Cardy George
Piercing rural members since 1981
I have no idea. It just looked so weird I made the boys stand there like they were being attacked by aliens.
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What did you do TO / WITH / FOR your bike today!
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ozzybmx
taking a shit with my boobs out
A Scottish Thistle, dunno what the official Aussie name for it is, just don't ride through a clump at warp speed.
Cardy George
Piercing rural members since 1981
River Trail isn't on Trailforks, so I stayed on Wattle. Where does the River Trail exit?
Flow-Rider
Burner
It's like a wild artichoke, I've never seen them in Australia, it's a mediterranean delicacy. They also eat the stems, you need strip all the ropestrands, then boil it and then fry it.
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ozzybmx
taking a shit with my boobs out
You rode the good bit but I would say it was very overgrown.
I used to run over a RBB occasionally in the same spot, he seen me coming more often than not and moved but I was cautious of him after steam rolling him for the second time in the same spot.
You can continue along the creek but it means a river crossing, good at this time of year but not a winter option as the river is too high to get over dry, the trail then meets up with Gunners Run. The extension across the river and up to Gunners is technically a walking only trail AFAIK.
Chriso_29er
Likes Bikes and Dirt
Cheers Mr Poodle
Did the shoulder mid 2020, but got over that ok. @Haakon had the long running shoulder drama.
fjohn860
Alice in diaperland
Yikes fellas, heal up fast!
The Duckmeister
Has a juicy midrange
Yesterday, but didn't have coverage to post... New Dirt for me, hit up Colquhoun trails near Lakes Entrance while travelling for the break. Had ment to check it out last year but it was too bloody hot when I was in the area...
Anyway, good classic pretty natural feel XC stuff, a lot like Forrest in a way. Good use of natural obstacles, with very little in the way of features that look like they've been built just for the hell of it. In fact the vast majority of built features are bridges across gullies, and those that aren't bridged are armoured, and that's the extent of surface topping. It's not a place where you need a lot of bike; hardtail or short squishy is best choice of weapon; 120mm travel is ample. My little Anthem is right in its element here.
And there are other little funkies scattered around to catch the alert eye....
Best use for Avid rotors.....
And these critters in a hollow tree stump. This is just a few of them....!
Anyway, good classic pretty natural feel XC stuff, a lot like Forrest in a way. Good use of natural obstacles, with very little in the way of features that look like they've been built just for the hell of it. In fact the vast majority of built features are bridges across gullies, and those that aren't bridged are armoured, and that's the extent of surface topping. It's not a place where you need a lot of bike; hardtail or short squishy is best choice of weapon; 120mm travel is ample. My little Anthem is right in its element here.
And there are other little funkies scattered around to catch the alert eye....
Best use for Avid rotors.....
And these critters in a hollow tree stump. This is just a few of them....!
pink poodle
気が狂っている男
@Haakon has the long running drama...
slowmick
38-39"
Holy shit bloke. That sucks. At least you have two hands for typing and surfing this time.
Art Vanderlay
Hourly daily
A few injuries about. Hopefully a quick recovery @Chriso_29er @Scotty T
Rolled my ankle running at the Prom earlier in the week, should be ok to pedal this weekend
Rolled my ankle running at the Prom earlier in the week, should be ok to pedal this weekend
Freediver
I can go full Karen
It's an artichoke thistle, Cyanara cardunculus. The wild form of your cardoon and globe artichoke.
I have chipped and sprayed thousands of them.
pink poodle
気が狂っている男
How do they taste?
Freediver
I can go full Karen
Not bad but a lot of work. The stems can be a bit bitter.
k3n!f
leaking out the other end
Managed a nice solo loop at 0630 this morning before the family woke up. I've got an interesting work situation lined up for 2023 that will have me living in Hobart but working part time in Hobart and Melbourne. So I've officially unretired the Yeti for Hobart duties, the Specialized will stay in Melbourne where nobody can judge me.
The Yeti will need some TLC as despite 9 months without use none of it's wounds have healed. I'm pretty sure the parts on it are close to 20,000km by the time they have been put on a few different builds. The first problem to fix will be the brakes which need a fluid top up every few weeks of use. Might need a 180mm front rotor and a dropper for Hobart compatibility.
Good to be back on the Yeti, it really is a superb bicycle.
pink poodle
気が狂っている男
Can you eat them in similar fashion as other artichokes?
I'm fresh back from my last ride for the year and probably for the next couple of months. I did the local xc loop (very out of character) and nailed the dreaded snakes and ladders clean. I haven't done much cardio for a long time so I was feeling the burn by the top! Then a few laps of the nearly dead dirt lumps and back home for a 10 hour shift.
Flow-Rider
Burner
People just make it out of what they can get theirs hands on, but the original plant is the thistle. I'd say it would have been the local diet during the wartime era in southern Italy, when food was scarce.
The cardoon most often consumed in Sicily is the cynara cardunculus, which is indeed closely related to the artichoke, cynara scolymus. The leaves and stalks of the two plants are nearly identical; it's the flowers that are different. Artichokes are harvested in late autumn and again in early spring, but the cardoon stalk is usually picked once annually, beginning in early December.
http://www.bestofsicily.com/mag/art332.htm
Flow-Rider
Burner
Some people eat the flower part, but you generally only eat the stalks, I've only eaten them fried and bread crumbed, but people make soups and all types of other things from them. The storks are worth $70 USD a bunch in the US.
