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Cycle News 1983 06 08

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The Great Escape Cycle News plays riDg arouDd the metropolis By Dale Brown If I'd known that what began as a few innocen t "Wh a t-if' s" and " W hy-do n' t-we' s" in a winter edito rial meeting wo u ld evolve into so m eth in g as big as our dual-purpose test weekend, I probabl y would have can celled th e edi torial m eeting. An d in do ing so, we would ha ve all mi ssed o u t on a h ell- (To p ) A typica l scene found the Trai l Boss checking the map and the rest of the crew shaking their heads. (A bov e) Good eating was part of the tri p. Of co urse, th e Trai l Bo ss h ad h el p . Some of it ca me fro m th e edi tor codenamed Pack Rat . There is n o particu lar rea son for thi s code name, o ther th an th e fact that the Pack Ra t managed 10 SlOW a comp lete set o f in ner tu bes, flat tire repa ir kit, tools, a change of clo thes, a 300mm telephoto lens, a rain suit and a Tour Lion ri di ng suit into one moderately sized tank bag. uva lotta fun . The innocent idea eventually grew 10 involve six people, six vehicles, two and a half da ys, 545 miles, 22,345 turns, six gas SlOpS, two million ro cks and a spattering of snow. It was, we can safely say, a "happeni ng. " Most events of this typ e req uire a The third editor involved wa s ringleader. We had o urs in the Trail kn o wn as th e Treasurer. He did no t Boss. The Trai l Boss norma lly speaks acquire that titl e due to any great soft ly and slow ly, bu t in n o ti me a t wea lt h, but rather a finely honed all , he had acquired five bi kes (fo ur sense of practi cal it y. Knowin g fu ll test units a nd a camera bike), one we ll th a t h e was th e slowest of th e truc k, enough maps to serve as a fo u r riders, th e Treasurer h ad two spare sea t shou ld o ne of th e bikes lose a lterna tives. One was that he could th eirs, a n d a vag ue sense o f wh ere in try an d blitz th rou gh every riding th e h ell it was we wer e go ing . schoo l o ffered by th e lik es of a Keith The T ra il Boss served double duty Code, Gary Bailey or Russ Darnell in as Officia l Cheerl eader, co nti n ui n g th e few weeks remaining before th e hi s banter th at th e seco nd day would scheduled departure. O r, h e .co u ld be no thing but easy trail s even pa st beco m e th e T reasu rer. The o thers the halfway point on a 6000-foo t would wai t for the man with th e rock climb. And wh en we go t lost, hot el reserva tions and credi t ca rds. w hic h h appen ed occasionally, th e Tra il Boss was a lso refe rre d 10 as th e The fourth rider wa s kn own simpl y • • as Mr. Motocro ss. Mr. Motocro ss was Block H ead. ' •

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