Trying to learn by context clues...
Shaggie
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=spode&r=f
Which definition is the best fit for this forum? Thanks... :-)
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TSMaxel
a monday morning QB).
A spode is someone who is in the C class for the first, second, third time..
Dressed in nice new gear, riding a nice bike.. But, then they go out and just
cruise, not really able to jump anything (I didn't say not trying, but not
able) and they don't finish too well. That is MX...
For the woods, a spode would be someone who runs out of gas 1/4, or half way
through the ride. Or someone who fouls a plug and doesn't have one with
them... In fact, they don't even have the wrench.
Now, a SpodeFest is best defined by:
>MMMarvalus (mmmar...@aol.com) wrote:
>tom...@aol.com (Tomjr2) wrote:
>: Can someone enlighten me on just what the hell Spodefest is
>: anyway???
>Well...it's where a bunch of guys get together, pretend they all know how to
ride really well, >sit around at night telling lies and talking about stuff
they know nothing about, then when >they're done, they all go home, get on the
computer, talk about how great each other is, tell >us how much we missed by
not being there, and start talking about when the next fest will be
>
>and Yamadog wrote:
>
>On Mon, 3 Nov 1997 22:01:03 -0800, YAMA...@webtv.net (YamahDawg *) wrote:
>The most fun you will ever have with strangers, VBG
Complements of link:
http://www.off-road.com/~spodeboy/spodefest/spodewhatis.html
A history lesson (talking in my best grandpa voice with a pipe and thin
glasses):
Back many moons ago in 1997, Gomer, MXTuner, Tailbone and I (and there are
others that COULD be drug into this, but I don't want to disgrace them... Like
Rex) used to make some serious fun on one another's riding skills. One of my
favorite storied on Gomer (or lie as some would call it) was that his bike
would stall on the second stretch, just after the first turn, in every race he
did. He would have to ride so hard to catch back up with the pack... He came
to realize that his fat gut was pinching the vent hose on the tank and he was
vapor locking his bike when we leaned into the first turn. Gomer finally
decided to come and ride with me and my boys on a business trip. When he
arrived, he didn't have a fat gut (as everyone who has met him knows) and he
was wearing underwear on his head (another long story that MOST out here in
RMDland know).
We (quite a few of us on RMD) then decided to get together and ride. Most of
us would drive a long distance, but we would spend a long weekend (I took a
week off) and just ride and BS in person. We decided to go to Atlanta and we
dubbed the name SpodeFest. Folks, it was awesome! Even though it rained the
whole weekend and was mud to your knees. We rode and had a ball. And, let me
tell you... There were not too many true spodes there, not too many average
riders other than me. Jeff from MX South was F A S T ! Tuner was a blast in
the woods and even though Gomer wasn't an A class rider, he was NOT affraid to
try much of anything. Most of us had our families (Tanner was just a baby and
my beautiful wife, that is now gone, had a real "ball" in the mud) and the
camping and BSing was a blast! The best part IMHO was the midnight poker run!
You don't know how awesome it is to stand and hear two stroke bikes tapped out
running through the woods in pitch black darkness! AWESOME feeliing.
Any way, there are ride reports and many posts to RMD on it. The link:
http://users.rcn.com/tssinc/rmdsf.htm
seems to be gone. Thanks Doug for carrying it for years!
TMax