I've found two tail lights on the bike path lately with the broken bracket still attached. Could be the cold weather makes the plastic brittle.

I always use two lights front and rear if I ride in the dark for that reason.

I`d like to know more about griftereks bike but maybe in a different thread.

Oh did I put too many photos. sorry. I thought people liked pictures and a bit of a story.
Ive got a thread about that bike.....City boy.

The light i got as a present from my sister. Had fitted them recently. Used them for about an hour. They were a cheap brand. Got other lights I will fit

No you are fine. The OP said to include pictures, and some information if you want.

Spring in Washington, and a young (that's a joke, son) man's fancy turns to a good long pootle. I'm taking a staycation, and with 65 degrees, bright and sunny, what better way to celebrate by riding out to see the cherry blossoms. Rode down the Four Mile Run trail to Potomac Yards for lunch, through Crystal City to the Mt. Vernon trail. Across the 14th Street bridge to the Tidal Basin. Got off the bike there - lots of tourists. Then back down the Mt. Vernon trail to Old Town Alexandria, and an ice cream at Pops. Finally home along the Eisenhower Ave./Holmes Run trail. I'm exhausted, but happy. Two pictures for you, taken with my cell phone camera, so they aren't very good. One is the view toward the 14th St. bridge from Buzzard Point. The other is at the Tidal Basin looking toward the Jefferson Memorial.

I pootled on my twenty through Old Town Negaunee. A kind of ghost town really. After they dug out iron ore (in some cases 88% pure iron) the town started caving in so they moved the town 1/2 mile east and fenced the whole thing off. Now, 75 years later they figured most of its safe so they opened it up and fenced off the REALLY dangerous areas.

sidewalks to nowhere

a sculpture showing the miners working a drill

steps to nowhere





people who lived here....



A dangerous place

bike parking

a little single track was no problem for the twenty

Excellent. Great to see a 20 out on the roads. And hi to all the other Pootle-nauts who are keeping alive this great tradition (since 2008)

Did a short ride on the Bob Jones bike trail near Avila Beach to try out her Mu Sl. She spotted a skunk just off the trail on the ride home. Glad we didn't offend it. My buzz flyby is behind her bike. Sorry for the poor photo quality, captured a frame from her flip camcorder, forgot the camera.

Great area to ride a bike! Did you get a chance to eat at Fat Cats? Out past Diablo Canyon?

After the ride we went back to Pismo where we were staying, and ate at Mo's BBQ. We'll have to check that place out next time. thanks.

Very first pootle on our folders.
It was a good ride, the bikes feel remarkably like our hybrids. Still having some problems getting used to the drop bars, different shifters etc, but working on it.
It was so bloody cold today, that I only took a camera out once. Here you go:

Lucille, how tall are you? Is the red bike yours?

A bright and sunny day - at last! Had a nice 35mile ride "around the island" near where I live in Carlisle UK. It isn't actually an island but it is surrounded on three sides by the sea. It is a tongue of land that juts out into the Solway Firth and it is home to several villages. The Roman wall started here and ended at Walls End on the east coast. There is not much of the wall left around here because, after the Romans left, locals stole the stones to build their homes and barns. Some of the wall was used to construct Carlisle Cathedral!

The road runs along the estuary and Scotland is just a short hop across the water. The tide is very strong and rushes in and out with great force. When it is out some of the cattle that graze on the marsh sometimes walk across to Scotland and then can't get back! As you can see by the sign the road can flood during spring tides.



Just to reinforce how dangerous the tide is there are notices warning would be swimmers to stay out. Note the bright orange life belt behind my bike. You can see Scotland across the water.



You can just see, in the distance, the hill called Criffel in Scotland. The photo does not give a good impression of the hill as it is closer that it looks and much higher.

Riding out from Carlisle, I had a slight headwind but when I turned the corner to come back the wind was behind me and helped to push me home! The ride out had the sea on my right with Scotland in view and on the way back the water was still on my right but my native English Lakeland hills kept me company.

A great ride on a lovely day.

Brilliant, thank you for posting.

