Long Island: Good Ride Today?
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I'm pretty sure we had a discussion a while back about Sveas. I too had one way back.
My really clever solution to the problem of wind robbing the stove of heat transfer to the pot, was to use the MSR aluminum folding wind screen. Worked great until the stove blew up. Seems the wind shield does a great job pushing all that generated heat back at the pot - and stove. It's the reason that MSR puts the fuel tank outside the wind screen, yuk, yuk.
My really clever solution to the problem of wind robbing the stove of heat transfer to the pot, was to use the MSR aluminum folding wind screen. Worked great until the stove blew up. Seems the wind shield does a great job pushing all that generated heat back at the pot - and stove. It's the reason that MSR puts the fuel tank outside the wind screen, yuk, yuk.
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I sorta had a stove 'problem' for a few years. The n+1 can be really bad with stoves! I have cut back significantly on my stove purchases, and have sold a lot of them. Now I'm down to maybe under 20? (although I did just win an obscure Trangia burner on Tradera )
I'm presuming you know of: https://classiccampstoves.com/
I'm presuming you know of: https://classiccampstoves.com/
I've got the Svea, a Swiss Army "Volcano" (meant to be used with fuel tabs but I made a pop can alcohol burner to fit inside), a Swedish Army Trangia, and an old MSR Whisperlite. I guess I have my "problem" under control.......
I've used all but the MSR on bike tours. For bike purposes, I should get one of those "newfangled" tiny burners you screw onto a canister. My partner in crime and I use his on backpacking trips out West, due to fear of a clueless TSA agent confiscating almost anything else. We often encounter below freezing temps out there, even in August, so the canister stove is sometimes a bit anemic. Plus the piezoelectric igniter will not work at 10,000 feet or higher.
In a fit of nostalgia, my friend just bought an old but almost pristine Optimus 8R!
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The wind is never ending....
42 miles and i'm exhausted.
Saw the bike repair station at Bethpage... they need some Torx bits.
42 miles and i'm exhausted.
Saw the bike repair station at Bethpage... they need some Torx bits.
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I've heard enough explosion stories to be pretty conservative with the wind shielding. Now I find that the fuel line on my MSR is susceptible to embrittlement and MSR no longer supports that version with parts. AAARGH.
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I think this this may be the last weekend before the tics come out.
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What can I say other than Spring has sprung. Had to take the arm warmers off on the way back.
47 miles.
47 miles.
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67 miles and i'm tired. Strong southerly wind but well worth it. Temps were in the low 60s and rose to 70. On the way home it dropped 15* in an hour.
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Played hooky from work on Friday, headed out to Edgewood Preserve in Commack. I've wanted to check this place out for a while, it's only 10 minutes add'l in the car (compared to the drive to Bethpage) and should be a nice mt. bike alternative to the typical BP loops we do over and over.
Good day for it, nobody in the place and the rain never materialized. I was the only car in the small lot on Commack Rd. I remembered my DEC permits and headed out with a printed and colorized version of the TrailForks on-line map.
Basically 4 kinds of trails.
Easiest is the White trail, that's 5.5 miles long, which is basically a set of long straight and wide double track trails that go for 1/4 mile, then turn for another 1/4 mile, etc.... If you own a gravel/cross bike, this would be a fun ride for a couple of loops. Nothing sandy so rideable on 32mm tires.
The side trails are Yellow (7 trails), Blue (4 trails) or Red (5 trails. All the colored trails branch off from and return to the White and were hand built by CLIMB, with Yellow (easiest) twisty and tight single track, maybe an occasional mogul. Blue is more difficult as they have more moguls, Red more difficult yet as mostly moguls and half pipe sections.
I got 10.5 miles in on White, Yellow, a detour on a Blue Hiking Trail and finally a mile out and back on Blue #13 , which as it;'s reasonably new is a tough grind, all roots, stumps, soft trail surface and some hard and steep moguls. As section 13 was at the end of the ride I bagged and returned to the White and back to the car.
Did I say nobody in the place ?. The entire preserve is the former property of the old Edgewood State Hospital, there are lots of signs of that former activity, so you see a mound of tires covered in dirt repurposed as a mogul. Occasional concrete blocks and the old rail-road track and bed that supplied coal to the since torn down power plant. At the north end you are in new-'ish growth woods and ride right past a steel caged baseball backstop, just surrounded by trees, the old playing field being completely overgrown in the 30 years since the entire facility was closed.
No ghosts seen or screams heard, which I read about when I Googled "Edgewood Preserve" to get some insight into what had been here. Apparently the woods are haunted.
