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Postby jeff » Mon Apr 12, 2010 2:18 pm

Was riding yesterday and I came across this on a local trail (reminded me of you, ChiliPepper!) For some reason I started craving baby back ribs...

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What other weird stuff have you found on the trail?
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Postby dgaddis » Mon Apr 12, 2010 2:39 pm

Crazy. What trail is this?

I bet I know what happened. Alcohol was probably involved, and the conversation went something like this:

"DUDE! Let's take it! That'd be sweet in the dorm/apartment!"
"Totally!!"
A few minutes later, after getting the pepper...
"Whoa...this thing is way bigger than I thought, what are we gonna do with it?"
"I got an idea, I know this trail....."

I had a few room mates in college that liked to take stuff like that. Woke up one morning to find a 6ft tall 5ft wide Bacardi wheel (like in wheel of fortune) outside my room.
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Postby Vtolds » Mon Apr 12, 2010 3:11 pm

There is a old truck in the wood, which was obviously abandoned in a empty field then the tree come up are it.
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Postby jeff » Mon Apr 12, 2010 4:01 pm

Vtolds wrote:There is a old truck in the wood, which was obviously abandoned in a empty field then the tree come up are it.


Sorta like this one? No trees growing out of it yet but somehow this truck made its way to the top of a mountain on roads that have long been overgrown.

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Postby Vtolds » Mon Apr 12, 2010 4:07 pm

trek7k wrote:
Vtolds wrote:There is a old truck in the wood, which was obviously abandoned in a empty field then the tree come up are it.


Sorta like this one? No trees growing out of it yet but somehow this truck made its way to the top of a mountain on roads that have long been overgrown.

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Bit smaller, but the same thing.
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Re: Weird Stuff on the Mountain Bike Trail

Postby brianW » Mon Apr 12, 2010 8:11 pm

trek7k wrote:Was riding yesterday and I came across this on a local trail (reminded me of you, ChiliPepper!) For some reason I started craving baby back ribs...

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What other weird stuff have you found on the trail?


thats what chilipepper leaves on al the trails he rides!

In the wood behin my old house in NH we had an old doge with a 6"tree growing thu the engine compartment.

FATS has a bunch of skulls along the trail, and an old shoe sole.
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Postby Inertia » Tue Apr 13, 2010 10:21 am

That could make a nice little "chili" kicker with a little work. I'm guessing disgruntled Chili's employee who didn't get the assistant manger promotion they were hoping for. Thier loss is your gain, I guess. :D
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Postby rogerk » Tue Apr 13, 2010 10:35 am

Not my pic, but this is on one of my favorite local trails:

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Postby GoldenGoose » Tue Apr 13, 2010 12:00 pm

trek7k wrote:
Vtolds wrote:There is a old truck in the wood, which was obviously abandoned in a empty field then the tree come up are it.


Sorta like this one? No trees growing out of it yet but somehow this truck made its way to the top of a mountain on roads that have long been overgrown.

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Postby jeff » Tue Apr 13, 2010 12:08 pm

You know it GG!
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Postby Beaker » Tue Apr 13, 2010 12:12 pm

Does coming across two lesbians under a tree count??

Coming down the 'road' from Lion's Loop of the Kokopelli trail, 2 girls having a bit of "girl" fun. Sorry, I was going a bit too fast to stop and get a picture...but I did go off the road for a bit - scared me enough to refocus my attention.
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Postby Vtolds » Tue Apr 13, 2010 12:18 pm

Beaker wrote:Does coming across two lesbians under a tree count??

Coming down the 'road' from Lion's Loop of the Kokopelli trail, 2 girls having a bit of "girl" fun. Sorry, I was going a bit too fast to stop and get a picture...but I did go off the road for a bit - scared me enough to refocus my attention.

as you spun around to get a better look :wink:
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Postby soezgg » Tue Apr 13, 2010 8:07 pm

I was riding around Hammond Hill near Ithaca, NY when I came upon a tent by the side of a seasonal road. The tent was surrounded by tiny American flags, like those you would find at a cemetery.

Riding slowly up this enormous hill, I was able to look inside the tent and I saw a lady looking back at me. "Hello," I said. No response.

I was about twenty meters past the tent when I heard a horrific scream like a chorus of yodelers being simultaneously murdered. Glancing back, I could see this crazy woman shouting nonsense at her cat and waving a stick at the sun.

Needless to say, I rode on with a quickness.
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Postby mtbgreg1 » Tue Apr 13, 2010 8:25 pm

I know that truck well!

I've come across a lot of random stuff while riding. Parts of a toilet, broken helmets, other broken junk... ridden through several homeless people camps,

AND! gnomes:

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And these guys freaked me out a little bit as they stared me down:

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Postby CraigCreekRider » Wed Apr 14, 2010 10:12 am

If this car could talk I would bet it had a story or two to tell.
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I always think of the Bonny and Clyde movie when I see it on the side of Mill Mountain.
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