The what did u ride this weekend thread

[bigman]

spooky

[AngryScientist]

zanc

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0f0kHgDfqj0/VBY3Mk2BjeI/AAAAAAAABxg/7wpWP5EH0Qw/s1000/P1080310.JPG

[regularguy412]

No pix,but , as usual, the CSI with Easton EC90SL tubular 38mm.

I'm really spoiled, now. I kinda cringe when riding my old Cannondale 2.8 with Open Pros.

Mike in AR:beer:

[weisan]

http://alicehui.com/pics/bike/585.jpg

I still prefer my steel Taylor. :p

[csm]

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[Dr Luxurious]

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a322/tmge/photo2_zpsbff0469e.jpg

[veloduffer]

Spectrum on Saturday

http://johnz.zenfolio.com/img/s1/v46/p968882137-4.jpg


Focus cross bike on Sunday

http://johnz.zenfolio.com/img/s12/v173/p25105315-4.jpg

[Bostic]

Steve Rex. Just over 1000 miles on it since I got it a bit under two months ago.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1024x768q90/910/baI1XZ.jpg

[EPOJoe]

Calfee Tetra Pro...

[Dead Man]

Not a live action shot from le weekend, but this is what I rode yesterdah for a nice little hill adventure with my bro. Our intended route included 5500' over 5 climbs and 50 miles on the backroads of Columbia County Oregon, but No. 3 climb was such a horrible beast, and Friday night had been so abusive, we bailed at 3500' and 35 miles. Oh well! I'm still 160 miles for the week, which is better than I usually do.

He's heading out to New York for a job interview this week..... might very well have been our last ride together!

http://i844.photobucket.com/albums/ab6/bkb0000/photo7_zpsd9c9d060.jpg

[8aaron8]

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5506/14380902028_025030afb4_b.jpg

[seanile]

http://i.imgur.com/b7q520w.jpg?1

[OtayBW]

Rode the Civil War Century on my new (to me) Peg Responsorium. :banana:

[FlashUNC]

This, though it looks a tad different now. Different cages, crank, RD...

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5323/9531035639_0bd0fe42c6_b.jpg

[Jack Brunk]

this weekend on this.

[enr1co]

http://imagehost.vendio.com/a/3577307/view/C59garage.JPG Really liking the ride of the veloflex clinchers- really smooth and comfortable for 23's.

[efuentes]

I got to suffer on a too-fast-for-me group on this

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z111/mundofuentes/Colnago/100_0086_zps739510bd.jpg (http://s195.photobucket.com/user/mundofuentes/media/Colnago/100_0086_zps739510bd.jpg.html)

[weisan]

this weekend on this.

Jack! Nice to see you pal!
Wow! It's fun to see you ride an old war horse, with 9speed-shimano nevertheless.;)

[Steve in SLO]

Day 1 my MXL, then my DeSalvo on day 2

[pinoymamba]

moots, my only bike...

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3913/15045753007_afdccd493d_z_d.jpg

[henrypretz]

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/17843554/IMG_2810.jpg

Here's one with more of the tree showing

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/17843554/IMG_2822.JPG

[choke]

This...

http://hampco.ciocctoo.com/829-4.JPG

[fogrider]

1697886790
seems like I'm the only guy in the pack on steel!

[velotel]

This :

[Jgrooms]

http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/09/15/352afbf2f76be092be3305a64a46b0ac.jpg

[palincss]

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3878/14847282180_2d611bc1dd_b.jpg

Thanks again, jbay!

[makoti]

Can't get a pic to load, but did 80 on the Crumpton T5 Sunday morning. Beautiful day for it after a really crappy Saturday.

[ntb1001]

I didn't have time to ride because I had to fix some rotten wood facia boards around the front of my house all weekend.....but I did manage to take this out for a quick ride though. ..:cool::cool:

http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/09/15/48d9587247da4d79254b5f5b9bc4e60a.jpg

[weisan]

http://www.buckscountychoppers.com/images/purplechopper.jpg
I don't think the original intent of OP was to differentiate between the haves and have-nots, in other words, this is not a "social-status" thread. By all means, post a pic of your pride and joy regardless of what out looks like, branded or not, who cares! This is THE paceline forum (read the other thread about what makes us different)

[rwsaunders]

^ Jack is back on the road in style...I settled on the Weigle this weekend.

