Chargeride
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My fattie glides over those, but you also look like a madman to observers.
I smile and wave
I smile and wave
Show us pictures of where you ride your ebikes!
Jeremy McCreary
Bought it anyway
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- Carlsbad, CA
Today's 16-mile hill and coast ride took me to the top of Poinsettia Lane, then down to the Coast Highway. Lost ~400 ft of hard-earned vertical on the always fun Poinsettia descent.
Since we've been talking about sea cliff retreat, I snapped this shot of the failing cliff between the swanky Alila Marea resort above and South Ponto Beach below.
The deeply gullied reddish upper layer is the Bay Point formation — a weak, poorly lithified sandy mudstone around 2 million years old. This badlands-style erosion is a sure sign of soft rock. Not proving to be a great foundation for the resort.
Showing directly beneath the Bay Point at the bottom of the cliff is the much stronger tan Torrey Pines sandstone, some 45 million years old. Loose cobble eroded from very hard ~130 million year-old volcanic rock some 150 mi inland protects the Torrey Pines from most wave impacts but not all.
What happened here during the missing 43 million years of geologic record between the Bay Point and Torrey Pines layers is anyone's guess.
View north from the resort. You can see why they wanted to put a resort on this vantage point, but there have already been some small slumps around the perimeter.
Love watching late afternoon sunlight play on and through the waves.
Gratuitous glamour shot. What a pleasure this thing is to ride!
Since we've been talking about sea cliff retreat, I snapped this shot of the failing cliff between the swanky Alila Marea resort above and South Ponto Beach below.
The deeply gullied reddish upper layer is the Bay Point formation — a weak, poorly lithified sandy mudstone around 2 million years old. This badlands-style erosion is a sure sign of soft rock. Not proving to be a great foundation for the resort.
Showing directly beneath the Bay Point at the bottom of the cliff is the much stronger tan Torrey Pines sandstone, some 45 million years old. Loose cobble eroded from very hard ~130 million year-old volcanic rock some 150 mi inland protects the Torrey Pines from most wave impacts but not all.
What happened here during the missing 43 million years of geologic record between the Bay Point and Torrey Pines layers is anyone's guess.
View north from the resort. You can see why they wanted to put a resort on this vantage point, but there have already been some small slumps around the perimeter.
Love watching late afternoon sunlight play on and through the waves.
Gratuitous glamour shot. What a pleasure this thing is to ride!
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Chargeride
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Man the locals would get sick of me riding that.
Jeremy McCreary
Bought it anyway
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- Carlsbad, CA
You're riding to please the locals?
Chargeride
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I saw you cheering ..
Jeremy McCreary
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Sorry, not sure what this exchange is about now.
Chargeride
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Oh sorry it wasnt you, it was a scarecrow on a yellow bench.
Jeremy McCreary
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All I can say is, the bike's gotten way more compliments than I have, and I'm gorgeous.
;^}
;^}
Jeremy McCreary
Bought it anyway
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- Carlsbad, CA
If I had that bike and my devastatingly cute dog with me at the same time, I'd have to run from all the women.
Of course, I'd normally let them have their way with me. But I'm afraid the dog would spill the beans to my wife.
Of course, I'd normally let them have their way with me. But I'm afraid the dog would spill the beans to my wife.
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Chargeride
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He looks like a telltale
Jeremy McCreary
Bought it anyway
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- Carlsbad, CA
Gorgeous! Makes me wish I'd ridden it, too.
A much better look at that BH gravel ebike, please. Pretty sure it's caught my eye before. Always a sucker for black with orange accents.
Chargeride
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That middle shot, need to ride into it.
Sorry I couldn't find anything better. I like it except that BH had the Yamaha walk assist button deactivated which is inexcusable.
DaveMatthews
Dave's not here. Cheating since 2018
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Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area : Alert - Historic Columbia River Highway Closure
The east Multnomah Falls viaduct on the Historic Columbia River Highway, also known as U.S. 30, will close to traffic including vehicles, bicyclists and pedestrians beginning Oct. 1 through spring of 2026 for repairs to the structure. The closure will be from just east of Multnomah Creek, near...
