Thursday night ride 7/10, Vietnam

[BadDNA]

I'll be riding Vietnam Thursday evening if anyone wants to join me. Meet me behind Wendy's at 6pm, we'll ride by 6:30. I'm driving a blue minivan and riding a silver Specialized Big Hit.

Cheers!


EDIT: Unless the weather really changes, don't forget LOTS of water, skip the soda and coffee, caffeine is a diuretic. Hydrate in advance and you won't get hit by the heat and humidity as badly. Not to be crude but you'll know you've had enough water when you are urinating frequently and it is clear (although some multivitamins may affect the color). Of course this really isn't bad advice any time of year regardless of the weather.

[woodsguy]

I'm most likely in. Depends if my job in Somerville doesn't take too long. Andrew did you want a ride?

[strangeland2]

Yes sir I do. lol

I should be out of work early tomorrow so there should be plenty of time.

[woodsguy]

Cool, I'll pick you up at the CVS in Millbury at 5:30.

[skiierx]

A friend and I will be arriving about that time to hit up the xc. Would love to meet you guys. Not sure I will join in on your ride (coming back from back injury and don't want to slow anyone down). We will wither be in a brown Ford truck or silver Dodge truck.

Jamie

[SingleTrack]

I'll be there around 6.

[BadDNA]

A friend and I will be arriving about that time to hit up the xc. Would love to meet you guys. Not sure I will join in on your ride (coming back from back injury and don't want to slow anyone down). We will wither be in a brown Ford truck or silver Dodge truck.

Jamie

I wouldn't worry about slowing us down, this isn't going to be a xc ride though, more of a stunt/play ride with some PYT (practice your thing) going on.

[Badcrumble]

I'll be there (if not at 6 then just after)
I am the queen of rehydration today :)

[strangeland2]

CVS it is.

How far out of the way are the quarries?

[BadDNA]

Not very far but I would not want to go swimming there after dusk.

[strangeland2]

Not very far but I would not want to go swimming there after dusk.

Damn. I dont want to swim I just want to jump... I ll tie a rope around my neck so everyone can pull me out. :-D

[strangeland2]

Awesome ride. Hopefully I got some pictures ok enough to post.

[strangeland2]

Apparently my camera has to have really good sunlight. I took about 12 pics and only the ones I took on the powerlines came out.

Badcrumble wanted to learn drops.
Think this was the first run.
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg55/strangeland2/Vietnam71008001.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg55/strangeland2/Vietnam71008003.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg55/strangeland2/Vietnam71008005.jpg

This is pretty much how all the other pictures came out. But if I and/or my camera didnt suck this would have been a good picture.
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg55/strangeland2/Vietnam71008009.jpg

[woodsguy]

Yes, great ride in Nam today. We had a pretty good sized group of all abilities. Some new faces and some familiar faces (even if I can't remember their names! :)) And Claire wasn't satisfied with just conquering the rock gardens she wanted to try her first drop. This from a girl that just two months ago she said she was afraid of rocks and hadn't ridden in over 5 years.

I didn't bring the gps since we were mostly sessioning areas and I probably would have broken it on one of my many falls. Below are some pics.

[woodsguy]

More pics...

[woodsguy]

And a few more...

[strangeland2]

Was that my crash pic? that would have made a great video.

[BadDNA]

Awesome ride tonight, thanks everyone who came out, I hope you all enjoyed yourselves.

[Badcrumble]

Fun ride! Thanks for the lessons and photos guys. Maybe a bigger drop next time....?

[BillE]

Great ride last night! just what the doctor ordered.

[skiierx]

My friend and I did show up a little late and caught up with you guys just prior to the practice area but ended up logging some miles on the old xc stuff. I needed to test the back out and needed to try and get my friend in better shape for Kendafest in a couple of weeks. Great night out there and nice pics. Next time we will ride with you guys for awhile.

BTW, I am in the market for knee protection and noticed most (if not all) of you guys where them. Can you recommend some? Currently I am wearing Dainese elbow pads and love them, only complaint is that they do slip down a little but not enough to worry about.

Thanks,

Jamie

[strangeland2]

This is the only pair I ve ever owned so I dont know how they compare to others.

http://shop.foxracing.com/ecomm/AutoForward.do?forward=home.pagedef#aforward=asyn&proId=6912&cid=148&cname=Guards&proNumber=29027&imgName=29027001F.jpg

[BadDNA]

Fun ride! Thanks for the lessons and photos guys. Maybe a bigger drop next time....?

You got it, I can think of a couple bigger ones to have you ride after you've worked up through the practice area.

[BadDNA]

This is pretty much how all the other pictures came out. But if I and/or my camera didnt suck this would have been a good picture.
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg55/strangeland2/Vietnam71008009.jpg

You might try playing with some of the camera features. I didn't see what you were shooting with but if it has a sport setting you might try that, the pictures may come out a little dark but that can be fixed easily. I'm guessing that in the low light your camera was set to auto and was keeping the shutter open longer to compensate which is why you got the blur.

[strangeland2]

Yeah I know its in the setting somewhere. When I first bought the camera it took really good pictures. Its only the last month or two that its been really bad. I just dont remember changing anything on it.