Addiction LXXIX
#4951
Super Modest
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Central Illinois
Posts: 23,467
Bikes: Trek Emonda, Giant Propel, Colnago V3, Co-Motion Supremo, ICE VTX WC
Mentioned: 107 Post(s)
Tagged: 1 Thread(s)
Quoted: 10963 Post(s)
Liked 4,621 Times
in
2,124 Posts
#4952
Has a magic bike
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Los Angeles
Posts: 12,590
Bikes: 2018 Scott Spark, 2015 Fuji Norcom Straight, 2014 BMC GF01, 2013 Trek Madone
Mentioned: 699 Post(s)
Tagged: 1 Thread(s)
Quoted: 4456 Post(s)
Liked 425 Times
in
157 Posts
I make a mean 100% Whole Wheat pancake, which is really good topped with a little honey. But generally speaking: maple syrup
#4953
cowboy, steel horse, etc
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: The hot spot.
Posts: 44,856
Bikes: everywhere
Mentioned: 72 Post(s)
Tagged: 1 Thread(s)
Quoted: 12782 Post(s)
Liked 7,696 Times
in
4,085 Posts
#4954
Super Modest
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Central Illinois
Posts: 23,467
Bikes: Trek Emonda, Giant Propel, Colnago V3, Co-Motion Supremo, ICE VTX WC
Mentioned: 107 Post(s)
Tagged: 1 Thread(s)
Quoted: 10963 Post(s)
Liked 4,621 Times
in
2,124 Posts
#4955
Has a magic bike
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Los Angeles
Posts: 12,590
Bikes: 2018 Scott Spark, 2015 Fuji Norcom Straight, 2014 BMC GF01, 2013 Trek Madone
Mentioned: 699 Post(s)
Tagged: 1 Thread(s)
Quoted: 4456 Post(s)
Liked 425 Times
in
157 Posts
There’s 400 miles of MTB trails here in Park City. You can set out in any direction and not have to worry about traffic.
#4956
Super Modest
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Central Illinois
Posts: 23,467
Bikes: Trek Emonda, Giant Propel, Colnago V3, Co-Motion Supremo, ICE VTX WC
Mentioned: 107 Post(s)
Tagged: 1 Thread(s)
Quoted: 10963 Post(s)
Liked 4,621 Times
in
2,124 Posts
#4957
Should Be More Popular
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Malvern, PA (20 miles West of Philly)
Posts: 43,059
Bikes: 1986 Alpine (steel road bike), 2009 Ti Habenero, 2013 Specialized Roubaix
Mentioned: 560 Post(s)
Tagged: 2 Thread(s)
Quoted: 22600 Post(s)
Liked 8,928 Times
in
4,160 Posts
After some close calls yesterday, I am seriously considering a loop video camera for my bars to record the license plate of any driver that hits me and/or does me bodily harm. I don’t want a fancy GoPro and have no desire to post on YouTube or social media. Ideally said device might also have a rear-facing camera so encounters from behind can be recorded in their entirety.
One close call yesterday that motivates this was not mine but a friend’s. We were on the last climb of the day and the road was totally straight. A big black pickup with big side mirrors buzzed us. I was near the white line but my friend was in the middle of the lane. Truck passed us way too close at very high speed and from my vantage point came a few inches from hitting the back of his head with passenger side mirror. There was no reason for such a fast and close pass as there was no oncoming traffic. Driver was either careless or a menace, maybe both.
Any suggestions on a budget camera to record my demise so my family knows whom to blame??
One close call yesterday that motivates this was not mine but a friend’s. We were on the last climb of the day and the road was totally straight. A big black pickup with big side mirrors buzzed us. I was near the white line but my friend was in the middle of the lane. Truck passed us way too close at very high speed and from my vantage point came a few inches from hitting the back of his head with passenger side mirror. There was no reason for such a fast and close pass as there was no oncoming traffic. Driver was either careless or a menace, maybe both.
Any suggestions on a budget camera to record my demise so my family knows whom to blame??
#4958
Should Be More Popular
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Malvern, PA (20 miles West of Philly)
Posts: 43,059
Bikes: 1986 Alpine (steel road bike), 2009 Ti Habenero, 2013 Specialized Roubaix
Mentioned: 560 Post(s)
Tagged: 2 Thread(s)
Quoted: 22600 Post(s)
Liked 8,928 Times
in
4,160 Posts
#4959
serious cyclist
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Austin
Posts: 21,147
Bikes: S1, R2, P2
Mentioned: 115 Post(s)
Tagged: 1 Thread(s)
Quoted: 9334 Post(s)
Liked 3,679 Times
in
2,026 Posts
After some close calls yesterday, I am seriously considering a loop video camera for my bars to record the license plate of any driver that hits me and/or does me bodily harm. I don’t want a fancy GoPro and have no desire to post on YouTube or social media. Ideally said device might also have a rear-facing camera so encounters from behind can be recorded in their entirety.
