Pancakes - Not Just For Breakfast Anymore

[Zedbra]

Thats right. It's one of those jargonisms that you have become acquainted with. Like: Take one for the team, Just give'r, Two wrongs don't make a right. Well, believe me when I tell you folks, Pancakes aren't just for breakfast anymore!

Been there, done that? Old news? Whens the last time you served yourself a heap of 'cakes at a time when no one would have expected? Unknowing to myself, or mike or synchro, I delighted the fellows (and I use that term, loosely) I served them a steaming stack of pancakes today, right in the middle of GMG. Normally I try to refrain from eating cakes on a hot day, but lemme tell you, the frothy Fromme dirt beckons them.

I'd never ridden GMG before and I was apprehensive as to what my day held in store for me. I'd also never ridden with mike, but I shall have to more in the fiture - stand up guy. So the ride started off with a decrepit section, and I thought - hey - this aint no thing but a chicken wing - well, things went downhill from there; literally, gravity carved out a slice of the dirt and left me a small, rooty, dusty, steep gulley to try to weave my ass through the rest of the day. GMG will open your eyes and shrink your scrotum (and tap the cuzif)!

After bobbing and weaving, and too much Team Ride Around, we came to an opening that crossed over what mike calls a 'skidder road'. On the other side of that 'skidder road' was a 2.5' drop that was protected in the front right by a nasty ass root. On the bottom of this tiny,cute and innocent drop was a deep gulley that turns left and is, like the rest of the trail, quite steep. Not having the opportunity to get both wheels off terra firma in a drop situation, I say, "I'm gonna drop this". HEED NO WARNING from the guys I should roll - hell no, it was AIRTIME.

I backed up across the 'skidder road' and took a couple of yards on the 36 tooth sprocket, determined to style a small but need airspace break. The drop, by my recollection went quite well. The landing, well, that was when that Martha Stewart bitch showed me a new recipe. Instead of hitting the gulley into the groove heading left, my front wheel decided to take a wee nap in the softest of soil, and I continued down the hill in the way gravity tends to do to people. The pancake mix was about to hit the pan!

All I can remember is that I served the cake with the most adoring swan dive, followed by a Dukes of Hazard tuck and roll, I think my tires made that squealing sound even though I was on dirt. Facefull of dirt, pain all over, I turn around to see the guys, now much further away than when I left the ground. They asked if I was alright, and I said "Ya, I'm okay, I just need to sit down". I was lying, cuz there were two mikes, and there were two synchros. I can only imagine the dive, roll, headbob, and Braveheart face paint was the style of cakes one hopes to never have served in the middle of the day. They aren't just for breakfast, no sirree, believe me. Anyone got any Real Maple Syrup (no artificial shite - I take my cakes to the max and back).

OH - Synchro and mike rolled it.

Enjoy. :D

[Zed'sBra]

Instead of "going down" on GMG.... you should have stayed home and "gone down" on your GGF (Gorgeous Girl Friend)......
Makes for a more pleasant ride.... :D

[Zedbra]

I go and take a shower, and look what I get from the wife...

Damage has been kept to a minimal: huge scraping on the arm, my chest looks like a bear swatted me, a chunk outta my ankle, and I bought a new (and wider) seat - so my ass feels like Liberace played his last concert on it!

[trail worker]

Originally posted by Zedbra
...and I bought a new (and wider) seat - so my ass feels like Liberace played his last concert on it!

bahahaha!
that sounds like just the type of thing i'd eat it on.something so easy that i just shut my mind off,but somehow manage to screw things up at the last minute.

[Millstone]

Originally posted by Zedbra
"Ya, I'm okay, I just need to sit down"

Sounds exactly like me after every crash. My innards could be 10 feet up the trail and I'd say something like "I just need to walk it off."

[Putty]

i hope you though of england.

nice detail...see my sig

[mike]

:lol: that was a wicked ride today!! haha you should have seen your face, all covered in loamy fromme dirt


turns out that tree i hit caught my shoulder and back too :S

[bullit_kid]

im hungary now :crybaby:

[snortpickle]

:clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

Hooray! A truely moving tale of pankcake predicaments. It has romance, suspense and thrilling action. For this I salute you my friend, may the toppings heal well.

[Zedbra]

Next time I'll do a horror/mocumentary. Whom shall I kill, though? Any takers?

Polysporin is the shit, isnt it? My scrapes have gone done considerably since yesterday. If only that pain will go away.

putty my man - I like the sig, glad I had an influence in your life's design.

[Lady Gravity]

well my kids seem to think that putting on a bandaid will stop the pain, so maybe you could try that :lol:

chix dig scars doncha know ;)

[Zedbra]

Originally posted by Lady Gravity
well my kids seem to think that putting on a bandaid will stop the pain, so maybe you could try that :lol:



Well, seeing as how I can't put a Band Aid on my pride, will Corona suffice?

[trail worker]

Originally posted by Zedbra
Well, seeing as how I can't put a Band Aid on my pride, will Corona suffice?

I believe it will! The doctor order's you drink 6 corona in 20 minutes. For best results,top each with lime.

[mike]

just give'r
that saying gets me into trouble too often

[Lady Gravity]

Originally posted by Zedbra
Well, seeing as how I can't put a Band Aid on my pride, will Corona suffice?

most definitely.
any beer will do actually...

[Zedbra]

Originally posted by mike
just give'r
that saying gets me into trouble too often

I remember that too well. :D

I think I got me a mini concussion, cuz my brain is feeling a little light today....nice, drug free and flying....

