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12-04-20, 05:29 AM
#7401
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12-04-20, 05:33 AM
#7402
So it is
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So big john is forbidden from riding or even walking? Sad.
12-04-20, 05:35 AM
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I was sitting in the cockpit the other day at Regan National, and I was facing some bridge that over looked the excluded area that we park at. I have never seen so many people on bikes in one place, and they were not riding as a group. 100 cyclist could have easily gone by in the 45 mins that I sat there.
12-04-20, 05:39 AM
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And therein lies the problem.
Cañada Road is just about the ONE way to get from the Northern/Mid Peninsula to the Southern Peninsula where the best roads are. Other routes are TERRIBLE, with no bikelanes, a gazillion stop signs, and impatient drivers and THEN you get to do an unpleasantly long climb to get to the same place.
It's 8 miles with only 2 stop signs and no real cross streets, and not even any driveways for the first 6 miles. Flat to rolling, wide as hell with bike lanes you can ride two-up in. It runs through Water Department land, so there's a lake on one side and grassland/chaparral on the other. This pic is the view from the North end, taken just as I got back to the car after one of my last postwork rides before Daylight Savings Time ended.
Cañada Road is just about the ONE way to get from the Northern/Mid Peninsula to the Southern Peninsula where the best roads are. Other routes are TERRIBLE, with no bikelanes, a gazillion stop signs, and impatient drivers and THEN you get to do an unpleasantly long climb to get to the same place.
It's 8 miles with only 2 stop signs and no real cross streets, and not even any driveways for the first 6 miles. Flat to rolling, wide as hell with bike lanes you can ride two-up in. It runs through Water Department land, so there's a lake on one side and grassland/chaparral on the other. This pic is the view from the North end, taken just as I got back to the car after one of my last postwork rides before Daylight Savings Time ended.
12-04-20, 05:41 AM
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12-04-20, 05:43 AM
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12-04-20, 05:44 AM
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12-04-20, 06:07 AM
#7408
serious cyclist
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12-04-20, 06:09 AM
#7409
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12-04-20, 06:21 AM
#7410
Super Modest
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12-04-20, 06:59 AM
#7412
Fat n slow
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I was sitting in the cockpit the other day at Regan National, and I was facing some bridge that over looked the excluded area that we park at. I have never seen so many people on bikes in one place, and they were not riding as a group. 100 cyclist could have easily gone by in the 45 mins that I sat there.
12-04-20, 07:54 AM
#7413
Should Be More Popular
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12-04-20, 08:07 AM
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Mostly Harmless
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12-04-20, 08:07 AM
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12-04-20, 08:09 AM
#7416
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12-04-20, 08:11 AM
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Mostly Harmless
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12-04-20, 08:11 AM
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12-04-20, 08:13 AM
#7419
Mostly Harmless
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12-04-20, 08:19 AM
#7420
Should Be More Popular
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Because real miles are better than fake miles.
12-04-20, 08:27 AM
#7421
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Truth.
I hate how they will cross our bow dragging a tuber/skier/idiot while we are closing on them fast with spin up and double handed. Then the skier/tuber/idiot decides to drop the rope or falls off. Can't fix stupid.
I hate how they will cross our bow dragging a tuber/skier/idiot while we are closing on them fast with spin up and double handed. Then the skier/tuber/idiot decides to drop the rope or falls off. Can't fix stupid.
12-04-20, 08:37 AM
#7422
serious cyclist
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Who else is ready for summer? Winter is stupid.
12-04-20, 08:37 AM
#7423
Should Be More Popular
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That said, I just hedged my bet and reactivated my Zwift account so it's ready.
12-04-20, 08:45 AM
#7424
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12-04-20, 08:46 AM
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