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04-17-20, 09:00 AM
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The bike has good bones to start with - which makes it worth riding.
After maiden voyage, some tweeks still needed. Then snip and crimp.
Glad to see you are riding a bunch.
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04-17-20, 09:46 AM
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04-17-20, 10:05 AM
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Got out for a cool morning ride out to Larkspur. Rode a section of trail that had been graveled to cover pot holes. Give a quick ding before passing a dog walker and got a "you didn't think I heard you coming?" Ha, damned if you do...
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04-17-20, 05:01 PM
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I'm in that odd group of people that are working from work. Still, it feels like groundhog day, and my usual 18 mile round trip to work was getting stale, so I pulled up ridewithgps and figured out a back way home, 32 miles up and over one of our local climbs. I'd never driven or ridden the climb up the backside to Bald Peak, yesterday I figured it was time.
About halfway up I saw Mt. Hood, crystal clear in the background.
Also saw Mt. St. Helen later on.
On the other side of the climb I flew down the road that I usually climb. It turns out it's much easier that way. About 8 miles from home I realized I had a flat, but it seemed like a slow leak, so I stopped and pumped it up. Every 2 miles or so I stopped and pumped. Had I changed the tube it would have been about a wash.
About halfway up I saw Mt. Hood, crystal clear in the background.
Also saw Mt. St. Helen later on.
On the other side of the climb I flew down the road that I usually climb. It turns out it's much easier that way. About 8 miles from home I realized I had a flat, but it seemed like a slow leak, so I stopped and pumped it up. Every 2 miles or so I stopped and pumped. Had I changed the tube it would have been about a wash.
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04-17-20, 05:38 PM
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Quite a mountain back there, gugie !
Today I turned 60. So that meant I had to do a 60-mile ride. I was on familiar routes through Boston's western suburbs. Temps were around 50, mix of clouds and sun. Quite nice. And we're having BBQ for dinner.
Lots of the quieter roads around here look like this:
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Today I turned 60. So that meant I had to do a 60-mile ride. I was on familiar routes through Boston's western suburbs. Temps were around 50, mix of clouds and sun. Quite nice. And we're having BBQ for dinner.
Lots of the quieter roads around here look like this:
[url=https://flic.kr/p/2iRpV3B][url=https://flic.kr/p/2iRsFsn]
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04-17-20, 08:43 PM
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I Celebrated your 76th birthday in advance today, nlerner
At the top of climb to Lake Alice by Matthew Pendergast, on Flickr
Red Barn Loop 2 by Matthew Pendergast, on Flickr
Eagle by Matthew Pendergast, on Flickr
Preston Trail 2 by Matthew Pendergast, on Flickr
At the top of climb to Lake Alice by Matthew Pendergast, on FlickrRed Barn Loop 2 by Matthew Pendergast, on FlickrEagle by Matthew Pendergast, on FlickrPreston Trail 2 by Matthew Pendergast, on Flickr
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04-17-20, 08:45 PM
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Took the International for a Quarantine Quickie, 10 miles up and back to the George Washington Bridge on Riverside Drive. Stopped to pay Homage to U.S. Grant.
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04-17-20, 09:06 PM
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Nice day up to UW and Recycled Cycles. The crabapples and cherries and regular apples all out at once. Amazing
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04-18-20, 06:33 AM
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Happy Birthday @nlerner!
You people are putting up some serious miles! Neal in honor of your passage into manhood in 1973, I rode 13 miles yesterday. No pics.
You people are putting up some serious miles! Neal in honor of your passage into manhood in 1973, I rode 13 miles yesterday. No pics.
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04-18-20, 07:06 AM
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etherhuffer , gugie are you getting better views of the mountains because smog has decreased? Don't remember it being so clear when I've been in the PNW.
04-18-20, 07:11 AM
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Happy Birthday @nlerner!
You people are putting up some serious miles! Neal in honor of your passage into manhood in 1973, I rode 13 miles yesterday. No pics.
You people are putting up some serious miles! Neal in honor of your passage into manhood in 1973, I rode 13 miles yesterday. No pics.
04-18-20, 07:42 AM
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04-18-20, 09:43 AM
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Happy Birthday, Neal! 60 is a real milestone.
