So I watched Sex and the City 2 on Saturday.
You may be at this very moment asking yourself two questions, why did I go and why am I making this confession public. To answer the first question, I am a serious sucker for movie theatre popcorn. There are actually few movies that I would not go watch as long as I get to eat popcorn. I’m not sure where this love comes from but I believe it has something to do with vitamin G. Answer to the second question, this is the Mooseknuckler Alliance. Need I say more? Probably not, but I will anyways.
This movie is obviously slated to a certain crowd. I didn’t think that KB fit in that crowd, but it kind of makes a lot of sense if you know how we met… The point is, there were a lot of mooseknuckles in this movie. Did I enjoy seeing them? No, but on Sunday when I was getting ready for the road ride I felt less self-conscious about putting the shorts on that give us our name. Which brings me to the point, I may do more mountain biking then road riding, but I am still a Mooseknuckler and I will never be ashamed of our namesake. Let it out of the closet.
Moving on.
Grab your popcorn boys cause we’re moving into Mooseknuckler Ride territory.
I’ve had a road bike in the form of a Look 566 for some time now. I’ve ridden maybe 12 times. Not a number I’m super proud of, seeing that I haven’t ridden my mountain bike enough to justify the infrequency of my road rides. Anywho, KB and I got out for a nice little jaunt on Sunday.
Hold on to your popcorn, I actually enjoyed it. Road riding to me is mostly what you do when you can’t mountain bike. Case in point, when I lived in Chile. I had my mountain bike but getting to real trails involved jumping on a bus, with bike in tow, and finding your way inland to places where there were lots of uncharted trails. I actually never once did this. I rode my mountain bike on Renca hill several times but the trails weren’t really trails… So I rode my road bike a lot, a couple of times a week. By myself, with the group of locals, whatever, I just rode. As soon as I was back in SG with trails everywhere, well, the road bike got sold and I bought an Enduro… So for me to actually enjoy a road ride is saying a lot.
KB and I cruised along some of the bike paths and made a nice loop around the city. All in all we rode the roads for about two hours. Below is some photographic evidence…
That’s right. The proof is in the popcorn.
In completely unrelated news, the SG BLM Scoping meeting was held last night. If you didn’t make it, shame on you, but you are in luck because there are two more. One in Mesquite tonight and another in Hurricane on Wednesday. At least that’s the way I remember the bulletin. These meetings were the main driver behind the formation of the Dixie Mountain Bike Trails Association. Find us on Facebook. The jist of the meetings is to gather info and public comment as the BLM begins the process of revising the trail situation, if you will, in Washington County. So get out and comment! (yes I did use an exclamation point, deal with it)
Time to put the bar end plug in this wrap job… But I will leave you all on a good note, we will be doing night group rides every Wednesday at 9 pm. I will post the meeting place on the website in the interwebs here on the Alliance site. This week we will be doing the some sort of variation of the Bear Claw Poppy/Stucki Springs trails, so meet at the Navajo Dr. Trailhead at 9.
I hope that wasn’t so long that you finished your popcorn too fast. I know I did during Sex and the City 2. KB 0nly let me get the medium size bag so I made it about ten minutes into the show…
Ride more.
That is my mountain by the way.
Seeing that you don’t even reside in Utah, I don’t think you can lay claim to part of it. However, if you wish to do so there is only one way to settle it. We must meet at Signal Peak for a duel. You name the date, I’ll bring the swords…