Hybrid Bicycles - Where Did Your Hybrid Take You Today?

It feels a lot safer than living in Australia or London but you still have to be careful. The notices in my neighbourhood are mostly to warn people about break and enters and bag snatching. Cars are often broken into for their sat navs or DVD screens and players.
My father in law lived in the main part of the city and was punched in the face and mugged walking home from the hospital. He was 84 years old at the time.

freeekin hell!!! :eek: Move to Kyoto. :D Not much happens here.

Rode down by the Arch for lunch.

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Nice ride into the mountains this morning...

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[QUOTE=giantcfr1;14724931]Nice ride into the mountains this morning...

Pretty ride....wished I was a little closer to some mountains!

Went down to where they're constructing new docks. I'm amazed at how long the sea walls are...pile driving @ least 50 feet.
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You can see one of the, I'm guessing, construction office trailers flatten from Issac.
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Just on the other side they're dredging a brand new area (we call slips) for docks.

Nice ride into the mountains this morning...


Absolutely beautiful...

Did another ride along the Torrens River through the city then went the opposite direction along the coast to Port Adelaide. I tried to get some pic's of a navy submarine where they build them but couldn't get close enough.

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They started doing this as I arrived, maybe they liked my bike. :D
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Delightful 20 mile workout ride on the Arabia Mountain Trail south of Atlanta.

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[QUOTE=jbchybridrider;14736512]Did another ride along the Torrens River through the city then went the opposite direction along the coast to Port Adelaide. I tried to get some pic's of a navy submarine where they build them but couldn't get close enough.

Awesome Ride! Looking ready for Spring.

Awesome Ride! Looking ready for Spring.

Yes spring is here, the best time to ride of the year with all the flowers blooming and good temps. Thanks for the idea to visit the ports I got some good pic's there.

Did another ride along the Torty then went the opposite direction along the coast to Port Adelaide. I tried to get some pic's of a navy submarine where they build them but couldn't get close enough...

Beautiful pics

Beautiful pics

I wonder how I'm going to carry this great camera when I'm on my road bikes with no backpack. Hmm?

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Fire! Fire! Crunch :cry:

Johnread, how's the Arabia Mountain trail system? Is it fairly flat? My wife wants to go check out the PATH paths down there and around Panola and the South River, but just can't do much in the way of hills.

my Trek took me on a 15+ mile round trip to Petsmart to get some shampoo to bathe my dogs.

I went on a 46km ride on my Trek FX 7.3 along the waterfront. We are having an unusually warm and dry Sept. so I'm getting out whenever I can. Karen

5.25 miles RT, went out today to buy a new, "Winter Fitness Bike" for the wife and I! :)
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I did my first Metric Century ever on my Scott Sportster 55. I should have stopped to take some pictures!

Ouray to Ridgway and back on hardpack/gravel roads. About 25 miles. Great day for a ride.

20 miles on a "blow out the cobwebs" kinda ride, it was cloudy and chilly but I NEEDED a ride!

After healing bruised/seperated ribs and shoulder, I am now strong enough to ride again.

18+ miles Monday. Laps around the Wards Island loop, twice over the Triboro bridge. Feeling strong but slow.

I was super wiped from the ride, sad to see how out of shape I was.

I created montages with music for my 5 Boro Bike Tour footage.

Latest blog post has videos embedded....

If the weather permits, I will ride to Governors Island for the first time tomorrow.

Homechicken,


Sorry to take so long to reply. The Arabia Mountain Trail is beautiful but is quite hilly. Riding just about any section of the trail is definitely a workout, and a great way to burn some calories while enjoying some great natural scenery. I have not taken my wife on it yet because her knee surgery earlier in the year would make it difficult to handle the hills. When we go out together, we are more apt to ride on the Silver Comet Trail in the Smyrna/Powder Springs area.


You can check them both out here: http://pathfoundation.org

Went for a little cruise before I got on shift. I didn't realize at the time but she was about to be lowered back in the water. Got back from my ride and she was ready to sail.
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Friday -- Philly to Lancaster PA (78 miles) (first photo below is outside of Philly)
Saturday -- Lancaster PA to Frederick MD (96 miles) (second photo below is outside of Lancaster
Today -- Frederick MD to Washington DC (47 miles)

All on my Cannondale Quick 5 as part of the 2012 Tour de Pink to benefit the Young Survival Coalition. More info here:

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Governors Island for the first time yesterday.

30 miles which included the trip there and back via the Triboro Bridge, East River esplanade and Battery Park Ferry

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I can't wait for it to cool off enough for long rides here. Maybe by next weekend. Still skirting 100 here.
Cool shot.

Thanks, Igo.

Any temps over 80 and I start to wilt.... I hope it cools down for you soon!

It's was 68 with 20 kt N wind @ noon. A Front moved through in the early AM. I jumped on the my bike here at my work in LA and almost came back to the boat for a sweatshirt. So used to riding in the high humidity of the 90's....little shocking with that drastic of swing in temps.

