2024 - Our Rides in Words, Photos, Maps and Videos

Ah, so they politicize everything in Poland, too! Guessing the sausage is far right-wing, the roll is left-centrist, and the pickle belongs to the far-left Green Party.

Personally, I'd set aside my partisan leanings and eat all of them.
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They mean WW2 partisans, or guerrillas šŸ˜ƒ The words for political partisans and guerrillas sound similarly in Polish but are not identical (it is 'partyjniak' for a politician but 'partyzant' for a combatant).

P.S. I wrote earlier the Palace was luxurious. Fact! After an hour since my arrival, a Ferrari car owner rally began in the Palace. Pity I didn't take a photo of the cars!

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Jacek and Paul ride two abreast on the finish line :)
 
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A few photos from recent rides, Bobby Lloydā€™s pumpkinā€™s are certainly much larger after what seemed like ten days of rain.ten days of rain. Bobby told me heā€™s amazed how much money the Patch, and Easter setup makes. His daughter-in-law implemented the activity. Iā€™m unsure what the yard display signifies but it was across the street from the Dabney School marker.
Yesterday I pedaled to the Farmerā€™s Market for tomatoes and Sourdough Chocolate chip cookies. I feared the pie I eyed wouldnā€™t make it home in my trunk bag. At least three people asked about my ebike with the worries being about riding on the country roads. My answerā€¦ā€with a good mirror you quickly calm down. 9000 miles on my bike riding these roadsā€¦but Iā€™m chicken to ride in Richmond.ā€
 

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Arrived in Japan Monday afternoon. Bikes made the trip over in fine fashion from what I could see at first glance. Will do a closer inspection once theyā€™re fully assembled in a few days time.

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A few evening pics around the district of Shinjuku after we checked into the hotel and went for dinner.

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I rode 19 miles today. The farmers out in the field, this one is combining beans. I also hit 6000 miles total on my bike today. Not a particularly special number but my goal has been to ride 2000 miles a year. The bike is 3 years old but Iā€™m about 3 1/2 weeks late in hitting my goal.
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6000 miles! Good!
I could have noticed my Vado 6,0 has a similar mileage since the last Specialized warranty rebuild (17 Jan 2023).
 
The only dry trail in a 50 mile radius, so back to Landeglla, wales
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Actually very warm and hazy, but somehow it looks cold
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Not a soul on the trails, got the entire thing to myself.
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The first time I rode here, those trees were lower than the decking

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The drone gives a new perspective to everything.
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This was a bit nerve wracking, there was a strong waterfall under the bridge, a crashed drone would be gone for good,
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The image degrades and blurs a lot in the dark bits, but at the price it performs amazingly
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Turn and climb is always hard.
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This is the steepest climb on the trails, wet roots as well, but the fatties cruised up it and the Yam motor did it with ease.
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It was actually open, but soon the clocks go back and the after work brigade will dwindle
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The one guy I met all day, 500 grands worth of Ponsse Bear, he said the trees they plant take 20 years till harvesting,
this is the big boy that cuts them down, strips the branches, and slices them into logs.
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After days of rain a shot of sunshine was captured among the fall golden colors here in northern British Columbia. We use the excuse of finding reluctant cow calve pairs coming home off the open range to take a spin on our bikes. One of the pictures is with a grandson who convinced grandma to let him use her e-bike and he is
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IMG_20240918_174834.jpg now an e-bike convert. We are spending our weekends with the high-school rodeo crowd where our granddaughter is sorting how to be competitive with our older ranch horses. My folding bike with one speed comes in handy at the rodeo grounds and sight seeing ventures.
 
It was a hot day, upper 90ā€™s F, so we put the bikes on the rack and drove the half hour to the coast where it was in the low 70ā€™s šŸ˜Š and rode the pacific coastal highway.
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We saw a bunch of humpback whales, but theyā€™re hard to get good pictures of because they come up momentarily and you never know where.
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Thatā€™s a tail ^^
Here, you can see a blowhole spout and sort of see the dark image of whale in the water.
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Terrible pictures, I know, but I tried.
This guy was just waiting for me to pull out a sandwich or something so he could snatch it out of my hand.
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Having lunch at The Tides restaurant.
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Otters playing in the bay
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The sea lions are always living the best life!
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At the marina
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Wait, how did that get in there? Oh well George is a good boy!!
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Pics of a 40km first ride today around Minobu in stellar conditions despite it being 54% humidity. Overall elevation gain was just under 600 meters. It rained the second day while we were in Tokyo and most of yesterday at our homebase so it was a good time to prep the bikes. Speaking of which they performed flawlessly after surviving the flight over in addition to being loaded on a couple of buses.

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The rear of Mentmore Towers... a large country house built by the Rothchild Family in 1854.

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Down by the Grand Union Canal.... where life slows to a snails pace...

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My trusty Frey EX, she's picked up a few scratches along the way, but still going strong!

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