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To be honest, not from a ride today, but I do ride by here and always intended to take a picture. I was next door at the breakfast place having brunch.

Lovely looking ride @RabH . I was on most of those roads in 2015 when we stayed near Aberfoyle on Loch Ard (McDonald Forest Hills and Spa) and I can't say that many of the roads were very wide. Especially driving on the other side of the road in an unfamiliar car. We'd been at a couple of...

The morning was clear here today. So I got out for the first time in a few weeks. You can see the smoke starting to roll in from the NW. Calgary downtown of to the south. It actually stayed reasonable today. We've had AQHI at 10+ most of the week. When I started my ride we were at 3, and...

Topping up on @Prairie Dog and his pics of the smoke, I was golfing east of Calgary yesterday and it was as if we were extras on a new Blade Runner movie. Definitely not riding conditions and I wonder about golfing too. I saw this one and had a laugh. Export A is (was?) an iconic Canadian...

Dave, A dropper is such an important upgrade. I cannot imagine riding without one. I think by including the dropper I got from Stefan on my Fathom, really sealed the deal for the purchaser. On his test ride with the suspension seatpost (Suntour) he was smiling. When I swapped in the PNW...

No e-bike options on the Canadian site. Not actually shopping, but would be nice to have another vendor. Just sold my Fathom Pro, and N+1 thoughts start creeping in from time to time, but they will likely be usurped by new golf clubs...

Encabulation - new video. History: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbo_encabulator?fbclid=IwAR0o4dm3TCkr-DZydlwrR1To3DEWfTvhcCvOzcwifYKikGJMenaHDM0N_8A Enjoy.

You describe exactly what we live here on the eastern slopes of the Canadian Rockies. In Calgary here, I've seen some pretty big swings - like this one. Our roads take such a beatings because of that. You adapt, but you plan your wardrobe carefully and you always have "other stuff" in your car.

Was at a pub here in Calgary on thursday, and had some wonderful fish and chips. But, alas, no mushy peas - just normal peas. Fish and chips were extremely good. Back to thread subject, lest I get crap for a thread highjack. Went out yesterday, with summer tires on, and did some paths and...

In December - went straight to pneumonia. Still coughing a bit but that's me with any kind of bronchial event. It's been a quiet winter for riding as a result, but did get out yesterday.

@Chargeride This how I do Doom Bar :) 🍻, although I'd love to combine both sometime. Pics taken in October 2019 in the "Ye Olde Greene Manne" in Rickmansworth (near Watford). Friends were showing us where they grew up (in MK now) , and it was our last pub lunch on that trip - headed home to...

@RabH Nice Ride! I've riddin the wheel in Falkirk a couple of times, not on a Narrowboat, just as a tourist on their own boat. I have piloted the Trent-Mersey many years ago. Nice relaxing holiday! Do you cycle along the canal that runs by the Kelpies? It's been a few years since I've been...

Missed one - if you are going out for pastry, the best is on the west side of Lisbon, Portugal, at a place called Pastéis de Belém. Caution - there WILL be a lineup, and you will probably need to order at least double what you think you want. I'm salivating just thinking about them.

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I got hit with an ad for this front light on a social media platform. They have good algorithms from time to time... For those that run Garmin or Wahoo computers, it looks pretty slick for anyone who wants a running light and wants to keep a clean cockpit...

Something new, that I may look into for rides in the mountains near here (Rockies). https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/24/23613446/motorola-defy-satellite-link-bullitt-mwc-2023

To be honest, I liked it, but I wanted more suspension. So I bought a new FS bike... I think the PNW is fine for pathways and smooth trails as the dropper function works well and I will likely never own a bike without a dropper post ever again. Balancing in tiptoes isn't my idea of a good time...

Personal opinion: Don't block your ears and in my opinion, speakers are just plain rude unless you are all by yourself. I use Shokz Openrun bone conducting earphones, and combined with Airstreamz, I can normally hear what's going on around me, as well as my audiobooks. A couple of caveats -...

When I was a kid there in the 60s, one year we were able to walk onto the roof of our house by building steps in a snow drift. Shallow pitched roof on a Mid Century style house. Great place to grow up - and as it turns out, was living less than a Km from my normal bike buddy Louis. Of course we...