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Forum: Classic & Vintage

04-27-20, 09:04 AM

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Sticky Where'd You Ride Today? (New & Improved)

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Posted By patrekrider

Yes, I'm still riding, but like everybody else...

Yes, I'm still riding, but like everybody else I'm doing things a little differently. Saturday 04-25-20, between two rainy days, I went for a 26.8-mile road-and-trail ride in Montgomery County, PA,...

Forum: Classic & Vintage

09-24-18, 06:06 PM

Replies: 21,739

Sticky Where'd You Ride Today? (New & Improved)

Views: 3,074,724

Posted By patrekrider

09-19-18 I rode the 202 Parkway Trail in Bucks...

09-19-18 I rode the 202 Parkway Trail in Bucks and Montgomery Counties, PA. This highway was built to bypass a heavily-used section of US 202 that runs through two small boroughs (Chalfont and New...

Forum: Classic & Vintage

08-19-18, 12:33 PM

Replies: 140

What's the Dumbest Thing You've Ever Done

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Posted By patrekrider

If you're old enough to remember the early '80s,...

If you're old enough to remember the early '80s, that's when Sears came out with their so-called airless tires for bicycles. I was having God-awful luck with flats on conventional tires so I figured,...

Forum: Classic & Vintage

04-30-18, 05:12 PM

Replies: 21,739

Sticky Where'd You Ride Today? (New & Improved)

Views: 3,074,724

Posted By patrekrider

Saturday 4-28-18 was one of the rare beautiful...

Saturday 4-28-18 was one of the rare beautiful days we've had this spring in the Philadelphia area. I guess in the upcoming week we're going to play catch-up. But first things first.

Rode the...

Forum: General Cycling Discussion

03-10-18, 03:48 PM

Replies: 85

Moisture wicking underwear and ankle socks

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Posted By patrekrider

For warm weather I have four active wear t-shirts...

For warm weather I have four active wear t-shirts I use--one each in white, sky blue, red, and bright orange. For road rides I prefer the brighter colors for obvious reasons. I've often wondered if...

Forum: Hybrid Bicycles

03-10-18, 03:11 PM

Replies: 1,577

Sticky What did you do for your Hybrid today

Views: 392,597

Posted By patrekrider

Ready for Spring 2018

My Trek Hybrid was in the shop for 17 days, which is just as well because the weather has been banal--and brutal-- here of late. They adjusted the brakes and shifters and checked all critical parts...

Forum: Classic & Vintage

11-12-17, 07:36 PM

Replies: 21,739

Sticky Where'd You Ride Today? (New & Improved)

Views: 3,074,724

Posted By patrekrider

Long Enough for a Chilly Day

Unfortunately, as was the case in a big chunk of the U.S. today, it felt more like January than November :( which limited how far I could ride without getting uncomfortable. To escape from the...

Forum: Classic & Vintage

11-12-17, 07:01 PM

Replies: 33

How many ride "gravel/adventure/allroad/whatever" newish bikes most of the time now?

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Posted By patrekrider

My All-Purpose Trek Bike

This isn't the latest bike, but I've had my Trek 7.5FX Hybrid since February 2010 and it's still going strong--18,000 miles and counting. Three chainrings and a 9-gear cassette enable me to tackle...

Forum: Hybrid Bicycles

03-05-17, 06:27 PM

Replies: 1,577

Sticky What did you do for your Hybrid today

Views: 392,597

Posted By patrekrider

I live outside Philadelphia and I've been hybrid...

I live outside Philadelphia and I've been hybrid riding since Moby Dick was a minnow, if not earlier. My heart says get a road bike but the roads around here say no way--it's Pennsylvania, The...

Forum: Advocacy & Safety

12-09-12, 08:50 AM

Replies: 57

We may have only ourselves to blame

Views: 3,132

Posted By patrekrider

You know what, I was afraid some readers would...

You know what, I was afraid some readers would get that impression, and that's my fault. We've all worked long and hard to raise bicycle awareness and reinforce cyclists' rights. The one thing that...

Forum: Advocacy & Safety

12-02-12, 09:25 AM

Replies: 57

We may have only ourselves to blame

Views: 3,132

Posted By patrekrider

We may have only ourselves to blame

I've been a recreational cyclist all my adult life, and I'm not going to stop any time soon. But I'll bet you the one thing any cyclist dreads besides the omnipresent flat tire is having to share...

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