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I rode 12 miles today. This picture was in front of a farm, a nice landscaped area. Also a picture of the road in front of the house. 90% of my rides are on roads like this.

I rode 12 miles today for an errand. It could have waited but it seemed like a good reason for a bike ride. There is smoke here in western Illinois but it’s pretty minor. My sister in law and here husband have a small vacation home in Canada west of Thunder Bay. They had to evacuate but when...

It’s been hot and humid here but while there is smoke, it’s not bad.

I rode 14 miles today on the roads where I live. No wind and very hot and humid. Heat index has been up around 100f. A picture of some large rounds in a hayfield.

Stefan I wonder if someone you’re working for had that sent to your room? Breakfast for free is pretty common for some hotel chains, usually the cheaper to mid priced places and it’s usually a buffet and isn’t anything fancy.

I have a fireplace that would keep our house fairly warm. It has a blower so to really get the heat out I need electricity. I have a 6000 watt portable generator and an inverter I could pull a battery out of a vehicle to use.

I did 21 miles today, or about that. I keep forgetting to start Strava at the beginning of my ride. A picture of an old windmill which seems to be getting rare to see anymore.

I rode 16 miles today. I had to stop for this big guy to pass. I could hear its whistle coming from a ways off so I rode slow intentionally so I had something to take a picture of. This is 3 or 4 miles from my house. I moved here in 1984 and I’ve lived as close as one block from the tracks...

I saw on the local news Illinois is kicking around an e bike law. It was on the local news and if I heard it correctly anything that is powered beyond 28 mph will need a drivers license and insurance. I’m ok with that. We recently did a trip to the Florida Keys and I saw a lot of e bikes...

I rode 15 miles today, into town to renew a couple of license plate stickers for a couple of our vehicles. A picture of one of the rural roads going into town.

Yes, where you have the yellow line.

Another tip. In PCeBikers post above with the red and blue marks in the picture, if you look at the picture of the tooth(the red mark beside it) there is an etched line of the tooth towards the back. The etched line shows the correct angle to sharpen at plus when you hit the etched line from...

You do file down the rakers on a safety chain, they control how deep the teeth dig in. If the rakers are too tall, a poor cutting chain. If the rakers are tool low the chain can bog down the saw because it’s cutting too deep. A safety chain reduces kickback. That’s where the saw grabs and...

With the Warthog knife sharpener there is a guide and it sharpens both sides at the same time. You have to see it used to understand. It sharpens a knife in just a couple of minutes. The store I bought it at had one setup for you to try and I always did my pocket knife when I was there.

Knife sharpener? I recently bought something called a Warthog. Not cheap, about a $100. Works amazing and I’ve tried everything. Kind of like the twin angled sticks but spring loaded. For sharping a chainsaw chain I will recommend getting a file with a guide and using that. It takes some...