Comments for Mennonites in Tights http://mitcycling.com MIT chain noise Sun, 13 May 2012 23:05:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on It just never gets old by RJ http://mitcycling.com/it-just-never-gets-old.html/comment-page-1#comment-6397 RJ Sun, 13 May 2012 23:05:04 +0000 http://mitcycling.com/?p=2694#comment-6397 Yikes! To a mtb rookie like me, that trail looks great but deadly (based on the video on the FB page). I could just picture myself losing control and falling down the escarpment. Maybe it's the camera angle and it appears more treacherous than it is. I wonder if the MCC fundraising ride "Cycle Clear Lake" (July 7) will use any portion of this new trail? Hang in there Chris. I suggest one of those burgers & fries for each day till the baby comes. You might have to add one for Mom too :) . Yikes! To a mtb rookie like me, that trail looks great but deadly (based on the video on the FB page). I could just picture myself losing control and falling down the escarpment. Maybe it’s the camera angle and it appears more treacherous than it is. I wonder if the MCC fundraising ride “Cycle Clear Lake” (July 7) will use any portion of this new trail?

Hang in there Chris. I suggest one of those burgers & fries for each day till the baby comes. You might have to add one for Mom too :) .

]]> Comment on It just never gets old by Chris http://mitcycling.com/it-just-never-gets-old.html/comment-page-1#comment-6395 Chris Sun, 13 May 2012 18:18:37 +0000 http://mitcycling.com/?p=2694#comment-6395 All's quiet on the baby front. phew. Guess it's just a matter of days... The burger? It was delicious. Breakfast is sooooo 7:30am. Just wanted to follow up a conversation we had at our end of the lunch table regarding some world class mtb. trails being built at Riding Mountain. Just look up Manitoba Escarpment Trails on Facebook for info., pics and vid. Here's a writeup I posted on the RRR blog.... http://www.redriverracing.ca/2012/03/riding-mountain-rides.html All’s quiet on the baby front. phew. Guess it’s just a matter of days…

The burger? It was delicious. Breakfast is sooooo 7:30am.

Just wanted to follow up a conversation we had at our end of the lunch table regarding some world class mtb. trails being built at Riding Mountain. Just look up Manitoba Escarpment Trails on Facebook for info., pics and vid. Here’s a writeup I posted on the RRR blog…. http://www.redriverracing.ca/2012/03/riding-mountain-rides.html

]]> Comment on How the Dutch got their Cycle Paths by RJ http://mitcycling.com/how-the-dutch-got-their-cycle-paths.html/comment-page-1#comment-6388 RJ Sat, 12 May 2012 03:58:41 +0000 http://mitcycling.com/?p=2692#comment-6388 There must have been something about Dutch culture that was pro-cycling even before the revolution that took place in the 70's. The footage in the video about the sad state of affairs for cycling paths, in pre-WWII Holland, had me thinking they clearly have no clue how lousy it is in Manitoba. We still don't have even the infrastructure that they were ashamed of 80 years ago. There must have been something about Dutch culture that was pro-cycling even before the revolution that took place in the 70′s. The footage in the video about the sad state of affairs for cycling paths, in pre-WWII Holland, had me thinking they clearly have no clue how lousy it is in Manitoba. We still don’t have even the infrastructure that they were ashamed of 80 years ago.

]]> Comment on Saturday Ride Report by jim http://mitcycling.com/saturday-ride-report-7.html/comment-page-1#comment-6364 jim Sun, 06 May 2012 18:28:50 +0000 http://mitcycling.com/?p=2658#comment-6364 Well said, Ron. You have a re-mark-able way with words; a very humorous style not unlike Stephen Leacock or Mark Twain. You may even want to get into ad writing or mark-eting, if things don’t work out at the RHA. Whatever you do, I know you'll make your mark. At any rate, with these brief re-mark-s, I must get back to mark-ing tests now. Well said, Ron. You have a re-mark-able way with words; a very humorous style not unlike Stephen Leacock or Mark Twain. You may even want to get into ad writing or mark-eting, if things don’t work out at the RHA. Whatever you do, I know you’ll make your mark. At any rate, with these brief re-mark-s, I must get back to mark-ing tests now.

]]> Comment on Saturday Ride Report by Merle Hiebert http://mitcycling.com/saturday-ride-report-7.html/comment-page-1#comment-6358 Merle Hiebert Sun, 06 May 2012 01:44:55 +0000 http://mitcycling.com/?p=2658#comment-6358 Thanks for the Ride Report, Ron; it is as entertaining as always. To show my solidarity with you Ron I am contemplating quitting my job. In fact if we all quit our jobs and joined Pat as mechanics at Body Driven Sports we might really be able to generate business for Pat and turn his shop into a real competitor of Woodcock's. I am basing this on the current ideas about Church growth. Build the building, hire the staff and they will come. If nothing else, with our employee discounts we could do all of our shopping at BDS and dramatically increase Pat's sales of high end bikes and parts. We just have to convince the women to keep working. Merle Thanks for the Ride Report, Ron; it is as entertaining as always. To show my solidarity with you Ron I am contemplating quitting my job. In fact if we all quit our jobs and joined Pat as mechanics at Body Driven Sports we might really be able to generate business for Pat and turn his shop into a real competitor of Woodcock’s. I am basing this on the current ideas about Church growth. Build the building, hire the staff and they will come. If nothing else, with our employee discounts we could do all of our shopping at BDS and dramatically increase Pat’s sales of high end bikes and parts. We just have to convince the women to keep working.

Merle

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