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Old 10-05-18, 03:43 PM
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South Central Tennessee mixed surface.

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Originally Posted by TimothyH
South Central Tennessee mixed surface.
those are some fun descents! but meeting that travel trailer was a bit unnerving!
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Old 10-05-18, 09:16 PM
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Originally Posted by rumrunn6
those are some fun descents! but meeting that travel trailer was a bit unnerving!
That descent was 1800 ft in 3.6 miles. I didn't push too hard and left some margin for error. Was just enjoying the view and relaxing a bit. You can hear that the rear brake pads were just about toast and running hot at the point where I met the trailer. I changed the pads tonight.

The other descent toward the end of the video was so gorgeous, through a hollow with a rushing stream and waterfalls along the road, and right near the end of the long, hot ride. What a reward that was!

Y'all come down @rumrunn6. We'll have a good time.


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Originally Posted by TimothyH
Y'all come down @rumrunn6. We'll have a good time.
thanks, beautiful part of the country. if I did, I'd pony up for some new brake pads. question for ya. don't you have to ride UP those same mountains?
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Originally Posted by rumrunn6
thanks, beautiful part of the country. if I did, I'd pony up for some new brake pads. question for ya. don't you have to ride UP those same mountains?
Yep. 7100 ft climbing that day.
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Man, this is nice. Fixed?

That's what I'm talking about.

Makes me want to ride around the mountain just to see what's on the other side.

Well done.

Please post this in the Singlespeed forum.


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Thanks Tim

It's an old Apollo that came FG but with no saddle, post, bars or pedals.




It has some nice rims (Alexrims RPD 15 with flip flop rear) and road tires that I knew were worth more than the $40 I paid but decided to keep it instead of flipping.

Years ago my buddy went FG and I nearly killed myself trying his bike out on the road so I decided to take it easy at first this time and make it a gravel/dike bike where the ground is flat and there is little traffic (I have many Km's of dikes near my house). I swapped out the road tires for these gravel oriented ones which also roll very well on pavement, added the rest from my bins and decided to stop there as I like the clean aesthetics.

Have to say, it is my favorite bike at the moment - really digging the purity of the riding experience and I'm getting better at developing the skillset.

Also fun to go a little retro sometimes.

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thanks for the writeup.

Yeah, I ride fixed all the time and have a custom frame built by R+E Cycles.

https://www.pedalroom.com/bike/2018-...z-custom-37179

Guys in the fixed gear/single speed forum would eat that Apollo up. Sounds like a great $40 investment.

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Barre, MA today. nice steep shortcut bypassing a switchback

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Originally Posted by TimothyH
7100 ft climbing
on man
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Approaching a tunnel on the North Bend Rail-Trail near Cairo, W.Va. 10/5/18
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I've been training to ride from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv. There are two sizable hills between, and yesterday was my first time climbing up to Tzuba, a strategically located hilltop village (now kibbutz) mentioned in the Bible as the home town of one of King David's warriors. It also has a cave where John the Baptist supposedly lived.

This is on the descent. The ribbon of dirt in the valley is the Israel National Trail. I would connect with it later in the day.



It was a "hill" of a day. I can't change the X scale but 28 miles total. I switched out the stock 11-32 cassette for a slightly custom Sunrace 11-40. Best bike upgrade so far!


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@bonsai171 Rides North Georgia

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I think I was wearing all the gravel. 2018 Filthy 50, temps around freezing with snow/slush/ice/rain. When the photographers upload pics ... you're gonna be some epic messy/suffering rider.

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Originally Posted by Hypno Toad
I think I was wearing all the gravel. 2018 Filthy 50, temps around freezing with snow/slush/ice/rain. When the photographers upload pics ... you're gonna be some epic messy/suffering rider.
*PHOTO*
& he's smiling!
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Originally Posted by rumrunn6
& he's smiling!
Looks a bot forced though .... couldn't work out of it was a smile of a grimace
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That photo needs to be on the cover of National Geographic.

Perfect.


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Looks a bot forced though .... couldn't work out of it was a smile of a grimace
It was both!
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Well, there were a couple of gravel sections in Sunday's CX race at Boundry Waters
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Gravelers Grally in south Miami-Dade county. It was a little damp, but a fun, hot ride!
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We have oodles and oodles of gravel here.

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