Chargeride
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That bike looks very capable.
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A Karpacz Quickie Quickie! (Sunday August 9th, 2020)
On Sunday, we needed to leave our Jelenia Góra hotel (early) and the parking lot (as soon as possible) to return to our Mazovia at reasonable hour. So I told Jacek: "We need to do a quickie, quickie to Karpacz, single battery, minimal load on the bikes!" to which he gladly agreed. We had the car packed and our bikes ready by 9:04 am.
Karpacz is a spa in Karkonosze Mts (German: Riesengebirge or, Giant Mountains). The great attraction of the town is the highest peak, Śnieżka (Snowy White Mt) up there. (The number of tourist attractions would be good for a week's stay, and no cycling would be required...)
That short part of our quick ascent belonged to the Poland's Road-Cycling Championships! Average 6% grade, with occasional steeper segments. I was in no mood for joking: the full Turbo mode on and was riding uphill as fast as possible. Jacek (exceptionally) switched to more serious pedalling assistance than the day before. We both were zooming uphill to overtake some young road-cyclist. The guy was decidedly faster on occasional descents. As he was very friendly, we started talking during the ride. He explained the importance and hardness of that segment, about the Championships, on how the poor road quality made it even harder for road cyclists. Everything at crazy speed if you can call any ascent speed "crazy"
"Still 4.5 km of ascents?!" -- I was panting -- "Let us make a short break here!" -- I requested. The road-cyclist disappeared uphill (he was a young competing racer on a workout). We spotted a lady on a US$1200 e-bike there. Well, well, well, e-bikes are really becoming popular here (we could see more e-bikes there, too). It has to be noted all other cyclists seen were taking the easier route.
Jacek spurted uphill again. I discovered I was trying to pedal an unpowered Vado...
At the famous Vang Stave Church (more about it later). On the approach to Karpacz, we had two options to ride up the church: Jacek chose the hiking path! That was funny! We bypassed a barrier and took a dramatic, steep climb, only asking pedestrians to step aside People were staring at us in disbelief! Nobody would dare to ride a bike up there so steep the path was! What took a healthy pedestrian 6 minute walk, we covered the climb in 2 minutes and only so slowly because we respected the hikers
Some history. The wooden stave church seen here was built in the village of Vang in Norway ca. year 1200. No single nail was used! In 1839, the church was in decline and it was too small as well. A German traveller addressed the King of Prussia Friedrich Wilhelm IV that perhaps the King would be interested to buy the church. The King agreed and paid small money to relieve the Vang citizens from their trouble. The church was precisely documented first, with precise technical drawings. Then it was dismantled apiece and shipped to Prussia in 1841. The King wanted to re-erect the church in Berlin. He was, however convinced by Countess Friederike von Reden (living in Riesengebirge) that people of Brückenberg (now: Upper Karpacz) needed an Evangelic church. So the church was thoroughly reconstructed there in 1842. It is said only one-fifteenth of the original could be re-used, with the majority of the components made anew. The church was richly equipped and a stone bell-tower was built to protect the structure against winds blowing from the Snowy White Mt.
The Vang Stave Church is not only a major tourist attraction: It is an Evangelic church until this day.
The other access road was so steep that the driver of the car seen there panicked and was incapable to ride uphill from the stand-still! We had an adrenalin-packed descent on the main road from there!
We rode downhill back to Jelenia Góra at high speed. I was maintaining 45 km/h (28 mph) on the flat road segments while Jacek was even faster We could be back at the hotel very fast if not the traffic jam throughout whole Karpacz...
Jacek sunglasses: The victim of the Bend of Death.
Note our average speed (taking into account the uphill ride).
On Sunday, we needed to leave our Jelenia Góra hotel (early) and the parking lot (as soon as possible) to return to our Mazovia at reasonable hour. So I told Jacek: "We need to do a quickie, quickie to Karpacz, single battery, minimal load on the bikes!" to which he gladly agreed. We had the car packed and our bikes ready by 9:04 am.
Karpacz is a spa in Karkonosze Mts (German: Riesengebirge or, Giant Mountains). The great attraction of the town is the highest peak, Śnieżka (Snowy White Mt) up there. (The number of tourist attractions would be good for a week's stay, and no cycling would be required...)
