Alnus Rubra
Loving nature’s wonders
What I want to know is does he have a “Speedo” on his bike?“Here Howie; hold this.”
Kickstand dilemma solved.
What I want to know is does he have a “Speedo” on his bike?“Here Howie; hold this.”
Kickstand dilemma solved.
What I want to know is does he have a “Speedo” on his bike?
Slip gear!And some vasoline
Good man.
If you had kept a stand on the way you were riding, it probably would have found a way to poke itself through your flesh.
Being a PRS snob, I don’t even look at bikes with kick stands on them.
Hell yeah!!!!!!!BMX, FTW!
But only for a moment. Remember, she needs someone to pay for the ice cream.“Here Howie; hold this.”
Kickstand dilemma solved.
Garrett, that looks like a fantastic area to play/ride in!Great rides and pics as usual, Dave!
I've been having some good fun in north Florida lately.
Three weeks ago I got to do a 58-mile mixed surface ride, about an hour or so southwest of Jacksonville, that had a bit of everything. A perfect ride, really. One highlight was riding through Etoniah Creek State Forest. We don't get pine forests like this further south where I live.
We also don't get many of these great canopied roads...
I got in two rides west of Gainesville (location of University of Florida) this past weekend. The first was a not quite 62-mile mixed surface ride on various rural roads. This one was a new challenge with more varied terrain than I get closer to home. Didn't grab any pics during the ride since it was a faster-paced affair. It was a group ride, but dang they were fast. I got dropped after 15 minutes, but luckily I was able to team up with one other rider.
After miles and miles of farm and low-traffic roads, having a gray bike is an advantage. It hides just how dusty it was.
Sunday, I met up with the Florida Gravel Biking group, who happened to also have events planned not far away. These are social rides and keep a comfy pace. It was supposed to be a recovery ride, but it ended up being 27 miles and the pace got away from me a bit. Oh well, it was an excellent route on an unpaved road in a place called Devil's Hammock. I'd love to know how it got its name.
Action shot! I'm in the foreground here. It was a good sized group, which always makes things fun.
Thanks to my bike I have seen so many areas of my home state that I wouldn't have seen otherwise. I've developed a new appreciation of the vast areas of minimally developed land.
Speaking of electronics. Last Sunday my Apple Watch decided to call 911 continuously while I was in the shower at the gym. My poor wife got the alert and was speeding down the highway at close to 90 mph because she thought I crashed my bike and was lying on the side of the road. Two hours with Apple did not resolve the problem. Miraculous, all was well with the watch Monday morning. I never experienced that with my old cheap Timex that did noth more than tell time.Most of the time getting my fast bike ready for the road was electronics, which felt a bit weird.
3 firmware updates (pedals and derailleur). One battery replaced and two charged up. Recalibrate power.
IKR! These new bikes are amazing. They’re powered, and some of them don’t even need kick stands!When did the simple act of riding a bicycle get to be so complicated and time consuming pre-ride?
Okay well first I have to have a meeting, okay? And I HATE meetings!When did the simple act of riding a bicycle get to be so complicated and time consuming pre-ride?
My Garmin detects an incident every couple of months and insists on sending messages to my emergency contacts. The interface invites me to cancel, but is really obscure about what behaviour on my part would constitute a cancelation of the emergency message. More than once, my wife got a text from me telling her the emergency was fake, I had just braked hard when a light went red.Speaking of electronics. Last Sunday my Apple Watch decided to call 911 continuously while I was in the shower at the gym. My poor wife got the alert and was speeding down the highway at close to 90 mph because she thought I crashed my bike and was lying on the side of the road. Two hours with Apple did not resolve the problem. Miraculous, all was well with the watch Monday morning. I never experienced that with my old cheap Timex that did noth more than tell time.