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

[Stefan Mikes]

I feel no pain from rain, I dont need to huddle after a puddle, Im away with spray.

I have found an ultimate answer for deep puddles that couldn't be avoided, the MTB technique: Gain a lot of momentum, stand on the pedals, cross the puddle without pedalling

Some more pictures of mine riding my Roadrunner:

Me and Marek riding casually... (Read: at a very low speed so Grzesiek could take a photo)

An "on demand" photo I pretend to be a hardcore cyclist!

Pretending a great effort on climbing! (You all know climbing in full power TURBO is like playing with a cuddly toy)

At the top of the climb, the summit

 

[Chargeride]

When the jockey wheel departed, I took my backpack off for tools and there was easily and inch thick layer of mud over the whole thing , so I checked the ass of my pants, the same.
I was also getting mud on the gopro lens constantly from front wheel flick and on my face.

 

[JGcycle]

When the jockey wheel departed, I took my backpack off for tools and there was easily and inch thick layer of mud over the whole thing , so I checked the ass of my pants, the same.
I was also getting mud on the gopro lens constantly from front wheel flick and on my face.

Keep us posted on how those fenders work out for you.

 

[Chargeride]

So after that sliding, muddy, wet rock and leave strewn ride, today Dan rode to his parents along the cycle path, crashed, three ribs, concussion, bad collar bone break, found wandering about by walkers in complete confusion, doesnt remember anything, even setting off on the ride.
Helmet has taken a huge hit.
No damage to the Focus ebike, a mystery

Thats ended any rides this year, tbh I was getting concerned by his constant falls on the rides, enough to avoid dodgy parts or walk them myself to force him to.

 

[Stefan Mikes]

Sorry to hear about Dan!

Regarding the mud, please check the Assavers brand for temporary mudguards

 

[Chargeride]

Ive had a few, the problem is you keep knocking them off getting on the bike and they dont protect the dropper post or stop mud up your back.
I'll try these out, gotta be better than nothing

 

[dodgeman]

I rode 19 miles today. There‘s not much to look at these days, the crops are mostly out of the fields, cloudy and windy.

 

[Chargeride]

Hes home, sent this picture, straight on the rum and coke.

 

[Jeremy McCreary]

Hes home, sent this picture, straight on the rum and coke.
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Glad he's back home. Good idea to keep the hospital ID band on as a reminder not to ride like he's still got 20 year-old bones.

 

[stompandgo]

I took the Pinarello out for a jaunt on Friday. It was my third ride, and the first after the upgrades. I'll write a review of it in the build thread, but in short, It's what I was after in an electric bike.

I rode out to Skaket Beach in Orleans, one of my favorites.

The reality of fall has set in. The wind was blowing me around a bit.

I rode out through the dune walking path. It's a much easier bike for me to ride on sand than the Tesoro.

The serenity of the ride home.

 

[Jeremy McCreary]

I'll write a review of it in the build thread, but in short, It's what I was after in an electric bike.

Excellent! Now we expect lots of ride reports from the Cape.

 

[Stefan Mikes]

straight on the rum and coke.

We have something in common
Funny to think, Cpt. Morgan is my fave one.

 

[Stefan Mikes]

Ive had a few, the problem is you keep knocking them off getting on the bike and they dont protect the dropper post or stop mud up your back.

This Assaver? They make a variety of them, some even suitable for fat bikes!

In an Italian restaurant in our county town.

The owner is a dedicated cook. He speaks perfect Polish but when you listen carefully to his longer speech, you start hearing traces of a foreign accent!

Moshnam City, or the area where I live, ominous clouds!

 

[Chargeride]

I saw that type, my biggest issue is vulnerability, the one I bought is old school steel wire supported snd protected by the tyre itself.

 

[Stefan Mikes]

I saw that type, my biggest issue is vulnerability, the one I bought is old school steel wire supported snd protected by the tyre itself.

Not sure what you are talking about.

This one is suitable for your Levo:
Ass Savers Win Wing MTB Detour

It consists of two parts:

• A support, which is attached to the bike seat-stays with rubber straps (there's even a piece of a protective film to keep your carbon frame safe)
• The wing itself. You attach the wing to the support.

It works for me and other people.

 

[Chargeride]

Its sticky outy and snappably, is that clearer.

 

[Stefan Mikes]

Its sticky outy and snappably, is that clearer.

English, please

The Ass Savers Win Wing is a shiznit (It is American English)

 

[JGcycle]

I took the Pinarello out for a jaunt on Friday. It was my third ride, and the first after the upgrades. I'll write a review of it in the build thread, but in short, It's what I was after in an electric bike.

I rode out to Skaket Beach in Orleans, one of my favorites.

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The reality of fall has set in. Thde wind was blowing me around a bit.

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I rode out through the dune walking path. It's a much easier bike for me to ride on sand than the Tesoro.

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The serenity of the ride home.

That's one sweet ride.

 

[dodgeman]

I rode 17 miles today, nice sunny day but pretty windy. A picture as I’m starting a down wind leg. Faster than 15 miles an hour with wind behind me and the bike on eco but then the last leg into the head wind. The house in the background of my picture is an Amish home.

 

[Mulezen]

I went further afield today because 1) 3 days of rain in the forecast 2) have an October bet with my friend in Fredericksburg...my miles to his pool laps (down and back...50meters). I have really pushed this month despite bad leg (improving), 320m+, best month in years. Recent glitches in my electronics has deformed my maps (Komoot-Strava) but the numbers read correctly on phone, and for the first part of the month I know I was ahead of him...then his development got a new indoor lifeguard...older than his grandchildren but not much. And she flirts with him while he does his laps. So I think the bet is lost. The picture of the demonstrators at the No Kings demonstration in Fredericksburg was taken by him.
The weather was cool (50f) with wind flowing over the open fields though much of the ride was thankfully shielded by woods. The road picture descends to the South Anna river, a trickle in this generally dry weather. The rock is visible proof of the rising piedmont as you go west. Richmond, VA...30 miles to the SE marks the Fall Line and the end of the coastal plain.