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- Joined
- May 19, 2022
- Messages
- 6
- Reaction score
- 15
- Points
- 3
- Location
- Colorado Springs`
- Vehicle Year
- 2022
- Make / Model
- Ford Ranger XLT
- Engine Size
- 2.3L Ecoboost
- Transmission
- Automatic
- Total Lift
- Whatever the FX4 package lifts it
- Tire Size
- 17"
Greetings everyone. I just traded my 2014 Grand Cheroke Laredo on a 2022 Ranger XLT. Well, I started the process January 7th, and just picked it up May 2nd. The GC was a pavement queen, and while it performed well enough when called upon, I could tell it was not made for the fire roads and jeep trails I had to navigate to reach mountain biking trailheads at tinmes. This truck won't have that issue, thanks to the FX-4 kit on it.
I am a retired USAF NCO (did 20 years of all-source intelligence analysis for the AF), who now does imagery intelligence analysis as an Army civlian. I am a mountain biker, and can't wait to take the Ranger off-roading for the first time net weekend, when aq friend and I aregoing to shuttle up Pike's Peak, then ride down via some janky trails. I'm not the best MTBer on the map, but it's more than just a hobby to me. It's a weapon in my arsenal of things used to fight my Parkinsons Disease. I was diagnosed in November 2015, and my wife at the time left me the following April, saying shje didn't think I would survive having the disease. I dedicated myself tio beating--or at least slowing the advance of the disease, and since the ONLY thing proven to slow or stop it is exercise, mountain biking went form something I did for fun to something (along with martial arts and lifting) that I could not live without.
So here I am today, 7 years later, still riding and stil fighting. Here's what I have to say to her: ,,!,, ,,!,,
But anyway, I am also an author with two published novels and a little over a dozen published short stories. I have four kids, all grown, and a super-cool fiancee who doesn't even see my disease when she looks at me.
That's me, in summary. Greetings!
I am a retired USAF NCO (did 20 years of all-source intelligence analysis for the AF), who now does imagery intelligence analysis as an Army civlian. I am a mountain biker, and can't wait to take the Ranger off-roading for the first time net weekend, when aq friend and I aregoing to shuttle up Pike's Peak, then ride down via some janky trails. I'm not the best MTBer on the map, but it's more than just a hobby to me. It's a weapon in my arsenal of things used to fight my Parkinsons Disease. I was diagnosed in November 2015, and my wife at the time left me the following April, saying shje didn't think I would survive having the disease. I dedicated myself tio beating--or at least slowing the advance of the disease, and since the ONLY thing proven to slow or stop it is exercise, mountain biking went form something I did for fun to something (along with martial arts and lifting) that I could not live without.
So here I am today, 7 years later, still riding and stil fighting. Here's what I have to say to her: ,,!,, ,,!,,
But anyway, I am also an author with two published novels and a little over a dozen published short stories. I have four kids, all grown, and a super-cool fiancee who doesn't even see my disease when she looks at me.
That's me, in summary. Greetings!
