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Guess What I'm Doing This Weekend...

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dinosaurJR

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http://www.birkebeiner.no/English/

Yep - a 94 km cross country mtb race... And it's supposed to rain 18-20 mm... mud bath, anyone...?:thumbsup:

This is my ride...

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God, I hope I don't die...:excited:
 
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Man I envy you. My friends do street biking for charity and such, but I would so much rather do off road biking. Mud biking works too. Maybe that's why I got a Jeep... Nah.
 
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dinosaurJR

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I like all kinds of biking - but the combination of street, gravel forest roads and proper dirty tracks in the Birkebeiner is a real challenge - you climb a total of something like 1500 m too (up, down, up again, down again and so on)... I'm looking for a sub 5 hour time, but it's my first go, so we'll see... I'm not getting any younger, you know...:sweat:

Also, that bike pic is one I pulled off the net, mine is a little more banged up than that...
 
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As long as you enjoy yourself it should be good but lets hope you dont get washed away in the mud :p

My brother used to do all kinds of biking professionally when we were kids & even used to race on Penny Farthings (which even for us as kids were way out-dated), now those are fun to watch!
 
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Nice ride.

It sounds like fun... Enjoy yourself out there.
 
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Hehe, I can't even ride a bike :angel:.

Have fun Dino. Keep both wheels on the ground and we shouldn't be a member down come Monday :thumbsup:.
 
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Is it possible to mountain bike and keep both wheels on the ground at all times?:confused::lol2:
 
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You're a braver and fitter man than me, DJR. I'm so unfit these days, lol.

Stripping down the bike, repairing, re-building and servicing is more my cup of tea. Used to do it for a living many years ago. Still miss playing with the spanners:cry:
 
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Now I'm all jealous of you, DJ. I no longer have the courage, or the physique, to do these things. I wish good luck and you'd bloody well better post some pics of the race, please.
 
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dinosaurJR

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CABAL said:
Ditto, I'd miss you if you died. :p
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I love you too buddy:cool:

Syf said:
Nice ride.

It sounds like fun... Enjoy yourself out there.
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It's not too bad - a bit on the heavy side (its 14 kilos) and the brakes aren't the best (spec wise... they do work, honest...:sweat:) I plan to just take it easy and enjoy the day - I'm not professional athlete :lol:

Amateur said:
Hehe, I can't even ride a bike :angel:.

Have fun Dino. Keep both wheels on the ground and we shouldn't be a member down come Monday :thumbsup:.
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I intend to keep both wheels pointed down and rotating - well, at least one of those things at any one time...

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Very strong glue :idea:.
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Adm_Z said:
But then he wouldn't win the race.:cry:
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Oh, Im not winning anything anyway...

K_merse said:
If I were you I'd race in swimsuit :p
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You should see my team's cycling gear... Its kinda swim-suity...

Dette ble vinnerne av pinsequizen : Bygg.no - Byggeindustrien

Incidentally, this isn't me... I'm much better looking...:p

Avon said:
You're a braver and fitter man than me, DJR. I'm so unfit these days, lol.

Stripping down the bike, repairing, re-building and servicing is more my cup of tea. Used to do it for a living many years ago. Still miss playing with the spanners:cry:
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Yeah - I enjoy that part too - I serviced my own bike last week, working on the bike is great fun - and you use more allen keys that I ever thought possible... (I was a car and truck mechanic many, many years ago..) and I miss it too...

But seriously, I'm not that brave and fitness is relative - I'm going to go with brute force and ignorance on this one...:thumbsup:

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Now I'm all jealous of you, DJ. I no longer have the courage, or the physique, to do these things. I wish good luck and you'd bloody well better post some pics of the race, please.
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I shall do my best to get some pics - but the camera button on my phone dropped off a while back... I shall rig up some sort of contraption using a pointy stick though...

Thanks everyone for the support - I promise I shall to my best not to die a horrible wet muddy death.. Apparently this years race should be like the Somme with bicycles... Just as well I can build a champion mud pie... Now, I have my trench spike... but where'd I leave my Enfiled .303??:thumbsup:
 
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The only thing I ride that is G rated is a motorbike, unfortunately I sold mine years ago.
 
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dinosaurJR said:
I serviced my own bike last week, working on the bike is great fun - and you use more allen keys that I ever thought possible...
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More tools than reasonable, eh? I don't suppose you bought the bike from Ikea?
 
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dinosaurJR

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whoooooo! I survived! No accidents and a time of 4 hours and 54 minutes. I have never been so tired im my whole life... Got the worst cramp of my life a little after half way though...
 
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Congratz on surviving? lol
 
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Congrats one your endurance :clap:

That what life is all about setting a goal and accomplishing it :)
 
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dinosaurJR said:
whoooooo! I survived! No accidents and a time of 4 hours and 54 minutes. I have never been so tired im my whole life... Got the worst cramp of my life a little after half way though...
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awesome about the surviving, but too bad about the cramp. Sounds like fun though.:D
 
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I forgot to ask earlier. When's the next one?
 
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Congrats DJR, well done indeed. :thumbsup:
 
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dinosaurJR

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Thanks guys - the support means a lot:)

I'm fairly pleased - I set two targets for myself - to finish up the race in under 5 hours and to take Rosinbakken (this notoriously steep 1500m long hill about 50km into the race) without stopping and or walking.

Im pleased to say I managed both! Although the time was really close to being over 5 hours...

I am so definitely signing up for next year!!

To answer TF, the race is most usually held on the last weekend in August, every year for the last 19 years - its the 20 year anniversary next year!
 
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