Thanks Dave. I should have checked before I went since my goal was to ride up Larch Mountain Rd. before the snow gate road closure goes into effect soon. That was on the west side past the hwy30 closure. Still was a nice day to be out even if I missed out on what I had planned to do.
DaveMatthews
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Bummer, I'd love to ride that!
Jeremy McCreary
Bought it anyway
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- Carlsbad, CA
Celebrated Dia de los Muertos yesterday with a fun hill ride with the missus.*
First stop was a favorite coffee shop about 5 mi inland. Then a circuitous route back to the coast and a favorite local hangout — the bluff-top Camp Store at the South Carlsbad State Beach Campground.
That's where the photos start.
The Zargonian away team is still camped out next to the Camp Store. The rangers would never let Earthling campers get away with that, but I can understand their reluctance to start an interstellar incident with an advanced civilization capable of parking their mothership behind our moon.
;^}
Decent crowd for a cool gray Saturday in November.
Maybe the Zargonians stay for the live music on weekends. I think lots of local bands play here in the off-season just for the exposure — which now extends to Zargon IV.
Lots of good pelican watching as flight after flight headed north on the cliff-face updrafts. Don't know why, but at any given time, the big pelican groups all tend to head in the same direction along the coast.
One of the last photos you'll see from my Samsung Note20's poorly focusing telephoto camera. Third Note20 in a row to go soft-focus on me, and all 3 had hundreds of miles on my bars.
Won't be risking that with the Note20 successor coming this week. Full discussion of this complicated subject here.
* What a difference the right ebike makes!
No such thing as a "hill ride with the missus" with her first ebike — a fairly clumsy 70 lb 500W torque-sensing hub-drive commuter. Even 3-4% grades were a big issue back then.
Totally different story now that she has an agile 50 lb 750W Velotric Breeze 1 cruiser (blue) with dual torque- and cadence-sensing assist. No more balking and kvetching on hills. Now she just pedals away like Pogi, dropping me and my yellow 38 lb 240W Vado SL on them instead.
Yesterday's ride involved 90 ft/mi of climbing. Not one complaint. I said, "Let's climb up Poinsettia Lane (up to 6%) to Ambrosia, then back down to the lagoon before climbing home. She said, "Fine." Revolutionary!
First stop was a favorite coffee shop about 5 mi inland. Then a circuitous route back to the coast and a favorite local hangout — the bluff-top Camp Store at the South Carlsbad State Beach Campground.
That's where the photos start.
The Zargonian away team is still camped out next to the Camp Store. The rangers would never let Earthling campers get away with that, but I can understand their reluctance to start an interstellar incident with an advanced civilization capable of parking their mothership behind our moon.
;^}
Decent crowd for a cool gray Saturday in November.
Maybe the Zargonians stay for the live music on weekends. I think lots of local bands play here in the off-season just for the exposure — which now extends to Zargon IV.
Lots of good pelican watching as flight after flight headed north on the cliff-face updrafts. Don't know why, but at any given time, the big pelican groups all tend to head in the same direction along the coast.
One of the last photos you'll see from my Samsung Note20's poorly focusing telephoto camera. Third Note20 in a row to go soft-focus on me, and all 3 had hundreds of miles on my bars.
Won't be risking that with the Note20 successor coming this week. Full discussion of this complicated subject here.
* What a difference the right ebike makes!
No such thing as a "hill ride with the missus" with her first ebike — a fairly clumsy 70 lb 500W torque-sensing hub-drive commuter. Even 3-4% grades were a big issue back then.
Totally different story now that she has an agile 50 lb 750W Velotric Breeze 1 cruiser (blue) with dual torque- and cadence-sensing assist. No more balking and kvetching on hills. Now she just pedals away like Pogi, dropping me and my yellow 38 lb 240W Vado SL on them instead.
Yesterday's ride involved 90 ft/mi of climbing. Not one complaint. I said, "Let's climb up Poinsettia Lane (up to 6%) to Ambrosia, then back down to the lagoon before climbing home. She said, "Fine." Revolutionary!
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DaveMatthews
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Apologies for my lack of participation lately... 
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