{"id":799,"date":"2010-03-15T08:56:59","date_gmt":"2010-03-15T12:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/?p=799"},"modified":"2023-09-03T12:32:26","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T17:32:26","slug":"rolls-report-first-rolls-of-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/2010\/03\/rolls-report-first-rolls-of-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"Rolls Report &#8211; First rolls of 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/2009-2010\/Spring-Rolls-Mar-14\/i-vwLxfxz\/0\/d026b07c\/S\/DSC_3018-S.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div>I was starting to think it would never happen, and even Sunday morning I don&#8217;t think the teams were sure it was really going to happen, but rolls have started for the semester. \u00a0It only took 6 weeks from Sweepstakes&#8217; ambitious first shot at rolls, but buggy has overcome one of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepittsburghchannel.com\/weather\/22687306\/detail.html\">Pittsburgh&#8217;s snowiest winters ever<\/a>. \u00a0Only four orgs made it out due to it being the second weekend of spring break, but it was all of the expected hardcore teams, SDC, PiKA, Fringe, and AEPi. \u00a0Wait, AEPi? \u00a0Yep, they&#8217;re one of the hardcore teams as of now.<\/div>\n<div><strong>In Attendance<\/strong><\/div>\n<table class=\"data\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Org<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Buggies<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>AEPi<\/td>\n<td><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">Zephyrus<\/span>\u00a0Kamikaze<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Fringe<\/td>\n<td>Bedlam, Banyan, Blizzard<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>PiKA<\/td>\n<td>Chimera, Knightfall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SDC<\/td>\n<td>Avarice, Envy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<strong>Observations<\/strong> (<a href=https:\/\/cmubuggy.smugmug.com\/2009-2010\/Spring-Rolls-Mar-14\">Full gallery of pictures here<\/a>)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/2009-2010\/Spring-Rolls-Mar-14\/i-wmVJf4q\/0\/c43a6bf4\/Th\/DSC_2943-Th.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/2009-2010\/Spring-Rolls-Mar-14\/i-kPgbkPg\/0\/9a0485f4\/Th\/DSC_2930-Th.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>The big news of the week was SDC&#8217;s new buggy Avarice which was out and looking very finished. \u00a0Most buggies hit the course in the spring with some paint work to do, or the windshield taped on or something. \u00a0Avarice looks like they finished it and then had time to kill before brining it out. \u00a0Externally, there&#8217;s not much new to talk about. \u00a0It looks almost identical to last year&#8217;s Malice although probably a bit bigger. \u00a0I appreciate the color choice though to aide in identification and low light photography.<\/li>\n<li style=\"clear: right;\">In future new buggy news, CIA is planning on coming out with their new buggy next weekend. That would make new buggies in consecutive years for them for the first time since 1992.<\/li>\n<li style=\"clear: right;\">The police must not have expected rolls to happen because they didn&#8217;t show up. \u00a0The barricaders became that much more important as they were essentially the only line of defense. \u00a0Since there were only 4 orgs out, manpower was tight for all of the chores, but somehow sweepstakes did enough persuading to get all of the gaps filled.<\/li>\n<li style=\"clear: right;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/2009-2010\/Spring-Rolls-Mar-14\/i-kCVrqVJ\/0\/b433b7fc\/Th\/DSC_2965-Th.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>The course was wet, dirty, and nasty. \u00a0There are still huge piles of snow slowly melting around the monument keeping everything sloppy. \u00a0There&#8217;s going to be some serious under-body and bearing cleaning going on.<\/li>\n<li style=\"clear: right;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/2009-2010\/Spring-Rolls-Mar-14\/i-JcvFgZn\/0\/137885eb\/Th\/DSC_2947-Th.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Also contributing to the anti-rolls effort was a car parked in the chute. \u00a0 Sweepstakes called the towing company as per usual and was told that they tow truck guy hadn&#8217;t come into work yet. \u00a0It was decided that it could be left there if it was surrounded by a healthy pile of bales. \u00a0Of course, just as everyone got their first roll done (@8:20), the tow truck shows up and teams took a 10 minute break while the car was towed out. \u00a0Never seen a car get towed from the chute during rolls.<\/li>\n<li style=\"clear: right;\">It was definitely a day for skeleton crews as there was lots of crazy, push hill 2 &#8211;&gt; jump in the car &#8211;&gt; jump out and push hill3 type of action going on. \u00a0Fringe was rolling 3 buggies each time with only 5 or 6 people total, but they were definitely going the fastest, downhill at least.<\/li>\n<li style=\"clear: right;\">AEPi had a spin of some sort on the last roll of the day before they even got to the chute. \u00a0They were back around in the follow car after a couple of minutes.<\/li>\n<li style=\"clear: right;\">Push practice was an option for teams in at least the second half of spring break, but word was that only SDC had taken advantage so far. \u00a0This week should see more action from more teams.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Overall, an impressive effort by sweepstakes to make it happen, and by the teams that made it out to get around the course. \u00a0It feels good to finally be back in the swing of things. \u00a0Get in the habit of checking back here on Monday mornings for the update. \u00a0There are only 3 weekends of rolls before truck weekend, so hope for good weather!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was starting to think it would never happen, and even Sunday morning I don&#8217;t think the teams were sure it was really going to happen, but rolls have started for the semester. \u00a0It only took 6 weeks from Sweepstakes&#8217; ambitious first shot at rolls, but buggy has overcome one of Pittsburgh&#8217;s snowiest winters ever. 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