That short part of our quick ascent belonged to the Poland's Road-Cycling Championships! Average 6% grade, with occasional steeper segments. I was in no mood for joking: the full Turbo mode on and was riding uphill as fast as possible. Jacek (exceptionally) switched to more serious pedalling assistance than the day before. We both were zooming uphill to overtake some young road-cyclist. The guy was decidedly faster on occasional descents. As he was very friendly, we started talking during the ride. He explained the importance and hardness of that segment, about the Championships, on how the poor road quality made it even harder for road cyclists. Everything at crazy speed if you can call any ascent speed "crazy"
"Still 4.5 km of ascents?!" -- I was panting -- "Let us make a short break here!" -- I requested. The road-cyclist disappeared uphill (he was a young competing racer on a workout). We spotted a lady on a US$1200 e-bike there. Well, well, well, e-bikes are really becoming popular here (we could see more e-bikes there, too). It has to be noted all other cyclists seen were taking the easier route.
Jacek spurted uphill again. I discovered I was trying to pedal an unpowered Vado...
At the famous Vang Stave Church (more about it later). On the approach to Karpacz, we had two options to ride up the church: Jacek chose the hiking path! That was funny! We bypassed a barrier and took a dramatic, steep climb, only asking pedestrians to step aside
People were staring at us in disbelief! Nobody would dare to ride a bike up there so steep the path was! What took a healthy pedestrian 6 minute walk, we covered the climb in 2 minutes and only so slowly because we respected the hikers Some history. The wooden stave church seen here was built in the village of Vang in Norway ca. year 1200. No single nail was used! In 1839, the church was in decline and it was too small as well. A German traveller addressed the King of Prussia Friedrich Wilhelm IV that perhaps the King would be interested to buy the church. The King agreed and paid small money to relieve the Vang citizens from their trouble. The church was precisely documented first, with precise technical drawings. Then it was dismantled apiece and shipped to Prussia in 1841. The King wanted to re-erect the church in Berlin. He was, however convinced by Countess Friederike von Reden (living in Riesengebirge) that people of Brückenberg (now: Upper Karpacz) needed an Evangelic church. So the church was thoroughly reconstructed there in 1842. It is said only one-fifteenth of the original could be re-used, with the majority of the components made anew. The church was richly equipped and a stone bell-tower was built to protect the structure against winds blowing from the Snowy White Mt.
The Vang Stave Church is not only a major tourist attraction: It is an Evangelic church until this day.
The other access road was so steep that the driver of the car seen there panicked and was incapable to ride uphill from the stand-still! We had an adrenalin-packed descent on the main road from there!
We rode downhill back to Jelenia Góra at high speed. I was maintaining 45 km/h (28 mph) on the flat road segments while Jacek was even faster
We could be back at the hotel very fast if not the traffic jam throughout whole Karpacz...Jacek sunglasses: The victim of the Bend of Death.
Note our average speed (taking into account the uphill ride).
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Chargeride
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I cannot let the wife see these pictures or Poland will be our next trip.The Big Day or, Exploring Jizera Mts (Czech Republic & Poland)
Area-wise, France is smaller than Texas, Germany is smaller than Montana, and Poland is a tad smaller than New Mexico
Sudety Mts, the mountains essential to Lower Silesia and to at least three Czech regions are divided into many different ranges (I've already been to the Table and Owl Mts). The highest range in Sudety are Karkonosze Mts, which are proper for hiking and expert-level mountain biking. The Jizera Mts (German: Groß Iser, Polish: Góry Izerskie, Czech: Jizerské hory) are located westwards of Karkonosze, and still are "true" mountains albeit these are more forgiving to a cyclist, especially to a road one. Not that these are too easy, oh no.
Jacek and I drove to Jakuszyce on Saturday morning. I was trying to recollect with what I could associate that location name. Right! A cross-country skiing area! And the Polish-Czech border pass. Of course!
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Crossing the Czech border. Except of the covid lockdown time, crossing borders in EU is like going to another American state or a Canadian province.
We had a fabulous descent to Harrachov. It was very steep, and I was keeping at 50 km/h (30 mph) on my Vado (as I feel there are slight ride stability issues above 45 km/h or 28 mph on that e-bike), while Jacek was happily riding at some 61 km/h (38 mph) on the Giant Trance E+. No time to take pictures...
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Well-known ski-jumping hills (Large & Normal) named Certak in Harrachov, CZ. Ski-jumping is an extremely popular discipline in German-speaking and Nordic countries as well as in Poland, Czech Republic and Slovenia. (No Slovak competitors though!) The hills do not look impressive in the summer. They shine in the winter!
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We realised there would be some climbing when we met the first switchbacks. Soon, we got to the location of Korenov, where we took a very short rest opposite a train station. A couple of young people rode up on Polish Kross mid-drive e-bikes. And I made a blunder. I greeted them with "Dzień dobry!" in Polish, and it was met with a silence. Oops! "Dobry den!" I tried better. They smiled and returned the greeting. (I simply forgot in what country I was). Later, I was greeting people with the simple "Ahoy!", which is the Czech informal and popular greeting (equivalent to "Hi!"). How came a land-locked nation chose that nautical term is unclear but it tells you a lot about the exceptional Czech sense of humour
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We were constantly ascending. Here, in the village of Polubny.
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A statue of the patron of Lower Silesia, St. John Nepomucene, a Bohemian saint. The statue was erected here in 1824. At that time, Bohemia was a part of the Austrian Empire, and the village was known as Paloun.
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Finally, our ascent came to the end, and we could see (together with many other people) the Souš, an artificial lake created in 1915 by constructing a stone dam. The lake is a potable water reservoir and is protected against intrusion.
The Magnificent Descent
Unfortunately, I was not able to take any pictures from the most magnificent part of our ride. After relatively short and mild ascent, we passed the foot of the Jizera Mt, the tallest peak of the range to find out we were facing a 12 km (7.5 mi) downhill ride with the elevation loss of some 500 m (1640 ft) solely via switchbacks! Oh my! I was controlling my speed at 45 km/h (28 mph) and had to brake at sharp turns even more. The descent was so long I felt dazed! I only soberly thought to myself at one moment: "If there is such a dramatic descent, expect even more dramatic ascent afterwards..."
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The descent continued through the village of Bily potok (White Creek)...
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...until we stopped here, at the 40th kilometre, at the lowest point of the whole route. An inn called "The Workers House" (Delnicky Dum) in a small town of Hejnice.
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Jacek ordered two glasses of Kozel beer instantly. A dollar a half-litre glass makes beer the cheapest beverage of the Republic. No Coke or Pepsi accepted by the Czech, and there was no sugar-free drink except of water there. I promised to have a glass of beer and I had it, although I despise Pilsner or Lager (which essentially are the same).
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Yes, Czech Republic is a land-locked country but it has plethora of extremely clean mountain creeks, rivers, lakes, and ponds. Fresh fish is easily available there. So Jacek had a fresh trout. The meal was inexpensive (because the Czech charge per meal, not by fish weight as we Poles do), the fish was fresh, and the meal was delicious, Jacek said.
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The staple Czech food: Potato dumplings filled with smoked pork, and served with fried cabbage. I loved it!
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There are three sacred elements of Czech lifestyle:
The lunchtime means all inns, restaurants, bars, hotels etc. are serving their meal of the day called "menu". If you arrive exactly during the lunch time, you'll only be served the "menu". Which is very cheap, by the way (say, four dollar). Czech often come to lunch on their bikes. See two Haibikes. Czech people (unlike the Polish) are very practical: If you live in a mountainous country, you would buy an e-bike if you only can afford it. No Czech talks about "cheating". E-bike is a normal and desired thing there, only expensive. (Poles talk a lot about "cheating").
- Beer (pivo)
- Lunch (oběd)
- Bicycle (kolo), the latter meaning "the wheel".
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I asked Jacek to take this picture so I could discuss the matter of the word "hostinec" with a Czech friend of mine. "Hostinec" means exactly "an inn", and "hostinsky" is an "inn-keeper". Archaic but frequently used word because it sounds just right
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Hejnice is a town even if its population is 2736. I don't laugh; two smallest Polish towns sport their population below 2000. Hejnice can be proud of their Basilica Minor...
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...they have a hotel, and even "scooter" rental!
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I haven't seen such a scooter before. The owner of the scooter rental carries several such scooters to the foot of the Jizera Mt, and the person who rented such a vehicle is expected to ride the aforementioned 12 + 1 km dramatic descent and deliver the scooter back to the rental office. Ouch.
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Nothing was easy beyond Hejnice. Them ascents never look dramatic in photos. We both were working hard. Jacek was surprising me all the time. To ensure long enough battery range, he rode the Trance with the pedalling-assistance OFF, and was using only 0.5x leg power amplification on ascents such as this one... So the motor was giving him only 75 W of support for his 150 W leg input here!
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Czech Republic: Beautiful country, gorgeous mountains.
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Suddenly: Back to Poland! The worst was just awaiting us.
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Meet our new friend, Marcin, a road cyclist. Can you see the pain on his face?
We had just cleared a murderous 14% grade climb and stopped to be able to breathe again. I rode in the granny gear and full Turbo mode. Jacek switched to 1.25x assistance. We met the road cyclist Marcin taking his own rest there. It turned out Marcin make almost the same route as we did, only he started his ride earlier. The steep street was named Farmer's Road.
-- They should name it the "Butcher Road"! -- exclaimed Marcin. He showed us his Garmin cycle computer indicating even worse was to come very soon...
We restarted riding. When Marcin reached the 16% grade, he stopped and started walking his bike. We, e-bikers, just clenched our teeth and mashed more. Finally, we two reached a flat parking lot. I took the camera out of my pocket and went to take pictures of Marcin climbing.
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He was such a good sport, that Marcin. Sometimes Jacek and I were overtaking him, always smiles on both sides, sometimes we had to stop to replace the battery and Marcin was riding far forward, sometimes we were meeting again to consult a map, and really only parted in Szklarska Poręba, which was Marcin's destination.
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We three rode together through Świeradów-Zdrój, a spa. My Vado's brakes were screaming at a STOP sign!
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The Bend of Death. You might actually get killed by a car there, as you never know what's behind the rock...
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Luckily, the only victim of the Bend of Death were Jacek's cycling sunglasses (too a long story to tell it here).
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A selfie. (The main reason the bend is Of Death were numerous car crashes ending with car rolling down the precipice).
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Jacek had as much as 72% battery left in Szklarska Poręba, 7 km to Jakuszyce. So he switched to the POWER mode and started overtaking cars...
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Afternoon traffic chaos in Szklarska Poręba, another spa.
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Refuelling with the EE fuel at Mercure Jelenia Góra hotel.
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I was so tired we took a cab to the American restaurant in Jelenia Góra Main Square.
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After having eaten the sausage and chips. I regained some strength, and we walked to the hotel uphill. Here, a picturesque Fire Brigade (state-run) building. Upon reaching the hotel, I fell dead asleep at 9:27 pm. To wake up 2:42 am
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Ride map & stats.
You should send this material to bike trekking travel agents in the UK.
I think a lot of brits judge Poland/Czech as run down because so many young Poles turn up in battered cars to work min wage.
I havent looked at the stats, but I dont hear many people talk of holidaying in Poland..maybe I only talk to sun worshippers.
Beautiful places...thankyou.
The overgrown skijump reminds me of a video I have of the skijump in Yugoslavia, we went 2 months before the war to Kranski Gora.
Rather strange people I have to say...no offence to anyone here
Chargeride
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My favourite picture from our Grasmere trip
Stefan Mikes
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The Deer Mountain (Polish: Jelenia Góra, German: Hirschberg in Riesengebirge).
We arrived to Jelenia Góra (the sub-region capital) on Friday's evening.
A Sunday photo. The Mercure Jelenia Góra is the only big hotel in the city, built in 1989. Even if it is a three-star hotel (and it is very nice), it is missing amenities such as air-condition or electrical sockets near to beds. The breakfast is very good, and the park surrounding the hotel is loved by the hotel guests. (By regional standards, the stay cost is very reasonable).
Jacek was too tired for any ride, so we walked down to the city center.
Jelenia Góra has a 900-year history. The city is located in a Valley, with a perfect landscape of surrounding mountains. Ruled by a Polish King, the Piast Dukes, by the Czech Crown, by the Hungarian Crown, by the Austrian Empire, by Prussian Kingdom and then by Germany, it is now a Polish city. The Town Hall (1744-1749) here.
It is the Deer Mountain, so...
The Neptune fountain, memorising trade relations of the city with overseas lands.
An outdoor cinema: The sign of the covid era.
It must be an OK city if the American restaurant was full at that warm Summer sunset.
In the Bank Street.
Even the Fire Station is located in a historical building there!
The Roswell Police Department on tour?!
We arrived to Jelenia Góra (the sub-region capital) on Friday's evening.
A Sunday photo. The Mercure Jelenia Góra is the only big hotel in the city, built in 1989. Even if it is a three-star hotel (and it is very nice), it is missing amenities such as air-condition or electrical sockets near to beds. The breakfast is very good, and the park surrounding the hotel is loved by the hotel guests. (By regional standards, the stay cost is very reasonable).
