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10-27-22 | 04:33 PM

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10-28-22 | 10:08 AM

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Minnesota Soo Line Trail

10-28-22 | 10:44 AM

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Yesterday morning before Takeoff.

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10-29-22 | 10:54 AM

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Summer/Fall roads 2022
McKenzie Pass Highway, Oregon

Monday Repeat 3 by Matthew Pendergast, on Flickr

Monday Repeat 1 by Matthew Pendergast, on Flickr

Eastern Washington

To Sprague Lake by Matthew Pendergast, on Flickr

To Sprague Lake by Matthew Pendergast, on Flickr

Day 1 Cino, Mt

Onward to Hot Springs by Matthew Pendergast, on Flickr

North Bend, Wa

Evening at Centennial Fields by Matthew Pendergast, on Flickr

Iron Horse Trail, Wa

Chasing Freshies by Matthew Pendergast, on Flickr

Mount Baker Highway, Wa

Last summer ride with Bob by Matthew Pendergast, on Flickr

11-07-22 | 08:49 AM

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55km on my 55th birthday...

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11-07-22 | 09:23 AM

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^ Nice leafy road and crazy warm temps for your ride too!
Happy Birthday Rocket-Sauce

11-07-22 | 10:57 AM

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Along the Brazos:

11-07-22 | 12:34 PM

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55km on my 55th birthday...

Happy birthday!

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11-07-22 | 05:31 PM

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Columbia Gorge crossing the Bridge of the Gods

End of the Bridge of the Gods day along the Mighty Columbia river

11-14-22 | 02:08 AM

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On a serious note: there is still hope for humanity. Just scrape off the top layer and we're back in business.

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11-14-22 | 04:09 AM

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Maine coast. Friendly people, good roads.

11-15-22 | 09:11 AM

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Low angle light may help make a photo more dramatic but it's also a scary time to be out riding a bike into it.
Luckily, the Middle Fork Road is a dead end road that ultimately ends in a designated wilderness area that sees little traffic on weekday afternoons...

Afternoon 11/9 by Matthew Pendergast, on Flickr

11-15-22 | 02:59 PM

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Chesapeake City Bridge, Maryland.

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11-15-22 | 03:54 PM

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An empty road posted on the day the planets population reached 8 billion and counting! This could be a rare shot! Nice photo btw!

11-15-22 | 04:40 PM

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11-15-22 | 07:46 PM

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Yesterday morning before Takeoff.

This is a brilliant photo. How was the tour? Or are you still on the road?

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11-16-22 | 08:12 PM

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Almost home...

Finish with a loop by Mt. Si by Matthew Pendergast, on Flickr

03-18-23 | 10:00 AM

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Really funny how a bunch of wooden stakes can make you feel thirsty. Extra mega water-won't-fix-this- thirsty

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06-03-23 | 12:47 AM

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Say what you will about the Prussians but they have the greatest cobble roads in the world

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06-03-23 | 06:52 AM

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Bicycle trip to Panama, 1971. These shots show the wonderful back road, Nevada 305, south from Battle Mountain to Austin. I don't think we saw on car during the day, the sign says 90 miles! More photos of the trip on this link:

https://goo.gl/photos/YvQnqNQ6ynie3u2L6

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06-03-23 | 07:41 AM

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I had to look at where that was, between hiway 80 and US 50 east of Reno. middle of nowhere. No cell phones or GPS. great shot

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06-03-23 | 08:12 AM

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here is a fave of mine, this is on Eroica CA 2017, east of Paso Robles, a great day on my Masi GC

06-03-23 | 11:24 AM

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This is one of the reasons I keep going back to Tuscany every year: those roads that flow with the hills, from town to town, flanked by cypress trees. The hazy sunlight and the gravel dust complete the picture.

Taken during Eroica Montalcino, so technically the road is not empty (look closely and see at least one couple of riders):

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06-03-23 | 02:35 PM

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Gravel road in Perry County, Tennessee

Side road off of Natchez Trace Parkway in Mississippi

Natchez Trace, Mississippi

Natchez Trace, Alabama or Mississippi

Side road off Natchez Trace

Pennsylvania/Maryland, Heritage Rail Trail/Torrey C Brown Rail Trail

Old road and bridge, somewhere in Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area in New Jersey

Gravel road somewhere in either Connecticut, Massachusetts, or New Hampshire. Wanted a break from traffic while touring up the Atlantic Coast and I got it!