robertaccio 406 Posted June 21, 2010 When visiting (riding) Wickenberg AZ for the AMA Nat Enduro. I found the local AZ riders had a unique and logical way to pluck the chollas cactus ( http://www.delange.org/JumpingCactus/JumpingCactus.htm ) from your body. Lots of the racers had Afro Picks http://www.wholesaleimport.com/cgi-bin/item/11091 tied onto them with lanyards for instant access to remove those crazy jumping cactus branches in one quick motion while in the midst of the race. For dez riders this is a great butt bag item to carry. Side Note: Also In a nice local know how gesture, at all the checkpoints there were guys with pliers that upon request would yank the spines from you, before you entered the next timed sections. I spent a few minutes at one of these "grooming" stations to remove deep spines in my forearms that were into the muscle sheaths that actually were binding my movements, that is a weird sensation. The leg spines waited for after the ride was over,,, they just keep you from getting lazy and and keep you up on the pegs!!! RN Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
