Pic of the Day

[Just gan]

So do i , I love riding up there

I just remember the Town never cycled there. A giant Yorkshire pudding with meal in the middle.

 

[GiGaX73]

First ride on the new bike, and also first ever ride on an ebike. Absolutely loved it! Did 20 miles with 1400ft of climbing and got home feeling as fresh as when I left, which is mad as I'm usually pooped by the time I get home.

Still need to tweak the suspension a little bit and change the stock grips but otherwise I couldn't be happier with the bike.

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Ah beg ye, tell us ye went richt through thae puddles while pedalin!

 

[Nicho]

I’ve been fascinated by the saguaro cacti here in the Sonora desert. Occasionally my anthropomorphic tendencies see things in them that reflect my current state of mind. Some examples -

me as I headed out on yesterday’s ride on the Competitive Track at White Tank Mtn Park
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me trying to deal with boulders, drops, and steep/sharp uphill switchbacks on the “tech” and “pro” sections
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me at the finish
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Anyone ready for a second lap?

 

[Nicho]

I’ve been fascinated by the saguaro cacti here in the Sonora desert. Occasionally my anthropomorphic tendencies see things in them that reflect my current state of mind. Some examples -

me as I headed out on yesterday’s ride on the Competitive Track at White Tank Mtn Park
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me trying to deal with boulders, drops, and steep/sharp uphill switchbacks on the “tech” and “pro” sections
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me at the finish
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Anyone ready for a second lap?

 

[MeatBike]

Ah beg ye, tell us ye went richt through thae puddles while pedalin!

Och no, I would've ve been sunk tae ma nuts!

 

[B-man]

Looks absolutely amazing! Beautiful pics. Where is this? What altitude are you at?

USA, 8000 ft

 

[nickf]

USA

Can you narrow it down a bit?

 

[Tonybro]

Can you narrow it down a bit?

The western half!

 

[Just gan]

Is that an Ass I see in the picture or a horse ?

 

[B-man]

My buddy took this of me on a super remote ride. 35 miles and about 8000ft vert.

 

[HandsomeDanNZ]

Got out to Woodhill Bike Park (Trail Centre for you UK lot) in the weekend with my eldest and @BigNotSoBadBen and despite the fact that it's now mid-summer, it was cold, windy and wet. It never got above 18deg C. Shocking!

 

[Just gan]

Got out to Woodhill Bike Park (Trail Centre for you UK lot) in the weekend with my eldest and @BigNotSoBadBen and despite the fact that it's now mid-summer, it was cold, windy and wet. It never got above 18deg C. Shocking!
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About four months early with the shorts .

 

[HandsomeDanNZ]

About four months early with the shorts .

It's actually been unseasonably cool this summer (in patches) and for the last week or so, I have been wearing long pants.
Back in shorts today though - more settled weather and 24deg predicted for the next few days

 

[Powerslider]

Here in “the valley” (Phoenix Arizona metro area) I’m definitely wearing pants and a hoodie for pre-dawn rides, but I’m wearing shorts and short sleeves for daytime rides. Sun is so intense here things warm up dramatically in the daytime. I never really respected the Sun until I moved to AZ.

 

[Plummet]

 

[HandsomeDanNZ]

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The number plate did it for me

 

[Plummet]

The number plate did it for me

Hehehe,,,, I might have selected that plate for comedy reasons.

 

[Tonybro]

Hehehe,,,, I might have selected that plate for comedy reasons.

Also useful in a ditch, upside down - they know exactly who it is!

 

[Just gan]

Im getting a fluorescent vest with 70 on back for cycling and skiing.

 

[Zimmerframe]

Im getting a fluorescent vest with 70 on back for cycling and skiing.

Wouldn't 69 be more appropriate to advise rescuer's of your mouth to mouth orientation preferences ?

 

[Just gan]

Wouldn't 69 be more appropriate to advise rescuer's of your mouth to mouth orientation preferences ?

No Plummet beat me too that number

 

[VWsurfbum]

68 for me, i liked to be owed one.

 

[Tonybro]

Im getting a fluorescent vest with 70 on back for cycling and skiing.

KpH or MpH?

I'd have been done for speeding even if it was MpH in my younger days on skis. I once averaged 42mph over 6 km in one race...

 

[Just gan]

KpH or MpH?

I'd have been done for speeding even if it was MpH in my younger days on skis. I once averaged 42mph over 6 km in one race...

Yes I could shift back in the day dead slow and stop now. Remember kind of racing a snow boarder one day he just had the edge and i wasn't prepared to go any faster , only 60 then. . Big fearty now especially if there's folk behind me. Off to Serre Chevalier on Sunday so hopefully survive. Billy no mates as usual.

 

[Arminius]

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Be carefull, looks like he has his pants down…..

 

[The EMF]

Im getting a fluorescent vest with 70 on back for cycling and skiing.

Waste of time and money as you go much faster than that !!!

 

[HandsomeDanNZ]

A clean bike is a happy bike.

And I worked up a thirst cleaning the crap and crud off.

 

[ncs]

cold weather ride

 

[Just gan]

Bit of maintenance today afore i went out ,checked chain wear cleaned new Timberbell. Also mode plus switch has been sluggish so squirt with silicone spray seems OK ?. Staying off trails even on road it needed a wash. Wee battery top up , get away with certain things when Maureen's at the hairdressers .

 

[levity]

A couple of shots from the Rock Knob trail in McDowell Mtn Park northeast of Phoenix, AZ:

mrs levity entering a forest of cholla cactus “trees”

view east heading down

Still have to have a talk with the AZ tourism bureau about those clouds