Photos from your rides.

[XXtwindad]

Originally Posted by Baron Blubba

JoshDad, that picture of you(?) riding up that canyon on that narrow road betwixt the big rocks, that's the kind of fairy tale scene riding I live for. Beautiful. Those are all amazing pictures, thank you.

James, I love your stories from your time here in the Shenandoah Valley, and your insight into the area's history. Thank you.

Here's one from the Cow River this morning. Because it was MOOOOOOOdy.
You can see the Lonely Tree of Skyline Drive slightly left of center, as the mountain dips and becomes obscured by the fog.
Meaningless unless you know what it is, cool if you do! (It's basically the arboreal Northstar of the area: No matter where you are, if you are north of Skyline Drive from even a **great** distance away, you can almost always find that tree on the horizon and follow it to the National Park!)

[IMG]Untitled by Michael Lock, on Flickr[/IMG]

Thanks, Mike. That’s my buddy. Not only is the riding near Nice epic, but as an American (and a Californian in particular) my sense of geography is skewed. When we were facing a few days of rain that threaten my cycling trip, my buddy Padraig casually suggested going to “Switzerland or Spain for a few days.” That blew my mind. It seemed like a real endeavor.

But Nice to Switzerland or Spain is actually much closer than San Francisco to San Diego. America is huge. Everything in Europe is smaller. The streets. The houses. The cars. And perhaps the people as well.

[AngryScientist]

Originally Posted by XXtwindad

Everything in Europe is smaller. The streets. The houses. The cars. And perhaps the people as well.

Indeed.

Here is another photo from my recent trip to the old country.

What an amazing place to ride bicycles.

"Difficult descent" - Not for an experienced underbiker on 25's and rim brakes

[Baron Blubba]

I did this today. It wasn't really fun, but I wanted to see if I could do it, after coming pretty close a few times earlier this year.
Here's a picture of me and my bike at the end. Cinderblubba.
[IMG]Untitled by Michael Lock, on Flickr[/IMG]

And here are some nice scenes I captured during the cool down. Anyone know what kind of tree this is? It looks like it's got pine cones on it, and the texture and shape of the foliage resemble a fir, but it's obviously not evergreen.

[IMG]Untitled by Michael Lock, on Flickr[/IMG]

I love this little multi-use path that runs along a mile stretch of river in Front Royal. Nice playgrounds, dog parks, and the library does this thing where they sequentially put the pages of a book at little pedestals along the walk. They change the book each month or so. You can read a cute kids' book and enjoy a nice constitutional surrounded by cute (and not cute) dogs and cute (and not cute) old folks feeding the squirrels, all at the same time.

[IMG]Untitled by Michael Lock, on Flickr[/IMG]

[AngryScientist]

Originally Posted by Baron Blubba

I did this today.

wow. 20mph average over 80 miles is pretty damn impressive there!