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What bike did you ride today?
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birdzgarage
cruisin my 80s bmx bikes
Hit them hills this morning. I leave from my pad.about a 15 mile loop with some great downhills!
whizzer kid
I live for the CABE
First ride of this 36 sk I threw together as a sort of Klunker style. Fun bike !!!
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birdzgarage
cruisin my 80s bmx bikes
Broke out the speedster for a after dinner cruz.
piercer_99
Cruisin' on my Bluebird
Late night 1941 Elgin deluxe sport ride, all lit up.
Miq
Cruisin' on my Bluebird
Met Philthy at his place for a bike/hike. Every few years we do this and today I convinced him was one of those days. I’m guessing it’s the last Sunday with a high temp below 100 for a while, so I wanted to do it. Its’s around 7.5 miles from Philthy’s casa to the trailhead at Camelback Mountain in Scottsdale, AZ. Of course we took the canal for a majority of the way. 
Saw this Continental with suicide doors on the way to the canal. Gansta.
We hit the canal with Camelback looming in the distance.
This bridge over the canal had sculptural posts that changed color depending on where you were looking at them from. Fun to ride across and see the colors change quickly.
This mural is on the side of Rage Cycles bike shop facing the canal.
Stopped at this hydroelectric plant (Arizona Falls) built into the canal system. First constructed in 1902 and still generates enough power for 150 homes.
Finally at the trailhead locking up the bikes.
Then I see this:
This is a Tarantula Hawk Wasp. Wiki This is only the second time I have ever seen one, and I hike A LOT in very remote places. Crazy to see one on C-Back. If you don’t know anything about them, they are interesting. Their sting can zombify a tarantula. It doesn’t kill them, just makes them in a coma-like state. The wasp drags the tarantula back in to it’s burrow and lays an egg on the zombie spider. The wasp larva gets to grow up and eat their zombie host. :eek: This wasp’s “zombie sting” is also the most painful to human insect sting in N America, so even though I really wanted to chase it around with my iPhone, I had to settle for the pic above and start the hike. They are huge, blue with bright orange wings. They are kind of advertising how bad a$$ they are with their paint job.
Philthy and I have been coming here for decades and doing this hike. After 1200 feet of elevation change you are at the top. It’s beautiful but their aren’t any guardrails at the top. This pic shows my toes hanging over 200 feet of exposure.
Loved how misty the mountains looked to the west.
This is the view looking down the “camel’s back”.
Hiked down and rode the canals back to Philthy’s. It was 17.6 miles of biking hiking fun in the sun. 41 New World getting around town.
Saw this Continental with suicide doors on the way to the canal. Gansta.
We hit the canal with Camelback looming in the distance.
This bridge over the canal had sculptural posts that changed color depending on where you were looking at them from. Fun to ride across and see the colors change quickly.
This mural is on the side of Rage Cycles bike shop facing the canal.
Stopped at this hydroelectric plant (Arizona Falls) built into the canal system. First constructed in 1902 and still generates enough power for 150 homes.
Finally at the trailhead locking up the bikes.
Then I see this:
This is a Tarantula Hawk Wasp. Wiki This is only the second time I have ever seen one, and I hike A LOT in very remote places. Crazy to see one on C-Back. If you don’t know anything about them, they are interesting. Their sting can zombify a tarantula. It doesn’t kill them, just makes them in a coma-like state. The wasp drags the tarantula back in to it’s burrow and lays an egg on the zombie spider. The wasp larva gets to grow up and eat their zombie host. :eek: This wasp’s “zombie sting” is also the most painful to human insect sting in N America, so even though I really wanted to chase it around with my iPhone, I had to settle for the pic above and start the hike. They are huge, blue with bright orange wings. They are kind of advertising how bad a$$ they are with their paint job.
Philthy and I have been coming here for decades and doing this hike. After 1200 feet of elevation change you are at the top. It’s beautiful but their aren’t any guardrails at the top. This pic shows my toes hanging over 200 feet of exposure.
Loved how misty the mountains looked to the west.
This is the view looking down the “camel’s back”.
Hiked down and rode the canals back to Philthy’s. It was 17.6 miles of biking hiking fun in the sun. 41 New World getting around town.
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