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Old 11-09-16, 10:25 PM
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Originally Posted by TimothyH
Not bad for a bunch of Georgia hillbillies...
The Sky Loop looks like a great ride! Thanks for sharing. I Googled and bookmarked it for the bucket list.
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Old 11-10-16, 09:55 AM
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Rannoch Moor.
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Old 11-10-16, 05:04 PM
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Originally Posted by h2oxtc
The Sky Loop looks like a great ride! Thanks for sharing. I Googled and bookmarked it for the bucket list.
We gots better'n that.

Y'all come down.
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Old 11-11-16, 07:16 AM
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Old 11-11-16, 09:40 AM
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Bonnie Prince Charlie monument, Glenfinnan, Loch Shiel
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Old 11-11-16, 05:59 PM
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Originally Posted by 47p2
Bonnie Prince Charlie monument, Glenfinnan, Loch Shiel
Awe-inspiring. Is that your photo?
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Old 11-12-16, 01:41 AM
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Originally Posted by gevad
Awe-inspiring. Is that your photo?

Thanks gevad, yes it is my photograph, I took it around 2011. Here's another takes at the same time with a boat heading towards in my direction
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Old 11-12-16, 01:50 AM
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Here's my photo for today. Scotland's national flower. The Thistle
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Old 11-12-16, 08:16 AM
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How often do us old guys actually win?

I did have to brag on this one a little. I did a 50 mile gravel race near jefferson City, Mo and actually won the race. Doesn't happen very often so I figured I would share. There were 51 riders doing this race and length.

The race was called the red dog 100 and I did the shorter race of 50 miles.
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Old 11-12-16, 08:33 AM
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Dry conditions, or is that just normal Fall brown?
Only been in your patch Spring & Summer

Originally Posted by 47p2
Rannoch Moor.
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Old 11-12-16, 08:37 AM
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Nice podium, puts you head and shoulders above the competition.
But watch that 1st step down, it's a doozy.

edit: i used to live just up the road from you, tad north of Eureka. Great biking roads west of St Louser.

Originally Posted by Jackmen
I did have to brag on this one a little. I did a 50 mile gravel race near jefferson City, Mo and actually won the race. Doesn't happen very often so I figured I would share. There were 51 riders doing this race and length.

The race was called the red dog 100 and I did the shorter race of 50 miles.
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Old 11-12-16, 09:06 AM
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Originally Posted by 47p2
Thanks gevad, yes it is my photograph, I took it around 2011. Here's another takes at the same time with a boat heading towards in my direction
Is that the point where he fled from, prompting the infamous curse yelled at him, "Run away, ye damned Italian!"?
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Old 11-12-16, 11:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Wildwood
Dry conditions, or is that just normal Fall brown?
Only been in your patch Spring & Summer
The picture was taken in November so Fall brown. No such thing as dry conditions on the Rannoch Moors


Originally Posted by AlexCyclistRoch
Is that the point where he fled from, prompting the infamous curse yelled at him, "Run away, ye damned Italian!"?
This is indeed where Charlie fled the mainland with the assistance of Flora MacDonald 'over the sea to Skye'

Flora MacDonald's cottage on the Isle of Skye
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Old 11-12-16, 02:35 PM
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Was Flora the one who gave him the dress and petticoats for his disguise?

FWIW, I'm of fairly heavy Scots descent, and even I consider "the old pretender" to be an embarrassment.
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Old 11-12-16, 03:39 PM
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ASAIK it was Flora who dressed Charlie in women clothing. Not only was he an embarrassment but he wasn't so bonnie either. I think he fell out the ugly tree and hit every brach on the way down when he was born
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Old 11-12-16, 10:58 PM
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Silver Comet Trail, Rockmart Georgia to the Alabama State Line.


Cold sunrise at Coots Lake trailhead.




Ranch west of Rockmart, GA







The trail passes through Cedartown, Ga. I went exploring a little and found this cool art deco theater. Not much else in Cedartown.




Not much in the rest of western Georgia, either. Lots of this....




Standing in Georgia looking west. The other side of the arch is Alabama. This is where the Silver Comet Trail becomes the Chief Ladiga Trail.

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Old 11-13-16, 04:08 AM
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Something a little different from me this morning. This scan is of a painting a friend painted around 15 years ago after a visit to St Andrews.
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Old 11-13-16, 04:26 AM
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Originally Posted by 47p2
Bonnie Prince Charlie monument, Glenfinnan, Loch Shiel
Any hills in your area?

Beautiful!
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Originally Posted by 02Giant
Any hills in your area?

Beautiful!
One or two hills, nothing compared to you guys across the pond but still impressive

Ben Nevis 4,406ft (1334m) high
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Old 11-13-16, 09:57 PM
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Seeing off a friend before he moves abroad. We did a group ride of four friends on a beautiful autumn day with colourful leaves in the mountains west of Tokyo.

This is my Elephant NFE. The mismatched tyres are because I switched the front back from tubeless to tubes; the rear is still tubeless with a different tyre, I will soon switch that back too.
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Old 11-14-16, 03:33 AM
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Isle of Arran, looking across to the Kintyre Peninsula. Scotland

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Salmon jumping at the Falls of Shin on their way back home to spawn

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[IMG]Street Mural by res1due, on Flickr[/IMG]
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Originally Posted by cccorlew
I love that "What did you look like in the 80s" idea.
Curtis by ccorlew, on Flickr


I liked the old vs. new pics from last year, thought I would drop one in for a laugh. My young self is still in there and it comes out to play quite often. My wife tells me it should stay inside.


Oh, and in case anyone is curious about the Stingray, it was a Stingray Junior, but I had installed a Huffy BMX kit with a BMX Bar, Pads, and a number plate. I quickly broke the bar as it was super cheap, and I also added a single seat off of a Schwinn Collegiate I found in a dumpster. It was a good old bike, and got me lots of mileage and fun as you can see.


Old pic from 1976ish.
Wheelie king.jpg


New Pic from 2016ish with my daughter at the INDY N.I.T.E. ride.
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