling 60ish, in my opinion an appropriate speed, and my riding partner was following at appropriate distance behind me. First you had to pass my partner at about 90 mph, then as you rode my *** I raised my left had high in the air to signal my slowing and my intent to pull off the trail. In that situation, it might be appropriate to slow down rather than pin it and fly by me. I know you are a “professional trail racer” I could tell the second I heard your pipe, I am on an 800 E-tech and I can virtually guarantee you, you are not faster. Literally, if I had had a gun I would have shot you in the back of the head, you are dumb asses!
Now some of you this may agree with this little message, some may not; this message is for the nots. We rode six (6) hours this past Saturday (1/8/2011) in the Keweenaw and admittedly we are not even in the same class as you “professional trail racers”. By your standards we are wimps, we covered a whopping 48 miles in that six hours which calculates to an average speed of about 8 mph, not even in the same class as you 150+ miler “professional trail racers”. So please, next time you see some guy riding down the trail completely covered in snow from top to bottom, cut me a break I’m trying to get off the trail as fast as I can but my abilities are limited I’m not a professional like you.
