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03-26-17, 06:25 PM
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Originally Posted by dgodave
got my fenders clogged.I kept a mud clearing stick with me the whole ride
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03-27-17, 10:04 AM
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Probably the dirtiest ride I've done was the Middle F**k Snoqualmie. I knew going into it that it was a dumpster dive. I've seen enough rainforests for a lifetime and usually prefer to be on the dry side (of the Cascades) but time was limited this day.
03-27-17, 10:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Seattle Forrest
Probably the dirtiest ride I've done was the Middle F**k Snoqualmie. I knew going into it that it was a dumpster dive. I've seen enough rainforests for a lifetime and usually prefer to be on the dry side (of the Cascades) but time was limited this day.
03-27-17, 10:43 AM
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Well it gets stickier the deeper you sink. But I prefer dry and dusty.
03-27-17, 10:48 AM
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Saturday morning is best spent grinding. I went on a "short" 30km ride with my local group of which 15kms were gravel and about half of that going up hill and then down through a very steep road (thank goodness for disc brakes).
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Ride to dream.
A couple of pictures before the farmland starts to green up this spring. One shot of my kids on a camping trip I took with them in 2015. Taken with 35mm FujiFilm.
Yes, I know it's flatland. Wind instead of hills add challenge to the rides.
My wife, who is French and North African, tells me she can see beauty anywhere, even the plains of South Kansas.
Yes, I know it's flatland. Wind instead of hills add challenge to the rides.
My wife, who is French and North African, tells me she can see beauty anywhere, even the plains of South Kansas.
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04-04-17, 07:44 AM
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Sunday's ride.
55 miles
Gravel, pavement, dirt
There was an inch of fresh snow at my house when I left.
55 miles
Gravel, pavement, dirt
There was an inch of fresh snow at my house when I left.
04-13-17, 01:35 PM
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Notice the pic with the nest in the tree. That tree was about 300 yards off the road. I think it was an eagles nest. It had to have been a huge nest. My camera was zoomed in all the way. I could never get over the beauty of plum thickets blooming in the spring.
Notice the pic with the nest in the tree. That tree was about 300 yards off the road. I think it was an eagles nest. It had to have been a huge nest. My camera was zoomed in all the way. I could never get over the beauty of plum thickets blooming in the spring.
04-13-17, 09:17 PM
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Welcome to the South
04-14-17, 06:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Vortac180
My wife, who is French and North African, tells me she can see beauty anywhere, even the plains of South Kansas.
04-14-17, 07:22 AM
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Inaugural ride of Carver, right before a T-storm this morning. Hot damn this fatter tire unpavement stuff is fun.
Inaugural ride - Album on Imgur
Inaugural ride - Album on Imgur
04-14-17, 07:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Marcus_Ti
this fatter tire unpavement stuff is fun
04-14-17, 07:44 AM
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Originally Posted by rumrunn6
it is, isn't it? nice tires. Panaracer Gravelkings? can I ask what you did for pressure front/rear?
This build is still a WIP, and fit and handling was more the worry this morning...tuning tire pressure will come later (also need to figure a mounting-brace-extension for my rear rack). Coming from years of roadie slicks at 90PSI....even overinflated knobbies (I think they still had 60PSI from seating them LOL) are more comfortable on crappy roads/paths.
Handles great, did some not-too-technical single track descents on damp mud/grass as well as rails-trails and chipped limestone.
04-14-17, 08:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Marcus_Ti
build is still a WIP
04-15-17, 04:44 PM
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Originally Posted by ckindt
04-15-17, 04:47 PM
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haha, that's fun!
04-15-17, 05:07 PM
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Originally Posted by trail_monkey
Isn't that south of viking lake or is it SE of red oak?
04-15-17, 05:09 PM
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Originally Posted by ckindt
It's right here.
04-15-17, 05:15 PM
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I didn't think to take a picture while mired in the mud, but this was just before I got home...
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04-15-17, 05:17 PM
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Originally Posted by wgscott
I didn't think to take a picture while mired, but this was just before I got home...
04-15-17, 05:19 PM
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Originally Posted by trail_monkey
Mired?
Sorry, I was too busy trying to figure out why the image was of such low quality -- bb doesn't seem to like png.
Here is how the trails looked -- through the fish-eye lens of my Sony action cam. (Those redwood tree trunks are straight in real life.) The kid took over my mountain bike, and is teaching himself to bunny-hop.
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04-15-17, 05:22 PM
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Originally Posted by wgscott
... mired in the mud.
Sorry, I was too busy trying to figure out why the image was of such low quality -- bb doesn't seem to like png.
Sorry, I was too busy trying to figure out why the image was of such low quality -- bb doesn't seem to like png.
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Originally Posted by trail_monkey
I went for a short 8 Mile ride on gravel today. I decided to do it old school and I just wore my blue jeans and my shirt my clipless shoes and my helmet. I had mud slung up from the crack of my ass to the small of my back LOL. My wife told me it look like I **** myself but I said I'm going to wear this stuff all day long and be proud of it haha
