Hipsters ride the Nut

[TAF]

Trip report here: http://www.thyneighborsbike.com/?p=2242

I must remember to wear more body armor.

[soma]

...omfg...

for some reason that blog makes me want to bang head on wall.

[el gringo]

I must remember to wear more body armor.

If that awesome video at the bottom is reflective of your riding style, I wouldn't stress it. I especially liked the set-up from stand-still at the beginning. "I don't mean to knock anyone's style," but . . . BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

[Uber Lib]

I thought everybody rode from their homes to Walnut Creek for the ride. It's really the only decent way to get a good ride in if you are riding Walnut Creek.

[bandito]

Trip report here: http://www.thyneighborsbike.com/?p=2242

I must remember to wear more body armor.

I love CX'in the Nut, but next time I may have to do it with body armor to confuse everyone.

[hillbilly_hippo]

Wow, that video is extreme like a g-shock watch!

[TAF]

Wow, that video is extreme like a g-shock watch!

They're a hardcore bunch, those hipsters!

[baquah]

They must not know how to drink. Damn kids.

[el gringo]

Uncle Rico filming himself practicing?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/92337578@N00/4280210706/

[nick55]

gotta defend my boy here. thy neighbor is a good guy. though he does hang with some hipster and even have some hipster tendencies, they are still cyclists and anyone who promotes cycling is alright by me. you guys should go have a few beers and check out bike polo. i'm sure you'd have fun. you can even wear your helmets and elbow pads of you want.

[cmc]

gotta defend my boy here. thy neighbor is a good guy. though he does hang with some hipster and even have some hipster tendencies, they are still cyclists and anyone who promotes cycling is alright by me. you guys should go have a few beers and check out bike polo. i'm sure you'd have fun. you can even wear your helmets and elbow pads of you want.

your boy failed to hit walnut pump track for our video appreciation.

i'm down with bike polo and any other kind of bicycle amusement.

funny how i live in central austin (about 5 blocks from the bike polo spot) but LOVE walnut cuz i work right next to it.

F**K central austin bicycle snobbery re: driving 11 miles. it's nothing. 11 minutes 60 miles per hour on I-35, you get to Walnut faster than you'll get to your on-again-off-again-girlfriend-working-at-whole-foods !!

[Jamie]

Thy Neighbor (the hipster in question) also organizes nightime cyclocross races and promotes riding (racing) for the sake of riding and racing. Not much wrong with that. And, the way I rode the last race, I probably should have been wearing body armor.

[June Bug]

you guys should go have a few beers and check out bike polo. i'm sure you'd have fun.

We depend on Zen Amebas representing at bike polo! Just sayin'

[original_sinner]

Seems like an OK guy to me.

[Shinerider]

I seem to remember a couple CXers latching onto our R&I group last time. Great guys and capable riders.

[TAF]

I seem to remember a couple CXers latching onto our R&I group last time. Great guys and capable riders.

I wasn't knocking them - just found the write-up amusing, especially the comments about full body armor. Personally, I've never seen anyone out at WC with full body armor, but perhaps they're out there. Maybe the guy ran into Marti :-)

[CRemington1982]

After a trip to the emergency room with a bloody rag tied around my knee from a creek crossing before the root drop I rocked the shin pads for a few weeks while I recovered..the way I figure 30 bucks worth of plastic could save hundreds if not thousands of dollars in medical bills...anyone who turns their nose up at armor should take a bad fall and end up in the emergency room before talking noise..

[Hello Kitty]

anyone who turns their nose up at armor should take a bad fall and end up in the emergency room before talking noise..

[tizzlewizzle]

After a trip to the emergency room with a bloody rag tied around my knee from a creek crossing before the root drop I rocked the shin pads for a few weeks while I recovered..the way I figure 30 bucks worth of plastic could save hundreds if not thousands of dollars in medical bills...anyone who turns their nose up at armor should take a bad fall and end up in the emergency room before talking noise..

I guess that leaves me free to talk noise....

I don't have a problem with it, but I do internally chuckle when I see young(ish) fit dudes rocking the armor at WC.

I have learned time and time again though that appereances can and often are deceiving. (My racer boi getup being a prime example, I am not fast nor do I have endurance).

With all that being said, armor wearing riders are pussies

[CRemington1982]

Ha I love the Ben Sisko DS9 reference..ha no doubt wearing armor at the nut will get you laughed at but for 2 weeks after I got stitches out it was the smart/safe thing to do...