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Here's a minute or so video from a quick ride yesterday morning. How do I embed here?
https://vimeo.com/336962329
https://vimeo.com/336962329
The tent at 1min was a surprise.
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It is technically inside the city. 5k from my house it takes about 10-15 minutes for me to get onto the trails. Definitely some homeless camps inside the forest. Its 3.8 square miles in size so there is plenty of room play around. Once a week I try to squeeze an hour ride in before taking my daughter to school during the week and it's great for that, any longer than an hour and a half here and you'll feel like you're turning in circles.
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Here's a minute or so video from a quick ride yesterday morning. How do I embed here?
https://vimeo.com/336962329
https://vimeo.com/336962329
We have something similar a couple of blocks from our house, but it's a mtb area and all on the side of a mountain - no flats
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Didn't do much stopping but here's the aftermath of the first section of mud single track from Farmers Daughter. techy deep mud on file treads was a game of concentration, power and knowing when to hop off lol then we did 6500' of climbing
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Very nice. I love it!!
That link didn't work to your other lights discussion.
My bike is black, so I used some 3M tape for night time riding. That black tape barely glows compared to regular 3M tape. The black is about as bright as a license plate reflection, while the other color 3M tapes are as bright as a good road sign (or the white-red stripes on the sides of a semi). The black tape was a little disappointing to me.
Here is the back of my bike as seen from the side (the blue tape is not 3M - the 3M stuff is bright enough to wash out in these photos. I've played with all kinds of colored designs on my wheels.
That link didn't work to your other lights discussion.
My bike is black, so I used some 3M tape for night time riding. That black tape barely glows compared to regular 3M tape. The black is about as bright as a license plate reflection, while the other color 3M tapes are as bright as a good road sign (or the white-red stripes on the sides of a semi). The black tape was a little disappointing to me.
Here is the back of my bike as seen from the side (the blue tape is not 3M - the 3M stuff is bright enough to wash out in these photos. I've played with all kinds of colored designs on my wheels.
The tape is black. You can see it (barely) in the photos below. .
Don't buy any. I have a ton of it sitting in my closet and will send you enough to do a few wheelsets. No charge. Just PM me your address and I'll get an envelope in the mail. I'm just down the road in Marietta, Georgia so its no bother at all.
Don't buy any. I have a ton of it sitting in my closet and will send you enough to do a few wheelsets. No charge. Just PM me your address and I'll get an envelope in the mail. I'm just down the road in Marietta, Georgia so its no bother at all.
#983
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I still haven't done any real gravel roads yet but here are a few more from the same rail trail.
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#984
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From today, South Fork CO
Exploring a fire road loop that became too rocky and technical. Was great gravel riding for about 10 miles up though.
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Some really great photos guys.
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Yesterday, I went on a ride along the Connecticut Airline Trail. I covered just over 88 miles. My goal was to do a full century but by the time I got close to my car my legs couldn’t handle anymore . This is the longest ride I’ve ever done, and I did it solo.
I had a great time, even when I accidentally went beyond the end of the trail and onto a part of the trail that is currently under development, and went down in a water/mud pit!
And TimothyH will be happy to know I did purchase a helmet!
I had a great time, even when I accidentally went beyond the end of the trail and onto a part of the trail that is currently under development, and went down in a water/mud pit!
And TimothyH will be happy to know I did purchase a helmet!
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@LeFreakyBone Looks lovely where you rode .... love the colour of your bar tape as well
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User @bonsai171 and I rode gravel today.
This is Blue Car Body Rd. Totally not kidding about the name.
This is Blue Car Body Rd. Totally not kidding about the name.
Last edited by TimothyH; 05-27-19 at 06:10 PM.
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@LeFreakyBone Looks lovely where you rode .... love the colour of your bar tape as well
Unfortunately the bar tape doesn't look as pretty as it did when new .
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GO Pro outtake. View across Hansen Dam, LA County from a couple of days ago. We have had some very strange weather lately, makes for great pics.
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Work got canceled. Had a bonus day off . Took the Cross Check out riding. Had a good ride, even with losing the front end in a downhill, loose switchback!
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I rode through some Wildlife Management Areas and some fine country roads today.
Ya'll come down.
-Tim-
Ya'll come down.
-Tim-
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^^^^ Absolutely beautiful ... would love to ride that !!!
How many miles of that have you got around there???
How many miles of that have you got around there???
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There are about 20 miles of gravel in the county just to the west of me. Gravel sectors need to be connected with paved sectors, but that isn't really a bother when the paved sectors look like the photo below, which was also from my ride today.
-Tim-
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Frame grabs from a GoPro, not the best quality.
Last edited by flieger; 06-02-19 at 12:27 PM. Reason: Add spacing between photos.