Hybrid Bicycles - Where Did Your Hybrid Take You Today?

Funny thing happened to me on saturday...

I was riding to my aunt's house near Brussels and there was a tough constant headwind coming from the east that day.
The whole trip is about 25 miles and it's a long and open road ... I could see the flags of the companies by the side of the road waving rapidly in my direction.
It's difficult to judge the speed of the wind while riding a bike but it seemed like a very heavy wind ... I was pumping the pedals like a madman to even maintain a speed of 13-15 MPH.

Arriving in Ninove after about 10 miles I was completely wasted and decided to take a short break and get my breath back ... so I was sitting on a bench in the local park, drinking some water ... when suddenly I noticed ... that one of the springs on my rear V-brakes wasn't attached and so the brake had been pressed against the wheel all this time!
I had just completely washed my bike before driving out and apparently it had come off.

You can imagine I felt like a complete idiot :D

The rest of the drive was a lot easier although the headwind did still slow me down quite a bit.

cfr - I have a Superflash rear light, a blinkie in my helmet , have two very bright forward lights, and ride in superhero yellow with reflective stripes.

:)

And my shoes have 360 degrees of reflectivity too.

:thumb: Maybe enough. :D

This morning I had to go up to the north end of Kyoto. Some of the cherry blossoms were still in bloom.

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took a ride up the arroyo secco trail to the rosebowl and back. 20+ miles.

took a ride up the arroyo secco trail to the rosebowl and back. 20+ miles.

Pretty pictures. What's a rosebowl? Is it a village garden or similar?

Edit... I just googled it. A stadium d(^.^)

Wow, Kyoto is really beautiful. Wisconsin and Illinois are still looking pretty early spring drab, hope some color kicks in soon.

Funny thing happened to me on saturday...

I was riding to my aunt's house near Brussels and there was a tough constant headwind coming from the east that day.
The whole trip is about 25 miles and it's a long and open road ... I could see the flags of the companies by the side of the road waving rapidly in my direction.
It's difficult to judge the speed of the wind while riding a bike but it seemed like a very heavy wind ... I was pumping the pedals like a madman to even maintain a speed of 13-15 MPH.

Arriving in Ninove after about 10 miles I was completely wasted and decided to take a short break and get my breath back ... so I was sitting on a bench in the local park, drinking some water ... when suddenly I noticed ... that one of the springs on my rear V-brakes wasn't attached and so the brake had been pressed against the wheel all this time!
I had just completely washed my bike before driving out and apparently it had come off.

You can imagine I felt like a complete idiot :D

The rest of the drive was a lot easier although the headwind did still slow me down quite a bit.

Bummer! When I first bought my wife a mountain bike with disc brakes we went for a ride together. She kept telling me how hard it was to ride. I just looked at her and shook my head. After several miles we stopped, I picked up her bike and tried to spin the front wheel. It barely moved, the brake was engaged the whole time! Ooops!

I ventured into the back streets of Gion this morning...
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Forget today what about tomorrow, I'm going to ride along the adelaide coast tomorrow with my pinny.
I need a break from my vintage project. :D

Riding around Deland FL on the Lake Beresford Trail:
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Near Deleon Springs FL with a bull who did not appreciate me near his fence:
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Some nice pictures here guys.

26 mi round trip to school. I had my phone in my pocket the entire time and didn't even once think of taking a picture. I averaged 11.5 mph a personal best for this route (I think it's up hill... both ways!)

26 mi round trip to school. I had my phone in my pocket the entire time and didn't even once think of taking a picture. I averaged 11.5 mph a personal best for this route (I think it's up hill... both ways!)

Haha! Good ride! You don't need to post pictures, we believe you.
Uphill both ways! :thumb: :D

I rode to Washington DC today about six miles each way and maybe another 12 miles on the job (slow day).

Pennsylvania Avenue.
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This is part of the ride I did today. I filmed this about 2 months ago on my toaster of a phone. It is the same trail I did today, but it is the latter part of it (or the beginning, depending which direction I'm going; but in this case it was the latter). I did 10 miles on it. The bike I had when I filmed this was my dad's Diamondback cruiser. I hated it. Now I have a decent K2 Hybrid.

Link to the video of part of the ride: http://s736.photobucket.com/albums/xx1/igesundheit/?action=view&current=IMG_0433.mp4

I often do the Cherry Creek trail here in Denver, and here is a video of the Cherry Creek trail (I recorded it with intention to put it on my other favorite forum, MacRumors (forums.macrumors.com)):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bynU3CDfQI8

Capital Crescent Trail (http://www.cctrail.org/) from Georgetown to Bethesda.

