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Necessarily "couples?" Or maybe a man and his son?
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Don't think negatively due to the title, the picture shows a "couple" of great riders that look happy, regardless of the size difference.
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Lots of room to grow, too!
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@pickettt, that is an awesome picture!
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Thanks. I'm just glad he's out of that trailer and pulling his own weight. (Sorry for the poor quality pics, they're screen captures from video.) Attachment 597992 |
Climbed Haleakala last week in Maui. From sea level to 10,000 feet in 35 miles. https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...36757aca6c.jpg
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That's a great shot!
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Haleakala
Originally Posted by NoTrail
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That's a great shot!
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We did that ride in 2003. Paia to the top. Completely self-supported. I took a wrong turn in Kula and added several miles. THE HARDEST RIDE WE HAVE EVER DONE! Many times on the ride I was ready to turn around. My stoker kept cheering me on. I think it took us 9 hours elapsed time for the climb. About 2 hours descending. I was so tired when we got down I could barely sit up to eat dinner.
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Haleakala
Originally Posted by oldacura
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We did that ride in 2003. Paia to the top. Completely self-supported. I took a wrong turn in Kula and added several miles. THE HARDEST RIDE WE HAVE EVER DONE! Many times on the ride I was ready to turn around. My stoker kept cheering me on. I think it took us 9 hours elapsed time for the climb. About 2 hours descending. I was so tired when we got down I could barely sit up to eat dinner.
I think that is considered the longest paved climb in the world. Congratulations! |
The weather was good for us as well. We would have been better off eating more but we would have had to carry it. We did this on our old steel Co-Motion that weighs about 45 pounds empty. I'm quite certain that we could not do this ride today. Definitely a bucket-list ride.
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Originally Posted by oldacura
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The weather was good for us as well. We would have been better off eating more but we would have had to carry it. We did this on our old steel Co-Motion that weighs about 45 pounds empty. I'm quite certain that we could not do this ride today. Definitely a bucket-list ride.
How did this rate compared to other rides you have done? We also did Haleakala unsupported. Chris is good at always packing more food than we need--lots of gels and bars. But we did run out of water for about 20 minutes before the visitor center at about 7,000 ft. |
Great climb, great picture, great memories for you two! Kudos!!!
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hidden happyness
https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...33b027d0b.jpeg
A press fotographer got us and used the pic for the website of a (Berlin, Germany) local radio station. So happyness can't be seen from the back, but we are really happy: With every mile we ride together :-) |
Originally Posted by Nick & Chris
(Post 20358384)
We have had longer days on double centuries, but because of the humidity, elevation and relentless climbing Haleakala is probably hardest ride we have done with one exception, our local Climb to Kaiser. Climb to Kaiser has 15,000 feet of climbing in about 155 miles and much of the climbing is very steep. We've done Climb to Kaiser 10 times, but not for a few years. Might not be able to do it now. We are slowing down (both age 67).
We also did Haleakala unsupported. Chris is good at always packing more food than we need--lots of gels and bars. But we did run out of water for about 20 minutes before the visitor center at about 7,000 ft. |
Originally Posted by oldacura
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Looks like your bike has disc brakes. Cable or hydraulic? Did you ever have indication on the descent that the brakes were overheating?
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Great pics all!
My sweetie and I rode Acadia National Park's Park Loop Road today. Great weather, light traffic, but dang those 15% grades keep getting harder. http://world.std.com/~muller/pics/Ac...2-1024x768.jpg http://world.std.com/~muller/pics/Ac...9-1024x768.jpg |
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I want a good video of the multi-seat tandem (quad, quint). On the Internet, this almost does not exist.
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Originally Posted by jimmuller
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Great pics all!
My sweetie and I rode Acadia National Park's Park Loop Road today. Great weather, light traffic, but dang those 15% grades keep getting harder. http://world.std.com/~muller/pics/Ac...2-1024x768.jpg http://world.std.com/~muller/pics/Ac...9-1024x768.jpg https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...83a0720ce6.jpg Sorry only half the crew while riding the Carriage road. |
Jim and Sharon look happy together wherever they are and whatever they're doing.
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Originally Posted by noglider
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Jim and Sharon look happy together wherever they are and whatever they're doing.
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One of the photographers at a local gravel event caught us this weekend. We were pretty pleased with ourselves at the time. We were on a familiar rolling gravel road and had just strung out the pack behind us. https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...b620a3d93.jpeg Gravel riding during Raid Rockingham on Berry Rd |
How not to ride a tandem
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Oy. That couple was like my first marriage. Only mine was worse.
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From a recent ride with some of our tandem friends. Always a good time.
https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...22d8d16c38.jpg |
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