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Runs with Scissors said:
I freely admit that I have never ridden a lift except to inexpertly slide down the hill on skis, because gravity never fails. I cannot call it skiing, since I was lucky not to faceplant in the snow (more than twice, that is). I did not enjoy it.

I can honestly say I'm way too cheap to ever pay money to sit in a lift to get to the top of the mountain. More power to those of you who do...it just ain't me.
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I was referring to shuttling in a vehicle, not a chairlift - but I guess that's similar. Repeated DH runs without pedaling to the top.
 
I consider knucklehead a term of endearment. Well, based on multiple conversations with my parents when I was young.

To be totally honest...
I would not be surprised to experience someone on the side of the trail shooting snot balls, pointing at me, and accusingly suggesting that I have a small penis in the LA basin. Seems natural for the locale...
 
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herzalot said:
I was referring to shuttling in a vehicle, not a chairlift - but I guess that's similar. Repeated DH runs without pedaling to the top.
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Mt Pinos on my birthday last year. I won't name any names but we shuttled it repeatedly! I don't recall anyone climbing the trail that day but if they did we yielded the right of way. Of course I have climbed it a thousand times but I wanted that day to be special. :p:D:gag::thumbsup:
 
Palm Canyon and SART are commonly done as shuttles and I have done both so I am not without sin, as most of you know...
Alas, there are those who choose to use the shuttle as an easy way of entry into our world of earn your turns.
Climbing a mountain is not an easy task on a bicycle, or even on foot. Only the foolish would attempt it unprepared. Wrapping yourself in plastic and rolling down an exposed, rock-strewn, rutted, trail, bristling with malignant plants and hoping for the best is not preparation.
The finest machines and protection cannot protect them from themselves and their ego-driven desire to be a Mountain Biker.
The climb is the ultimate filter. The shared camaraderie of the heavy breathing, sweat, effort, and yes-sometimes even pain, is what draws us together and allows us to look at the shuttler with disdain.
Climb on!
 
herzalot said:
Which brings me to this question - how many of you have shuttled to ride downhill?
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I bought my first mountain bike so I could climb dirt roads w/o threat of getting run over. Kind of like GMR with the gate closed. I was a recovering roadie and would've paid for a ride down from the top. :geek:

I don't understand the rational of allowing shuttle companies to over-saturate National Forest trails. Maybe to cut down on vehicular traffic? Whatever, basically an official variation on the downsides of :poop:bikes. Shuttling by chair lift is different because the operators maintain their own trails.
 
mtnbikej said:
I also refuse to wear my sister's skinny jeans.
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How about wearing some of your own?
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You all know my thoughts on shuttling. I believe you gotta earn your turns. If you have tobahuttle Santiago Oaks just so you can ride your DH bike....you might need to reconsider where your u are riding.

BUT......

There are rides that are acceptable shuttle rides. Like @rossage said above....SART, Palm Canyon, Cannel Plunge.....these are logistical trails were climbing them is reserved for the few crazies....well not so much on SART.

That's all I'm gonna say about it.
 
rossage said:
Palm Canyon and SART are commonly done as shuttles and I have done both so I am not without sin, as most of you know...
Alas, there are those who choose to use the shuttle as an easy way of entry into our world of earn your turns.
Climbing a mountain is not an easy task on a bicycle, or even on foot. Only the foolish would attempt it unprepared. Wrapping yourself in plastic and rolling down an exposed, rock-strewn, rutted, trail, bristling with malignant plants and hoping for the best is not preparation.
The finest machines and protection cannot protect them from themselves and their ego-driven desire to be a Mountain Biker.
The climb is the ultimate filter. The shared camaraderie of the heavy breathing, sweat, effort, and yes-sometimes even pain, is what draws us together and allows us to look at the shuttler with disdain.
Climb on!
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^^^This. Ever bit This^^^ I'm talking This^^^ Yup. I'm pointing right at it^^^ This^^^ This ^^^ This^^^ A man who get's it... But I never had any doubts aout @rossage... Oh, by the way... THIS ^^^^


konakc said:
I want to shuttle the floop... But where do u start?
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^^^However this as well. Is just classic humor... I love this guy! ^^^
 
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