[sandyrs]

http://photos-a.ak.instagram.com/hphotos-ak-xaf1/10684075_707683355969336_1552998337_n.jpg

[oddsaabs]

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[Netdewt]

http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/hphotos-xpa1/t51.2885-15/924574_628009370628391_166880025_n.jpg

[vav]

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3873/14744607639_965d15dd1a_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/osVYa6)IMG_20140815_154908 (https://flic.kr/p/osVYa6) by vavpa (https://www.flickr.com/people/63560619@N06/), on Flickr

[joosttx]

Bilenky, hill over hill over hill in the headlands.

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3864/15225265176_03246d1dca_c.jpg

[Md3000]

Rode the Civil War Century on my new (to me) Peg Responsorium. :banana:

I was thinking of doing that Century but couldnt do it cos of work! How was it?

[pjmsj21]

I am very much enjoying this bike.....a lot! Took it for a 45 mile club ride on Saturday that was great fun. On Sunday, I took the Concours and the Fierte IT for short comparison rides. Both bikes have very similar rides, but the handling of the Concours as well as the component group and bars make it easily the more enjoyable ride.

[choke]

This : I think we have a winner.

[Steve in SLO]

Hey, vav, what is your Niner doing by my garage door?

[binxnyrwarrsoul]

...

[jmoore]

Only my Bedford. 2hrs each on Sat and Sun

[Likes2ridefar]

Got some new wheels for the bike so had to take it out for a nice ride yesterday on some dirt roads to make sure they are strong and some fast descents in cross winds to make sure they handle properly!

I had the bike listed for sale but am now smitten with it after adding the more appropriate wheels and managing to find a few hours to use the thing on the weekends!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v83/Spookykinkajou/Litchfield%20Ride/20140913_120049_zpstqpdrhb7.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Spookykinkajou/media/Litchfield%20Ride/20140913_120049_zpstqpdrhb7.jpg.html)

[palincss]

I was thinking of doing that Century but couldnt do it cos of work! How was it?

I didn't ride it but several of my friends did. It was bloody hot, for one thing; and due to road closures they had to revise the route, and as a result it was more difficult this year than it ever has been in the past. One friend, who has done it several times, said it was the hardest ride she has ever done. (I've also heard that those new hard bits aren't going to be there next year.) And then, to cap it all off, an electrical storm at the end, not nearly as bad as the one a couple of years ago, but still, the crowning insult.

[xia_ke]

Today was my "Saturday" and I managed to sneak out for a quick ride around some Southern Maine beaches, hitting Wells, Drake's Island, Parson's, Kennebunk, and Kennebunkport. Fall is definitely in the air and finally ended up having to wear a jacket today :eek:

[bobswire]

moots, my only bike...

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3913/15045753007_afdccd493d_z_d.jpg

Cool pic and destination.

[bking]

Friday:
http://bking.smugmug.com/Tour-de-Bike/Various/i-J8JqnPg/0/X2/photo%20%288%29-X2.jpg
Saturday:
http://bking.smugmug.com/Tour-de-Bike/Various/i-WnhF7Sf/0/X3/photo%202%20%282%29-X3.jpg

bit'o contrast one day to the next.

[Keith A]

Lots of cool pictures and great bikes...keep them coming. Sorry about the indoor picture, but this was my ride on Saturday...60+ miles with the local hammer heads (25.4 mph average).

http://forums.thepaceline.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=1697875755&stc=1&d=1392919123

[Saint Vitus]

Yep, velotel FTW.

Very nice collection of metal and carbon, here is what I rode...

...on

[Ssalmon]

No pictures but I spent Sunday afternoon coaching the high school mountain bike team on my rockhopper 29er. One of the best days for a ride this year.

[bluesea]

Pic not from this weekend, but I did pass the location by a few times. These are the coolest bottles, btw.



http://i.imgur.com/srSJbAQl.jpg (http://imgur.com/srSJbAQ)

[572cv]

I rode the couch this weekend. Sick as can be, completely enervated. :mad:

So, I guess I'll have to go ride Velotel territory next weekend. Really!:banana:

Off to Annecy with the ol' serotta.

[Keith A]

Pic not from this weekend, but I did pass the location by a few times. These are the coolest bottles, btw. Nice view, where was this taken?