You have to pay attention to the trails system markings as there a a lot of trails not marked that cross the ones marked. Lots of old overgrown roads as well. It's also as flat as a pancake, which means time the ride well as nothing drains, so once puddles develop, it stays wet for a few days.
And I picked up a tick, discovered when I got home, so I'll go back in the fall (I hate ticks).
Good ride though.
Good day for it, nobody in the place and the rain never materialized. I was the only car in the small lot on Commack Rd. I remembered my DEC permits and headed out with a printed and colorized version of the TrailForks on-line map.
Basically 4 kinds of trails.
Easiest is the White trail, that's 5.5 miles long, which is basically a set of long straight and wide double track trails that go for 1/4 mile, then turn for another 1/4 mile, etc.... If you own a gravel/cross bike, this would be a fun ride for a couple of loops. Nothing sandy so rideable on 32mm tires.
The side trails are Yellow (7 trails), Blue (4 trails) or Red (5 trails. All the colored trails branch off from and return to the White and were hand built by CLIMB, with Yellow (easiest) twisty and tight single track, maybe an occasional mogul. Blue is more difficult as they have more moguls, Red more difficult yet as mostly moguls and half pipe sections.
I got 10.5 miles in on White, Yellow, a detour on a Blue Hiking Trail and finally a mile out and back on Blue #13 , which as it;'s reasonably new is a tough grind, all roots, stumps, soft trail surface and some hard and steep moguls. As section 13 was at the end of the ride I bagged and returned to the White and back to the car.
Did I say nobody in the place ?. The entire preserve is the former property of the old Edgewood State Hospital, there are lots of signs of that former activity, so you see a mound of tires covered in dirt repurposed as a mogul. Occasional concrete blocks and the old rail-road track and bed that supplied coal to the since torn down power plant. At the north end you are in new-'ish growth woods and ride right past a steel caged baseball backstop, just surrounded by trees, the old playing field being completely overgrown in the 30 years since the entire facility was closed.
No ghosts seen or screams heard, which I read about when I Googled "Edgewood Preserve" to get some insight into what had been here. Apparently the woods are haunted.
You have to pay attention to the trails system markings as there a a lot of trails not marked that cross the ones marked. Lots of old overgrown roads as well. It's also as flat as a pancake, which means time the ride well as nothing drains, so once puddles develop, it stays wet for a few days.
And I picked up a tick, discovered when I got home, so I'll go back in the fall (I hate ticks).
Good ride though.
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New bike....
For my 21 month old grand daughter.
For my 21 month old grand daughter.
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[QUOTE=oldnslow2;20890697]She's only 21 months old.[/QUOTE
You're taking this too seriously, it's a joke.
You're taking this too seriously, it's a joke.
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Great photo.
I can see the future and in 18-20 years it's going to be "Hey Gran-Dad, wanna' go do some hill repeats at Teddy Roosevelt's house ?".
I can see the future and in 18-20 years it's going to be "Hey Gran-Dad, wanna' go do some hill repeats at Teddy Roosevelt's house ?".
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Finally hung the cyclocross bike on the hook and took the road bike down.
It's amazing how different they are and how much more responsive the Emonda is.
Anyway, after doing a 2 mile local loop to shake it out since this was the first time riding it after it was completed disassembled, I headed out and went to Oyster Bay.
I'm so out of shape, but then round is a shape.
It's amazing how different they are and how much more responsive the Emonda is.
Anyway, after doing a 2 mile local loop to shake it out since this was the first time riding it after it was completed disassembled, I headed out and went to Oyster Bay.
I'm so out of shape, but then round is a shape.
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Nissequogue River
vineyard on Harbor Rd
carved from a single piece of cedar, 1820.
What a day! Took my first long-ish ride of the year, up to Stony Brook to visit my friend Hercules. He looks good for 199. I was a bit worried about running out of legs so I cheated and started from Bethpage rather than home, knocking 10 miles off the usual total of 76. FYI the long-closed deli-pizzeria on Riviera in San Remo has reopened and was a good stop for this thirsty rider.
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This should be recognizable. My wife is working a movie in Montauk and has a free motel room, so I came out today, did a nice 25 miler. Have not ridden out here in a while, last time was Tour of the Hamptons maybe 12 years ago. Forgot how hilly it is but it was great riding.
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Glen Cove Road
Bryant Avenue
Glen Cove Avenue
Glen Cove Avenue
Glen Cove Avenue
Glen Cove Avenue
Glen Cove Avenue
Road Closed Not even bikes... Sea Cliff Ave. Filming a TV show
Got creative on Glen Cove Avenue, yesterday.
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62 miles... too nice to be inside.
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Model 318 Fairing with Panniers Polypropylene is much cheaper than Fiberglass.
Bayville today
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That's a lot of "stuff" to being along for a ride.