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Old 03-04-24, 10:36 AM
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Goddard State Park - Lake Wilhelm
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Old 03-10-24, 01:46 AM
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some friends greeted us on this ride on the Panhandle near West Virginia
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Old 03-10-24, 05:11 AM
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Yesterday ... watching kite surfers along Good Harbor Beach during a Sunday ride ...

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Old 03-10-24, 09:59 AM
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Palms and snow capped mountains, what a contrast
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Old 03-10-24, 10:24 AM
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This is not by Alexander Calder
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Old 03-10-24, 10:52 AM
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Originally Posted by BTinNYC
This is not by Alexander Calder
Belongs in MOMA.
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Old 03-10-24, 11:41 AM
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Straight up Bike Paint Porn

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Old 03-10-24, 11:56 AM
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Originally Posted by BTinNYC
Straight up Bike Paint Porn

The paint in the bottom bracket threads is making me queasy.
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Old 03-10-24, 12:09 PM
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Originally Posted by terrymorse
The paint in the bottom bracket threads is making me queasy.
That's a sacrificial French BB for frame painting and thread chasing. It'll get dropped into a jar of solvent.
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Old 03-11-24, 08:02 PM
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Have a nice Daylight Savings Time!
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Old 03-12-24, 09:48 PM
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Dusk in Palm Springs (actually Indian Wells)

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Old 03-13-24, 03:42 PM
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Pt Pinole, looking across to Mt Tamalpais.
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Old 03-14-24, 09:50 AM
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saw the sun / light shining through the trees - but did not see the rainbow until later when viewing the picture
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Old 03-14-24, 09:56 AM
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Oil Creek State Park
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Old 03-14-24, 10:44 AM
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iphone panorama from yesterdays ride out Panoche Rd. in the eastern part of the county.
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"Originally created as a protest against oil drilling in the Arctic, this outdoor artwork is a haunting take on Andrew Wyeth's American landscape painting". - South Bank, London.
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Old 03-14-24, 12:58 PM
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Still trying to perfect an ice wheel, but suffered a PacMan attack.


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Old 03-14-24, 08:20 PM
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Tuesday ride with 4 others.


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Old 03-15-24, 11:45 AM
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Old 03-18-24, 07:46 PM
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Little Tujunga. I love the view of this road from Camp 9. See that curve way in the distance?



This is the top of that curve.

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Old 03-18-24, 08:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Biker395
Little Tujunga. I love the view of this road from Camp 9. See that curve way in the distance?

This is the top of that curve.
Where did you guys start?


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Old 03-18-24, 10:02 PM
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Old 03-18-24, 11:12 PM
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We called these yellow wildflowers “sour grass”. Not sure what they really are called.


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