Jacek was too tired for any ride, so we walked down to the city center.
Jelenia Góra has a 900-year history. The city is located in a Valley, with a perfect landscape of surrounding mountains. Ruled by a Polish King, the Piast Dukes, by the Czech Crown, by the Hungarian Crown, by the Austrian Empire, by Prussian Kingdom and then by Germany, it is now a Polish city. The Town Hall (1744-1749) here.
It is the Deer Mountain, so...
The Neptune fountain, memorising trade relations of the city with overseas lands.
An outdoor cinema: The sign of the covid era.
It must be an OK city if the American restaurant was full at that warm Summer sunset.
In the Bank Street.
Even the Fire Station is located in a historical building there!
The Roswell Police Department on tour?!
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RabH
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@Stefan Mikes It looks like you had an amazing adventure, great effort indeed and your photos and write up were just brilliant!
No sign of our thunderstorms this morning so I headed out once again, it was misty at first but it cleared up pretty quickly! The easterly wind was much lighter today so it was a really nice 40 miler in perfect cycling weather! No photos today but I will share more of yesterdays, I took so many!
No sign of our thunderstorms this morning so I headed out once again, it was misty at first but it cleared up pretty quickly! The easterly wind was much lighter today so it was a really nice 40 miler in perfect cycling weather! No photos today but I will share more of yesterdays, I took so many!
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Paperbark tree …
Judging by its advanced size (about 20 m tall and a truck diameter of about 1 m), my guess is that it was planted as an ornamental alongside the cycleway a few decades ago. Melaleucas that Jen and I planted in the 1980s are about the same size.
The area labelled 'Wetland' on the map above is M. quinquenervia's natural habitat (together with casuarinas and mangroves).
The spindly tree with drooping branches (directly beyond my Homage) is a casuarina, also know as a she-oak. In the distance is a coastal wetland area (mainly melaleucas and casuarinas with a seaward fringe of mangroves). Most of the paperbarks in the wetland areas that I ride through are tightly-packed and as spindly as casuarinas – just as they are in southern Florida where well-meaning but totally misguided landowners introduced them just over a century ago.
Redland Bay, Queensland
This broad-leafed paperbark, Melaleuca quinquenervia, was growing right next to the southern section of the Moreton Bay Cycleway.Judging by its advanced size (about 20 m tall and a truck diameter of about 1 m), my guess is that it was planted as an ornamental alongside the cycleway a few decades ago. Melaleucas that Jen and I planted in the 1980s are about the same size.
The area labelled 'Wetland' on the map above is M. quinquenervia's natural habitat (together with casuarinas and mangroves).
The spindly tree with drooping branches (directly beyond my Homage) is a casuarina, also know as a she-oak. In the distance is a coastal wetland area (mainly melaleucas and casuarinas with a seaward fringe of mangroves). Most of the paperbarks in the wetland areas that I ride through are tightly-packed and as spindly as casuarinas – just as they are in southern Florida where well-meaning but totally misguided landowners introduced them just over a century ago.
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The Deer Mountain (Polish: Jelenia Góra, German: Hirschberg in Riesengebirge).
We arrived to Jelenia Góra (the sub-region capital) on Friday's evening.
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A Sunday photo. The Mercure Jelenia Góra is the only big hotel in the city, built in 1989. Even if it is a three-star hotel (and it is very nice), it is missing amenities such as air-condition or electrical sockets near to beds. The breakfast is very good, and the park surrounding the hotel is loved by the hotel guests. (By regional standards, the stay cost is very reasonable).
Jacek was too tired for any ride, so we walked down to the city center.
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Jelenia Góra has a 900-year history. The city is located in a Valley, with a perfect landscape of surrounding mountains. Ruled by a Polish King, the Piast Dukes, by the Czech Crown, by the Hungarian Crown, by the Austrian Empire, by Prussian Kingdom and then by Germany, it is now a Polish city. The Town Hall (1744-1749) here.
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It is the Deer Mountain, so...
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The Neptune fountain, memorising trade relations of the city with overseas lands.
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An outdoor cinema: The sign of the covid era.
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It must be an OK city if the American restaurant was full at that warm Summer sunset.
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In the Bank Street.
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Even the Fire Station is located in a historical building there!
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The Roswell Police Department on tour?!
Please re-caption the photo below!
Also what's up with the Roswell PD car?
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Any suggestion for a better caption?Please re-caption the photo below!
