Bob Palin Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 Last year I rode my RT as an escort for the Capitol Reef Classic bicycle event which is held over two days and a variety of courses around Torrey (Teasdale, Loa, Fish Lake etc). I had a blast and got a new perspective on the local roads riding around at 5-50 mph as well as how fast bicycles can accelerate downhill. It was great being waved through the stop signs ahead of the bikes too! This year the event is being held July 17-18 (Fri-Sat) and they will once again be looking for people to be escorts, we were really short last year as they had no contacts - now they have me! If anybody is interested please coordinate with me - if you've ever wanted to ride backwards with a camera just like the Tour de France maybe this is your chance! It would be great to have somebody (or several) with a video camera out there. They have a web site but it hasn't been completely updated for this year's event yet - Capitol Reef Classic Link to comment
Calvin (no socks) Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 Bob, I'd love to...but, that 5,000 mile round trip is the deal breaker... Utah 72 backwards at 50mph...sweet. Link to comment
azkaisr Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 I think Diane and I would be in Link to comment
Firefight911 Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 Jamie and I are interested!! This will be fun!! Jamie said she'd give the riding backwards thing a try for sure. Link to comment
eddd Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 It is possible that I would be in the area and able to assist. Just a little too early to know. I'll know more as the time gets closer. Link to comment
Jacqueline Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 I'll have to let Richard know about this thread.....he's off that weekend. I think I might be up to riding backwards ... Link to comment
Whip Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 Killer, Janet,Tom, Diane, Richard, J, Eddd, 1 and 2bmwfans, prolly Jan and Sharon....... All in Torrey at the same time.......J and 2 riding backwards on Sweeper Madness I don't know how I could miss that.... Link to comment
johnlt Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 I would assume Janet would be one of the bicycle riders. Probably an easy ride for her! Link to comment
ESokoloff Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 Cant make it but looking forward to some great images Link to comment
Firefight911 Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 We could do the deck while there? Link to comment
eddd Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 Killer, Janet,Tom, Diane, Richard, J, Eddd, 1 and 2bmwfans, prolly Jan and Sharon....... All in Torrey at the same time.......J and 2 riding backwards on Sweeper Madness I don't know how I could miss that.... I've done some solo backwards riding on my TW recently...but, it wasn't exactly planned... In retrospect, I guess it wasn't such a good idea to ArmorAll the seat and hand grips. Link to comment
Bob Palin Posted January 31, 2009 Author Share Posted January 31, 2009 I would assume Janet would be one of the bicycle riders. Probably an easy ride for her! She's signed up for the Logan to Jackson 200 miler so she needs the training, but she won't commit right now, I'm pretty sure she'll do it - will you? There are masters classes... Link to comment
BeniciaRT_GT Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 Utah 72 backwards at 150mph...sweet. Oh MAN!!! I will come get you just to put you backwards on the GT and hit Sweeper Madness! I am off that weekend, but being there Friday morning will take a lot of finagling, I'll see what I can do. Link to comment
Bob Palin Posted January 31, 2009 Author Share Posted January 31, 2009 Utah 72 backwards at 150mph...sweet. Oh MAN!!! I will come get you just to put you backwards on the GT and hit Sweeper Madness! I am off that weekend, but being there Friday morning will take a lot of finagling, I'll see what I can do. Saturday is actually more important as more bikes are needed, the Friday races (last year at least) were all on the Teasdale loop but Saturday was a variety of courses and as the races were longer people got split up into smaller packs. Link to comment
Twisties Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 Killer, Janet,Tom, Diane, Richard, J, Eddd, 1 and 2bmwfans, prolly Jan and Sharon....... All in Torrey at the same time.......J and 2 riding backwards on Sweeper Madness I don't know how I could miss that.... I don't know. I'd have to say it isn't likely that we'd be there. We'd need to leave SLC on Thursday the 16th, ie, two days off for Sharon. With Ouray/Red Rock Rendezvous (Yes, Sharon is talking of treasonous abandonment of Ouray, WTF?) June 18 - 22, some kind of July 4 outing, and an early departure date for the UnRally (August 1?) in the offing it may just be too much in that time frame for us. Link to comment
Tony_K Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 Warning: this response is a JOKE. ...Seriously a joke. well... sorta a joke. Reviewing the current list of wannabe escorts it would be a shame that when the actual race came to town there would be no escorts.... Link to comment
Heck Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 Warning: this response is a JOKE. ...Seriously a joke. well... sorta a joke. well......maybe a joke? Reviewing the current list of wannabe escorts it would be a shame that when the actual race came to town there would be no escorts.... fixed it for ya....! oh yeah, and no deck!!! Link to comment
johnlt Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 She's signed up for the Logan to Jackson 200 miler so she needs the training, but she won't commit right now, I'm pretty sure she'll do it - will you? There are masters classes... Bob, although I still ride a hundred miles a week, it is here in the flat area. The "masters" class are some pretty serious riders that I couldn't even come close to keeping up. Possibly if they had a "geezers" class I might do it!! I'll be rooting for Janet. Link to comment
flyingreg Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 Bob, I would like to toss in my helmet for this event. I can't commit just yet, but keeping my fingers crossed. It would be great to be up in Torrey that time of year and see some old friends too. Link to comment
norah Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 Hey Bob, Can we be on four wheels instead of two? I was kicken it around and thought that maybe I could take Katherine (it would be summer time) and she could experience Torrey........... Link to comment
Bob Palin Posted February 2, 2009 Author Share Posted February 2, 2009 Hey Bob, Can we be on four wheels instead of two? I was kicken it around and thought that maybe I could take Katherine (it would be summer time) and she could experience Torrey........... They have lots of cars that follow the riders, mostly I suspect people supporting them plus the judges and medical people. The roads are not closed so there isn't any reason you couldn't come too. Link to comment
hANNAbONE Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 hMMMMMMM.........interesting.....July I kinda "off" for a while ...hmmmmmmmmmm......... Link to comment
tgregg Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 Is anyone staying for a while? Nancy and I will be at the Chuckwagon the following Tuesday and Wednesday nights. Link to comment
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