Mine doesn't get delivered until around Halloween but Oregonsledder's thread inspired this.
Apologies to my Marine bretheren
This is my Pro Ride.
There are many like it, but this one is mine.
It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life.
Without me my Pro Ride is useless. Without my Pro Ride, I am useless.
I must ride my Pro Ride true.
I must shoot straighter lines than the enemy who is trying to out ride me.
I must top out before he does. I will.
My Pro Ride and I know that what counts in the mountains is not the horse power we make, the noise of our pipe, or the two stroke smoke we make. We know that it is the climbs that count. We will climb.
My Pro Ride is human, even as I am human, because it is my life.
Thus, I will learn it as a brother. I will learn its weaknesses, its strengths, its parts, its accessories, its handling and its backshifting.
I will keep my Pro Ride clean and ready, even as I am clean and ready.
We will become part of each other.
Before God I swear this creed.
My Pro Ride and I are the defenders of my backcountry.
We are the masters of our enemy. We are the saviors of my life.
So be it, until victory is Winter's and there is no summer.
Apologies to my Marine bretheren
This is my Pro Ride.
There are many like it, but this one is mine.
It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life.
Without me my Pro Ride is useless. Without my Pro Ride, I am useless.
I must ride my Pro Ride true.
I must shoot straighter lines than the enemy who is trying to out ride me.
I must top out before he does. I will.
My Pro Ride and I know that what counts in the mountains is not the horse power we make, the noise of our pipe, or the two stroke smoke we make. We know that it is the climbs that count. We will climb.
My Pro Ride is human, even as I am human, because it is my life.
Thus, I will learn it as a brother. I will learn its weaknesses, its strengths, its parts, its accessories, its handling and its backshifting.
I will keep my Pro Ride clean and ready, even as I am clean and ready.
We will become part of each other.
Before God I swear this creed.
My Pro Ride and I are the defenders of my backcountry.
We are the masters of our enemy. We are the saviors of my life.
So be it, until victory is Winter's and there is no summer.