One close call yesterday that motivates this was not mine but a friend’s. We were on the last climb of the day and the road was totally straight. A big black pickup with big side mirrors buzzed us. I was near the white line but my friend was in the middle of the lane. Truck passed us way too close at very high speed and from my vantage point came a few inches from hitting the back of his head with passenger side mirror. There was no reason for such a fast and close pass as there was no oncoming traffic. Driver was either careless or a menace, maybe both.
Any suggestions on a budget camera to record my demise so my family knows whom to blame??
One close call yesterday that motivates this was not mine but a friend’s. We were on the last climb of the day and the road was totally straight. A big black pickup with big side mirrors buzzed us. I was near the white line but my friend was in the middle of the lane. Truck passed us way too close at very high speed and from my vantage point came a few inches from hitting the back of his head with passenger side mirror. There was no reason for such a fast and close pass as there was no oncoming traffic. Driver was either careless or a menace, maybe both.
Any suggestions on a budget camera to record my demise so my family knows whom to blame??
#4960
serious cyclist
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Austin
Posts: 21,147
Bikes: S1, R2, P2
Mentioned: 115 Post(s)
Tagged: 1 Thread(s)
Quoted: 9334 Post(s)
Liked 3,679 Times
in
2,026 Posts
#4961
Should Be More Popular
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Malvern, PA (20 miles West of Philly)
Posts: 43,059
Bikes: 1986 Alpine (steel road bike), 2009 Ti Habenero, 2013 Specialized Roubaix
Mentioned: 560 Post(s)
Tagged: 2 Thread(s)
Quoted: 22600 Post(s)
Liked 8,928 Times
in
4,160 Posts
In PA cars don’t have a front license plate. So to identify vehicle it’s gotta get in front of me.
I am thinking one that has both front and rear would be ideal.
I am thinking one that has both front and rear would be ideal.
Likes For datlas:
#4962
serious cyclist
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Austin
Posts: 21,147
Bikes: S1, R2, P2
Mentioned: 115 Post(s)
Tagged: 1 Thread(s)
Quoted: 9334 Post(s)
Liked 3,679 Times
in
2,026 Posts
If AG continues her not-really-riding I may try Campy on the disc bikes.
#4963
serious cyclist
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Austin
Posts: 21,147
Bikes: S1, R2, P2
Mentioned: 115 Post(s)
Tagged: 1 Thread(s)
Quoted: 9334 Post(s)
Liked 3,679 Times
in
2,026 Posts
The problem is post-impact it's highly unlikely to be aimed right to get a clear view of the rear plate. Better than nothing, but your bars might be pointed at the sky or ground.
Damn that's a morbid topic.
#4964
Has a magic bike
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Los Angeles
Posts: 12,590
Bikes: 2018 Scott Spark, 2015 Fuji Norcom Straight, 2014 BMC GF01, 2013 Trek Madone
Mentioned: 699 Post(s)
Tagged: 1 Thread(s)
Quoted: 4456 Post(s)
Liked 425 Times
in
157 Posts
So. We left for vacation on Aug 26 and we don’t start making our way home until Thursday. It’s been a deliciously long trip.
First we stayed in a sweet little cabin around 30 min outside Bryce Canyon NP. We’ve stayed there before, it has a nice little mini kitchen. Now with COVID, contactless check in and check out. So we cooked in, had no contact with anyone at all except when we went into the National Park.
Theres a horse pasture right out the front door of the cabin, and this year there were two mares and two little fillies in the pasture. We spent a lot of time just watching the horses, scratching their itchy parts etc.
The afternoon after we arrived, I rode my MTB down the dirt road outside the cabin. A few miles later, I found a trailhead. Rode back to the cabin and looked it up, then pieced together a route to ride into Red Canyon, which is just outside Bryce. I had the place to myself. Later on, we went into Bryce Canyon itself and did a short hike along the rim around sunset time. On the way out of the park, we had this crazy deer sighting. Family group in a meadow and then this buck crossed the road and walked right over to me, standing in the open car door snapping pics of his family. Handsome fellow.
