I'm fine if it's NEVER pumpkin spice season. Un-spicy pumpkins are just fine.

No Streetview on the Mount (boondocks) but apparently this is the start of the climb:

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I'd bring my triple for sure.

How did they get to the top of the hill?
Near the fake Vancouver?

In the backs of trucks.
It's a fairly long bicycle ride.

I see guys on different types of boards sometimes when I am in the hills. When they are on closed roads they have to walk up. They put the helmet and gear on the board and tow it with a rope as they walk. I've never seen them cause problems for other road users. I was climbing a road and there was an organized ride coming down, along with some boarders. The boarders were safer than the bicyclists that day.

A young guy where I worked did it casually and didn't use protective gear. He got some road rash one time and I think he stopped doing it.

Yeah it's best to go with full leathers and full face helmet.


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Those guys are racing. The guys I see aren't wearing that much gear but they do have helmets, knee, elbow, and wrist pads, at least. The street luge guys wear it all, though.
I was driving home from the store Sunday, it's about a 1.5 mile steady grade with stop signs and speed bumps, and there was a guy on a board coming down. He was shirtless, no helmet, and lying on his stomach. First time seeing that around the 'hood.

Thank you, I strive for consistency.

V.v. so smooth....

Don’t let Big Coffee (or anyone else) decide what season it is for you.

I’m going to ride near there in a couple of weeks. About 20 miles north. Passing through Bloomingburg.

Ida’s rains have already started to fall.

It's no bench

Nope. Too many mosquitos.

Cycling content that datlas might appreciate - found this on the inside of one of the pockets of my new jersey -

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I can’t remember what brand of tube it was, but when I opened the box, there was a black silicone wrist band stuffed in with the tube. It said, “YOU MATTER. DON’T GIVE UP.” :thumb:

After a couple of weeks away, with the stupid heat and humidity of VA, I'm over here shivering in my 72° home. Maybe I should bring a sweater along on our trip to the State Fair - it's supposed to be 79° and sunny with low humidity. Brrrr.

Not riding due to rain/wet roads. Am watching La Vuelta instead. It’s wet there too. Exciting stage to watch.

Very.

I’m taking a “forced” rest day due to spending a couple hours at the oncologist’s later. With labs, seeing the doc, and an injection, it all takes a couple hours. Due to COVID, the coffee pots have been removed as well as the soda and vending machines. Makes for a long two hours.

I was surprised how warm a sunny 69 was in Colorado. Here that's cool and calls for a light sweater. There it was shorts and a t-shirt.

The sun is pretty toasty at high elevations. For some reason nobody has done studies on IR, only UV, but it sure seems like it works in the IR range too.

Thanks guys! That’s nastier even than the hill we live on. Guess there’s no sense in seeing about doing it if we end up there.