leaving in the AM for palm coast, florida to see family (yaaaay not).. i'll be back on the 15th to wreak more forum havoc :p
Have a good time, and be safe. make sure you have a tiny donut spare.LOL.LOL.
Road trip...be safe Chris.
hahahah vinny.. i'm taking my bike, so i'll just pop my front tire off if we get a flat LOL
thanks guys, see ya around
That's a long way to peddle. From Jersey to Florida? Hope you got a basket on the handlebar to hold your stuff at least.
Be careful....I don't feel like meeting someone new to argue with on here ;)
LOL
palm coast is only about 2 hours from where I'm at
no no, for a spare lol i won't ride my bike more than 5 miles because of the gear set i have on it.. anyone who's ever riden bmx would know that a 44 front/10 back is no fun to keep pedaling, unless you want leg muscles the size of your upper torso LMAO
i'll try my best lmao these VA drivers are a PITA!
we're also going to tampa for a couple days and hitting orlando once or twice
Well you certainly won't be bored then. :) Feel free to stop by for a bit if you want. Were only about 15 mins from I 75 which you will probably be taking on your way to tampa.
i have noooo idea what the hell they have planned.. but i know 1 day is being dedicated to riding by myself.. i know a couple people down here that built some trails, so i'll be hitting the dirt for the first time since i snapped my femur :)
i'll keep you updated though.. i'd love to see the kitty up close and personal.. especially that new sunroof!
ah yes you do need to see it. I need your expertise in aftermarket turbo systems lol.
There are some nice trails here too. We live 10 minutes from the Florida Greenway, which I know sounds like a giant golf course but is acutally the leftovers from a failed project in the 60's to basically duplicate the Panama Cbuttstuff across FL. It left for some very cool landscapes, and IMO some of the coolest scenery in all of FL is right here. But the greenway actually runs the width of central fla and I think starts up there where you're headed. That might be some of those trails you're talking about. But what's really cool about it is you can acutally start on either side fo the state, and with the exception of a few minor detours, basically trail ride from one coast to the other. I rode out one the nearby trailhead a couple years ago a good 6-7 miles out to the "landbridge" they built that spans the over I 75 and you just ride right over. It's pretty cool. Riding back was not though lol. A 12 mile ride for someone who hadn't ridden in about 6 years prior was a bit much lol.
This is a pretty cool vid of the Vortex trailhead which is the one I'm closest to. I don't have a bike or a helmet so I can't ride out there, but I love to go out and hike there. There's a ton of cool stuff. I've climbed 30' of vertical cliff wall out there twice, I'm looking for a new spot next time to do it, they have about 25' of underground cave that goes deeper at the end but you need a rope and a helmet light to get down so I've never done it, and just awesome scenery. Some badass bike trails too. Expert stuff. Huge jumps, I'm talking like 15' off the cliffs down to landing ramps, lots of trails next to the cliff edges, a lot of stuff that could easily get you killed or maimed. You know, fun stuff lol. If I ever get a weekend off of work again I'm going to go out there again soon.
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no no no, trails as in dirt jumps and such for a bmx bike lol i still have a death wish >:D
and i don't know.. i'm a stroked sbf turbo 'expert' lol i'm still learning on stock motors with my white tc :p hahah
haha yeah they have some of that stuff there too but I don't usually go over there, like I said I go there to hike so I stick to the trails mostly.
I had no idea those trails were so close to my parents house! I'm gonna have to go out there one day..
finally in ga.. people really need to learn how to lay off the brakes! when i did my stint of driving, i was cruising around 80 for about 15 minutes total.. the rest of the time was 30 or under :mad:
You must've been getting close to Atlanta. Always dreaded going around that town unless it was in the wee hours of the morning.
I went straight through Atlanta one time, it was 11:00 at night on Christmas eve. NOBODY on the road. It was like being in The Walking Dead lol.
Keith I thought I told you about all that being out there, I guess not. You should definitely come up here and get out there with me sometime.
nah, not that i know of.. we took 95 all the way to 100 in fla
Back in 1998, I had just lost my job due to the company filing bankruptcy. Thought I'd try my hand at truck driving, so I rode to West palm beach with my dad. He's been driving as a profession since 1968 or so...
Anyway, when we went through Atlanta and then Jacksonville, I knew that truckin' wasn't gonna be my career. That was the worst traffic I have ever seen.
When we went through Daytona, it was when Earnhardt won the 500....it was a stormy night, and there was a solid line of drunken rednecks playing bumper tag in the northbound lanes. Tornado warnings for Volusia county that same night....was a fun trip. Glad when we pulled into Florida Power & Light in W. palm so we could sleep lol
Beautiful scenery down there, but way too much traffic for this cat. Next time, I'll fly lol.
my old man's a sissy or else we would have flown lol it's all good and dandy though.. got to spend some time with my stepsister who's in the army.. didn't really know her much til now
Yes Florida traffic sucks but so does most traffic really lol
worst traffic was in VA, around quantico.. eff that! never driving through there during rush hour again!