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Old Jun 23, 2006 | 04:11 PM
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on Pikes Peak at 14,110 feet above sea level. I figured I better ride up there (since it's only 10 miles from the house) before I move to Kalifornia next week. The stuff I do just to get a pin or a patch. Damn fun ride though. Half of it was dirt road.

 
Old Jun 23, 2006 | 04:16 PM
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Great pic, great moment to remember patch or not.
Didn't know you could ride up there.
I'll have to put it on my list of things i'd love to do.
 
Old Jun 23, 2006 | 04:40 PM
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I rode the train up Pikes a few years back. There was a bunch of people getting dizzy and sick from the thin air. I didn't have a bike back then but I bet it nice riding through the Garden of the Gods.
 
Old Jun 23, 2006 | 04:43 PM
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Man, I used to love going to the Pike's Peak Hill Climb race. Do they still hold that? Nothing like sliding around on a dirt road with a sheer drop off to one side.
 
Old Jun 23, 2006 | 04:53 PM
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Yeah they still have it. I think it's July 1.

I'm going to miss it this year.
 
Old Jun 23, 2006 | 05:42 PM
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I love the sign that sits by the cash register in the gift shop.
Answers to questions before you ask them
Yes, we drive to work here every day
Yes, it gets easier
No, we dont get paid mileage etc...

Havent been there since my picture was taken by that same sign in 1968.
 
Old Jun 23, 2006 | 11:01 PM
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Kalifornia?............Noooooooooooooooooooo!
Nice picture, and good job not bein' skeered of a little dirt.
 
Old Jun 23, 2006 | 11:03 PM
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Cool pic,,,,thanks for sharing
 
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Ron sorry to hear you are moving, was looking forward to getting together for a ride some day.
Zombie, this year they are allowing camping the night before the race for the first time in many years.
 
Old Jun 24, 2006 | 12:16 AM
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That's awesome...it's been around 15 years since the last time I saw the hill climb. I used to love that event.
 



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