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Jeremy McCreary said:
That pump track looks like fun! Never had the pleasure. Have you ridden one on your ebike?
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It most definitely looks like fun, but my bike is absolutely the wrong machine (or I am) for it.
It's more built for lightweight bikes with a shorter wheelbase. I tried a short stint on a different one and the geometry of me on my rig just doesn't make for a good flow. :)
 
Yesterday offered rain all day, sometimes torrential. So... today being a break in the weather created an opportunity to get out. I wondered if the Nemesis puddle was born or in infancy so headed down the greenway to find out.
Starting to feel like fall. Wasn't sorry that I added a vest to the garb. Leaves are starting to fall providing a lovely crunchy sound every so often...



There were headwinds on the greenway and I felt like ramping my cadence up to compensate...



What the... Am I dreaming?!??? Somebody pinch me! I have not seen the tide in for what feels like years! Dayum... I'ma go buy a lottery ticket!





Water break, and no barriers this time. Perhaps they are finishing up...



And heading home. Could have dropped the vest on the way back, but left it on. Good run and kept up a 20kmh average speed which even with a stiff headwind at the beginning was not bad for me on this bike...

 
Yesterday I decided to hop on the bike to go get a prescription filled.
After that I felt like doing more, so headed down to River Road just to poke around. Didn't really go far, just tooling around... cuz...

Fraser River Pile Driving ship...



View of Alex Fraser Bridge...



The land under the bridge is recognized First Nations...







These guys use these incredibly agile boats to arrange logs in the river along the shore to be used in the cedar mill...





View from an overpass looking West...

 
Chargeride said:
I know it doesnt belong here, but this I want to ride my bike, this video by Tucker Gott flying along the incredible houses precariously built on cliff edges is just unbelievable, where is this Jeremy, it seems like they should all be falling into the sea.
Just checked the vid its Torrey pines starts around 9.00

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Looks like they turned around and headed north again over the southern part of Torrey Pines, a high bluff at the north end of La Jolla. Up on the bluff, you have the sprawling main campus of the University of California at San Diego, the mentioned paragliding port, and some of the most expensive homes in SoCal — which is saying a lot.

Below are Torrey Pines State Beach and Blacks Beach. The south end of Blacks is a famous surf break, where the Scripps submarine canyon, oriented just so, focuses big Pacific swell from distant storms. The nude beach is at the north end.

The mentioned major cliff failure at Blacks Beach in 2023, but smaller ones happen all the time...


All of the sea cliffs shown in the video you posted are subject to this kind of episodic slide without warning. Result: An average sea cliff retreat rate of 5 cm/year all along the SoCal coast.

All the ultra-posh estates and homes and view condos right on the bluff edges will eventually be condemned, undermined, and destroyed, but no one can say exactly when. Quite a dilemma for owners and public safety officials.

More on Torry Pines cliff failures.

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We live in south Carlsbad, ~15 mi north of Torrey Pines. The southbound lanes of this nearby stretch of Coast Highway are severely threatened by active cliff failure and will soon be shifted inland to where the northbound lanes are now. Where they'll put the latter is beyond me.

I ride through here all the time. Maybe I should carry a shovel.

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While taking those photos up on the bluff, a sea cliff stability inspector glided by on the cliff-face updraft. Not a telephoto.

If geology teaches anything, it's that one way or another, gravity always wins in the end.
 
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Jeremy McCreary said:
Looks like they turned around and headed north again over the southern part of Torrey Pines, a high bluff at the north end of La Jolla. Up on the bluff, you have the sprawling main campus of the University of California at San Diego, the mentioned paragliding port, and some of the most expensive homes in SoCal — which is saying a lot.

Below are Torrey Pines State Beach and Blacks Beach. The south end of Blacks is a famous surf break, where the Scripps submarine canyon, oriented just so, focuses big Pacific swell from distant storms. The nude beach is at the north end.

The mentioned major cliff failure at Blacks Beach in 2023, but smaller ones happen all the time...


All of the sea cliffs shown in the video you posted are subject to this kind of episodic slide without warning. Result: An average sea cliff retreat rate of 5 cm/year all along the SoCal coast.

All the ultra-posh estates and homes and view condos right on the bluff edges will eventually be condemned, undermined, and destroyed, but no one can say exactly when. Quite a dilemma for owners and public safety officials.

More on Torry Pines cliff failures.

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We live in south Carlsbad, ~15 mi north of Torrey Pines. The southbound lanes of this nearby stretch of Coast Highway are severely threatened by cliff failure and will soon be shifted inland to where the northbound lanes are now. Where they'll put the latter is beyond me.

I ride through here all the time. Maybe I should carry a shovel.

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A sea cliff stability inspector catching the cliff-face updraft happened by when I took those photos.

If geology teaches anything, it's that one way or another, gravity always wins in the end.
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On the bright side the fire will be put out as your house slides into the sea.
 
Yesterday turned into a Tour de Delta in mixed cloud/sun. Mostly cloudy...

The slough at Deas Island Park is oddly empty on a Saturday...



OK, now I know why there was yellow tape across the entrance to the Millennium Trail...



Along the "Barns to Beaches route...





What... again?!!???



Alternate route took me by this old 1891 church on Hwy 10...



Water break at 32kms in Watershed Park...







Today I went out for a spin around the hood, and stopped for some "supplies"...

 
Nice 22 mi coast ride south to Cardiff Beach and back today, staying off but near the Coast Highway wherever possible.

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Turnaround at Cardiff. Today, this part of the beach was set aside for surfers. The lifeguards do their best to keep swimmers and surfers apart for reasons mainly having to do with situational awareness, Newton's 2nd Law, and the conservation of momentum.

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Watched this 20-something guy work his foil board just beyond the surf zone for a good 10 minutes. Poetry in motion. Sure wish I could have done this when I was his age, but the wheel was the big new thing then, and nobody was paying attention to surfing.

Had a long chat with him later in the parking lot. Together, the board and carbon fiber foil underneath weigh 17 lb. Out beyond the breakers, you're riding the chop, not the swell. The technique is akin to skiing moguls.

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I've totally given in to yellow, black, and blue at this point. Maybe it's just a phase, but it's kinda fun.
 
Jeremy McCreary said:
Nice 22 mi coast ride south to Cardiff Beach and back today, staying off but near the Coast Highway wherever possible.

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Turnaround at Cardiff. Today, this part of the beach was set aside for surfers. The lifeguards do their best to keep swimmers and surfers apart for reasons mainly having to do with situational awareness, Newton's 2nd Law, and the conservation of momentum.

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Watched this 20-something guy work his foil board just beyond the surf zone for a good 10 minutes. Poetry in motion. Sure wish I could have done this when I was his age, but the wheel was the big new thing then, and nobody was paying attention to surfing.

Had a long chat with him later in the parking lot. Together, the board and carbon fiber foil underneath weigh 17 lb. Out beyond the breakers, you're riding the chop, not the swell. The technique is akin to skiing moguls.

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I've totally given in to yellow, black, and blue at this point. Maybe it's just a phase, but it's kinda fun.
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Lookin' good mate.
Weather is carp here, so hoping to get a ride in somewhere this long (Canucklehead Thanksgiving) weekend. At least Monday looks OK...
 
Jeremy McCreary said:
Nice 22 mi coast ride south to Cardiff Beach and back today, staying off but near the Coast Highway wherever possible.

View attachment 200788
Turnaround at Cardiff. Today, this part of the beach was set aside for surfers. The lifeguards do their best to keep swimmers and surfers apart for reasons mainly having to do with situational awareness, Newton's 2nd Law, and the conservation of momentum.

View attachment 200789
Watched this 20-something guy work his foil board just beyond the surf zone for a good 10 minutes. Poetry in motion. Sure wish I could have done this when I was his age, but the wheel was the big new thing then, and nobody was paying attention to surfing.

Had a long chat with him later in the parking lot. Together, the board and carbon fiber foil underneath weigh 17 lb. Out beyond the breakers, you're riding the chop, not the swell. The technique is akin to skiing moguls.

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I've totally given in to yellow, black, and blue at this point. Maybe it's just a phase, but it's kinda fun.
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The first pic makes it look like you've added a sail to your bike, hmmm...
 
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