[jvp]

Rode to downtown Raleigh NC and back home, about 25 miles. Minor hills are fun to attack on this thing!

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[saab2000]

Rode the Pacenti on Saturday and Sunday. Nice rides.

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5555/15038765848_eab1206102_o.jpg

[bluesea]

Nice view, where was this taken?


That's Makapuu lookout! The bigger rock is called Rabbit Island.

[old fat man]

Saturday and Sunday, rode to the cx races, raced, rode home

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3912/15051635088_3f6c929c41_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oW4yHN)

Today, did a lazy spin on the road bike

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3871/15003871777_3096e9a247_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oRQLmr)

[noonan1970]

on the interior road of Glacier National Park. Road is closed to traffic! Then finished the loop with the North Fork road and Camas Road. Then a Dip in Lake McDonald.

http://i57.tinypic.com/303ak2a.jpg
http://i59.tinypic.com/fyop2.jpg
http://i59.tinypic.com/10s7xfl.jpg
http://i59.tinypic.com/kd95pu.jpg

[Keith A]

That's Makapuu lookout! The bigger rock is called Rabbit Island.Thanks for the info. I knew it looked familiar, but couldn't remember the name of it

[Steve in SLO]

That's Makapuu lookout! The bigger rock is called Rabbit Island.

I saw your picture and it brought back great memories of running my dog up and over the hill to the lighthouse several times per week when I lived there. I loved the sound of the wind through the Ironwoods.

[bluesea]

I saw your picture and it brought back great memories of running my dog up and over the hill to the lighthouse several times per week when I lived there. I loved the sound of the wind through the Ironwoods.


Excellent. They've "improved" that trail a bit. There's now more parking and a slightly lessor chance of having one'e car broken into.

Here's another view of Makapuu lookout taken on another ride. The lighthouse is around the corner from the kite.


https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8327/8386215311_f8e9b8c4d0_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/dM4xDa)makapuu1-15-13a (https://flic.kr/p/dM4xDa) by pigmode (https://www.flickr.com/people/74222011@N03/), on Flickr

[eippo1]

Saturday and Sunday, rode to the cx races, raced, rode home

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3912/15051635088_3f6c929c41_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oW4yHN)


Baltimore?

@noonan:
I've always wanted to ride there since I went hiking there for a week with my wife. The nice thing about visiting these areas with her is that she has to drive because otherwise she gets carsick. So plenty of sightseeing on curvy roads for me!

I jumped in Iceberg Lake after a long hike and it was quite refreshing to say the least.

My rides were on the Bianchi on Saturday for a quick spin up some hills around Winchester and Woburn. Took the Warbird out on Sunday for my commute to Wheelworks so that I could rip it up in Rock Meadow and Beaver Brook. That bike just shines on the loose stuff in Beaver Brook.
I'll amend with pics later :)

[xia_ke]

on the interior road of Glacier National Park. Road is closed to traffic! Then finished the loop with the North Fork road and Camas Road. Then a Dip in Lake McDonald.

VERY jealous! My wife and i got married on the beach at Lake McDonald Lodge Labor Day weekend 2012. Hoping to get back there very soon!

[don'TreadOnMe]

I rode #60.

[William]

I paddled more than I rode this past weekend.... Btw, there is more carbon fiber here then probably ten bikes.:)

[Highpowernut]

No pics but took the aero bike out for 90 on sat with a short run on sun(13.1) got to get ready for iron man az ;-)

[bluesea]

I paddled more than I rode this past weekend.... Btw, there is more carbon fiber here then probably ten bikes.:)


What is it?

[Johnnyg]

Today was my "Saturday" and I managed to sneak out for a quick ride around some Southern Maine beaches, hitting Wells, Drake's Island, Parson's, Kennebunk, and Kennebunkport. Fall is definitely in the air and finally ended up having to wear a jacket today :eek:
PM me. I live in N. Berwick and ride the above often. Cheers

[William]

What is it?

14' carbon fiber paddle board...like I said, you could make quite a few bikes out of this thing.:)

[Kirk Pacenti]

i rode #60.

nice!

[Vonruden]

Saturday - trails

Lynskey

http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj533/vonruden1/E008D89A-D2F1-4DE0-A39C-2CCFE3F414D5_zpspib249n0.jpg

Sunday - road

IF

http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj533/vonruden1/9D962642-03EC-41E4-92A2-AC34C06FDFF6_zpss5afsvzi.jpg

[beeatnik]

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3920/15130668326_4584dccf58_b.jpg

[Black Dog]

http://i900.photobucket.com/albums/ac209/BlackDogryka/Serotta%20CII/file_zpsba26af1d.jpg

[Tony]

A white and blue Fusion! Off the wall!

https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/10660102_651517291629508_1012480729365684208_n.jpg ?oh=8f51da7547b5861a2aa673eb3ac465bd&oe=54C6F8FE&__gda__=1418086214_edf0f8762e628a5e02dadfd805ddf94 2

[Tony]

Some more fun with the Fusion. :)

https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/10409585_836418579710769_7834035450504233012_n.jpg ?oh=f404af23374dfc8e38f62fd5fd830ba6&oe=54C9C1EA&__gda__=1418839424_b7d333ea33e033e47040be5d19caeed 0


https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/10400877_835884029764224_8879247744658266590_n.jpg ?oh=14a333b83afe04669848f3f4cd7bec4b&oe=54C3F95F&__gda__=1418093287_42f4d8d9e0137d1081ae1e6f2656213 4

[Highpowernut]

1697886982
First ride after upgrade , shifts nice, rides great

[maverick_1]

Old pics, but definitely worth a share IMHO..

Kure City.
Fantastic place for riding, as compared to Tokyo!

Mount Noro, overlooking Kure City, Hiroshima.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7292/10926290523_286b2009b7_b.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7453/10926069896_d3e6c4b7d1_b.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7401/11191740035_7bae96614e_b.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7414/11191895403_7946d3c79e_b.jpg

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5486/11497488296_cf36202feb_b.jpg

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3798/11497492156_86a50f87ed_b.jpg

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3741/11497509943_853c46682e_b.jpg

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5535/11497502096_5886ec28c8_b.jpg

Below pic is Shimo-kamagari Island, located next to Kure City

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3673/11497428145_9c52497df4_b.jpg

[Keith A]

maverick_1 -- nice pictures and great ride too (of course I'm partial as I have a VXR)

[ik2280]

Yeah, those photos plus that Time make me incredibly jealous. Rode my 585 200 or so kilometers this weekend (including some fun racing), but that looks like the life.

[Vonruden]

Early bird gets the road

http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj533/vonruden1/2F0B714F-9578-4FCD-8319-0F77BA69C492_zpsbsxf9osx.jpg

http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj533/vonruden1/19B64D65-C1AB-4E44-BB30-9C196F6ECB31_zpsxa4bla7p.jpg

http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj533/vonruden1/303603AF-316C-43F8-83F4-85323C119183_zpsatcxtwti.jpg

http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj533/vonruden1/C2BDA451-E125-413A-88E1-B79FB524F40B_zpsindqqrtx.jpg

http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj533/vonruden1/C8CCC137-D3FD-4652-8FDF-BFE3DF510155_zpsztwcmzaq.jpg

http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj533/vonruden1/A35B0F35-85EB-4CBE-B625-AA0FECE0DCF4_zps39jduqgj.jpg

[maverick_1]

@Keith A, ik2280

Thanks :)
7yrs old frameset but still a beautiful ride.

Cheers

[texbike]

46 soggy miles on the C50 this morning. Helped a cute little turtle across a busy 4 lane road and into a creek.

Texbike

[tumbler]

Christening the Lynskey with its first proper ride. NYC to Piermont, NY.

[bking]

Stratosphere Tower in background...Dario's handiwork in the fore
http://bking.smugmug.com/Tour-de-Bike/Various/i-KCFK27n/0/X3/photo%201aaa-X3.jpg

[Keith A]

46 soggy miles on the C50 this morning. Helped a cute little turtle across a busy 4 lane road and into a creek.

Texbike
I did the exact same including the bike, except here in FL -- and I didn't help a turtle. But my C-50 got a good cleaning after the ride.

[pdmtong]

Stratosphere Tower in background...Dario's handiwork in the fore

(+) steel fork
(-) SRAM

[beeatnik]

(+) steel fork
(-) SRAM

Might be a minus for both, actually.

[texbike]

I did the exact same including the bike, except here in FL -- and I didn't help a turtle. But my C-50 got a good cleaning after the ride.

Mine is still really nasty. I'll give it a clean hopefully sometime this week. Managed to get in a quick 34 this morning with a buddy before church. No turtles today.

Bluesea may recognize the other C50 in the picture...

Texbike

[mgm777]

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3891/15227368896_62a8383bb5_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pcAfg3)IMG_0713.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pcAfg3) by axiom777 (https://www.flickr.com/people/32038769@N03/), on Flickr

[plattyjo]

First time riding the Knoxville Double Century (staff ride):

http://i.imgur.com/vxXqk29.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/dCW0MQH.jpg

[Bruce K]

First cx race in almost a year on Marin Cortina Pro

Kind of muddy but warm day - slower than I had hoped I'd be

Lots of work to do

But fun to get back out there

BK

[csm]

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[bobswire]

http://i60.tinypic.com/2cgkn7a.jpg

http://i62.tinypic.com/14aj7ya.jpg

[znfdl]

I did my birthday ride on September 20th instead of September 19th, as Kathy and I were driving up to Pittsburg so I could ride the Greater Allegheny Passage (GAP), which is a beautiful 150+ mile ride. For the GAP ride, I chose my Coconino bicycle, built by Steve Garro outfitted with 32mm cross tires. The trail starts in downtown Pittsburgh and ends in Cumberland Maryland. The one day ride was made possible because Katherine, my wonderful wife provided support for me during the ride.

For people that do not know much about the GAP, the route is a converted rail bed. While riding through Pittsburgh, trail users are treated to an array of signage interpreting the area's industrial past. Most of the journey parallels the Youghiogheny and Casselman Rivers. The trail is uphill from Pittsburgh until just past the Eastern Continental Divide or the first 126 miles are slightly uphill. Even though the uphill was not hard, it wears on you, as you constantly have to accelerate your bike and there is little or no coasting for the uphill section. However, the rider is treated to an excellent road surface, converted bridges that crossed the rivers numerous times and old railroad tunnels. I have attached a few of the pictures from my journey.

[ntb1001]

Last weekend I couldn't ride...but I got out yesterday when t g e rain stopped.
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/09/22/d85274ab4c8482a7c1d8581cf49c67cb.jpg

[seanile]

test rode my hopeful bike commute; i got tired of making excuses for not riding around here (new-ish to cincinnati).

-about 12.7 miles one-way, takes about 50 minutes.
-some nice sustained climbing in both directions.
-relatively light traffic when i was driving it during rush hour.
-26 degrees feeling like 20 wasn't too bad with some pearl izumi amfib elite bibs i got...never been able to ride in that temperature without rain pants over sweatpants over tights haha.

on the meriwether (http://forums.thepaceline.net/showthread.php?t=158457), to feature a rear rack for the actual commute
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[beeatnik]

Seanile, I like your style

[seanile]

Seanile, I like your style:cool: thanks

[pitonpat]

with my son on the Monroe Trail, Camel's Hump (or, as the French explorer Samuel de Champlain called it, 'le lion couchant'...the sleeping lion); a mountain in north central VT. The best snow conditions I've skied in years.

Backcountry skiing...earn your turns! Not unlike biking in mountain territory... seeming endless slogging uphill for the gratifying sense of flying down the other side!

[joosttx]

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8600/16490361889_7b2335db8f_z.jpg

Rode that ^ and saw this

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8607/16056547303_718d0b4a06_z.jpg

[Jetlau3]

1697896093

Snuck in a quick 30 up the pacific coast highway into Malibu before the rain. Flatted at mile 12, threw on a new tube and had an uneventful rest of the ride . No rain so far in LA though it's coming


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[spiderman]

Was out for a few hours on the moonlander
And am thinking of a custom fatty with
Seat mast and belt drive out of ti or stainless...

[mktng]

http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/02/28/53bde05f0146be8e8c20b8c638a0d533.jpg

http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/02/28/9c308aae850fac5e1508a7e69fd717d7.jpg

Not only lost feeling in my toes. But 2 of the 3 FD shifts from gunked up ice. All in all. Good day

[exapkib]

A cold, cold ride up the canyon.

http://i1336.photobucket.com/albums/o641/1zaxxon/IMG_5890_zps3364a66e.jpg (http://s1336.photobucket.com/user/1zaxxon/media/IMG_5890_zps3364a66e.jpg.html)

I'll take cold and dry in February any time.

[Ti Designs]

My winter car...

It's all that I need in the winter and nothing I don't. 44x19 with a chain I got at the local motorcycle shop. Up on the dashboard there's my watch, 'cause who cares how fast I'm going? The fenders are 2" wide 1/8" thick formed aluminum and work so well I've got requests to make more. There's a Contour camera on a custom mount looking over the cog on the back wheel, I also have a camera platform above the rear fender and another mount built into a headset spacer (it's not on the bike right now).

[guido]

Washed once a season if it needs it or not?

[Ti Designs]

Washed once a season if it needs it or not?

It would look like that after every ride, the streets are an ugly mix of slush, water, road salt and potholes. After a normal 3-4 hour ride in temps below 20F, there's a layer of frozen crud built up on the inside of the fenders and the leading edges of the cranks. I could spend an hour each time cleaning, but why?

[Vonruden]

Indy Fab -
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[earlfoss]

http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/03/01/be768102876608f584bcbfeeee445f8e.jpghttp://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/03/01/3c09296786ccf0c454b0405713569080.jpg went riding in Georgia and it was great.


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[weisan]

went riding in Georgia and it was great.

So earl-pal, now that we know WHERE you rode, WHAT did you ride it with?

[malcolm]

brasstown is a pretty difficult climb at least for me. I've driven over from Birmingham and done it a few times, never with snow though.

[Hank Scorpio]

Indy Fab -
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[IMG]

Osborne and East represent! We surf out there all the time.

[Peter B]

Nice coast loop with Achilli today.

Gorgeous weather out west this weekend.

[scrubadub]

A little dirt, a little road.

[Dead Man]

Your moms. All of them. This weekend. Is what I rode.

The trainer is actually what I rode, and I'm kind of resentful about it

[Repack Rider]

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8607/16646915172_51678d4b62_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/rn2MUQ)
Rainbow (https://flic.kr/p/rn2MUQ) by repackrider (https://www.flickr.com/people/101501346@N06/), on Flickr

The four-day weekend was all anyone could ask. On Friday, February 20, I flew into San Diego with Jacquie Phelan in tow, courtesy of Dave Duncan, owner of Bike Borrego (http://www.desertusa.com/borrego/du_borregosprings.html). Dave picked us up and after a two-hour drive, delivered us to Borrego Springs (http://www.desertusa.com/borrego/du_borregosprings.html), a town that lies in the center of the enormous expanse of Anza-Borrego State Park (http://www.desertusa.com/anza_borrego/du-abpmain.html). The "Anza" in that name is the Spanish explorer (http://www.desertusa.com/desert-people/juan-bautista-de-anza.html) who eventually made his way to San Francisco Bay by this route. This is desert country, and as in any desert, where there is an oasis such as Borrego Springs, there are people.

The purpose of my trip was to promote my book, Fat Tire Flyer: Repack and the Birth of Mountain Biking (http://www.velopress.com/books/fat-tire-flyer/). My traveling and cycling companion, Jacquie Phelan (http://www.usbhof.org/inductee-by-year/75-jacquie-phelan), is a three time national mountain bike champion, an inductee to both the US Bicycling Hall of Fame and the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame.. In connection with my book promotion, she and I were the "celebrity leaders" on a couple of mountain bike excursions. People paid, some dearly, to ride with us, with the proceeds going to the Anza-Borrego Foundation (http://theabf.org/).

In the afternoon of Day One, Friday, after we arrived in Borrego Springs, Dave took us sightseeing. The desert was blooming with all sorts of flowers in response to a recent rain.

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Desert in bloom (https://flic.kr/p/rmZG2R) by repackrider (https://www.flickr.com/people/101501346@N06/), on Flickr


That evening, I spoke for about 45 minutes in a theater to an audience of about 80 before a showing of "Klunkerz (http://www.klunkerz.com/)", a film about mountain bike history in which I am featured, then I sold and signed copies of Fat Tire Flyer.

Day Two, Saturday, we were ferried along with 27 other riders to a point high above the town, where they paid, some dearly, to ride with me and Jacquie. I broke out my cycling shoes and discovered that I had the left shoe from each of two different pairs. So glad I specified SPD clipless pedals, but well, here we are. No shoe change, so let's ride.

My brother Jim lives close enough that he and a friend came out to take part, and on rented bikes they took their first ride in years. The 400 feet of climbing over two miles to start the descent was no challenge for longtime cyclists, but it was a good day of exercise for those unused to it. Once over the summit, we descended Grapevine Canyon.

From the crest we had 12 miles of gentle downhill on a 4% grade. The surface was mostly two-track, with an inch of two of loose sand covering the hard tracks. The tracks were separated by a barrier of sand eight to ten inches high. My borrowed bike sells for something like $4000 less than the one I ride at home, and I was riding on clipless pedals in my regular shoes.

For most of the descent I stayed with Jim and his friend, whose experience level had them at the far back of the group. Speed is your friend on that surface, and the slow pace had Jim on the ground a few times and both knees polished raw. He was also the only rider to get a flat tire, which seems unfair. But he soldiered on and went the distance. We finished with a picnic in a park above the city after 2700 feet of descent over 12 miles or so.

After resting and cleaning up, we went out to Font's Point, a cliff that overlooks spectacular badlands 300 feet below. The speck on the cliff is a person.

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Font's point. The tiny speck is a person. (https://flic.kr/p/qqkKVV) by repackrider (https://www.flickr.com/people/101501346@N06/), on Flickr


On Day Three, Sunday I was better prepared to ride. Since I didn't have my cycling shoes, Dave replaced the clipless pedals with a good set of flat pedals. Jim had skipped the second day's ride over the same route, which changed my approach for my second ride over the same route. This time I had seen the trail, I was better prepared with flat pedals on the bike, and I wasn't riding at the back of the group.

If you get up to speed on that sandy surface, it's like riding on ice. You can't make sudden moves, and sometimes the bike shimmies a little side to side. Crossing over the center to line up a turn means getting the brief bite of the deep sand on each wheel and a side to side shake from the diagonal approach. It works better if you go fast, but not everyone wants to do that. Since this is desert, every plant is armed with two inch spikes, so you have to be careful about cutting corners and getting whipped on the leg or arm.

On our second trip down Jacquie and I didn't have to wait for our local guide to show us the turns, so we could rip it top to bottom. Jacquie is obviously a great rider and it was a great downhill. She and I and one other rider pulled out huge gaps on everyone else, riding mile after mile neither touching the brakes nor turning the cranks. That faster you went, the more you floated. The inch of sand that denied traction provided just enough drag on that perfect 4% gradient for us to sail along with a tailwind at 20-25 mph, in air that didn't seem to be moving. How could it be over so soon?

On Monday, Dave took Jacquie and me in his truck up Split Mountain Wash, a slot in the hills created by a fault line. The wash has vertical sides and a flat bottom which was covered with deposited silt and granite cobbles of all sizes. We were followed by friends in another vehicle. As we moved up the rough road in the canyon, we saw huge granite boulders strewn everywhere and worn smooth from their travels, torn from mountainsides far away and brought miles by flash floods. These dominate the bottom of the canyon. Here and there, ten or fifteen feet above the roadway the water has scoured a small indentation in the red sandstone cliffside, and deposited a contrasting gray twenty pound granite river cobble. It sits there waiting for the next high water to move it a mile further down the canyon.

A mountain biker approached, and he turned out to be the rider who accompanied Dave, Jacquie and myself to the start of the previous day's ride. He had already gone some distance before we found him, so he threw his bike in the back of the truck and joined us for the guided tour.

Dave explained the magnificent geological exposures created by a localized fault that is responsible for the name "Split Mountain." A woman from the other vehicle posed for me, standing in front of a sheer sandstone face to show the scale of a layer twisted into a knot.


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Carolyn Wolf shows the scale of the twisted anticline. (https://flic.kr/p/rmZFCz) by repackrider (https://www.flickr.com/people/101501346@N06/), on Flickr


Dave showed us fossilized footprints of a dog, a large cat, a camel, a gomphothere, and a llama on the underside of exposed slabs, not indented but hanging from above in bas-relief. When he pointed them out on the canyon wall 30 feet above our heads, it was still hard to spot them, even with binoculars. Whoever found them first had sharp eyes!

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Fossilized cat footprints (https://flic.kr/p/r5EKnF) by repackrider (https://www.flickr.com/people/101501346@N06/), on Flickr


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(https://flic.kr/p/r5xyGf)Fossilized llama footprint (https://flic.kr/p/r5xyGf) by repackrider (https://www.flickr.com/people/101501346@N06/), on Flickr


After returning us to the flatter terrain, Dave took Jacquie and me on a walk across the desert. In the open territory you don't need to follow a trail, but you have to watch out for hazards in the form of vicious spikes on nearly everything that isn't a rock. Recent rains had produced a burst of wildflowers of all colors. Dave led us to an overlook where he could point out the features of the hills across the valley.


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Desert Lily (https://flic.kr/p/r3NtnP) by repackrider (https://www.flickr.com/people/101501346@N06/), on Flickr

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Ocotillo and barrel cacti. (https://flic.kr/p/r3Ntia) by repackrider (https://www.flickr.com/people/101501346@N06/), on Flickr

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Beaver Tail Cactus (https://flic.kr/p/rn7RS2) by repackrider (https://www.flickr.com/people/101501346@N06/), on Flickr


On the way back into town we visited a Tyrannosaurus Rex with a couple of babies, some of the dozens of steel sculptures that dot the landscape over many square miles of the valley. There are relatively realistic and life-size extinct animals such as dinosaurs, gomphotheres and gigantic camels, life-size modern horses and cattle, a huge sea serpent, a 20-foot scorpion and similar size grasshopper, a monster tortoise and more, all randomly distributed out in the middle of open desert landscape.

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T Rex mama (https://flic.kr/p/r5ytH7) by repackrider (https://www.flickr.com/people/101501346@N06/), on Flickr



If I wrote about all the wonderful people Jacquie and I met, the barbecue, the accommodations and so on, this would be far too long to read. After our adventure, Dave took Jacquie and me back to San Diego and we got on a plane and came home.

I only get to use ten images here. The rest are in a flickr album. (https://www.flickr.com/photos/101501346@N06/sets/72157651031974361/with/16460343638/)

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[bigman]

terrific fun and a great work out.

[Miller76]

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Sick and tired of this NJ winter!!! First legitimate organized ride of the year (Sourland Semi Classic) was cancelled due to the weather advisory, so watched Liverpool destroy Man City while on the bike for around 2 hours!!! Next weekend is a 50 mile ride organized by the local bike store in Randolph, hope the weather allows us to get out and ride....


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[Peter B]

A little dirt, a little road.

That Sachs is hot!

[BumbleBeeDave]

Great post and pics! Thanks!

BBD

[fiamme red]

I only get to use ten images here. The rest are in a flickr album. (https://www.flickr.com/photos/101501346@N06/sets/72157651031974361/with/16460343638/)

The endWhat a terrific post. I really enjoyed reading that.

[joev]

My sympathy for the folks back east...70 miles this morning and it got to 70 degrees.

[Dead Man]

I actually did get out right before dark, today... but I was too busy slaying my enemies to take pics.

picked up two KOMs (one new, the other I'd already had) on climbs of significant grade and gain, and then, just as I was coming up on the city line, all flat and mashing hard, I experienced my first ever full-leg lock. My left hamstring went out, causing me to launch upright on the saddle with my left leg all twisted up... I hit the brakes and unclipped my right foot to catch the half dismount/half fall off the bike, and as I extended my right leg, both quads AND hamstring lock up on that leg at the exact same time................

Never had that happen before!

I'm sure I was a sight to see, moaning, grunting, swearing, hobbling and tripping my way off the side of the road to desperately try to massage the cramps out of three major muscle groups on two legs :eek:

But I got my ride in!

[Satellite]

I rode the couch this weekend, still snowing. Leaves me more time to look at Colnago C40's for sale.:no:

[weisan]

I experienced my first ever full-leg lock. My left hamstring went out, causing me to launch upright on the saddle with my left leg all twisted up... I hit the brakes and unclipped my right foot to catch the half dismount/half fall off the bike, and as I extended my right leg, both quads AND hamstring lock up on that leg at the exact same time................


B pal, that's another sport you are describing, it's called "figure skating."

[Kentf14]

Little Alpine Dam loop with Seven Sisters for a chill Sunday afternoon spin in Nor Cal.