2025 - Our Rides in Words, Photos, Maps and Videos

[OnEdge]

I know it's not much, but for this ole guy it seemed like a lot lol

 

[Jeremy McCreary]

I know it's not much, but for this ole guy it seemed like a lot lol

I'd say 30 mi is a pretty respectable ride. Most of mine are under 25, and many are under 20.

At this totally undisciplined stage of my cycling career, I generally make the decision to keep going or turn home one crossroad at a time.

 

[DaveMatthews]

I'd say 30 mi is a pretty respectable ride. Most of mine are under 25, and many are under 20.

At this totally undisciplined stage of my cycling career, I generally make the decision to keep going or turn home one crossroad at a time.

You were disciplined?!!???
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What's it like?

 

[OnEdge]

I'd say 30 mi is a pretty respectable ride. Most of mine are under 25, and many are under 20.

At this totally undisciplined stage of my cycling career, I generally make the decision to keep going or turn home one crossroad at a time.

Thanks Jeremy!

I'm recently semi-retired and 65 years old. I've been riding 3 times a week for the last 6 months or so and prefer single track over double track or fire roads but I do some of that too. I started with a Spesh Tero X5 about a years and a half ago which I de-fendered. It's a pretty capable bike but I wanted something a bit more capable, so I picked up a'26 Levo Comp Alloy Gen4 and did a bit of upgrading to start. I put an electronic GX Transmission on it and a Fox 38 Factoty Grip X2 fork. Upgraded the rotors to H2S's with MTX Red Race pads and lastly some Schwalbe Magic Mary Radials. I'm loving the new bike! It's nice having a "real" mountain bike

 

[Jeremy McCreary]

You were disciplined?!!???
...
...
What's it like?

Really rather not say. Just don't leave off the "Mistress" part of "Mistress Melania" if you know what's good for you.
;^}

 

[edobici_forza]

Happy Halloween!

 

[DaveMatthews]

Really rather not say. Just don't leave off the "Mistress" part of "Mistress Melania" if you know what's good for you.
;^}

Where oh where did I put that brain soap...

 

[Jeremy McCreary]

Where oh where did I put that brain soap...

Mistress Melania isn't going to appreciate that remark.

 

[DaveMatthews]

Mistress Melania isn't going to appreciate that remark.

Not sure if I'm supposed to be scared or go get a haircut...

 

[Jeremy McCreary]

Not sure if I'm supposed to be scared or go get a haircut...

Start with the haircut. She'll let you know when you need to be afraid.

 

[dodgeman]

I rode 13 miles today, I must have been lazy, I forgot to take a picture and my average speed was down a little bit. I included a picture from our recent trip to Switzerland, we are on the top of Jungfraugh. (sp?).

 

[Chargeride]

Sad to post that the rampage rider who crashed dreadfully in the video I posted Adolf Silvia is paralysed from the chest down, not an absolute prognosis, but not looking good

This just has to be the end of pushing this far

 

[Chargeride]

Stefan will be in dismay, but after consideration I decided on a dirt cheap cassette for the Haibike, I realised that I will be using it
on the beach through the winter and it will get destroyed at rate well above the difference in quality could compensate for.
So I present the Lanxuanr 11-42T Shimano copy superlight, 29 quid to my front door, testing it today.

 

[JGcycle]

A couple of Tamarac shots from today's 23km ride:

 

[Chargeride]

Well I rode it on the beach for an hour, complete with climb to stall over and over and full heave on pedals from standstill in the smallest cog gear, no skips or bends.

Long term test incoming.

 

[Chargeride]

A couple of Tamarac shots from today's 23km ride:

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A tarmac road in Tamarac.

 

[Mulezen]

I pushed it out for the short loop and then realized at the end of my road my watch said I had another hour. My knee said "hold up there buster" but I turned left up steep Pouncey Track, worshipers from the Nunnery backing up behind me. But they were stuck for a bit until a right up Dunn's Chapel Road. Here I stopped for pictures of South Anna river, both sides of the bridge. As can be seen in the map I recross it on my return on Spring road. The greyed quadrant of the map is a quarry. I noticed Bobby Lloyd's pumpkin field ravaged from hundreds of children's feet, the Pumpkin Patch--Corn Maze extravaganza. School buses drive out from the city, hundreds of cars parking there this year which is why I avoid Oilville Rd during these times. His daughter-in-law began with an Easter Egg roll 15 years ago. Bobby was amazement at the money these events brought in. "Never would believe a pumpkin field could be worth so much."

 

[Stefan Mikes]

Stefan will be in dismay, but after consideration I decided on a dirt cheap cassette for the Haibike, I realised that I will be using it
on the beach through the winter and it will get destroyed at rate well above the difference in quality could compensate for.
So I present the Lanxuanr 11-42T Shimano copy superlight, 29 quid to my front door, testing it today.

You can put anything you like into your Haibike but please please please treat your Levo with a due respect

 

[Stefan Mikes]

Korboloza Pilavoza
A gravel group ride in Mazovian Landscape Park (MPK)
Sunday, the 2nd of November 2025

This time, my advertising turned out to be effective! People in a cycling group on Strava fell in love with my pictures from Korboloza MPK and wanted to experience the same. We were blessed with warm, dry and sunny windless weather, too!

Even if the picture shows only 19, I gathered at least 23 people for the ride!

Cycling groups

• "Horses go forward!" or hardcore gravel cyclists who even would not stop for a lunch! (5 riders)
• The fast group or performing cyclists who would never refuse having a good lunch (such as my brother Jacek) - 7 riders
• The main group or fast riders who fully enjoy the life. That group was lead by my friend and co-organiser Marek - 7 riders
• The rear guard (it was my role to secure the rear of the ride) - 4 riders.

The last time all the groups met was the Pen For Wild Animals at the 20th kilometre. The pen is to protect young deer, roe deer or fallow deer that are unable to live in the wild yet.

Wymięklizna, or The Place Where You Bonk/Hit The Wall We made several funny pictures there (I am to receive them yet).

Part of the Main Group at the Hotel Under Pine Trees in Osieck.

The man riding a Specialized Vado SL, Wojtek, is a good friend of mine, the male winner of 2024 Great Lakes Gravel eSprint. It was a big pleasure for me to meet him on the ride I organised!

I'm giving "Under Pines" five stars on Google Maps!

On a Strada Bianca near Otwock. It is when you went full TURBO to be able to take pics or your friends riding but they misunderstood your intentions and went their own "SPRINT mode" to catch up with you!

Paweł suggested we skipped two extra loops of the ride and returned to our homes "on the wheels". We liked his idea! Here, a bridge across River Świder.

I had to replace the Vado 6.0 battery past the Southern Bridge of Warsaw. Meaning, I could have completed the unabridged Pilavoza on a single battery!

As we reached Tommy's home, I "degarminized" him but "wahooized" him instead Then I rode the long way home...

Fog and total darkness on an otherwise picturesque bike path along fishing ponds and meadows in my neighbourhood. I didn't hesitate to go the full 1600 lumens with my Supernova headlight there!

My total ride. It was 114 km (over 70 mi) for the day.

 

[Chargeride]

Stefans becoming the Pied Piper, thats some miles there.