22 miles today.

Astoria, Triboro Bridge, East river esplanade, Central Park loop, Queensboro Bridge, Astoria

No filming or shooting, I just wanted to enjoy the ride with a little music.

I've created a calendar from my favorite photographs and I have sample in hand today!

I will post promo shots in the near future. :)

This morning I rode from my home in Monroe Twp,NJ, through Cranbury and Plainsboro and then back via a different route. Ride was exactly 12 miles with a great deal of wind on the outbound leg. Took me 1 hour exactly and I was quite pleased.

It's so good to be back in to it again!
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28 mile ride on the pinellas trail and ended up in down town St Pete Fl. It was a lovely 79 degrees for most of the ride.

25 miles with a stop at the LBS to have my new Kool Stop dual compound pads on the rear "toe'd in a bit" because of a "intermitent" squank! ;) Then a nice ride to Hippyville, (ok, it's really Manitou Springs, CO.) and back home!

I'm sure loving being able to ride on the beach...used to run on beach a lot. such a blast this early am on low tide...feeling it in my legs a little.

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277501 Finishing up the last leg of my 30mi ride this morning. Palm Desert, Ca.

Got a day off in the week yesterday, and had a few hours on the Withlacoochie Trail. We rode from Inverness to the Northern Terminus at Dunnellon, and back. A round trip of 32 miles after a couple of small detours in Inverness at the end. 277864The pic is from the trestle bridge over Lake Henderson on our way back.

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Well, it wasn't today, it was last weekend, but my hybrid took me up and down 200 miles of the Ohio an Erie Canal towpath.

just shy of 30 miles today.

Triboro bridge, east river esplanade, central park loop, triboro bridge.

Still not used to the mileage after such a long forced break off the bike.

I'm not used to feeling wiped after 30 miles, it's amazing how much stamina you can lose in such a short time.

No pics or video, I just wanted to enjoy the ride.

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Night ride!

Today was my last ride for the next 8 to 12 months which is unfortunate to me because this is my favorite thread. I'll still be looking in though so keep me occupied with good posts! :thumb:
It was a perfect spring day for it and took my time savoring it riding one of my roadbikes so just one nice picture to show.

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Today was my last ride for the next 8 to 12 months which is unfortunate to me because this is my favorite thread. I'll still be looking in though so keep me occupied with good posts! :thumb:
It was a perfect spring day for it and took my time savoring it riding one of my roadbikes so just one nice picture to show.

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Great stuff. Take care.

Actually yesterday, but a bunch of us rode a 11 mile, each way, stretch of the D&R Canal trail from Washington Crossing, NJ to Stockton, NJ. Had lunch in Lambertville, right across the river from New Hope, PA, and rode back. A nice 22 mile ride and great day.
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Took the Kona down to the beach since my Sawyer is kinda out of action.
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Actually yesterday, but a bunch of us rode a 11 mile, each way, stretch of the D&R Canal trail from Washington Crossing, NJ to Stockton, NJ. Had lunch in Lambertville, right across the river from New Hope, PA, and rode back. A nice 22 mile ride and great day.
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Today I rode, for the first time, the northern section of the Henry Hudson trail.
This leg runs from Matawan to Atlantic Highlands,NJ.
Around 20 miles round trip. This paved path has large areas that are treed, but while that helped in terms of reducing wind resistance (it was very breezy today), the ride was very bumpy because of tree roots lofting up the macadam.
I will not ride this again.
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Like you, I did the d&r canal this morning but further east. South Bound Brook to Approx Griggstown for about 20 miles round trip. Did Blackwells Mills to Carnegie Lake last week for about 28 miles.

ThecHenry Hudson is one of my favorites but I agree about the blacktop rooting up in spots. It can be tough with a rigid fork hybrid but I do a good job avoiding them without killing myself. I start at Keansburg HS and take it out to the bayshore trail and over the bridge to the Sandy Hook lighthouse for about 30-34 miles round trip. Love it. Great views and love being by the ocean. Can be windy, cold, and raw if you pick the wrong day though.

I did a 21 mile ride on the local MUP today- the wind was gusting up to 25-30 MPH, it was like dragging a parachute behind me. :(

My wife, daughter and I went on a 30 km ride along the river yeasterday.
On the way home we pasted Toji Temple, which is on the southern end of Kyoto.

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25 miles on blustry fall day, here in Colorado Springs with the wife! Decided to put the, "trekking bars" back on the Allegro 1 after the ride. I'm keeping the straight bars on the Coda Sport as I use that as my "utility/dirt path" bike, (has cyclo-cross tires). I thought the "long bar ends" would be enough hand movement but for road riding the "trekking, (butterfly) bars", are just 1.5 steps up in comfort.

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:thumb:21 miles yesterday another 13 or so today on the Swamp Rabbit Trail,i dont say this often but our local govt did good with this one:thumb: