Got out for some quiet time on Christmas:
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Thought that was a Goodrich... Curt's racing blue color.

That is sweet.

Its the best one ive had the pleasure of riding so far.

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Christmas day cruise

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I see the dead pines, You have the mountain pine beetle there too?

I would not be surprised in Bend, we have them here in Grants Pass, killing lots of ponderosa pines and some firs on my property, need to do another removal session.

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all the trails on the hills above my house still smell like fresh campfires three weeks after thomas. its so sick.

From last weekend. I ride this road a lot and the turn onto this section never fails to impress.

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Love the top shot! Great bike and very nice build :banana:

Thanks, Rob. If you're ever in Highland Park, LA, drop into a bloc. Free beverage on me.

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We should drink together.

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Wow, T. All my stomping grounds in that jam.

Mean Streets!

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The frigid cold got lifted, we have a respite before the rain comes tonight. Glad that I got two rides in Sat/Sun on my favorite bike. Of all the bikes that I have, I love this the most.

Yesterday
 

65 degrees sunny

finally warm enough in dc to be able to remove a glove to take a picture!

Holy crap, it was 5 degrees out today! Misty, drizzly and phreaking warm after two weeks of record-breaking cold. Photo below is more properly after my ride, not during. This is the precarious walk to my shed where I keep my bikes.

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The bike is now wet and crusty with salt and sand. Lotta guys wouldn't go out on a day/night like this, but I don't buy'em to keep'em pristine so they hold their value. On the contrary, their value to me is in how many soul-stirring days on the road I get out of them.

A day with sloppy weather that you miss a ride because you don't want to "damage" your bike is a day without a ride that you can never get back. Though I suppose you could have a dedicated bike for nasty weather, but I'm doing well enough having convinced my wife of the need for the three bikes I've already got. Trying to squeeze a fourth into that shed would be pushing my luck!

After arctic temperatures over the past couple weeks we finally got some weather in the mid 40's. Felt good to get out and ride this one off of the trainer. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...1763852a56.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...828db751dd.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...1b9127fea9.jpg

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Fun pic...old and new tech!

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where is that plane pic taken C40?

Cape Cod Airfield in Marston Mills, between Sandwich and Hyannis.

Three miles from my house by road, 2 miles by some of the best single track in the north east!

Got out for a windy, blustery kind of ride today.
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Absolutely love that Seven!!!

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Photos and a video from several recent gravel rides on Antelope Island (near SLC, UT)

Here's some GoPro footage Kind of an eerie sound track but I think it works for the scenery and lighting. Includes a few encounters with some Bison too. Rear facing camera first half then mounted to my stem the last half. I took my new Gravel sled out to the island just after the first snow. Surprisingly, I had ZERO traction issues with the WTB Byway tires. It was a wonderful evening of riding...just blissful. The Cycling Gods were smiling.

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Absolutely gorgeous Wayne pal, killer bike too, I have to look into the byways for my gravel bike.

I took my sister, two nieces and a nephew snow biking.
 

Base of Grand Targhee Resort in the Teton mountain range.

great picture.

is that an electric fence? or are horses just generally docile enough to simply stay in their areas without heavy duty fences? (i'm such a city boy, i know just about zero about farm animals...)

It's not an electric fence - it's easy to see if one is electric because they have an insulator between the post and the wire, typically plastic though ceramic was used in the past. Horses are pretty good about not going through or over a fence but they do at times. And that's actually a heavy duty fence for horses IMO....we ran 3 strands of wire in our pasture and that was good enough.

Nice pics and video. You're braver than I would have been around the buffalo...I'd have given them a bit wider berth.

Thank you choke pal. I wouldn't know how to answer angry pal, I am a city boy myself, just lucky to be living at a place where in just 5 miles or less put me in quiet rural roads.

Come on down and visit me angry pal. I will rebuild the MXL back up just for you. It's the smallest bike I got. :D

well you better learn before i come down and we lean our steel bikes against a fence that might be electric :hello:

and yes, thanks choke. i must say - that horse looks pretty content there.

today
 

Everybody is freakin' out because of incremental weather moving in tonight, schools and offices are sending out advanced notices of closure for tomorrow. Glad I rode three days in a row.

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