# So I drove to Albany today... **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic\ **Created:** [August 15, 2009, 5:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-drove-to-albany-today/246141 "2009-08-15T17:46:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![KillerBlackbird](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/killerblackbird/32/6525_2.png) [@KillerBlackbird](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KillerBlackbird)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2009, 5:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-drove-to-albany-today/246141/1 "2009-08-15T17:46:19Z")
…and somehow I ended up on a road that goes under the 787 bridge by the bus terminal. Which is fine, except…there was a large African American gentleman standing in the middle of the intersection and he pointed at me. :eek3 So I said fuck it and kept driving towards him, I had all my windows down and as I was driving past him he said “Hey big man!” I waved, grabbed a gear and got the fuck out. I looked in my rear view and he was still standing in the middle of the road looking at my car as I was driving away. Note to self; never go in that part of town again. ---
**Author:** ![88slowmarro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/88slowmarro/32/6339_2.png) [@88slowmarro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/88slowmarro)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2009, 5:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-drove-to-albany-today/246141/2 "2009-08-15T17:52:40Z")
dont be scared ,the miorities only really come out at night "at least the real dangerous ones " ---
**Author:** ![97cavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/c5a1d2/32.png) [@97cavy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/97cavy)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2009, 5:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-drove-to-albany-today/246141/3 "2009-08-15T17:53:10Z")
Lol thats nothing! hell, thats the “nice” ghetto part of town. But you appear to be from vermont, thats a whole different animal then vermont is used to. I worked in vermont 3-4 days a week for 3 1/2 years, and I think I saw like 3 black people in that entire span of time ---
**Author:** ![88slowmarro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/88slowmarro/32/6339_2.png) [@88slowmarro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/88slowmarro)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2009, 5:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-drove-to-albany-today/246141/4 "2009-08-15T17:59:23Z")
in rutland there all over lololol i used to live in ludlow and there was none there ---
**Author:** ![97cavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/c5a1d2/32.png) [@97cavy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/97cavy)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2009, 6:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-drove-to-albany-today/246141/5 "2009-08-15T18:01:50Z")
I delivered in rutland almost every day. I used to cover from battelboro, ludlow, rutland, motpiller, st albins, all the way up to Enosburg Falls. I dont remember seeing lots in rutland, but then again, i just stuck to rt 7/4 ---
**Author:** ![GD3Skier](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gd3skier/32/6400_2.png) [@GD3Skier](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GD3Skier)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2009, 6:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-drove-to-albany-today/246141/6 "2009-08-15T18:05:49Z")
Ludlow’s a cool little town in the winter, that’s all I have to add to this thread. ---
**Author:** ![KillerBlackbird](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/killerblackbird/32/6525_2.png) [@KillerBlackbird](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KillerBlackbird)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2009, 6:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-drove-to-albany-today/246141/7 "2009-08-15T18:07:04Z")
> [@97cavy"](#): > > Lol thats nothing! hell, thats the “nice” ghetto part of town. > > But you appear to be from vermont, thats a whole different animal then vermont is used to. I worked in vermont 3-4 days a week for 3 1/2 years, and I think I saw like 3 black people in that entire span of time Yeah, you guys are right lol. I think thats why I like Albany so much, its a total opposite of what I am used to…there is actually life. I live about 10 minutes north of Rutland AKA “Vegas”, its got nothing on Albany thats for sure. Risky for me is driving through Arbor Hill at 2AM. That gets the adrenaline flowing lololol. One of these days I’ll probably get shot. ---
**Author:** ![KillerBlackbird](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/killerblackbird/32/6525_2.png) [@KillerBlackbird](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KillerBlackbird)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2009, 6:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-drove-to-albany-today/246141/8 "2009-08-15T18:08:11Z")
> [@GD3Skier"](#): > > Ludlow’s a cool little town in the winter, that’s all I have to add to this thread. Off topic, but does your bike have a Fox 44 front fork??? ---
**Author:** ![GD3Skier](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gd3skier/32/6400_2.png) [@GD3Skier](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GD3Skier)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2009, 6:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-drove-to-albany-today/246141/9 "2009-08-15T18:11:10Z")
Nah its a Rock Shox Lyric Coil U-Turn [http://www.universalcycles.com/shopping/product\_details.php?id=12659&category=94](http://www.universalcycles.com/shopping/product_details.php?id=12659&category=94) You bike? ---
**Author:** ![Mark355](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mark355/32/6528_2.png) [@Mark355](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mark355)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2009, 6:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-drove-to-albany-today/246141/10 "2009-08-15T18:19:26Z")
> [@Best Buy Sunday 12/17 Wii Heads Up](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-buy-sunday-12-17-wii-heads-up/21668/20): > > Which is fine, except…there was a large African American gentleman standing in the middle of the intersection and he pointed at me. Kinda like how the flagman points at you to see if you’re ready to run? ---
