Show us pictures of where you ride your ebikes!

[DaveMatthews]

Can't tell you how much I wish that containment scheme had worked.


Denver city government did exactly that maybe 5-6 years ago to reclaim City Park from the thousands of geeze residing there year-round. (Your geese really like Colorado.)

Had to get a special dispensation from the Federal goverment to cull them. Gave the meat to various shelters. Mixed public sentiment, of course. But by then, many Coloradans had had it with their goose neighbors, so more support than you might think.

I hadn't heard that goose story. I'll take a gander at it later...

 

[edobici_forza]

After the morning rain there was a brief clearing, So, I got in an hour ride, a few loops around the posh Woodside neighborhoods. I did put on my SKS speed rocker rear fender, but misplaced part of the front fender. Also the Speed Terra 45 tires did very well on the wet pavement and leaves and gravel with leaves. But I keep the speed down in all the twisties.

 

[Jeremy McCreary]

Yesterday's ride included some quality time around nearby Batiquitos Lagoon.

This large tidal lagoon (background) is the drowned mouth of San Marcos Creek, a major drainage on San Diego County's west slope. Now it's part of a huge nature preserve on the boundary between south Carlsbad and north Encinitas.

Three major transportation lines cross the lagoon within a mile or so of the ocean. From top to bottom, the San Diego Freeway (I-5), the Los Angeles-San Diego rail corridor, and the Coast Highway (US Hwy 101). The last is the only way across by bike.

Freeway looking ESE with the lagoon on the other side.

The very busy Los Angeles-San Diego rail bridge carries commuter trains, AmTrak trains to LA and beyond, and at night, lots of freight. More about the rail bridge shortly. The lagoon was showing a lot of sandy bottom at low tide.

Finally, the Coast Highway (aka US 101) crosses right at the lagoon's outlet at South Ponto Beach — a place I've shown here many times.

The century-old single-track wooden rail bridge (bottom right) has become something of a bottleneck for both rail traffic and tidal flushing of the lagoon.

A new concrete replacement with 2 tracks and better tidal flow is being built right alongside the old bridge. Looking E from the Coast Highway.

On the way home, stopped at a fancy lagoon overlook in a very posh neighborhood nearby.

The bushes have gotten a fancy new stylist since I was last here maybe 5-6 months ago.

Betting this interesting styling choice didn't just happen by accident.
;^}

 

[DaveMatthews]

Yesterday's ride included some quality time around nearby Bataquitos Lagoon.

View attachment 203651
This large tidal lagoon (background) is the drowned mouth of San Marcos Creek, a major drainage on San Diego County's west slope. Now it's part of a huge nature preserve on the boundary between south Carlsbad and north Encinitas.

View attachment 203659
Three major transportation lines cross the lagoon within a mile or so of the ocean. From top to bottom, the San Diego Freeway (I-5), the Los Angeles-San Diego rail corridor, and the Coast Highway (US Hwy 101). The last is the only way across by bike.

View attachment 203645
Freeway looking ESE with the lagoon on the other side.

View attachment 203650
The very busy Los Angeles-San Diego rail bridge carries commuter trains, AmTrak trains to LA and beyond, and at night, lots of freight. More about the rail bridge shortly. The lagoon was showing a lot of sandy bottom at low tide.

View attachment 203649
Finally, the Coast Highway (aka US 101) crosses right at the lagoon's outlet at South Ponto Beach — a place I've shown here many times.

View attachment 203653View attachment 203654
The century-old single-track wooden rail bridge (bottom right) has become something of a bottleneck for both rail traffic and tidal flushing of the lagoon.

View attachment 203656
A new concrete replacement with 2 tracks and better tidal flow is being built right alongside the old bridge. Looking E from the Coast Highway.

View attachment 203646
On the way home, stopped at a fancy lagoon overlook in a very posh neighborhood nearby.

View attachment 203648
The bushes have gotten a fancy new stylist since I was last here maybe 5-6 months ago.

View attachment 203647
Betting this interesting styling choice didn't just happen on its own.
;^}

Great pics mate, but the first one takes the cake!

 

[Chargeride]

Of all the souless utilitarian architecture of the modern world, bridges always get a pass from me, I love them even if they are tedious slabs of concrete, the beauty of the bespoke creativity to suspend them over natures whims always brings a smile to my face.