The riding season is here. I am kind of pootling every weekend.
Last Sunday I went to the Turin Bike Pride. It is kind of an organized Critical Mass. It has been pretty COOL! Many folders were there. Also some vintage folders.

That is me while testing Frogs Legs wheels:



here the rest of the pics:

https://bicireclinateitalia.forumfree...entry400384120

I had the chance to ride my portable bicycle in Monza. We have been there with the Human Power Club of Italy.

It turned out to be better then expected to basically run a Time Trial inside the Monza track. I did a 11'36" (with an average speed of 29.96 kmh) which is about a tenth of the F1 record of that track.

This event has the potential to grow. Hopefully next years we are going to get more people to show up and ride with us.

So utterly utterly coolsome.

Not sure if a time trial around a race track counts as a "pootle", but great post anyway!

Few people were pootling around. Like these people:



I went all what I had for one hour. In retrospective, going all what you have fits well with that place. Next year, I might show up with skinsuit, shaved legs, ....

My wife and I got a chance to go to Idaho and Montana this summer so we dusted off our Downtube VIIIH's and hit the pootle trail!

There are lots of bike trails in northern Idaho, but one of the most interesting is the Route of the Hiawatha, a rails to trails conversion on the Idaho/Montana border.


The trail begins in Montana with a ride though a 8771 foot/2674 meter long tunnel. The tunnel is cold, wet and dark. There is not general lighting in the tunnel, and every thousand feet or so there is a flashing orange light. We had lights on our handlebars and helmets and it was still dark!


The tunnel is also pretty cold, about 40 degrees F or 4 degrees C all year round. We could have used more clothing and full-finger gloves. Note that you can't even see the tunnel floor or walls in this pix. Half-way through the tunnel we crossed into Idaho.


The road surface is good, hard packed rock for the most part. Some muddy bits and some rougher parts, none of it paved. This next tunnel allows motor vehicle traffic as well as bikes and pedestrians so it could be very crowded in there. Lucky for us the shuttle bus was parked outside the other end of the tunnel.


The trail also has a bunch of trestles. You can see one in the distance in the next two pictures.


Here is a closeup of the trestle.


The trestles are quite high, but have wide surfaces and railings so they feel quite safe. Not as spectacular as the Kettle Valley RR trail north of us in British Columbia, but still fun to ride.


Trestles are closed to motorized vehicles which is a good thing...


For maps and more info on the Route of the Hiawatha there are several websites including this one...
https://friendsofcdatrails.org/Hiawatha/index.html


To Be Continued...

More pootles...

Next pootle took place in Missoula, Montana, home of the University of Montana. Anyone care to guess what their mascot is?


Lucky for us that was the only grizzley we saw. The local newspaper had stories about a man who had his ear chewed off by a bear and a woman who went to hospital after hitting a elk while riding her bicycle. It's a rough town...

The Clark Fork river runs though town and there are bike paths on both sides of it. This part is paved.



There are also unpaved portions like this that make you wish you had bigger tires and full suspension, but the DT VIIIs worked pretty well. They have now been in California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and British Columbia. Folders are a great option for car trips.


There are also at least two car-free bridges across the river.


All and all a good time was had by all!

Doesnt the famous "Book of Pootle Rules" state the top speed must not exceed 12mph?

^^^^

Good heavens! A miscreant!

So now that I had a respectable bike, it was time to go for a Pootle, I kept it short but wanted to see how the bike handled. I must say it is quite a bit more zippy than I had thought it would be and handled a bit of very mild singletrack with no issues. Even handled crossing some long grass quite well when the trail turned to a mess of broken glass.

I stopped for a bit of coffee downtown then we were off.



Past my current place of employment, a lovely, small, high end restaurant.



Down the hill to the parks and river bank, that's my Farmer's Market straight ahead.



Not this time, but soon. That trail heads 30 miles north then connects to a couple hundred miles of linked trails.



Sharing the view of the Tridge with a lovely couple. This is the meeting of two rivers, the "Tridge" connects three sets of Parks along the river's edges.

I love the last photo! Too cute!