After two days at the cabin, we left for Park City. We came here on a timeshare exchange a few years ago and wound up buying a resale every other year timeshare at Marriott Mountainside, which I stretched into a 13 day stay. The reason we bought the TS is I loved the MTBing around here, there’s gobs of intermediate cross country trails around here. We’ve been here 9 days and I’ve ridden 100 miles/11000ft of trails already. It’s been heaven. All the locals have been complaining that it’s “hot”. They have no idea. The highs are in the 90s but when I start my rides at 7am, it’s typically in the 40s or 50s. So not only are the trails delicious, the weather is too.
Wasatch Crest Trail, at 10000ft. It’s a beauty of a trail.
This is the Land of The Switchback. If you need switchback practice, come ride Park City.
Mid Mountain Trail. You can ride this one for many miles, transversely across the mountain, from Deer Valley to Park City Mountain to the Canyons.
Today I rode up up up to Shadow Lake, at 9000ft. So cool and crisp. This is Keystone Trail.
Tomorrow will be a rest day. Then three more days of riding, before we head home. Tuesday Park City will be on the back side of the big storm that’s heading to Colorado. Highs forecast to be 58F, and it will be windy. But otherwise the weather is expected to stay fine. At home there’s a miserable heatwave going on, so we’re feeling lucky to be here.
We have cooked in every meal except a few takeout meals. Other than me riding, we are just hanging out playing Yahtzee and binge watching Amazon Prime. It’s been a super chill and enjoyable trip.
First we stayed in a sweet little cabin around 30 min outside Bryce Canyon NP. We’ve stayed there before, it has a nice little mini kitchen. Now with COVID, contactless check in and check out. So we cooked in, had no contact with anyone at all except when we went into the National Park.
Theres a horse pasture right out the front door of the cabin, and this year there were two mares and two little fillies in the pasture. We spent a lot of time just watching the horses, scratching their itchy parts etc.
The afternoon after we arrived, I rode my MTB down the dirt road outside the cabin. A few miles later, I found a trailhead. Rode back to the cabin and looked it up, then pieced together a route to ride into Red Canyon, which is just outside Bryce. I had the place to myself. Later on, we went into Bryce Canyon itself and did a short hike along the rim around sunset time. On the way out of the park, we had this crazy deer sighting. Family group in a meadow and then this buck crossed the road and walked right over to me, standing in the open car door snapping pics of his family. Handsome fellow.
After two days at the cabin, we left for Park City. We came here on a timeshare exchange a few years ago and wound up buying a resale every other year timeshare at Marriott Mountainside, which I stretched into a 13 day stay. The reason we bought the TS is I loved the MTBing around here, there’s gobs of intermediate cross country trails around here. We’ve been here 9 days and I’ve ridden 100 miles/11000ft of trails already. It’s been heaven. All the locals have been complaining that it’s “hot”. They have no idea. The highs are in the 90s but when I start my rides at 7am, it’s typically in the 40s or 50s. So not only are the trails delicious, the weather is too.
Wasatch Crest Trail, at 10000ft. It’s a beauty of a trail.
This is the Land of The Switchback. If you need switchback practice, come ride Park City.
Mid Mountain Trail. You can ride this one for many miles, transversely across the mountain, from Deer Valley to Park City Mountain to the Canyons.
Today I rode up up up to Shadow Lake, at 9000ft. So cool and crisp. This is Keystone Trail.
Tomorrow will be a rest day. Then three more days of riding, before we head home. Tuesday Park City will be on the back side of the big storm that’s heading to Colorado. Highs forecast to be 58F, and it will be windy. But otherwise the weather is expected to stay fine. At home there’s a miserable heatwave going on, so we’re feeling lucky to be here.
We have cooked in every meal except a few takeout meals. Other than me riding, we are just hanging out playing Yahtzee and binge watching Amazon Prime. It’s been a super chill and enjoyable trip.
Likes For Heathpack:
#4965
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Bristol, R. I.
Posts: 4,340
Bikes: Specialized Secteur, old Peugeot
Mentioned: 20 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 663 Post(s)
Liked 496 Times
in
299 Posts
A boyhood friend in my home town that I get to see about once a year, frequently says, "I don't drink anymore". This statement is followed by, "I don't drink any less" as he pours a good measure of bourbon into a glass.
Last edited by berner; 09-07-20 at 02:47 PM. Reason: puctuation
Likes For berner:
#4966
VFL For Life
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Knoxville, TN
Posts: 51,235
Bikes: Velo Volmobile
Mentioned: 780 Post(s)
Tagged: 2 Thread(s)
Quoted: 28629 Post(s)
Liked 1,858 Times
in
1,320 Posts
#4967
Silver Comet Fred
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: NW Metro Atl.