 

[stompandgo]

Of all the souless utilitarian architecture of the modern world, bridges always get a pass from me, I love them even if they are tedious slabs of concrete, the beauty of the bespoke creativity to suspend them over natures whims always brings a smile to my face.

You would love the Merritt Parkway in CT. Every overpass along the route, from the NYS line to the middle of the state, is different.

 

[Chargeride]

No matter how many times I visit the statues I get fooled there is someone in the water.

I spent ages adjusting the travel stop, one trip up a hill and the gears have their own ideas.

The statues are getting so rusty now, they probably only have twenty years left.

 

[Jeremy McCreary]

The statues are getting so rusty now, they probably only have twenty years left.

I know the feeling.

 

[JGcycle]

I know the feeling.

I hear ya.

 

[edobici_forza]

No matter how many times I visit the statues I get fooled there is someone in the water.

I spent ages adjusting the travel stop, one trip up a hill and the gears have their own ideas.

Chain wrestling is not the Olympic sport I signed up for!

 

[Stefan Mikes]

No matter how many times I visit the statues I get fooled there is someone in the water.

Unless some figures are actually in the water (The Imperial Shipyard, Gdańsk/Danzig Poland)

 

[Jeremy McCreary]

Showed nearby Batiquitos Lagoon in a recent post. This short video provides another look:

The lagoon's a very important place to those of us fortunate enough to live near it. For one thing, it brings lots of wildlife to our neighborhood, including bobcats, coyotes, raptors, road runners, and countless other birds.

 

[Chargeride]

Road runners, it wasnt that long ago I discovered they are a real bird

 

[Stefan Mikes]

Road runners, it wasnt that long ago I discovered they are a real bird

The nickname of my Vado 6.0 is Roadrunner

kilometries. Over 10000 miles. And that's the version 2 of that e-bike

 

[PCeBiker]

Road runners, it wasnt that long ago I discovered they are a real bird

Coyotes are real too,..

They're pretty fast as well.

 

[Chargeride]

Do they go 'mee beep' before they scoot off.

 

[Jeremy McCreary]

Do they go 'mee beep' before they scoot off.

"Meep meep" every time!
;^}

Google AI describes the coyote as the road runner's "arch-nemesis" in the cartoon, but I think it went both ways.

 

[edobici_forza]

No set plan today, just play it by ear starting in Woodside, but went straight north, up to Sawyer Camp Trail. All paved. I found and installed my misplaced front fender, so I am set for any breaks in the upcoming days of rain, in the forecast. Photos at the San Andreas Lake dam. 33 miles, 1600ft.

 

[Jeremy McCreary]

No set plan today, just play it by ear starting in Woodside...

My kind of ride planning! Half the time, I'm still debating the first place I'll go on the way out of the neighborhood. After that, who knows?

 

[Jeremy McCreary]

Clearest air ever!
Last week's Pacific storm really cleared the air here in coastal San Diego County, and a subsequent mild Santa Ana event took the clarity to a level I've never seen in our 3 yrs here. The exceptional seeing lasted for almost 3 days.

Yesterday was clearest of all — just gorgeous! Low 70s, gentle breeze, razor-sharp horizon. Here looking NNW from the South Carlsbad State Beach Campground.

Saddleback Ridge, the backbone of Camp Pendleton, is usually just a featureless black hulk on the NNW skyline, but it was showing a lot of detail this day. The 1,066 ft summit is 18 mi from this vantage in Carlbad.

San Clemente Island is seldom this easy to spot. The 1,920 ft summit is 67 mi W of Carlsbad.

The day before, we had dinner on Shelter Island on the north shore of San Diego Bay. Downtown San Diego all lit up for the Holidays, 1.2 mi across the water to the SE.

And 3.2 mi to the SSE, the high arch of the Coronado Bridge.

We've taken the ebikes to San Diego twice by train to knock around — once in Old Town, and once downtown. From the latter, we ferried over to ride around Coronado Island.

Looking forward to more 2-wheeled exploration of this vibrant city on the largest deep-water port on the West Coast. This was taken earlier in the day from Point Loma, about 6 mi SSE of downtown. We didn't have the very slight haze (pollution?) up in Carlsbad.