Flecther's Cove
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Dalecarlia Tunnel
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Halfway there
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I rode by the National Cathedral on the way home.
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Absolutely brilliant ^^^^^^^^

Cherry Creek Trail in Downtown Denver:

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A block down from the 16th street mall in Downtown Denver (I had to lock it up here, because last time I rode my bike on the mall, a police officer told me to dismount it):
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At the Apple Store at the Cherry Creek mall in Denver, comparing thickness between the black iPhone 4 and the white one:
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^^^qmsdc15 has competition...nice pics

Officially in the market for a compact cam. "here we go ebay" :D

Officially in the market for a compact cam. "here we go ebay" :D

Yes you must show Adelaide.

^^^qmsdc15 has competition...nice pics

Thanks!!!!!

April 30 - Arlington, VA to College Park, MD for UM's Maryland Days open house. 44 miles

I've got more pics! These are from the Highline Canal Trail in Denver, CO.

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All i have to say is STEEP. but so much fun coming down!!

5.35 miles round trip
1500 feet of gain

All i have to say is STEEP. but so much fun coming down!!

5.35 miles round trip
1500 feet of gain
Beautiful. Reminds me of summer camp :). What kind of tires do you have if you're doing that kind of terrain?

i have some RITCHEY cyclocross tires that i got off ebay. $20 for the pair =) i switch them out when i do long days on the trails

I joined a group ride with the Baltimore Bicycle Club. The Monument to Monument ride started in Baltimore, but I joined them about 36 miles into their ride. I rode with them to DC and back to Baltimore, then I soloed home. The group ride was 93 miles but I rode at least seven miles more than that.

They rode from the Washington Monument in Baltimore...
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to the slightly better known Washington Monument in DC
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...and back.
http://i478.photobucket.com/albums/rr147/Rod_Smith/Monument%20to%20Monument%202011/DSC01205.jpg

There was some light drizzle on the way up and a light rain for part of my solo ride home. I saw some deer on the way home.
http://i478.photobucket.com/albums/rr147/Rod_Smith/Monument%20to%20Monument%202011/DSC01260.jpg

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That last shot is spectacular!

Thanks.

A slideshow (http://s478.photobucket.com/albums/rr147/Rod_Smith/Monument%20to%20Monument%202011/?albumview=slideshow) I made of m first century ride. :p

Today my hybrid took me to one of my favourite bike shops...

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I"ll have the Cinelli frame in the last shot thanks. ;)

For me a set of those corima wheels :)

It's always funny to see how many bikes these people can cram into one shop, isn't it?

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Highline Canal Trail in Denver, CO. 27 mile roundtrip. Maybe I cheated by underexposing a picture, overexposing a picture, and converted them to HDR in photoshop... Maybe not ;) :rolleyes:

HDR, interesting. I had to look that up. Nice result.

My hybrid took me to Washington DC today.
http://i478.photobucket.com/albums/rr147/Rod_Smith/DC_/DSC01312.jpg

Gilbert du Motier
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Pennsylvania Avenue, America's Main Street
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14th Street
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My hybrid took me to Washington DC today.
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Brilliant!!

I think I'll go to the library today. It's only 15 or 20 minutes away from work, and I'll have a nice book for later.

8.5 miles to a little cafe for dinner then 8.5 miles back home.

For my 9 mile exercise route around the back roads of my town. Beautiful day, and was great to spend part on my bike :)

Today my hybrid took me along with my wife and her hybrid to the playground a few towns away so that our kid could play some:

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He had loads of fun :)

Last Saturday I rode only 24 miles, but I made it to Spain, Sweden, France, Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Czechoslovakia, Poland and Lithuania.

Today my hybrid took me along with my wife and her hybrid to the playground a few towns away so that our kid could play some:

http://i54.tinypic.com/2edo975.jpg

He had loads of fun :)

Does he ride in sandals!? What was his average speed? :D

Haha, cute kid!

nice thompson

it was sunny out so I went for a ride around browns point (I think it's called)
looking over the sound towards mt rainier
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low tide
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instant coi pond
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one more of the trusty steed :)
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it was sunny out so I went for a ride around browns point (I think it's called)
looking over the sound towards mt rainierhttp://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/224051_214031891954419_100000428282112_781698_3305840_n.jpg

Wow, I thought this pic was of Fuji San.

Lovely pictures.

Not today, but yesterday it took me a bit farther down the canal than usual, into crushed gravel territory. Bike did fine, as did my wrists! However, I did spend about 3+ hours cleaning the fine stone dust off of EVERYTHING :mad:

Me and a buddy took a little ride to the local trail system near JPL.
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Nice, I'm guessing they finally reopened after all those fires.

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