Posts: 12,082
Bikes: 1
Mentioned: 145 Post(s)
Tagged: 2 Thread(s)
Quoted: 8845 Post(s)
Liked 2,995 Times
in
1,741 Posts
#ToughLove
Last edited by DougRNS; 09-06-20 at 04:30 PM.
Likes For DougRNS:
#4968
Has a magic bike
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Los Angeles
Posts: 12,590
Bikes: 2018 Scott Spark, 2015 Fuji Norcom Straight, 2014 BMC GF01, 2013 Trek Madone
Mentioned: 699 Post(s)
Tagged: 1 Thread(s)
Quoted: 4456 Post(s)
Liked 425 Times
in
157 Posts
Ever since COVID, reading what people express on social media has left me unsettled. I feel like there’s so many hostile people in the world and somehow COVID has brought voice to the hostility. It’s weird, but on a subconscious level it has kind of left me uncomfortable with road riding. Not that COVID has brought up anything about bikes. But more that you realize there’s a lot of people who aggressively have no regard for their fellow human beings. At least that’s how it feels to me. I still ride the road, of course, but I don’t feel the same way about it. I feel hugely less vulnerable out on trails. We have very few trails at home sadly. So I’m gorging on it while I can.
Likes For Heathpack:
#4970
Silver Comet Fred
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: NW Metro Atl.
Posts: 12,082
Bikes: 1
Mentioned: 145 Post(s)
Tagged: 2 Thread(s)
Quoted: 8845 Post(s)
Liked 2,995 Times
in
1,741 Posts
So. We left for vacation on Aug 26 and we don’t start making our way home until Thursday. It’s been a deliciously long trip.
First we stayed in a sweet little cabin around 30 min outside Bryce Canyon NP. We’ve stayed there before, it has a nice little mini kitchen. Now with COVID, contactless check in and check out. So we cooked in, had no contact with anyone at all except when we went into the National Park.
Theres a horse pasture right out the front door of the cabin, and this year there were two mares and two little fillies in the pasture. We spent a lot of time just watching the horses, scratching their itchy parts etc.
The afternoon after we arrived, I rode my MTB down the dirt road outside the cabin. A few miles later, I found a trailhead. Rode back to the cabin and looked it up, then pieced together a route to ride into Red Canyon, which is just outside Bryce. I had the place to myself. Later on, we went into Bryce Canyon itself and did a short hike along the rim around sunset time. On the way out of the park, we had this crazy deer sighting. Family group in a meadow and then this buck crossed the road and walked right over to me, standing in the open car door snapping pics of his family. Handsome fellow.
After two days at the cabin, we left for Park City. We came here on a timeshare exchange a few years ago and wound up buying a resale every other year timeshare at Marriott Mountainside, which I stretched into a 13 day stay. The reason we bought the TS is I loved the MTBing around here, there’s gobs of intermediate cross country trails around here. We’ve been here 9 days and I’ve ridden 100 miles/11000ft of trails already. It’s been heaven. All the locals have been complaining that it’s “hot”. They have no idea. The highs are in the 90s but when I start my rides at 7am, it’s typically in the 40s or 50s. So not only are the trails delicious, the weather is too.
Wasatch Crest Trail, at 10000ft. It’s a beauty of a trail.
This is the Land of The Switchback. If you need switchback practice, come ride Park City.
Mid Mountain Trail. You can ride this one for many miles, transversely across the mountain, from Deer Valley to Park City Mountain to the Canyons.
Today I rode up up up to Shadow Lake, at 9000ft. So cool and crisp. This is Keystone Trail.
Tomorrow will be a rest day. Then three more days of riding, before we head home. Tuesday Park City will be on the back side of the big storm that’s heading to Colorado. Highs forecast to be 58F, and it will be windy. But otherwise the weather is expected to stay fine. At home there’s a miserable heatwave going on, so we’re feeling lucky to be here.
We have cooked in every meal except a few takeout meals. Other than me riding, we are just hanging out playing Yahtzee and binge watching Amazon Prime. It’s been a super chill and enjoyable trip.
First we stayed in a sweet little cabin around 30 min outside Bryce Canyon NP. We’ve stayed there before, it has a nice little mini kitchen. Now with COVID, contactless check in and check out. So we cooked in, had no contact with anyone at all except when we went into the National Park.
Theres a horse pasture right out the front door of the cabin, and this year there were two mares and two little fillies in the pasture. We spent a lot of time just watching the horses, scratching their itchy parts etc.