Also what's up the Roswell PD?
Jacek pointed to the "flame" at the fan (it was sunshine reflected in the water-spray) and said: "Take a photo now!" The Roswell PD car:
My brother has explained to me it was a good idea to buy a vintage car in New Mexico since (he said) the climate is dry and cars do not rot there. That police car is well-known in South Poland. The number plate is Polish, and it is a private one; you just pay some US$250 to get it here. The number here is S*964 (it is Upper Silesian registration) and it just looks American
The owner had just to import the car from NM to be unique. Add to that the Roswell UFO legend and you are totally unique! I can bet the "policeman" was in hurry with his coffee and donuts!
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Any suggestions for a better caption?
The Roswell PD car:
My brother has explained to me it was a good idea to buy a vintage car in New Mexico since (he said) the climate is dry and cars do not rot there. That police car is well-known in South Poland. The number plate is Polish, and it is a private one; you just pay some US$250 to get it here. The number here is S*964 (it is Upper Silesian registration) and it just looks American
Love the UFO police car story... a unique bit of Southwest Americana.
Regarding the photo caption... How about the young lady noticed the stalker and Jacek played it cool...
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Just not to go off-topic too far:Regarding the photo caption... How about the young lady noticed the stalker and Jacek played it cool...
I'm so proud of having such a brother! Jacek cannot speak languages but his coolness, smile, charm win him friends everywhere including abroad (he's been travelling a lot). He's super-intelligent man and that helps, too. My uncle's -- and his Dad's -- name was exactly the same as of a famous Polish movie star. Once, Jacek was caught in a police speed-trap. The policeman inspected Jacek's driving license and asked:
-- Son of the Stanisław?
-- YES (followed by a broad lazy smile)
-- What car does your Dad drive? I can bet that's a Renault? (it was many years ago, when the Megane was a hype)
-- Yes, a Renault (the fact was, my uncle used to drive a very old Renault...)
-- Go on! Drive slower, sir! (The cop could proudly tell his wife he stopped a son of Stanisław "Captain Kloss" Mikulski)
Jacek claims it was the only time he used his father's name for a personal gain. And I believe him.
The Stanisław:
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I did my second Mount Baker Climb yesterday, 48 miles from Glacier, Washington to Artist Point and back, with a 5,000 foot elevation gain. This ride started 45 miles east of our sea side town of Bellingham.
The last two miles we had to slip past the road barrier as it was closed so we had to dodge snow and rocky debris on the road It was perfect riding weather, a glorious day. My friend, Matt, was riding his Turbo Creo Expert. What a cool bike! I did bring along the second battery. At the end of the ride I still had 42% battery remaining. The Allant performed like a champ.
So happy I can do this.
The last two miles we had to slip past the road barrier as it was closed so we had to dodge snow and rocky debris on the road It was perfect riding weather, a glorious day. My friend, Matt, was riding his Turbo Creo Expert. What a cool bike! I did bring along the second battery. At the end of the ride I still had 42% battery remaining. The Allant performed like a champ.
So happy I can do this.
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Congratulations, Richard!
I need to try harder next time...
What was your buddy riding?
Alaskan
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Matt was riding a carbon fiber Specialized Turbo Creo SL Expert Evo with the second battery booster.Congratulations, Richard!
I need to try harder next time...
What was your buddy riding?
Turbo Creo SL Expert EVO
What is it about gravel that's so appealing? Is it the break from hectic city streets and cars? Is it the audible crunch of rocks beneath your tires? Or...
RabH
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@Alaskan What a place to cycle, just amazing! Awesome photos, ebikes really open up so many opportunties to have fantastic days like these!
@Stefan Mikes No need to try harder, you are doing pretty well as you are!
@Stefan Mikes No need to try harder, you are doing pretty well as you are!
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6000 feet it is@Stefan Mikes No need to try harder, you are doing pretty well as you are!
RabH
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6000 feet it is@Stefan Mikes No need to try harder, you are doing pretty well as you are!
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Why stop at 6000?
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Because we don't have higher mountains with cycling allowed at the Polish border side?Why stop at 6000?
Stefan Mikes
Gravel e-biker
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- Europe
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- Mazovia, PL
Richard, as I become more and more interested in mountain road touring, can you tell me what you believe the maximum ascent grade was on your route?
D
Deleted member 18083
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Richard, what a wonderful ride! Thanks for sharing. Keep well.
The message (I think): Don't be envious; be inspired.
David
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