[mike]

ill be going back to gmg shortly.. ride a bit more each time, good thing i saved a few things to fall down for next time
i fixed my fork so it doesnt get all twisty! maybe that will help to have my bars pointing where my front wheel is

[bullit_kid]

i still think a bandaid gets rid of pain .. :(

[Zedbra]

Originally posted by mike
ill be going back to gmg shortly.. ride a bit more each time, good thing i saved a few things to fall down for next time
i fixed my fork so it doesnt get all twisty! maybe that will help to have my bars pointing where my front wheel is

What did you do to stop that fork from twisting? New crowns? Traded for a Shiver? :D

[Lady Gravity]

Originally posted by bullit_kid
i still think a bandaid gets rid of pain .. :(

:lol:

[mike]

Originally posted by Zedbra
What did you do to stop that fork from twisting? New crowns? Traded for a Shiver? :D

i undid all the bolts took them out and put locktite on them.
hasnt twisted yet and ive ridden cypress and whistler

[Zedbra]

Originally posted by mike
i undid all the bolts took them out and put locktite on them.
hasnt twisted yet and ive ridden cypress and whistler

locktite stops the twists, eh? i cant picture that. I'm hungry...

[mike]

i think before the bolts were slowly coming loose. i duno if its the locktite or that the bolts are all done up again :S
doesnt totally stop it, but it fixed a bit of it

[Zedbra]

For such an expensive fork, you would think they could handle a bit more abuse. Do they make stiffer aftermarket crowns, or will they always flex because of the carbon uppers?

[Lady Gravity]

well i served up a lovely set of pancakes yesterday...got my front tire caught between a rock and a hard place..lol..over the bars i went and SLAM into the ground :lol: no witnesses unfortunately, so quite possibly it can't be considered a "true" pancake :cry:

can't move my left arm much today, sure is a bugger getting dressed :lol: hmmm maybe i'll just go naked from the waist up :D

oh and thank god for helmets :S because i hit the ground really hard

[Zedbra]

Originally posted by Lady Gravity
well i served up a lovely set of pancakes yesterday...got my front tire caught between a rock and a hard place..lol..over the bars i went and SLAM into the ground :lol: no witnesses unfortunately, so quite possibly it can't be considered a "true" pancake :cry:

can't move my left arm much today, sure is a bugger getting dressed :lol: hmmm maybe i'll just go naked from the waist up :D



S'Excellent story.....

[Lady Gravity]

oops i forgot to mention the part right after i got my front tire stuck, when i was poised, back tire in the air, balancing delicately on my front tire and i realized the only way this was going to end was with my body hitting the ground -- time seemed to stand still, and all i could think was OH SHIT!! it's too bad there were no witnesses, i'm sure it would have been hilarious to see

also..this is a trail i could do blindfolded i've ridden it so often so it doesn't make a lot of sense :(

[dirty deeds]

Originally posted by Zedbra
Thats right. It's one of those jargonisms that you have become acquainted with. Like: Just give'r.

I say, "I'm gonna drop this". HEED NO WARNING from the guys I should roll - hell no, it was AIRTIME. :D

Nothing beckons disaster more than 2 words.. "Watch Me"

You're a crowd pleaser anyway Zed.. first Rock Star, now GMG.. short order chef extraordinairre.

Next time you're with Synchro have him hammer in some 10" spikes. It's truly amazing - 4 hits. When we built the Empress bridge he got promoted from Synchro, to Popeye, to Thor all in one day.

[bunny]

I am feeling so left out. No pancakes in a week, which is so unlike me. And maybe I am not quite Thor, but who else would treat you to the joy and exhilaration of a sledgehammer up the shorts? :P

[dirty deeds]

Originally posted by bunny
but who else would treat you to the joy and exhilaration of a sledgehammer up the shorts? :P


Whooopsies :eek:

[mike]

its the curse of riding with mike.. first zed goes down then wilkez goes down
so here i am hiding inside for the good of my fellow riders, so nobody gets hurt :(

[Lady Gravity]

Originally posted by bunny
I am feeling so left out. No pancakes in a week, which is so unlike me. And maybe I am not quite Thor, but who else would treat you to the joy and exhilaration of a sledgehammer up the shorts? :P

i'm sensing a story here....details?? :D

[dirty deeds]

Originally posted by Lady Gravity
i'm sensing a story here....details?? :D

I'm just lucky her up stroke is not as strong as her down stroke..

[Lady Gravity]

Originally posted by dirty deeds
I'm just lucky her up stroke is not as strong as her down stroke..

:|

[Zedbra]

Originally posted by dirty deeds
Nothing beckons disaster more than 2 words.. "Watch Me"

You're a crowd pleaser anyway Zed.. first Rock Star, now GMG.. short order chef extraordinairre.

Next time you're with Synchro have him hammer in some 10" spikes. It's truly amazing - 4 hits. When we built the Empress bridge he got promoted from Synchro, to Popeye, to Thor all in one day.

Chef yes - pancake extraordinaire. (When will I learn to slow down?)
Not really a 'watch me' person, I need to try new stuff each ride - I need to improve continually.

That taco'd rim on the Rockstar freakin hurt!

I work with synchro quite a bit - you should see the glimmer in his eye with a chainsaw in hand! Stay away.

[dirty deeds]

Originally posted by Zedbra
Not really a 'watch me' person

Definately didn't mean you personally. Just adding to your opening list of famous last words.

Take 'er easy. Ribs OK now?

[barry]

i havent had a pancake in nearly 4 weeks :(

mmmm it was a goood one tho :D:D

[Zedbra]

Originally posted by dirty deeds
Definately didn't mean you personally. Just adding to your opening list of famous last words.

Take 'er easy. Ribs OK now?

Yes they are thanks. I only cracked one, and its mucho better. Ironically, its my other shoulder that is still bothering me a bit, but I can't feel it once I get a rollin.

It's Blueberry season! Dems good cakes.