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Old 09-21-08, 07:11 PM
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Can't let The Historian have ALL the fun....

I was going to do a 16km loop I often do, but decided to go elsewhere, then decided to take the camera, put on the second pannier and filled it with camera gear. Then off I went, did a nice 6km run to G Ross Lord Park, it's kind of like Historians Shu... whatever trail, I think I have taken pictures of most of the park, over the last 3 years or so,,, Still it's countryside in the city, and it's only 5km from home.

Yesterday it was a bright sunny day, and 26℃, today it was mostly cloudy and 18℃ actually nicer riding weather, and better photography weather as well, you actually get better photos in the even light of a cloudy day, then it bright and harsh sunlight. Yesterday this trail would have been full of people, today, I don't think I really saw more then 10 people, a shame really. I always wonder, if the automobile had not been invented, is this what a highway would look like?

There has been a lot of rain, and a lot of storm damage this year, so several large trees have given up the ghost as well, like this one:



And this one:



I have lots more photos, and will post a full ride report on my blog once I get all the photos processed on the computer, and uploaded, I have more on my Photobucket page, accessible from my Blog.

Was around 15km total, I would normally know for sure, but the stupid bike computer was acting up, I wonder if the battery is going, how do you tell?
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You can tell because it stars acting up and giving weird readings, usually right before the battery dies.
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Originally Posted by Wogsterca
Was around 15km total, I would normally know for sure, but the stupid bike computer was acting up, I wonder if the battery is going, how do you tell?
When it starts acting up and giving false readings.
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You can tell because it stars acting up and giving weird readings, usually right before the battery dies.
You mean it works then doesn't work or your going 47km/h up hill in your granny gear type readings......
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That's Schuylkill (skool-kill) River Trail. It's Dutch for "much prettier than Toronto."
 
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Yeah, best low battery speed reading I got was when it said I was rolling at 99.9 MPH on flat ground in the middle ring.
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You mean it works then doesn't work or your going 47km/h up hill in your granny gear type readings......
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