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08-27-15, 07:24 PM
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Nice Nago Sir!
Took the go fast bike for a quick spin to the beach.
Boat traffic
Took the go fast bike for a quick spin to the beach.
Boat traffic
08-27-15, 11:26 PM
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Went to Colorado the week before last and climbed Pikes Peak. 'S one tough mutha. A little over 8K of feet up from Manitou Spgs.
About 3.5 hours to the summit from Manitou, and then less than 45 minutes to get back down to Manitou.
When you get over 13,000 feet, it gets harrrd, and the incline seldom gets below 6% past that point.
Made friends with some kindly Coloradoans on the way up. They said the road was much, much smoother than Mount Evans, which they'd just climbed the week before.
About 3.5 hours to the summit from Manitou, and then less than 45 minutes to get back down to Manitou.
When you get over 13,000 feet, it gets harrrd, and the incline seldom gets below 6% past that point.
Made friends with some kindly Coloradoans on the way up. They said the road was much, much smoother than Mount Evans, which they'd just climbed the week before.
08-28-15, 04:59 AM
#7629
What??? Only 2 wheels?
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08-28-15, 06:27 AM
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Pikes Peak- beyond amazing.
08-28-15, 07:47 AM
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@calamarichris Nice Peloton if yours! I had an '86 myself.
08-28-15, 11:45 AM
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What drivetrain/gearing do you have on your Peloton? I have an '86 as well, but it's stock except for the rims (clinchers). I don't think I'd get far up that climb with the current gearing...
08-28-15, 01:16 PM
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Definitely NOT the stock Peloton gearing. 
(And no tough mutha, I; anyone with low-enough gearing can probably make it.)
My Peloton's smallest gear is a 39-34, and I spent a fair amount of time in that.
I put an XTR (mtb) 9-speed derailleur and cassette on it, and it works perfectly with Dura Ace 7700 brifters. It's my credit-card tourer.
I wouldn't trust carbon frame or rims on this descent.
Here are some pics from when I went there in 2013.
I'm not doing anything special with the camera angles or Photoshop to make it look steeper. It's moider, I tells ya!
(And no tough mutha, I; anyone with low-enough gearing can probably make it.)My Peloton's smallest gear is a 39-34, and I spent a fair amount of time in that.
I put an XTR (mtb) 9-speed derailleur and cassette on it, and it works perfectly with Dura Ace 7700 brifters. It's my credit-card tourer.
I wouldn't trust carbon frame or rims on this descent.
Here are some pics from when I went there in 2013.
I'm not doing anything special with the camera angles or Photoshop to make it look steeper. It's moider, I tells ya!
08-28-15, 04:41 PM
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No grand vistas, no mountain climbing, no sweeping fields of grain. Just a commute, as usual. Today I rode the Motobecane and flatted the rear tire, a Vittoria sew-up.
I had repaired that tire once before, and I'm thinking that with that cut it should be retired. (Get it? Re-tired?
)
One pic from the return commute. In Woburn Center a statue of one of Woburn's famous native-born sons, Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford.
I ride by his statue every day. BF member Jim_from_Boston called him to my attention last year. Though I had seen the statue and wondered who it was I always took it for granted. Where I grew up we had statues everywhere, mostly historical, certainly not scientific.
I had repaired that tire once before, and I'm thinking that with that cut it should be retired. (Get it? Re-tired?
)One pic from the return commute. In Woburn Center a statue of one of Woburn's famous native-born sons, Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford.
I ride by his statue every day. BF member Jim_from_Boston called him to my attention last year. Though I had seen the statue and wondered who it was I always took it for granted. Where I grew up we had statues everywhere, mostly historical, certainly not scientific.
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08-29-15, 10:33 AM
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Morning ride from the shore to the Pines and back.
1855 school house
1855 school house
08-29-15, 04:08 PM
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VR, very bucolic! And a pink bike too! Plus a waterfront pic for good measure.
We took the tandem out for 56.2 miles today. I wanted to try some new roads but a late start, few delays, and a road-construction detour prevented us from getting out as far as my intended destination west of here. Nevertheless, as we were heading home my sweetie said it was good that we started for home when we did. Tomorrow we may try again.
We meandered out through Bedford and Concord, tried to go south to rt117, got redirected a bit further north than I would have like. Eventually we found a great picnic table on the grounds of Acton Ford beside the Assabet River. Thank you, Acton Ford! We almost made it to Maynard but as there was no particular reason to go there, we turned south at the next road.
On the way home we stopped at this farm stand, a long-time Concord establishment. Of course Sharon had to buy peaches and zucchini.
On a previous stop we had the pleasure of talking with one of the elderly Scimones, possibly Frank though it may have been Frank's son. We have to stop again and ask. He showed us a family pic taking around 1948 or some such time.
Finally, I've been having some trouble shifting the front to the big ring. Several times today it threw the chain and then move the FD on the ST. So when we got home I swapped it out for another Simplex I had picked up some time ago "just in case". Today was The Case, I guess. In bench shifting it works much better! The previous one had developed too much free play.
We took the tandem out for 56.2 miles today. I wanted to try some new roads but a late start, few delays, and a road-construction detour prevented us from getting out as far as my intended destination west of here. Nevertheless, as we were heading home my sweetie said it was good that we started for home when we did. Tomorrow we may try again.
We meandered out through Bedford and Concord, tried to go south to rt117, got redirected a bit further north than I would have like. Eventually we found a great picnic table on the grounds of Acton Ford beside the Assabet River. Thank you, Acton Ford! We almost made it to Maynard but as there was no particular reason to go there, we turned south at the next road.
On the way home we stopped at this farm stand, a long-time Concord establishment. Of course Sharon had to buy peaches and zucchini.
On a previous stop we had the pleasure of talking with one of the elderly Scimones, possibly Frank though it may have been Frank's son. We have to stop again and ask. He showed us a family pic taking around 1948 or some such time.
Finally, I've been having some trouble shifting the front to the big ring. Several times today it threw the chain and then move the FD on the ST. So when we got home I swapped it out for another Simplex I had picked up some time ago "just in case". Today was The Case, I guess. In bench shifting it works much better! The previous one had developed too much free play.
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08-29-15, 06:28 PM
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Sorry... Only one photo from today's ride.
I rode west from the western suburbs of Richmond, VA out along Patterson Ave (Route 6) into Manakin Sabot area and around some of the more quieter roads out that way. 24.5 miles in 1 hr and 34 min, with an avg speed of 15.5 mph.
This was a distance shot looking south on Hockett Rd towards Route 6 (just up ahead and around the bend).
I rode west from the western suburbs of Richmond, VA out along Patterson Ave (Route 6) into Manakin Sabot area and around some of the more quieter roads out that way. 24.5 miles in 1 hr and 34 min, with an avg speed of 15.5 mph.
This was a distance shot looking south on Hockett Rd towards Route 6 (just up ahead and around the bend).
08-29-15, 07:21 PM
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Today I did the annual "Kearsarge Klassic" out of New London, NH, a fundraiser for the Ausbon Sargent Land Trust that takes riders through hilly rural dirt roads of southern NH around Mt. Kearsarge. This was the fourth year I've done it. Riders can choose from a 60 mile or 85 mile route (and this year the 85 has grown to 100). But with 5000 feet of climbing, the 60 has always been enough for me.
08-29-15, 07:38 PM
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Wow, Southpaw that looks like fun. May need to check that one out next year, for a good cause to boot.
08-30-15, 03:16 PM
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Shifting is fun!
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De Meije, taking the Ronnie Hearse for a spin.
08-30-15, 04:39 PM
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Yesterday we were thwarted in hitting our intended destination so we tried again today. We made the trip and ended up with 62.5 mile to boot. But we had an inauspicious start. We started 8:10AM and managed to go all the way to Waltham common, a distance of, um, about 1 mile when we had our first flat on the tandem. Of course it was a rear tire which must be patched without removing the wheel. However we found the leak, patched it, and continued on our way.
We made it out almost to I495, turned north into Harvard, Bolton, a bit of Boxborough, crossed under 495, ran south back to rt117, then back east.
Our return took us by Verrill Farm where we stopped for some lunch. Of course my sweetie just had to buy and take pics of veggies.
Our return also took us on the Minuteman Bikeway which as been known to harbor monsters this summer.
When we returned home I checked out the rear tire more carefully. I think the flat was the bike's way of telling us it should be retired. That's the second rear tire we've run through since I built up the bike.
Back in January 2013 another bf member, dddd IIRC though it may have been Golden Boy - I need to go through my old email - , had sent me a set of tires. I had just replaced the rear so I didn't need them right away. Today I mounted them and all is well. Also the FD I replaced yesterday worked like a charm. We be rollin'...
Addendum: One interesting thing about riding into parts unknown and seemingly isolated is the folks there may really be isolated. For example, we were Daisy, Daisy'ed by one woman out walking on some quiet country road. Ah, never seen a modern road tandem? Okay, so it's a C&V road tandem.
On our return's lunch stop we were approached by some guy in a bike jersey asking where we'd been. He told us he was part of a tandem team too and they'd noticed us there on our way out. Coincidentally we both stopped at Verrill Farm on our return at the same time. Had a nice conversation about the various roads around there.
It was a glorious day.
We made it out almost to I495, turned north into Harvard, Bolton, a bit of Boxborough, crossed under 495, ran south back to rt117, then back east.
Our return took us by Verrill Farm where we stopped for some lunch. Of course my sweetie just had to buy and take pics of veggies.
Our return also took us on the Minuteman Bikeway which as been known to harbor monsters this summer.
When we returned home I checked out the rear tire more carefully. I think the flat was the bike's way of telling us it should be retired. That's the second rear tire we've run through since I built up the bike.
Back in January 2013 another bf member, dddd IIRC though it may have been Golden Boy - I need to go through my old email - , had sent me a set of tires. I had just replaced the rear so I didn't need them right away. Today I mounted them and all is well. Also the FD I replaced yesterday worked like a charm. We be rollin'...
Addendum: One interesting thing about riding into parts unknown and seemingly isolated is the folks there may really be isolated. For example, we were Daisy, Daisy'ed by one woman out walking on some quiet country road. Ah, never seen a modern road tandem? Okay, so it's a C&V road tandem.
On our return's lunch stop we were approached by some guy in a bike jersey asking where we'd been. He told us he was part of a tandem team too and they'd noticed us there on our way out. Coincidentally we both stopped at Verrill Farm on our return at the same time. Had a nice conversation about the various roads around there.
It was a glorious day.
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08-30-15, 05:49 PM
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Sigh....no cool pics. No shady dirt roads and scenery to look at. Just a short 30 miles in the Missouri river bottoms near home where the high parts are the railroad crossings. Kind of weird though. I navigated one crossing twice and both times the bells started when I was in the middle. What are the odds? Rode the Raleigh Pro MkIV for the first time since putting it back together. I had sold the frame but it got damaged going to the buyer. Buyer sent it back and it incurred more damage. Of course FedEx said they were not liable. I was able to do my own repairs and decided to put it back together. Enjoyed the ride.
74 Raleigh Pro Mk IV ride by L Travers, on Flickr
74 Raleigh Pro Mk IV ride by L Travers, on Flickr
08-30-15, 06:02 PM
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Lynn, that's a cool Raleigh Pro.
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08-30-15, 06:33 PM
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Thanks. I am kind of glad I got it back. Like I need another bike.
08-30-15, 07:04 PM
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No grand vistas, no mountain climbing, no sweeping fields of grain. Just a commute, as usual. Today I rode the Motobecane and flatted the rear tire, a Vittoria sew-up.
I had repaired that tire once before, and I'm thinking that with that cut it should be retired. (Get it? Re-tired?)
One pic from the return commute. In Woburn Center a statue of one of Woburn's famous native-born sons, Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford.
I ride by his statue every day. BF member Jim_from_Boston called him to my attention last year. Though I had seen the statue and wondered who it was I always took it for granted. Where I grew up we had statues everywhere, mostly historical, certainly not scientific.
I had repaired that tire once before, and I'm thinking that with that cut it should be retired. (Get it? Re-tired?
)One pic from the return commute. In Woburn Center a statue of one of Woburn's famous native-born sons, Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford.
I ride by his statue every day. BF member Jim_from_Boston called him to my attention last year. Though I had seen the statue and wondered who it was I always took it for granted. Where I grew up we had statues everywhere, mostly historical, certainly not scientific.
08-30-15, 07:40 PM
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No. He did work developing methods for boring gun barrels so you could say related to gunpowder.He was an early thermodynamics guy. Mostly he's known for having shown the equivalence of mechanical energy and heat.
His statue in Woburn is noteworthy because he was a loyalist during the lead-up to the American Revolution.
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