This is Stoney Creek, one of the runoff aisles from Burke Lake. We've had tons of rain the past ten days or so, and pretty much every moving body of water has overflowed its banks multiple times. The paths down in the valley are full of tree roots swollen from the rains and springtime sap rise, so they're bumpier than usual.
When Sr. Pelizzoli and I worked out the specs for this custom frame, one thing I required was flexibility in wheel and tire size. So although I usually run it with 700 X 25's, it will also take 700 X 32's...or these 650B X 38's.
Been over three years since I ran 650B's on the Pel, so took a little time last week to switch over. Like riding on a cloud with Italian unicorns. Or maybe a 'racing Italian adventure bike'!
This is Stoney Creek, one of the runoff aisles from Burke Lake. We've had tons of rain the past ten days or so, and pretty much every moving body of water has overflowed its banks multiple times. The paths down in the valley are full of tree roots swollen from the rains and springtime sap rise, so they're bumpier than usual.
When Sr. Pelizzoli and I worked out the specs for this custom frame, one thing I required was flexibility in wheel and tire size. So although I usually run it with 700 X 25's, it will also take 700 X 32's...or these 650B X 38's.
Been over three years since I ran 650B's on the Pel, so took a little time last week to switch over. Like riding on a cloud with Italian unicorns. Or maybe a 'racing Italian adventure bike'!
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04-18-20, 10:14 AM
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etherhuffer , gugie are you getting better views of the mountains because smog has decreased? Don't remember it being so clear when I've been in the PNW.
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04-18-20, 10:21 AM
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Happy Birthday! Now you can cut the social distancing line at the grocery store. Happened to me last week..."anyone on line over 60? You can go right in!"
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Been riding almost every day to make up for the lack of a daily bike commute thanks to Covid WFH. Here's a few pics from the past few days:
Took the '74 Super Tourer for a ride that included some gravel along the top of the Addicks Reservoir levee here in Houston.
Hit the park with the Cannondale the day before:
And yesterday ordered Banh Mi for lunch and took the Raleigh to pick it up
Took the '74 Super Tourer for a ride that included some gravel along the top of the Addicks Reservoir levee here in Houston.
Hit the park with the Cannondale the day before:
And yesterday ordered Banh Mi for lunch and took the Raleigh to pick it up
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When Sr. Pelizzoli and I worked out the specs for this custom frame, one thing I required was flexibility in wheel and tire size. So although I usually run it with 700 X 25's, it will also take 700 X 32's...or these 650B X 38's.
Been over three years since I ran 650B's on the Pel, so took a little time last week to switch over. Like riding on a cloud with Italian unicorns. Or maybe a 'racing Italian adventure bike'!
Been over three years since I ran 650B's on the Pel, so took a little time last week to switch over. Like riding on a cloud with Italian unicorns. Or maybe a 'racing Italian adventure bike'!
04-18-20, 12:00 PM
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04-18-20, 03:31 PM
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Welcome to middle age @nlerner - best wishes for a long spell, until old age starts knockin. Be safe.
No ride today = rainy.
maybe tax day?
No ride today = rainy.
maybe tax day?
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California's social distancing orders had their silver lining for me today. I rode my LeJeune which I rebuilt for the quarantine project thread. This road in the Point Reyes National Seashore is 3 miles from my house. It leads to a very popular beach. After the crowds thronged to the beach on the first weekend of the "shelter in place" orders the Park closed the road to vehicular traffic. Fortunately for those of us on foot and bike California considers exercising close to home an essential activity. If you want to go to the beach you must either ride your bike or travel on foot. Given that it is about 8 miles to the beach with a thousand-foot hill in the middle, very few people are using this road.
On the way to the popular beach is a dirt access road, always closed to traffic, which one can ride or walk 3 miles to a backcountry campground and much less crowded beach.
The only other people on the beach were two women who had hiked in 8 miles from a different direction.
Spring has definitely come to my corner of California.
Final count; 6 other bikes, 3 runners, 4 hikers, 1 ranger truck, no cars.
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On the way to the popular beach is a dirt access road, always closed to traffic, which one can ride or walk 3 miles to a backcountry campground and much less crowded beach.
The only other people on the beach were two women who had hiked in 8 miles from a different direction.
Spring has definitely come to my corner of California.
Final count; 6 other bikes, 3 runners, 4 hikers, 1 ranger truck, no cars.
Brent