Recent content by Saratoga Dave

Welcome indeed. We seem to be missing a couple of highly regarded Albertans of late, so maybe you can pick up the slack! Hopefully this condition will correct itself at some point though.

OK, let’s review here… RabH has 1000 miles for the year on Feb 28… I have six. No problem.

40 degrees plus? Check! Mohawk path partially plowed? Apparently! Ain't much, especially since it turns out only three miles has been plowed and everything else is still absolute solid ice, but when we drove over it this morning, I realized right away that I could finally get my first actual...

So, the calendar rolls over yet again… what will it be this time? Will RabH decide to test the 7000 mile barrier? Will Stefan figure out a way to sneak into the Tour de France? Will Art outrun a bear? Will Dave Matthews get a Fender guitar? This place is very much about the people, though of...

Thanks, Jeremy! We dont have the big vistas that our Western friends have, but we do have excellent infrastructure and a wide range of choices, especially this close to the Adirondacks and right next door to sothern/middle Vermont. It ain’t bad. And i do love looking at that gorgeous yellow SL...

Holy smokes Stefan, nice numbers! Caught a sunny 40f day on this final day of the year, ran out and picked up a very pleasant 26 miles down in Albany county just south of here. Total for the year therefore is 3047, a bit pedestrian but it does meet my yearly minimum goal of 3000. Rainy summer...

Thank heaven, we finally got a day where the sun came out, the temp hit 50 degrees and the snow is gone, even the last couple inches that fell two days ago. Called my riding buddy and it was off to the Saratoga National Battlefield, closed for the winter to cars but plowed anyway, and today...

Wow, another killer ride, Rab! So, whaddaya think? 6500 for the year?? A nice good looking number! I learned a long time ago you never scroll past a RabH ride report. And some day, you’re going to have to have that Road e bronzed and turned into a statue!

Damn, this thread led me to the past “Winter Is Coming - Biking In Cold Weather” thread in the Similar list below, and there’s good old Richard Friedman weighing in. I find it terribly sad that he isn’t with us anymore, but am happy to be reminded this way on occasion.

That’s a standard trick in the Adirondacks a little north of us. A mechanic’s drop light and a blanket over the whole thing and you’re in business. People just pop the hood and toss one in overnight so the car will start when it’s 20 below in Malone or elsewhere.

Couple days of (badly needed) rain coming tonight, so I did a quick pavement ride on my new Stance mountain bike. This is a loop around a reservoir that climbs 500 feet in the first two miles just to wake you up, and then carries on from there. Mostly heavily wooded and very quiet. Camera can...

Good lookin out, boys

Giant has the leftover Stance e+2 29ers on sale till mid December (I think) for $2460. I just bought one, and it is an outstanding bike. Excellent Yamaha motor and a wide enough range of gearing - 10 speed Deore, but with 36/46 low ratio it will climb anything - it’s a very nice package. My...

<<<She also mentioned something about riding up the side of a mountain which I really wasn’t prepared to hear>>> And those poor Creos are sitting in the garage back in Alberta wondering what happened! Amazing pictures of Mt Fuji, beautiful! What a trip.

Well, I can tell you that this Stance is a hell of a lot better than I am! I love a project, and learning to have enough confidence to actually use this thing for what it is intended is gonna be a good one. Taking it out in the Washington County gravel - and some woods stuff - tomorrow with one...