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Old 04-22-09, 11:16 PM
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Originally Posted by davour
your bike has really nice looking man, what brand is it? i really like the frame.. which model and brand?
Thanks! It's a Novara Squadra, should find the info you need right here: [link1][link2]
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A couple more ......

In the Logan's Pass area:



On the Icefield Parkway, just south of Saskatchewan River Crossing:

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Mt. Palomar


Hey, I know that spot...pre-fire. They must have fixed the sign also.

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that's because, unlike most people on bikeforums, i actually ride a bike.
Actually thats incorrect. While you may not consider huffy's to be bikes, they technically count
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Looking across Lake Chanmplain from the Adirondacks to the Green Mountains. Also know as the Double Ferry ride.
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Originally Posted by fusatia
Thanks! It's a Novara Squadra, should find the info you need right here: [link1][link2]
Going off topic a bit (don't have a road bike to take pictures of in front of mountains ) but how do you like said Squadra? That bike is out of my price range, but I'm certainly considering the Strada ... pretty decent components for the price, with CF fork and seatstays.
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There are some stunning photos and evidence of impressive climbing ability in this thread. I wish I had some to share. I haven't yet biked near enough to any mountains to have any pictures. I've hiked in lots of mountains, but that's not what's required.
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Furnace Creek 508 Fixed can't remember where I was but it's before Death Valley.
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I really need to stop spending money on my bike and start spending it on going places to ride.
Keep up the great pics!
and I'm still amazed that you'd do furnace creek on a fixie Vireo. congrats again.
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Originally Posted by Quijibo187
I really need to stop spending money on my bike and start spending it on going places to ride.
Keep up the great pics!
and I'm still amazed that you'd do furnace creek on a fixie Vireo. congrats again.
Thank you and I don't think I will EVER do that again.
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Thank you and I don't think I will EVER do that again.
so there's a chance?
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Originally Posted by Vireo


Furnace Creek 508 Fixed can't remember where I was but it's before Death Valley.
Did you then use your fixie to pull out that white van that was stuck in the sand?
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bump. lets see some more pictures!!
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Originally Posted by Quijibo187
so there's a chance?
Ummm....NO!
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Originally Posted by gnome
There are some stunning photos and evidence of impressive climbing ability in this thread. I wish I had some to share. I haven't yet biked near enough to any mountains to have any pictures. I've hiked in lots of mountains, but that's not what's required.

I thought most of New Zealand was mountainous ... wouldn't just about any of your rides have mountains lurking somewhere in the picture?

Or are some parts of New Zealand flat ... and if so, where? While I want to see the mountains I also like cycling on flat ground sometimes too.
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Originally Posted by Machka
I thought most of New Zealand was mountainous ... wouldn't just about any of your rides have mountains lurking somewhere in the picture?

Or are some parts of New Zealand flat ... and if so, where? While I want to see the mountains I also like cycling on flat ground sometimes too.
A fair bit of NZ is mountainous or hilly but I live on one of the major flat areas, the Canterbury Plains. I'm a wuss and haven't biked near enough to any mountains yet to get a photo. Of the three tours I've done, 2 didn't go through any mountainous areas. Hilly yes, mountains no. On the other tour, when we were near mountains they were covered in clouds, the rest of the time when I took photos I wasn't focusing on the distant mountains.
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Mountain & bicycle pictures from my ride with my father yesterday ... Canadian Rockies!!











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