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

[Rás Cnoic]

Gorgeous photos! Your rounded beach cobbles are a lot bigger than our fist-sized versions.

Well spotted! Now those are pretty interesting. As I'm not a geologist I just thought the council dumped them to prevent beach erosion. Then I saw an info board. Turns out these smooth rounded stones got that way by being rolled across the bay floor over millennia then crunched together by the frequent Atlantic storms, and this beach is of special geological interest. The ruined castle (Minard Castle) was also featured in Ryan's Daughter, Lean filmed all over the Dingle peninsula. He put Dingle on the map.

 

[Stefan Mikes]

St Bridgid's cross. Find them all over Ireland.

Very Irish. The photo from an abbey in Donegal Town, Ireland, where four monks (The Four Masters) once wrote "The History of the Kingdom of Ireland".

 

[Chargeride]

I posted a short of my Dune ride, very odd viewing stats .

 

[Stefan Mikes]

Georgia in Caucasus? Or, in the United States?
You should have a viewer from Poland now

 

[Chargeride]

Im a little suspicious this might be something to do with the 2000% increase in VPNs after the safety act

 

[Mulezen]

Now that I don't bounce so well, I generally prefer light-colored bikes for visibility. But have to admit, black with red accents is hard to beat.

As Alaskan, I believe, remarked ‘comes in any color black you want.’ Two lights in rear…construction-green headdress sun shield…hard to unsee me even after a few drinks…but I’m on empty country roads and near misses are deliberate

 

[Jeremy McCreary]

Im still waiting for the high storm tide version, that would be insane, the surge can come half way up the dunes.

That would be quite a sight! Most of the sea cliff damage leading to cliff retreat (5 cm/yr on average all along the CA coast) comes from sand- and cobble-laden storm waves scoring direct hits on the cliff faces at high tide. Usually during just a few big winter Pacific storms per year. Puts on a good show.

 

[Chazmo]

As Alaskan, I believe, remarked ‘comes in any color black you want.’ Two lights in rear…construction-green headdress sun shield…hard to unsee me even after a few drinks…but I’m on empty country roads and near misses are deliberate

It’s good to be seen! Or, in your case, mule, unseen???

 

[Chazmo]

That would be quite a sight! Most of the sea cliff damage leading to cliff retreat (5 cm/yr on average all along the CA coast) comes from sand- and cobble-laden storm waves scoring direct hits on the cliff faces at high tide. Usually during just a few big winter Pacific storms per year. Puts on a good show.

And surely not a show you’d want to be too close to, Jeremy!

 

[Chargeride]

Its amazing how much the dunes shift, my first video a good five years ago, has me riding down a very steep chute, maybe 80, 90ft high.
That has now been filled in and its one big dune.
I spent hours trying to find it till I realised I was sat on top of it

 

[BillH]

Been awhile posting for me. My rides each week take me down pretty much the same path over and over again mostly due to urban area I live in and no desire to share busy roads for any extended period of time. I take them from the house long enough to get to designated shoreline bike paths.

This is the widest part of the Niagara River between Buffalo NY and Fort Erie Canada before it splits and goes around Grand Island and eventually Niagara Falls. Strawberry Island can be seen with Canadian shore beyond. City Buffalo and Peace bridge to Canada is behind my bike hidden by haze from Canadian wild fires.

My path takes me along portion of the original Erie Canal before it became the Barge Canal. And of course I didn't take a photo of the backside and no idea why the close-up of sign is showing sideways.

View of twin Grand Island south bridges, first span built 1930 to replace Ferry access and second span in 1950's to accommodate more vehicles.

Path goes along Niagara River through Niawanda Park heading toward the Tonawanda's where the Erie Canal met the Great Lakes.

Token view of local Town golf course on the way home.

 

[DaveMatthews]

Been awhile posting for me. My rides each week take me down pretty much the same path over and over again mostly due to urban area I live in and no desire to share busy roads for any extended period of time. I take them from the house long enough to get to designated shoreline bike paths.

This is the widest part of the Niagara River between Buffalo NY and Fort Erie Canada before it splits and goes around Grand Island and eventually Niagara Falls. Strawberry Island can be seen with Canadian shore beyond. City Buffalo and Peace bridge to Canada is behind my bike hidden by haze from Canadian wild fires.

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My path takes me along portion of the original Erie Canal before it became the Barge Canal. And of course I didn't take a photo of the backside and no idea why the close-up of sign is showing sideways.

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View of twin Grand Island south bridges, first span built 1930 to replace Ferry access and second span in 1950's to accommodate more vehicles.

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Path goes along Niagara River through Niawanda Park heading toward the Tonawanda's where the Erie Canal met the Great Lakes.

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Token view of local Town golf course on the way home.

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Nice pics!
Right now though, I'd say your fire smoke is more localized, not from us. https://firesmoke.ca/forecasts/current/
Things change when you get up in the morning (tm)...

 

[BillH]

Nice pics!
Right now though, I'd say your fire smoke is more localized, not from us. https://firesmoke.ca/forecasts/current/
Things change when you get up in the morning (tm)...

You are right about today. Winds shifted to the south from yesterday when I took the photos. Now it's time to look forward to some more 90 F weather for the weekend. So far this summer it's been either cooler air from Canada (preferred) and wildfire smoke or a hot humid hell .