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    Yamaha CrossCore RC Modifications so that I can ride again

    Nice to see you back in the game. Love your pictures and videos. There’s one house you go by frequently in Vermont that I would love to ride past myself sometime… my riding is mostly done in Washington County, NY along the Vermont line and the Poultney area in Vermont, along with the occasional...
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    Show us pictures of where you ride your ebikes!

    When Los Angeles was burning down months ago, many or possibly most of those planes that were skimming the ocean and dumping the water on the flames were Canadian. That is dangerous work. I wonder how our fine government is helping out up there now.
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    Show us pictures of where you ride your ebikes!

    What part of the state?
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    Tour '25

    This has been a terrific thread! The scenery alone today was out of this world. And the actual information coming out of this thread is far better than anything Caley Fretz and the happy warriors from Escape Collective have had to say. Lance, that’s a whole different discussion. Much...
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    Tour '25

    Wow, what a day! Re Jonas, you have to sympathize with him… Tadej worked his ass off and blew everyone off the mountain, Jonas damn near killed himself and got worse than nothing for it. However, this stuff about his family vs. his career is a teeny bit irritating to me. That call from cycling...
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    Tour '25

    <<Of course I’m traveling all day tomorrow and a lot of Saturday>> Screw the job, this is important! 😎
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    Show us pictures of where you ride your ebikes!

    Hey Dave, that rack/bag combination on a Stance is pretty good, isn’t it? I unrolled one of the stowaway panniers today for the first time to hold a rain jacket (it didn’t rain, but you know what would have happened if I didn’t bring it) and it turns out to be impressively larger than I thought...
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    Tour '25

    Yikes, Jeremy! We just signed up for this month only with Peacock for the Tour and it’s $7.99 over here in upstate NY. I will say I’d pay the twenty or thirty if I had to, I agree on their coverage. Really like the job Bob is doing, but will always miss Paul Sherwin.
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    2025 - Our Rides in Words, Photos, Maps and Videos

    Lots of hills today! Washington County again, just west of the Vermont border. High 80s and very humid, but as long as you keep moving it never really seems to be a big problem until it gets closer to 100, for me at least. So this is a “good” hill, going in that nice Down direction: So’s...
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    2025 - Our Rides in Words, Photos, Maps and Videos

    Kind of an interesting ride this morning. Started at my LBS where they bled my back brakes on the Stance - the brake lever was hitting the handlebar. At some point took the rear wheel off, put it all back together and off I went. Started ride from a parking area about two miles away, got on the...
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    Le Tour

    Started yesterday
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    Le Tour

    Alrighty then, who’s watching Unchained this year? Allez!
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    2025 - Our Rides in Words, Photos, Maps and Videos

    Okay, so I finally got the chance to run up to Lake Placid and ride some of the new Adirondack Rail Trail. My wife and I came up for two nights… today she went off to get a massage and I headed out into the bushes. I rode the section from Lake Placid to Saranac Lake and back, about 11 miles each...
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    2025 - Our Rides in Words, Photos, Maps and Videos

    I didn’t know a thing about the Grand Loop till a few years ago biking along the wall and I got talking to a retired Boeing engineer. He and his wife were on a year long journey around the whole thing, fulfilling a longtime Bucket List item doing it. Since then I make a point of chatting with...
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    2025 - Our Rides in Words, Photos, Maps and Videos

    First lock on the Erie Canal where it leaves the Hudson heading to the Mohawk River and westbound. This is the Waterford Wall, a great place to go check out the boats and chat with the cruisers. Busy today, will stay that way all summer. Very popular stop on the Grand Loop or whatever the proper...
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