Resume bike pratice.

"You must have done some bad things to birds in a past life." These words from the mouth of T-da appear to hold more verity than one would think. If you recall my experience last year then you would understand my hesitancy towards our feathered friends.

As we contorted through the opening trail into the opening you could hear the belt of a sand hill crane. A pair of wings dispersed upward as we neared the clamor. I lead the train of T-da and Marko when suddenly we were brake checked by a five foot wing span. I was deafened by the obnoxious racket as I dismounted and used my bike as a shield. The motherly instincts morphed into a fiery of attacks which forced my ass into the fresh morning dew. Flashbacks of the DSG jousting matches entered my being as I fended the massive bird off me by force of bike. It appeared to work as my chainring did the damage. I wasn't out for blood but for a brief moment I was in fear of my own safety. My defensiveness proved to work as a second crane landed and mother crane backed off. Shortly after, the rationale for the attack was revealed as a fuzzy new born hopped through the grass.

10 miles down trail we intersected with the rest of the TBS boys who were gearing up for the connector trail. T-da did his best to recreate our encounter but without justice as AOM threw the obligatory "no way." We continued on at a medium pace for the next fifteen miles which left us moderately winded. We weren't the only ones playing hooky as we intersected WORS friends Jerry and Jeremy at the trail head. "You boys wanna rip off a lap." And we're off...

The Garmin doesn't lie, 51.4 miles of single track.

Comments

[anounomous]

Actually the Garmin ussually comes up short on singletrack mileage as the time between tracking points short cut switchback and other corners.

[Nathan]

The cranes are still there?
Lindsay was attacked by them on Friday. Same ones i believe, near the start of the blue loop. She encountered 3-4 other riders who had the same experience. I called the DNR and they said they would get right on it...but idk what they could do without some ethical issues, obviously nothing. Hilarious to see you post on this cause its been a story I been telling all week about Lindsay and them cranes.

[parker]

apparently you're not the only one being attacked. maybe something much larger is going on here?
check it out

[parker]

ugh.

http://bikesnobnyc.blogspot.com/2008/05/uncommon-valor-protecting-humanity-for.html