The Empty Road Photo Thread
11-29-20 | 07:34 PM
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11-29-20 | 07:40 PM
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11-30-20 | 10:10 AM
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12-06-20 | 10:04 AM
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^ Those views are simply wonderful [MENTION=216597]CMAW[/MENTION] thanks for sharing your part of the world with us
12-10-20 | 10:05 PM
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The Snoqualmie River Road near Carnation today.
Where my Woodrup took me today by Matthew Pendergast, on Flickr
The Fog, Low Clouds made it feel like I was riding thru a watercolor painting.
Where my Woodrup took me today by Matthew Pendergast, on FlickrThe Fog, Low Clouds made it feel like I was riding thru a watercolor painting.
12-15-20 | 08:15 PM
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From: Northern Shenandoah Valley
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Pardon the modern fat bike, but this is one of the better gravel road pictures I've taken lately. This is from a few months ago in the northern Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.
12-16-20 | 04:31 AM
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I'm enjoying this thread, it's helping with motivation while stuck at my desk, will post more in the hope that I can do likewise for others :-)
Racing the dying light with 40km still to go...
Racing the dying light with 40km still to go...
Last edited by amedias; 12-16-20 at 04:33 AM. Reason: update
12-16-20 | 05:55 AM
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Somewhere between Selma and Uniontown, Alabama. A little ways beyond here, the road started to get really bad.
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12-16-20 | 09:59 AM
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That's a kinda nutty looking bridge- I keep thinking you'd be on the lookout for Cactus Jack to be standing on the top, lookin' to drop an elbow and win the cage match.
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Commence to jigglin’ huh?!?!
"But hey, always love to hear from opinionated amateurs." -says some guy to Mr. Marshall.
Commence to jigglin’ huh?!?!
"But hey, always love to hear from opinionated amateurs." -says some guy to Mr. Marshall.
12-16-20 | 03:08 PM
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Bikes: It's complicated.
12-16-20 | 03:12 PM
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North Trask route, "The Slalom"
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12-16-20 | 03:15 PM
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Morgan Territory Road, back side of Mount Diablo, California
12-16-20 | 03:35 PM
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Yes, that's what I call the "Hairpin from Hell" - you can get some good speed coming down the hill towards it!
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12-16-20 | 04:45 PM
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Brings back memories of a steep, hard ride. The descent into Livermore on the other side is great payback. On a clear day you can see the Sierras past the Central Valley on your left, Coastal Range in the distance on your right.
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12-16-20 | 04:49 PM
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Bikes: It's complicated.
Going through this section made me realize that disk brakes have a place in cycling.
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12-17-20 | 02:53 AM
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There's a story to this one... that sign on the wall is for a cafe I visited about 5 years ago during another ride and remembered as serving really nice cake, so a friend and I put together a route that would see us hit that cafe at about 100km into the ride for a nice cup of tea (I'm English) and slice of cake ready to fuel us for our return.
So after about 100km and 1700m of climbing we roll up to find....the cafe is closed in the winter :-(
So we decided to find somewhere else to eat (we did, nice German bratwurst, mmmm) and explore an alternative route home, several hours later we've racked up 250km, 3500m of climbing and some amazing views, but all I can think about when I get home is the cake I didn't get to eat!
There's always next summer...