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What bike did you ride today?
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bulldog1935
Cruisin' on my Bluebird
Europeans always make fun of American use of "antique" - and no wonder
even your masonry is cooler
dnc1
Riding a '38 Autocycle Deluxe
Just because it's older doesn't necessarily mean it's better. I'm lucky I guess to live in a town with a couple of millennia of recorded history, but what I wouldn't give to be able to gaze upon Yosemite on my doorstep (well maybe not your doorstep @bulldog1935).
Swings and roundabouts, swings and roundabouts!
gkeep
I live for the CABE
Yosemite is nice but too crowded. Endless beautiful mountains, rivers and deserts here. The wildflowers of Mt Rainier, glaciers in the Canadian Rockies, Wild and Scenic North Fork of the American River, Zion, Bryce Canyon, Independence Rock (kind of the Stone Henge of the west)...can you tell I'm a former Park Ranger??
But I love soaking up the history of your region. Can't wait to go back again and walk in the ancestors footsteps, Saxons, Danes, Normans, Picts, Celts and those fascinating Doggerland folks...Last week an old friend finished a 3 week ride with his cousin. From Lands End north through Wales to John O'Groats. They road over 1000 miles and didn't hit a single sheep.
Gary
tripple3
Riding Miles; Collecting Smiles
1935 Huffman Velvet deLuxe
I tore it apart chasing a squeak in the bottom bracket. I put it back together with new bearings and the squeak is still there.
This bike rides real fast; Great size, and rolls for days.
I will have to keep trying.
They told me to not take pictures of my bike inside.
I tore it apart chasing a squeak in the bottom bracket. I put it back together with new bearings and the squeak is still there.
This bike rides real fast; Great size, and rolls for days.
I will have to keep trying.
They told me to not take pictures of my bike inside.
dnc1
Riding a '38 Autocycle Deluxe
Yosemite is nice but too crowded. Endless beautiful mountains, rivers and deserts here. The wildflowers of Mt Rainier, glaciers in the Canadian Rockies, Wild and Scenic North Fork of the American River, Zion, Bryce Canyon, Independence Rock (kind of the Stone Henge of the west)...can you tell I'm a former Park Ranger??
Last week an old friend finished a 3 week ride with his cousin. From Lands End north through Wales to John O'Groats. They road over 1000 miles and didn't hit a single sheep.
Gary
As I said, swings and roundabouts. I also appreciate those great wide open expanses over your side of the pond, something we lack in our crowded little land .
Chapeau! to your friend and his cousin, 'LEJOG' is an impressive ride. Adding another 100 or so miles with that Welsh detour (just because you want to) and all of those extra hills that would have entailed, truly epic!
Darren.
TR6SC
I live for the CABE
Redding starts to simmer by late morning, so I did a leisurely jaunt early. The canal runs from my hotel to the bike shop. I like to visit this particular shop when I'm in town. The locals don't call it by its real name. They call it Randy's. Randy is definitely old school.
Randy was going through a bike for a customer when I got there. If anybody knows the model of this Hawthorne, I'll let Randy know.
On the way home I visited the ducks with their babies.
And just before heading in from the heat, I spotted a few swallow nests stuck up underneath the cable mounts of the Sundial Bridge. Google says they are made of mud and twigs. You can see a darting swallow just leaving the lower mount.
Randy was going through a bike for a customer when I got there. If anybody knows the model of this Hawthorne, I'll let Randy know.
On the way home I visited the ducks with their babies.
And just before heading in from the heat, I spotted a few swallow nests stuck up underneath the cable mounts of the Sundial Bridge. Google says they are made of mud and twigs. You can see a darting swallow just leaving the lower mount.
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bulldog1935
Cruisin' on my Bluebird
a lot of truth - if you bring Hawaiians to sprawling greater Houston, it becomes their favorite place - they can drive around for hours staring at undeveloped square-miles, and walk in stores with huge isles and endless inventories for hours, and be totally entertained.
Or if you've ever been in a hotel room in Tokyo or Singapore, can understand why they're the same way - places where a square foot has surprising real estate value.
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fordmike65
Riding a '37 Colson Imperial
Went out for a Memorial Day ride yesterday around town on the Snyder built HTB and wartime ladies Roadmaster. Met up with Mr and Mrs Rustjunkie at the local brewery, then to a local bar for one of my favorite brews,Spaten Optimator. Beware...it packs a punch.
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