Touring pics
04-20-22, 02:45 PM
#1677
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2014
Location: USA
Posts: 1,820
Bikes: 1996 Trek 970 ZX Single Track 2x11
Mentioned: 8 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 614 Post(s)
Liked 564 Times
in
428 Posts
Haven't been bicycle touring in Australia, and likely never will, but I thought with all these great wilderness dirt-trail pics everyone's been showing this would be a suitable addition to the discussion.
The Mawson Trail in south Australia, 900km long, through the Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park area, from just north of Adelaide to Blinman. Looks like an amazing area of the countryside, for exploring via a bike. Stunning scenery, ancient fossils, dirt roads/trails galore.
Australia's trail where life began @ BBC.
The Mawson Trail in south Australia, 900km long, through the Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park area, from just north of Adelaide to Blinman. Looks like an amazing area of the countryside, for exploring via a bike. Stunning scenery, ancient fossils, dirt roads/trails galore.
Australia's trail where life began @ BBC.
Likes For CMAW:
Likes For str:
Likes For str:
04-30-22, 07:52 AM
#1684
Senior Member
Herr STR, can't remember if I've already shown these, but here's one of my "village old guys hanging out playing whatever game" shots. Gotta love these small town people encounters, and every place in every country has the same old guys hanging out. It's great isn't it?
This was in southern France about 15 years ago.
This was in southern France about 15 years ago.
Last edited by djb; 04-30-22 at 07:56 AM.
04-30-22, 08:24 AM
#1685
Senior Member
"Soy Ed, el caballo que habla"
Back in the 80s when living in Latin America, the family I lived with had a tv, and there was a dubbed American show from the 50s that used to come on . "Ed the talking horse" original name of show. I learned Spanish watching it, so your photo made me think of that......
And last shot, I always like a moody sky landscape shot. Nice one.
Love riding through stuff like that and love taking them.
Mexico somewhere
Back in the 80s when living in Latin America, the family I lived with had a tv, and there was a dubbed American show from the 50s that used to come on . "Ed the talking horse" original name of show. I learned Spanish watching it, so your photo made me think of that......
And last shot, I always like a moody sky landscape shot. Nice one.
Love riding through stuff like that and love taking them.
Mexico somewhere
Last edited by djb; 04-30-22 at 10:25 AM.
04-30-22, 08:47 AM
#1686
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Spain
Posts: 1,063
Mentioned: 4 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 271 Post(s)
Liked 487 Times
in
236 Posts
Herr STR, can't remember if I've already shown these, but here's one of my "village old guys hanging out playing whatever game" shots. Gotta love these small town people encounters, and every place in every country has the same old guys hanging out. It's great isn't it?
This was in southern France about 15 years ago.
This was in southern France about 15 years ago.
hey! very very nice one! beautiful pictures ... thanks
04-30-22, 11:16 AM
#1688
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 39,221
Mentioned: 211 Post(s)
Tagged: 1 Thread(s)
Quoted: 18403 Post(s)
Liked 15,495 Times
in
7,317 Posts
Taking a lunch break at the moment.
Likes For indyfabz:
04-30-22, 12:21 PM
#1689
Senior Member
Likes For str:
Likes For str:
Likes For str:
05-12-22, 01:29 PM
#1694
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2014
Location: USA
Posts: 1,820
Bikes: 1996 Trek 970 ZX Single Track 2x11
Mentioned: 8 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 614 Post(s)
Liked 564 Times
in
428 Posts
Man, oh man, but are my rides mostly boring with a capital "B" ... compared to some of ^ those recent treks into the wilds.
Beautiful spots, str . Hard not to fall in love with rides where one does a bit of exploring off the beaten path, when seeing some of what can be found out there.
Beautiful spots, str . Hard not to fall in love with rides where one does a bit of exploring off the beaten path, when seeing some of what can be found out there.
05-12-22, 11:34 PM
#1695
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Spain
Posts: 1,063
Mentioned: 4 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 271 Post(s)
Liked 487 Times
in
236 Posts
Man, oh man, but are my rides mostly boring with a capital "B" ... compared to some of ^ those recent treks into the wilds.
Beautiful spots, str . Hard not to fall in love with rides where one does a bit of exploring off the beaten path, when seeing some of what can be found out there.
Beautiful spots, str . Hard not to fall in love with rides where one does a bit of exploring off the beaten path, when seeing some of what can be found out there.
thanks Clyde, serious, Spain is really great for off-road and little roads touring, endless kilometres without traffic.
Likes For str:
05-21-22, 09:09 AM
#1697
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 39,221
Mentioned: 211 Post(s)
Tagged: 1 Thread(s)
Quoted: 18403 Post(s)
Liked 15,495 Times
in
7,317 Posts
Right here. Right now.
Likes For indyfabz:
05-21-22, 08:41 PM
#1698
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 39,221
Mentioned: 211 Post(s)
Tagged: 1 Thread(s)
Quoted: 18403 Post(s)
Liked 15,495 Times
in
7,317 Posts
Lunch. Best clam strips I’ve ever had.
05-30-22, 03:05 AM
#1699
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2020
Location: Ohio
Posts: 523
Bikes: 2021 Kona Sutra, Ragley parts-cycle
Mentioned: 1 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 128 Post(s)
Liked 1,242 Times
in
336 Posts
Rode the GAP last week.
Got caught in a tornado watch and had to hide in a tunnel for an hour.
Great success.
Got caught in a tornado watch and had to hide in a tunnel for an hour.
Great success.