The afternoon after we arrived, I rode my MTB down the dirt road outside the cabin. A few miles later, I found a trailhead. Rode back to the cabin and looked it up, then pieced together a route to ride into Red Canyon, which is just outside Bryce. I had the place to myself. Later on, we went into Bryce Canyon itself and did a short hike along the rim around sunset time. On the way out of the park, we had this crazy deer sighting. Family group in a meadow and then this buck crossed the road and walked right over to me, standing in the open car door snapping pics of his family. Handsome fellow.
After two days at the cabin, we left for Park City. We came here on a timeshare exchange a few years ago and wound up buying a resale every other year timeshare at Marriott Mountainside, which I stretched into a 13 day stay. The reason we bought the TS is I loved the MTBing around here, there’s gobs of intermediate cross country trails around here. We’ve been here 9 days and I’ve ridden 100 miles/11000ft of trails already. It’s been heaven. All the locals have been complaining that it’s “hot”. They have no idea. The highs are in the 90s but when I start my rides at 7am, it’s typically in the 40s or 50s. So not only are the trails delicious, the weather is too.
Wasatch Crest Trail, at 10000ft. It’s a beauty of a trail.
This is the Land of The Switchback. If you need switchback practice, come ride Park City.
Mid Mountain Trail. You can ride this one for many miles, transversely across the mountain, from Deer Valley to Park City Mountain to the Canyons.
Today I rode up up up to Shadow Lake, at 9000ft. So cool and crisp. This is Keystone Trail.
Tomorrow will be a rest day. Then three more days of riding, before we head home. Tuesday Park City will be on the back side of the big storm that’s heading to Colorado. Highs forecast to be 58F, and it will be windy. But otherwise the weather is expected to stay fine. At home there’s a miserable heatwave going on, so we’re feeling lucky to be here.
We have cooked in every meal except a few takeout meals. Other than me riding, we are just hanging out playing Yahtzee and binge watching Amazon Prime. It’s been a super chill and enjoyable trip.
#4971
VFL For Life
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Knoxville, TN
Posts: 51,235
Bikes: Velo Volmobile
Mentioned: 780 Post(s)
Tagged: 2 Thread(s)
Quoted: 28629 Post(s)
Liked 1,858 Times
in
1,320 Posts
Ever since COVID, reading what people express on social media has left me unsettled. I feel like there’s so many hostile people in the world and somehow COVID has brought voice to the hostility. It’s weird, but on a subconscious level it has kind of left me uncomfortable with road riding. Not that COVID has brought up anything about bikes. But more that you realize there’s a lot of people who aggressively have no regard for their fellow human beings. At least that’s how it feels to me. I still ride the road, of course, but I don’t feel the same way about it. I feel hugely less vulnerable out on trails. We have very few trails at home sadly. So I’m gorging on it while I can.
Likes For Velo Vol:
#4972
Silver Comet Fred
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: NW Metro Atl.
Posts: 12,082
Bikes: 1
Mentioned: 145 Post(s)
Tagged: 2 Thread(s)
Quoted: 8845 Post(s)
Liked 2,995 Times
in
1,741 Posts
#4973
VFL For Life
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Knoxville, TN
Posts: 51,235
Bikes: Velo Volmobile
Mentioned: 780 Post(s)
Tagged: 2 Thread(s)
Quoted: 28629 Post(s)
Liked 1,858 Times
in
1,320 Posts
#4974
Silver Comet Fred
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: NW Metro Atl.
Posts: 12,082
Bikes: 1
Mentioned: 145 Post(s)
Tagged: 2 Thread(s)
Quoted: 8845 Post(s)
Liked 2,995 Times
in
1,741 Posts
#4975
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 39,256
Mentioned: 211 Post(s)
Tagged: 1 Thread(s)
Quoted: 18424 Post(s)
Liked 15,580 Times
in
7,337 Posts
Was the road one lane in each direction with no shoulder? I was surprised to just learn that on such roads you can take the entire lane thanks to a 2016 amendment to PA law.
Last month I nearly got doored near my house by a NJ driver. She got out and said she would never try to hurt me. I noted that she just broke the law. Her ass of a husband asked “How? By opening the door?” I paraphrased this: “No person open any door on a motor vehicle unless and until it is reasonably safe to do so and can be done without interfering with the movement of other traffic…” Shut him down quick
Last month I nearly got doored near my house by a NJ driver. She got out and said she would never try to hurt me. I noted that she just broke the law. Her ass of a husband asked “How? By opening the door?” I paraphrased this: “No person open any door on a motor vehicle unless and until it is reasonably safe to do so and can be done without interfering with the movement of other traffic…” Shut him down quick
Likes For indyfabz: