I bought a mint condition used DAHON D7 fold-up for the wife yesterday. Woke up after 3 hours of sleep and decided to go for an around the block test ride of 1/2 mile. Headed out of the garage at 3:33am and instead of going down the block and turning left I chose to go straight and ride. A short 12.21 miles later I was done. Bike rides like new.

Well there's always next year!


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That there is!
It stayed close, though. Heckuva series!

-D.S.

I can't go out at those hours. I won't feel comfortable being out on the roads alone. When I was an early morning commuter I could leave in the dark but not anymore. So in the vein of what to do when I wake at 3:30 am I made biscuits for breakfast this morning.

I commuted to work by bike this afternoon for 6 miles. And just as I got near work a light rain started it should end before I leave work at 7:30 which will be a straight ride home as the sun will set at 8pm.

Thought that before I really back off on my riding, I would try to get my birthday ride out of the way for the year. It didn't take long to realize that I wasn't going to make it 78 miles, so I switched my cycle app to KM's and got in just over 80 km before reaching homebase. I'm calling it good and as soon as I finish my tea am heading to bed :) Ended the week with 190 miles total. I always round my rides down to the nearest 5 so it's easier to keep track.

About 9 miles today. It rained for a while here Fri/Sat, so I've been off the bike a bit.

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Small park that I'm in a lot- find myself in there after coffee. It's a nice place to relax for a short bit.

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Crop of the image above hopefully showing some cleaning progress. It's getting there with the mixte.

-D.S.

hurt my knee hiking in Utah - but I thought a bike ride might be ok (it wasn’t :( ) - and what a crazy ride it was !

started out as a normal ride - on the Redbank Valley trail which runs along the Redbank creek on one side and large areas with a shelf cut into the hillside / rock on the other side

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then I saw a giant dog - and he had a see-through belly !

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then I saw a huge rabbit - and the rabbit was eating !

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then I saw this guy that looked like the Tin Man - and a little bear nearby !

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later approached a bridge - and a large black crow first refused to move - then stared me down - and then chased me !

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so I headed back to the start point and as I passed through a tunnel a ghost passed over my head - whoosh !

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as crazy as that seems - then a kid on a bike appears out of nowhere - poof ! right next to me ! and he’s from Osaka Japan and biking from NY to LA !

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I’m telling ya - I picked the wrong time to stop sniffing glue !

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Looks like a good ride, and I love that movie!

Almost 10 miles today, after a little work on the mixte.

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I put the drop bars on it that came with it when I bought it.

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This is a LOT easier on the wrists than the wide hybrid flat bars that came on the bike. Hurried hockey tape and grip job for now, just temporarily until I can find some decent navy blue bar tape. Braking is surprisingly efficient like this, even though I keep reaching for the front of the drops and the non-existent front brake lever there.

I ***ahem*** can ride this rig like this "no hands". :D

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Just a couple of natural beauty blossom pics, before they all fall off and blow away.
O.C. Nikkor 35mm f2 at f8 and ISO 200.

-D.S.

75km today, hot and windy, but still a nice ride. I pushed it a little, averaging 26kph. Tomorrow, weather allowing, I'll be shooting for 150km out to the countryside and back.

Back in Catalunya, and my first ride of the week. I find peace in my soul when I'm here.
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that mixte is sweet

gotta admit I really liked the look with the other handlebar - but the drop bar would probably better agree with me also

May I ask how you ride with your camera? I can't imagine being on my bike with my Nikon Z5 and an expensive lens.

For the record, 8.5 miles today in Zwift. It's sprinkling outside, and it's the miles I had left in the monthly free trial. :p

definitely a great trail with some neat stuff

including some neat rock faces - some weeping, small waterfalls, another tunnel (this one with a paved surface), number of bridges, great views of the creek, old historic coke ovens, and more sculptures (including sculptures in the little friendly town of New Bethlehem )

at the western end the trail also connects to the 50+ mile Armstrong trail that runs along the Allegheny River

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Breezy cool morning today:
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Lowe-Pro 130 A/W single strap shoulder bag. It's small enough to ride on the center of my back with the strap across my chest.
There's usually the D-810 in there, and 3 or 4 manual focus lenses, a few tools for the bike and some camera related odds and ends.
There's also a Leatherman Wave in there that's saved my bacon on more than one occasion, especially with it's razor sharp knife blades.

-D.S.

About 12 miles today.

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At a coffee shop along the way. I like doing this~ it appeals to my Spockish sense of Logic. Having a destination and purpose sometimes improves the riding. ;)

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Along Grant Ave. Grew up in this area. I was long gone by '74. Boulevard hasn't changed much, except for the size of the trees. Some of them are edging on 50 years old by now.

-D.S.

Too much weight for me on my back.
I'll have to stick to my phone camera for now. Actually, I rarely stop for photos while I'm riding. I did, however, take the Z5 and a 28-75 zoom with me on last week's trip to Bermuda with my fiancée and am now sorting through the over 440 shots I took. This one is Jobson's Cove.

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The glass on that camera looks pretty good from the contrast side of things.

There is a hip/belt soft case available now that the mirrorless crowd seems to have taken to in fair numbers.
I could see using something like that if I had a small bodied mirrorless with just a single lens aboard. I'm one of those fortunate/unfortunate sons that can't face life with only one lens at hand. :rolleyes: Racking the camera bag I really don't like doing on account of the vibration. At least I've got a system now that sort of works.

-D.S.

A good loop from Ripoll, up the buttkicking Col du Jou and back down through Ribes de Freser.
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24 miles today. Been too long since I did one of these.

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Rest break at the almost home mark- about 2 miles from the house here.

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Took this pic of a stately old Elm tree from the bench in the first photo.

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South end of the St. Vital bridge here. Heavy construction area yet.

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The old Elm Park bridge.

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The things I see when I bother to look up. (It shows in the photo above)

-D.S.

I thought that was in the basement of the Alamo

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Well, I did the 150km ride, and rather wish I didn't. Besides the fast 75km ride on Tuesday, my personal trainer put me through the wringer later in the evening. I ended up going for the ride anyway, as the weather report stated that it would rain from today until next week. Yesterday was 31 degrees centigrade, and 81% humidity, with a headwind, and clouds of bugs. Not the little bugs like gnats and mosquitos, but a combination of dragon flies, bumble bees, grasshoppers, and other hard-bodied bugs which are painful to hit when you are riding a decent speed. At 80km I started to run out of gas, so I stopped at a convenience store and had a nutritious meal of nachos and ice cream, washed down with cola, then hit the road again. I was going to call it a day, head home, and enjoy a cold beer, but after a while my energy started to come back up, so I decided to once again push for 150km.

When I got to Tokyo Bay at 135km, I turned toward home, which I knew would get me over 150, and the wind helped me get through the last miles. It was a tough ride, enough so that I'm still feeling it today. But tomorrow I should feel better, the temp will be only 24 degrees, and it looks like rain is off the forecast, so I may go out and do it again. I have some kind of mental issue that the worse a ride is, the more I want to ride.

BTW, kudos to Brooks, my butt was the only thing that didn't hurt last night.

Not quite that old. Pixel peeping reveals wedge-pin cranks. Probably a 50's CCM ladies bike.

-D.S.