rumrunn6

1st thing I'm gonna do when we get out of this condo is get a hot tub!

big john

I went to the bike path near here yesterday.

fooferdoggie 

Mt hood about 30 miles away.

fooferdoggie 

Keep seeing this car in the same place. I bet for at least a year it comes and goes.

rumrunn6

looks like a nice ride! I'm curious about the lane markings? does this mean 2 lanes in one direction & one lane in the other direction? wonder why? do they change at diff. areas like up or down hills?

big john

The far left lane is for walkers/runners, etc. There are miles of this path and most of it has the extra lane and most of the foot traffic stays in that lane. Of course there are always knuckleheads who block the path but this is the best path for riding that I have ever been on. You can actually get up to speed for extended periods and there are no road crossings or chances to encounter a car.

rumrunn6

oh interesting! don't know if it would fly in our area

big john

We don't have any of that white stuff but most bike paths are plagued by the reeling leash.
This path does have benches where you can take a break and watch people.

rumrunn6

looks lovely. I like the wide unpaved section for I'm guessing runners in any direction? or horses?

big john

There are equestrian trails but I've never seen a horse out there, or horse droppings. I have seen runners on that dirt section. Closer to my house there are a lot of horses and some of the trails take quite a beating from the hooves, especially after a rain.
Here is my mtb on a horse trail which has become a rut.

rumrunn6

here we call them bridle paths. they do make good cycling, until they get deep & sometimes too narrow for my pedals

locolobo13 

botty kayer

11 miles across the city from my pic at Greenwich observatory upthread, this one is taken from Parliament Hill in north London.

gthomson

Like all your shots of London. Was there back in 94 and one of the best trips ever. Just waiting to get back there some day. How about a ride through some of the historic areas for us?

botty kayer

Thanks, and yes sure, provided I'm in town at the time, and I can fit it in around my work, I'll gladly give you a cycle tour covering places you'd like to visit. I'm out and about cycling all the time, ridden over 250 miles in London this week, so I have a pretty good knowledge of the city and finding my way around on 2 wheels. There's been a massive improvement in cycling infrastructure since 1994, which will make cycling loads nicer than when you last visited. At the risk of stating the bleeding obvious I would advice against coming in January of February though, it's bloody orrible here today, cold, wet with 30mph gusts of wind, not ideal cycling weather...I still went out in it though

botty kayer

Not a great photo, but I felt the need to honour this brave cherry tree near Victoria Park in London, for being the first tree blossom and first natural bringer of colour to the concrete jungle I've seen this year. It might only be mid February and today was cold, wet and windy, but this early starter is a harbinger of a longer, warmer days to come....hopefully sooner rather than later.

fooferdoggie 

looks more like a plum tree then a cherry tree.

botty kayer

my tree knowledge is not good, so I bow to your knowledge, I shall try again, bravo first PLUM tree of the year!

curbtender

How about a cherry plum?

fooferdoggie 

no problem I had 2 years landscape tech and I still have issues. here is a easy way to tel cherry their bark is pretty distinct. Plus their blossoms are pink and white
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obrentharris 

Brent

bjjoondo 

America the Beautiful Park, downtown Co. Springs, CO. Photo shot on the Sky Bridge Overlook, to clear the fence top, no photo of the recumbent trike.

tjfastback66

Devils Tower

delbiker1 

Indian River Inlet, Nice day but wind came up out of the southeast. It made for a chilly ride, but I cut through James Farm Eco and Wildlife Area. 5 mile loop and saw maybe a dozen people, mostly with dogs, and no cyclists. Nice way to spend a couple hours on a mid February day. Recently rattle can spray painted in Smoky Grey.

Old School Fuji Ace, nothing original but the materials in the frameset.


Out of the wind

A 2 wheeled world moment for one.

GamblerGORD53

Here's my smoky pic of a little Devil's tower SE of Yizhou, Guangxi, China. They were burning sugar cane for weeks there as I was riding from Vietnam.