Let's talk about biking in English

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  1. Doohan8

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    I was in Barcelona this week, but today I come back to Madrid...so I hope eventually it will stop raining!
     
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    Yesterday it rained in Madrid all the day long. It was an ongoing rain from 2.00am to 2.00am, but starting from today we´ll enjoy two or three days of cycling benevolent weather… So, come asap!!!
     
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  3. jorgt

    jorgt Corre Conejo correee!!

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    how stunning beautiful idioms are..... so colourfull...

    i´m not proped yet to enduro rides, it´s much more a question of wild xc rides, that rings my bell for sure! Gues what? I´m setting up a track that has to be done this friday. It involves a 55km ride and 2000m upwards, i´ll bring you some news if i ever return.

    You are pretty fond of on economics, no idea about lemons and that stuff!! i was thinking about Lemond at the beginning so i´m a douche on the subject.

    Have fun out there!
     
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  4. Interaptor

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    Two thousand meters man!. Tremendous hill gradient there mate… That´s almost a Felix Baumgartnert´s Challenge!. You know, you could name the route you´re thinking of as the “Felix Route” of MTB!!! :) :) :)

    Pd. Don´t forget Oxigen bottles mate! ;-)
    Pd2. LOL, You always take a smile out of me!!! LOL. Lemond or Lemon, that´s the question :). Yeah, my name is Lemon, Greg Lemon... :) :) :) As a cyclist I do always wear in yellow, baby.
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    And it sounds even funnier in Spanish. Gregorio Limón. :)
    Not bad in chinese btw, Gregorio Li Mon :) :) :) or Lee Mon.
     
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    jorgt Corre Conejo correee!!

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    LOL!!! such a poet we´ve found! Would Greg Lemond ever listened to Coldplay´s Yellow??

    ROFL!
     
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  7. chainring

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    OK, who here can get over the log in the video? It looks tricky, but this sort of thing really floats by boat.

    [video=youtube;Hp_jDNN6XfQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hp_jDNN6XfQ[/video]
     
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    Thank U David. I need a log into my house for some practice... Log me in ;-)

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  9. Interaptor

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    So, This morning I decided to put into practice Chain´s lessons on how to jump a log.

    While riding through the forest I found a very nice log waiting for me to jump over. No problem, I thought, Chain´s a good teacher and I understood everything on the matter. So ready, steady...go!.

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    Wow! Mission accomplished. Yeaaaaaaaaah, the suspension ate it up!. Not bad mate!.

    Then, as I gained confidence, I tried to jump a second log... but gravity pulled me down!. I did exactly what Chain told me to do, exactly the same as the first jump, but somehow I fell on the ground while jumping.. Yeah, I´m ok but still thinking about what went wrong in my jump... :crybaby

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    Cheers! ;-)
     
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    jorgt Corre Conejo correee!!

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    :rolf:rolf:rolf:rolf:rolf:rolf:rolf:rolfomg!! well done! i'm still laughing! you took it into your stride, that's for sure, keep on pushing up and you'll eventually roll over it.

    haven´t you noticed Hamilton´s hairdo? what the hell was he thinking about? Is he doing ads for a Shampoo brand?
     
  11. Interaptor

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    Yeah, it´s a weird hairdo.

    Anyway could be worse. This man went to the same place to do his hair.

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    And the hairdresser in question is this guy

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    Cheers!
     

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    Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha, good one! You're inspired!
     
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    You'd better take a raincoat, there's a 30% chance of rain. That's a lot of uphill, so where is this ride? Have fun and be sure to tell us about it!
     
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    eventually i wet my pants.... due to weather conditions the baumgartner´s ride is being put off since ¿? no idea. Instead of it, today we´ll broadcast some old episodes of ´biking around la Jarosa´ We apologize for any incovenience.

    Cheers!
     
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    Hey! That bells a ring! Felix Baumgartner had also to call off his jump due to "weather conditions" or maybe wet-pants ;-)

    Cheers!
     
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    jorgt Corre Conejo correee!!

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    hi how are you?

    tell chainring i've been riding the Cueva Caliente spot, what a place! We had a great gravity assisted time so here we are, longing to come back soon.

    The Baumgartner ride, sounds cool! Now it's time to sleep cheers blokes!
     
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    Yeah, Cueva Caliente rocks! I was in the area recently and we did the GR-10 for a bit: very technical and very cool. Not to mention El Ingeniero. The GR-10 must be really long, it goes everywhere, for instance, from Canencia to Miraflores.

    The weather looks a bit dodgy these days: it might rain, might even snow. So hard to make plans for this Friday and Sunday.
     
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    Yeah, dodgy weather guys. No much time left till snow paints in white that den :twisted:
     
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    sorry inter bad luck! Go find some time you will not regret it, that white flakes aren't such nice whilst you are riding.

    speechless for El Ingeniero and also the GR trail.

    hey you english there! Yesterday was one of the days! Bonfire Night! Morons like me recall the issue from V...mr anonymous you know! It's a nice story to tell anyway.

    Question: Do you know of any nice english idioms´ dictionary? Besides Webster ...
     
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    V for Vendetta, good film! I'm not English tho, from the other side of the pond.

    Here's an urban dictionary, and while you're at it you can learn some useful vocab: 'bubbies'.

    http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bubbies


    Hey, got some new pics of the ride last Oct 28 at El Espinar-Hornillo-Gr10-Gargantilla-Picachu. This guy's bike broke down by the Pradera Toril, so while they were trying to fix it (couldn't, by the way), I was doing wheelies (just short ones).

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    Right after the Picachu single track you have the brief El Espinar single track.

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