I haven't read the article but I thought the roots of downhill were pretty obvious?
"Golly, Beaver, that's a big hill. I'll bet I can get to the bottom before you!"
"Jeepers, Whitey, you're crazy. My steel wheels will go like 23 Skidoo compared to your wheels."
"I'll bet you my Pee Wee Reese rookie card I can go faster!"
"Ok, Whitey. I'll put up my Captain Video decoder ring. But we need to get Wally or Lumpy to come watch so we know won."
And THAT is how downhill was born.
__________________ “I thought you were going to kill yourself?”
“I did. Went home, turned on my mom’s car in the garage.”
“What happened? You’re still here.”
“Freakin’ hybrids, man. They just don’t get the job done.”
I can't bring myself to subscribe a magazine with more pictures of Fadell and Fatboy than there are of half naked women.
(Seriously, it's just one of those things I haven't gotten around to like paying my taxes or rotating my tires.)
__________________ “I thought you were going to kill yourself?”
“I did. Went home, turned on my mom’s car in the garage.”
“What happened? You’re still here.”
“Freakin’ hybrids, man. They just don’t get the job done.”
I just looked at that Turnit website. Kind of cool.
Only one thing: the SPREADS ARE ALL BACKWARDS.
It's like pages 84-83, 86-85, 88-87, and so on.
Was a little confusing at first but eventually I figured out what was going on.
__________________ “I thought you were going to kill yourself?”
“I did. Went home, turned on my mom’s car in the garage.”
“What happened? You’re still here.”
“Freakin’ hybrids, man. They just don’t get the job done.”
34 mph on newly paved Rt. 422 near Valley Forge, PA, fall of 1964 as measured on a Pontiac Catalina speedometer. Lacrosse helmet and pads. No pics, no vid, no proof - believe it.
There is a GREAT HILL at Road Atlanta almost identical to the one at Laguna Seca. One of these days when the stars and the moon align I'm going to get over there and talk to the management.
I just looked. That hill is pictured on the Road Atlanta Wiki entry:
__________________ “I thought you were going to kill yourself?”
“I did. Went home, turned on my mom’s car in the garage.”
“What happened? You’re still here.”
“Freakin’ hybrids, man. They just don’t get the job done.”
No, loose bearing composite roller rink wheels. Extremely difficult to keep lubricated for any distance and they were also prone to disintegration at speed.
No, loose bearing composite roller rink wheels. Extremely difficult to keep lubricated for any distance and they were also prone to disintegration at speed.
These guys had no problem with 'em
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"If I donate $100 will you all just shut the blessed f_uck up?????" - Boe, Momona Boe
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