clbw

I think I've spent most of my slow day at work watching your YouTube video's of you biking in and around NYC. oh by the way you have a nice Backyard.

MFBATZ

My Wingra took me to my usual lunch break destination, the back bay of Newport Beach. I ride there every Tuesday and Thursday, with a roundtrip of about 10.6 miles.

No better way to spend my lunch break than in the sun on my Wingra. I love hybrids.

addictedhealer

Top this!!! My hybrid took me to a local nightclub featuring Candlebox!!! Candlebox rocked out! got to shake lead singers hand, got to strum lead guitarists guitar and he gave me a guitar pick!

alexaschwanden

Awesome.

Igo

That works.

jbchybridrider 

Nope cant top that Great photo.

BridgeNotTunnel

Thanks, I'm glad you enjoy the videos.

I am indeed lucky to live in this neighborhood, let alone this city.

Yesterday I finally rode over to Roosevelt Island for the first time, 21.59 miles.

https://astoriahd.blogspot.com/2012/0...and-wards.html

This would be a much better place to ride if they refurbished the MUP lining the perimeter.

^^^Nearly half of a full lap around Roosevelt Island, including the Lighthouse to the 59th Street Bridge.

^^^Stopping at the lighthouse I view the water and Manhattan as well as the plaque honoring Vicki Holland at the foot of the lighthouse.

Dougalicious

Q: Which is better suited to puddles and mud - my Trek 7100 or a Walmart mountain bike?
A: IDGAF! Fun is fun

My plan for the day was to take a 20-25 mile ride down a nice easy paved trail, but about a mile and a half in I realized that wasn't going to happen. So I went off to the side and down a dirt trail, only about 25% sure I knew where it was going to take me. It got rough -singletrack, with a lot of branches, soft sand, and mud. But it wound up turning in to a boardwalk that took me out to Lake Jesup, so I hopped off to relax for a little while here



On the way back I went a different way, and found a lot of mud - play time!




(Sorry to Instagram it up so hard but the sun washed out the picture big time)

Also face-eating time. The run up to that drop was super short, and the first time I tried going down I almost made it, got the back stuck in a little bit and had to drop a foot, but almost was able to ride away. Second go-round was much worse, my foot, that was previously down in the mud, slipped off the pedal right as I was coming up to the edge. One parkour-style-falling-from-the-second-story-rolling-over-one-shoulder dismount later (at least I like to think that's what it looked like), I came up thinking that this was really stupid to do without a helmet. Then proceeded to take any ramps that were set up and barely manage to keep my bike under me every time. I seriously need to invest in a helmet if I plan to keep bringing both wheels up at the same time.

Igo

Good shots, both. Looks like a great day.

jbchybridrider 

Second shot looks like you came back from an Amazonian jungle ride after eating the wrong berries, looks like fun though.

levelred

https://instagr.am/p/LA0GKpuCU3/

alexaschwanden

Nice pics.

jbchybridrider 

Here's some pic's from today's ride. Starting from the city headed to the coast then back up to Belair in the Adelaide hills then back to the city.




I'm sure i'm level at 600 feet with the airliner at cetre of pic, half way to Belair.




This dirt jump track is right in the city. I can only guess how many times an ambulance has been called here.

Igo

There's that road I like so much.

BridgeNotTunnel

great shots jbc, thanks for sharing.

Yesterday I met a forumer in Brooklyn for a ride.

https://astoriahd.blogspot.com/2012/0...acob-riis.html

My day ended at mile 50 when cramping set in full force.

I'm still 260 pounds, and it seems that riding in temperatures in the 80's is extra taxing for me on longer rides. I'm hoping to shed a few pounds before my first century, I feel ridiculous hauling so much extra weight for so many miles.

jbchybridrider 

Close but not hot

jbchybridrider 

BNT, I followed your course around the Roosevelt Island ride and had a closer look "with Google Earth" at the sights around there, very nice.

In part 11 above, is that an old road closed to cars now. Is there lots of bike pathways setup like that or have I seen it before, either way the joints setup well for you over there.

BridgeNotTunnel

Roosevelt island had great views but the road conditions were not ideal.

Part 11 posted above is the interior of Prospect Park in brooklyn, heading South.

I just sent my GoPro HD Hero 2 back to the manufacturer as my microphone jack seems to be malfunctioning creating background noise.

hopefully they will have a camera back in my hands soon.

VinnyBrooklyn

I live about 20 seconds after video 16. Remember that if you ever need a break in the area. I love watching your rides, also had a slice from New Park Pizza today. Would love to tag along for a ride someday once I am able to maintain your speed of course.

giantcfr1

giantcfr1

Wonderful as ever.

alexaschwanden

I went 20 miles with a bike friend to bayfont park and back.

giantcfr1

Alexaschwanden please take some pics of your rides around Palo Alto. Your area has a very cool name.

bjjoondo 

23 miles with the wife, got RAINED on all the way back home!! Still, it felt good as it was getting hot and MUGGY as the storm was building up, coming over Pikes Peak!

jbchybridrider 

I got rained on as well bjjoondo but it was heaps cold too. Did quite a long ride today through the Adelaide hills, rode up to Norton Summit through the Basket Ranges to Lobethal onto Cudlee Creek and back down Gorge Road to Adelaide. Most of the ride was wet and treacherous because it's all tight and sweeping corners, in some spots moss grows on the road and my carbon brakes are hopeless when wet.
A bit of danger never puts me off though

I've showed pic's like this before but this shows how far the coast is in relation to the city and the hills. One of my favorite rides follows the Torrens River from the hills to the coast though the city center.
At the bottom is the road I came up on, there's still a long way to Norton Summit from here.


If you look carefully you can see trails on the opposite hill I'll have to MTB ride them sometime.


I woke this guy up taking his pic.





I went past a wildlife park and stuck my lens through the fence, There's a albino wallaby there but I would have had to walk through mud for a better shot. He's luck he's in a park because albino's dont survive in the wild long.


This is a shot some miles upstream from Kangaroo Creek dam, the low water line has exposed the old Gorge road. At another dam further up a whole town becomes exposed in drought that was flooded.