**Author:** ![xreaction](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/xreaction/32/6409_2.png) [@xreaction](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/xreaction)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2009, 6:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-drove-to-albany-today/246141/11 "2009-08-15T18:51:27Z")
For a sec it sounded like you ended up in Arbor hill :rofl ---
**Author:** ![cazwrx187](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cazwrx187/32/6388_2.png) [@cazwrx187](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cazwrx187)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2009, 7:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-drove-to-albany-today/246141/12 "2009-08-15T19:15:51Z")
> [@GD3Skier"](#): > > Nah its a Rock Shox Lyric Coil U-Turn > [http://www.universalcycles.com/shopping/product\_details.php?id=12659&category=94](http://www.universalcycles.com/shopping/product_details.php?id=12659&category=94) > > You bike? Too much money :rofl ---
**Author:** ![GD3Skier](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gd3skier/32/6400_2.png) [@GD3Skier](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GD3Skier)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2009, 7:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-drove-to-albany-today/246141/13 "2009-08-15T19:27:27Z")
> [@E36 BMW 328i Exhaust help](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/e36-bmw-328i-exhaust-help/21694/3): > > Too > much > money > :rofl Paid $390 Getting shit at cost FTW. ---
**Author:** ![KillerBlackbird](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/killerblackbird/32/6525_2.png) [@KillerBlackbird](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KillerBlackbird)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 2:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-drove-to-albany-today/246141/14 "2009-08-16T14:19:12Z")
> [@GD3Skier"](#): > > Nah its a Rock Shox Lyric Coil U-Turn > [http://www.universalcycles.com/shopping/product\_details.php?id=12659&category=94](http://www.universalcycles.com/shopping/product_details.php?id=12659&category=94) > > You bike? Yes. I bought a 2008 IronHorse Sunday Expert to replace my Stumpjumper FSR Elite Disc. I’ve been slacking and havent rode it much; here’s a pic: ![http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3621/3462187224_034c76032b.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/b/7/b78cb533283889207f3874d922c5db2fff5c6da8.jpeg) > [@E36 BMW 328i Exhaust help](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/e36-bmw-328i-exhaust-help/21694/2): > > Kinda like how the flagman points at you to see if you’re ready to run? That and kinda the “you gonna get sodomized” look. > [@Ouch, my Porsche!!!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ouch-my-porsche/21688/11): > > For a sec it sounded like you ended up in Arbor hill :rofl I know where that is…and to stay out of there. :lol ---
**Author:** ![PJB](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pjb/32/6389_2.png) [@PJB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PJB)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 2:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-drove-to-albany-today/246141/15 "2009-08-16T14:23:05Z")
I was like wtf and then I remembered that Vermont doesnt have black people. Congratulations on seeing your first one. ---
**Author:** ![GD3Skier](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gd3skier/32/6400_2.png) [@GD3Skier](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GD3Skier)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 3:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-drove-to-albany-today/246141/16 "2009-08-16T15:04:07Z")
> [@hey](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hey/21527/21): > > Yes. > I bought a 2008 IronHorse Sunday Expert to replace my Stumpjumper FSR Elite Disc. I’ve been slacking and havent rode it much; here’s a pic: Nice, I picked up your bikes little brother at the beginning of this season. It’s a 2008 Iron Horse MKIII Comp I use it for my rides where pedaling is necessary. The bike in my sig is my FR/Urban assault vehicle. ---
**Author:** ![KillerBlackbird](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/killerblackbird/32/6525_2.png) [@KillerBlackbird](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KillerBlackbird)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 3:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-drove-to-albany-today/246141/17 "2009-08-16T15:26:34Z")
> [@Gin Recommendations? Jam come inside...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gin-recommendations-jam-come-inside/21706/13): > > Nice, I picked up your bikes little brother at the beginning of this season. It’s a 2008 Iron Horse MKIII Comp I use it for my rides where pedaling is necessary. The bike in my sig is my FR/Urban assault vehicle. I figured the bike in your sig looks beefy. DH bikes with 8" of suspension travel are not pedal friendly. ---
**Author:** ![GD3Skier](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gd3skier/32/6400_2.png) [@GD3Skier](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GD3Skier)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 3:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-drove-to-albany-today/246141/18 "2009-08-16T15:36:49Z")
allthough with the DW-Link on your bike (And mine as well) really does help keep the pedal bob at bay when you do need to pedal. ---
**Author:** ![KillerBlackbird](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/killerblackbird/32/6525_2.png) [@KillerBlackbird](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KillerBlackbird)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 3:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-drove-to-albany-today/246141/19 "2009-08-16T15:40:28Z")
> [@E36 BMW 328i Exhaust help](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/e36-bmw-328i-exhaust-help/21694/4): > > allthough with the DW-Link on your bike (And mine as well) really does help keep the pedal bob at bay when you do need to pedal. Yes. If I stay seated there is little to no bounce, you stand up and pedal and its like you are in an '83 ElDorado with blown shocks.:banana ---
**Author:** ![GD3Skier](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gd3skier/32/6400_2.png) [@GD3Skier](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GD3Skier)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 3:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-drove-to-albany-today/246141/20 "2009-08-16T15:48:15Z")
ha ha nice. Where abouts do you usually ride? I was just at Jiminy yesterday and it was a blast. [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-drove-to-albany-today/246141.md?page=2)