We don't need no steeekin' mountain bikes
09-07-08, 06:12 PM
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We don't need no steeekin' mountain bikes
So on a long ride in Western Mass, I pulled out my handy Iphone, pulled up google maps and found a road that looked like it was going where I wanted and went for it (Tob Road, Westhampton). Oops. It quickly went from simply steep and crappy asphalt to dirt to what I presume to be a hiking path as I rode past a group of really confused hikers - I somehow think that they never expected to see a guy in spandex on a skinny tired road bike to come riding past. Anywho pics below, the mailbox was at the top of the hill where the path connected with a road. Too perfect.
09-07-08, 07:09 PM
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iphone maps are maps surveyed by google earth satalites to be what look like roads and they are paths acars with gps have traveled
so alot of them are like this.
so alot of them are like this.
09-07-08, 07:14 PM
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My pal Roger rides his road bike on rough stuff, he likes road bikes, skinny tires and all.
me on the other hand, if it don't got shocks on both ends its a road thing...
me on the other hand, if it don't got shocks on both ends its a road thing...
09-07-08, 07:32 PM
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09-07-08, 07:33 PM
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You should have seen some of the crap I rode in Greece.
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did some grass off-road riding myself with the 10 wide joggers and erratic kids today 
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