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Road Cycling “It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best, since you have to sweat up the hills and coast down them. Thus you remember them as they actually are, while in a motor car only a high hill impresses you, and you have no such accurate remembrance of country you have driven through as you gain by riding a bicycle.” -- Ernest Hemingway

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Old 09-16-21, 02:18 PM
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
add trees and this would by willyburg, va……
Trees?

Lucky to get cactus and sage brush.
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Old 09-16-21, 02:30 PM
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
is there one from key west to the tip of maine?
You could make one.
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Old 09-16-21, 02:38 PM
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
is there one from key west to the tip of maine?
Route 1? No thanks.
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Originally Posted by datlas
Route 1? No thanks.
Sounds like about as much fun as Route 30.
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Old 09-16-21, 03:17 PM
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
Brilliant, but the fuel economy is gonna suck.
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Old 09-16-21, 03:19 PM
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Originally Posted by rjones28
Brilliant, but the fuel economy is gonna suck.
I think it's gonna blow.
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
Once I get my mind set on something, I don’t stop til I pull it off.
I'd start with one of these first if the Rona ever gets under control. Lots of tough climbing rides in the western part of the state also. The RABA Heart Of VA ride is this weekend in Ashland. It's a good route.

https://bikevirginia.org/2020-tour/

https://www.transvirginia.org/

https://www.heartofvabikefestival.org/
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Old 09-16-21, 03:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Trsnrtr
You can barely see the scar from my chainsaw action.
Which one?
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
Looks like Overwaitea is history now. Pour one out for 'em. I'd visited the Squamish and Penticton locations.
Sad.

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Old 09-16-21, 04:24 PM
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Originally Posted by BillyD
Which one?
That's not nice. I only have one big one.
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Old 09-16-21, 04:56 PM
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Originally Posted by rjones28
Again?
The lawn doesn't look this way by itself.

Note the precision edging along the road/sidewalk, as far as the eye can see.

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Old 09-16-21, 05:05 PM
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Originally Posted by genejockey
The end of last night's ride. Missed the sun falling below the hills by a few minutes. This was not even 7 PM. Note to VV - only the grass is dead. Everything else is evergreen.
So, the land is only half dead.
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Old 09-16-21, 05:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
So, the land is only half dead.
You're one of those "Glass Of Poison Is Half Empty" kind of guys, aren't you?
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Originally Posted by whyfi
i think it's gonna blow.
twss
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Originally Posted by WhyFi
I think it's gonna blow.
As Scotty so often said, "I cannae gie ye morre powerr, Captain! She'll blow!"
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Originally Posted by Mojo31
I don't even want to drive across the country, much less ride across it!
It depends on who you're with, and the route.

Like if you're stuck with DougRNS playing his favourite '70s 8-tracks, hard pass.
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RV rental is not cheap these days. I looked into it some last year, and besides the daily rate of $300-400+/day for a Class B type, the charge was typically $.50 - 1.00/mile for every mile over 100, and add prep, clean and other fees. You're looking at at least $7,000 for two weeks plus mileage.
Yikes, gotta assume that's COVID inflated this year, like rental cars in some places.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
It depends on who you're with, and the route.

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Wrong.
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Slow night. Everyone must be planning a road trip.

Think I'll hit I-75 S this weekend.
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
Most of my rides, so far, this year have been under 10 miles.
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Walk off win.
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Originally Posted by Trsnrtr
I think that we (human species) are a blight on the earth, no matter what we try to do.
exactly
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Outside of Brattleboro, VT. Heading south of the border into MA tomorrow. Will ride through my high school in Old Deerfield, MA.

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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Just cause you do it doesn't mean it's smart.

Video says one knife costs over than $3,000. SMH.
What's even more silly is that people spend that much on a bike.
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C vs F action on the twitters
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