Bicycles
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djtopcat said:
I love this.
I can't figure out how to use these yet, but more people on bikes is pretty cool. The plan to just leave them everywhere, green yellow orange, I'm not so sure about that part. Not sure it's worth the clutter.
The London Borisbikes are built with nonstandard sizes on everything to stop people renting them and just parting them out. Ironically this makes them super expensive, probably cheaper just to have a fleet of cheap gaudy MTBs and wear the loss from theft.
Electrode said:
I finally got myself a proper road bike, a 1978 Raleigh. I was loving every minute of riding it around the local lake while listening to Buffy Sainte Marie's "Illuminations"
riding bikes!
One of my favorite mtb zones is Blackrock, 45 minutes outside of Salem in a tiny logging town called Falls City. Magical dirt and the trails are a blast. Hit it over the weekend with my one of my oldest friends. Twas great
billbradley said:
Beautiful. That looks like an awesome place to go ride. Everything is so lush up there.
It's funny, because I consider Oregon pretty dry. You want lush? Head a bit further north into Cascadia and you're in actual factual rain forests with towering evergreens. This is the woods to me. Oregon is dry and fast and open, compared to western Washington.
Been a very dry summer in the pacific northwest but the moisture has returned. Showed up as snow last Friday. Perfect inch of snow on the open trails--enough to be snow but no real loss of traction. So sick!
Amazing, really.
dukeofdelridge said:
One of my favorite mtb zones is Blackrock, 45 minutes outside of Salem in a tiny logging town called Falls City. Magical dirt and the trails are a blast. Hit it over the weekend with my one of my oldest friends. Twas great
Those trails look amazing! Trailforks link?
Danno: It's outside of an old logging town called Falls City. I'm definitely looking to get back in the next few weeks, it's perfect for a day trip from Portland. Cool trails.
Kool pic from a morning last week. Heading to the local trails:
Winter's apparently coming, but we're already to November without a storm. Leaves have all changed colors but no wind or rain to knock them down, it's kinda crazy.
dukeofdelridge said:
Danno: It's outside of an old logging town called Falls City. I'm definitely looking to get back in the next few weeks, it's perfect for a day trip from Portland. Cool trails.
Kool pic from a morning last week. Heading to the local trails:
Winter's apparently coming, but we're already to November without a storm. Leaves have all changed colors but no wind or rain to knock them down, it's kinda crazy.
So gorgeous! I'd love to ride those trails.This is one of my local trails. Part of 70km singletrack network accessed from a trailhead 7 minutes from my apartment and 25 minutes from the heart of Toronto's financial core.
There's nothing like rolling back into the city covered in mud. I love it. Grabbing a post-ride beer or burger with dirt on your face, surrounded by adults in street clothes talmbout real estate or whatever.
Here's my latest project. A 1987 GT Pro Performer. Everything is original. My friend bought in new in 1987 and has had it in his garage for years. He decided he was never going to do anything with it and gave it to me. Some of the stickers have dings in them. I may end up replacing the stickers but there's something to be said for being all original even if it doesn't look as clean. For now I'm going to completely disassemble everything, clean the surface rust off the frame, and then reassemble everything with fresh grease.
dukeofdelridge said:
That is a crazy bicycle!
I can't wait to start doing some old school freestyle tricks on it. My GT Pro is setup for racing and doesn't have the rotor/gyro front so tailwhips and other tricks where the handlebars have to go 360 aren't possible.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfAIGVDC3mg
Sold my trail bike and my DH bike when COVID hit. Bought an eMTB and became lone wolf ebike warrior, accessing far-away and unused trails with the power of electrons. Ended up doing some unbelievable rides, single greatest bike development since bikes themselves.
Kids are roasting it on their bikes.
Bikes still great!
Off IG but had to return to Strut to read about the Biz.
Kids are roasting it on their bikes.
Bikes still great!
Off IG but had to return to Strut to read about the Biz.
Missed you on IG. Good to see you back.
I am still biking. I was diagnosed with heart disease this year (no symptoms, just got checked when my dad passed with the same diagnosis) and they said I should have had a heart attack by now but the veins have kinda done their own bypass. I put all that down to biking. Kids watch your cholesterol, liver health is key. Doesn't matter how much exercise you do, you can't get rid of bad cholesterol.
I am still biking. I was diagnosed with heart disease this year (no symptoms, just got checked when my dad passed with the same diagnosis) and they said I should have had a heart attack by now but the veins have kinda done their own bypass. I put all that down to biking. Kids watch your cholesterol, liver health is key. Doesn't matter how much exercise you do, you can't get rid of bad cholesterol.
bro.
we're moving to the Central Coast of California, been scoping the trails in what'll be the new area...unreal scenery, the trails are well above average and I haven't even seen all the areas or any off-map shit. Hyped.
I may have to buy a classical bike though, my new monster eeb is big for the terrain...
tons of gravel riding.
yeah
long live the strut
we're moving to the Central Coast of California, been scoping the trails in what'll be the new area...unreal scenery, the trails are well above average and I haven't even seen all the areas or any off-map shit. Hyped.
I may have to buy a classical bike though, my new monster eeb is big for the terrain...
tons of gravel riding.
yeah
long live the strut
Dukodelic!!!
Just about warm enough to get out weekend mornings. I did, in olden times, commute in coldest months but got fed up getting throat and sinus infections. Just not worth it.
I do get to ride out to the old monastery ruins as they do those obscene flapjacks and mocha to make the juice worth the squeeze. I don't have an ebike because they are still ridiculously expensive here and ridiculously desirable to thieves with mobile angle grinders.
I got some new brakes for the Bontrager Privateer that need fitting and probably need to recommission my moving parts collection bike for #2 son who is now 14(!) and much taller.
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