My mountainbike passion

[sisko]

He's in a poor country in Europe, and wishes I didn't know that much...

well, let me show you something about my country:

[Buster's Uncle]

So poor the crosswalks aren't intended to be used?

[sisko]

i mean, how is one suppose to use those "bike lanes" 

[Buster's Uncle]

Hop the curb!  Ride EXTREME!

Yeah, that sucks.

[Green1]

Looks to me like the bike lanes were designed by folks who do not actually ride bikes.

In Lousiana, the guy that was responsible for lobbying for the New Orleans and Baton Rouge bikelanes literally lives in New Orleans and puts his bike on the LA Swift commuting by bus and bike every day from New Orleans to the state capitol in Baton Rouge.

On the Levee, there is a bike trail that goes all the way to Minnesota. It is only broken in two places where you have to catch a ferry across the river. So, technically you could bike all the way up north.

[Green1]

In fact:

below pictured the Canal St bike lane. Too bad that damn streetcar does not take bikes on light rail the way MARTA does in Atlanta. There are times when it rains I do not want to get soaked. Stupid people want all the streetcars to be "historical". I feel for the folks that live in the upper 9th when they re-activate the Desire line. That is a long ride down St. Claude.

Oh.. and BTW, crossing the MS River bridge at Baton Rouge to Port Allen SUCKS! Me and my ex-gf thought we were going to die. Cars were literally passing us by inches at 60 mph!

[Buster's Uncle]

What happens if I make a crack about the biker being ugly?

[Green1]

They jump off the bike and give you a "warm New Orleans welcome". This welcome has nothing to do with king cake or po-boys and everything to do with beer bottle upside your head

[Buster's Uncle]

Oh, probably not if they got a good look at me.  People stopped trying that sort of thing much when I was 17 and got big.  Then I got hairy and they really stopped.  I always looked mean, but that's relative on a short, fat kid.

Not a photo of you, then.   Good, 'cause that guy ugly.  Beer me if you dare. 

[sisko]

this weekend was a mountain bike XC weekend for me and i really enjoyed every second in the middle of the nature,
so i thought i'd share some pictures with you guys:

[sisko]

[Buster's Uncle]

Beautiful.  Aside from the architecture of the old barn, that could almost be a little ways uphill from where I'm from.

[sisko]

the barn.. hmm.. who in the world would build a new roof on top of that old structure.. 
anyway, it was that dry tree in front of it that made me shoot the picture.

Beautiful.

yep. beautiful country! it's a pitty it's inhabitated. 

[Buster's Uncle]

I like old abandoned barns.  Takes me back.

The same structure in America would have a tin roof and less intricate carpentry w/much longer planks, all straight up and down. 

I have a bunch of pictures of my grampa's old tobacco curing barns somewhere - one was actually constructed of logs.  Alas, they're all gone now.

[ariete]

seeing your photos sisko i know why you like mountain bike, but there i think also run should be a cool experience ... always move you self, it's too important.