Chargeride
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Where do they insert the probe on a bike?
2025 - Our Rides in Words, Photos, Maps and Videos
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Jeremy McCreary
Bought it anyway
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- Carlsbad, CA
Do we really have to spell it out for you?
Stefan Mikes
Gravel e-biker
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- Mazovia, PL
Not only the Californians know how to have fun
I could not stop laughing when Tommy yanked the Gun
Tommy Gun, got it?
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DaveMatthews
Dave's not here. Cheating since 2018
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No... but you can tell the lovely Nurse Ratched all about it when you get... there...
Chargeride
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Not only the Californians know how to have fun
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I could not stop laughing when Tommy yanked the Gun
Stefan Mikes
Gravel e-biker
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- Mazovia, PL
KPN with Tommy. Vado Repair (Rear Tyre and Brake).
I should have worn merino long johns for the ride; it was a cold and windy day! I started my ride to Jacek at 9:02 and arrived there at 10:36. My brother first took a great care to vulcanise a patch inside my punctured Rhombus Pro tyre, and he also used a filler for the hole itself. Eventually, he discovered my Vado rear brake was installed wrongly (a mystery how that could have happened!) and fixed that, too. Meanwhile, Tommy joined us, riding fast from South Warsaw (I was impressed with his performance!)
I was genuinely surprised to see my own initials on Jacek's tracksuit top until I realised I was not the only "S." in the family
Then I took Tommy for an easy ride in Kampinos National Park (KPN).
At the former Atomic Warfare Command for Warsaw Pact, backup site. The site was abandoned in 1980s as the satellites made the concept obsolete. Now, the underground structures are the home for bats.
The post-glacial nature of the KPN makes it formed by overgrown sand dunes interlaced with marshes. Only several years ago, there was a desert at the site. Now, the greenery is bravely occupying the sands.
By 1945, the German speaking Hauländer community was a serious minority along the Vistula. Post WW2, only Germans who had intermarried with Poles were allowed to stay. (A grand grandmother of one of our family members rests here).
We were riding a rail trail. Here, naïve art by a grocery store. The sculptures have been created by some elderly man who felt being an artist
Tommy for the first time in the Inn by the Trail, a weekend restaurant in Palmiry.
Zhur, nourishing soup full of white sausage and hard boiled egg.
Serving as many as ten pierogi is an unusual thing in Poland nowadays. Usually, it is only five or six of them!
It is how the Inn looks like from the outside.
To avoid riding unpleasant cobblestone, I made a detour by the remnants of the pre-WW2 Central Armament Depot. Unfortunately, we had to ride in deep sand, where my friend crashed once.
You wouldn't believe it! I tripped my own legs while walking my e-bike! We could not stop laughing!
An experienced fat-biker at Biker Pub. Of course, no motor. The bike was imported from the United States!
I was left with a little battery charge upon arriving home!
Ride Map. It was 75 km for the day.
I should have worn merino long johns for the ride; it was a cold and windy day! I started my ride to Jacek at 9:02 and arrived there at 10:36. My brother first took a great care to vulcanise a patch inside my punctured Rhombus Pro tyre, and he also used a filler for the hole itself. Eventually, he discovered my Vado rear brake was installed wrongly (a mystery how that could have happened!) and fixed that, too. Meanwhile, Tommy joined us, riding fast from South Warsaw (I was impressed with his performance!)
I was genuinely surprised to see my own initials on Jacek's tracksuit top until I realised I was not the only "S." in the family
Then I took Tommy for an easy ride in Kampinos National Park (KPN).
At the former Atomic Warfare Command for Warsaw Pact, backup site. The site was abandoned in 1980s as the satellites made the concept obsolete. Now, the underground structures are the home for bats.
The post-glacial nature of the KPN makes it formed by overgrown sand dunes interlaced with marshes. Only several years ago, there was a desert at the site. Now, the greenery is bravely occupying the sands.
By 1945, the German speaking Hauländer community was a serious minority along the Vistula. Post WW2, only Germans who had intermarried with Poles were allowed to stay. (A grand grandmother of one of our family members rests here).
We were riding a rail trail. Here, naïve art by a grocery store. The sculptures have been created by some elderly man who felt being an artist
Tommy for the first time in the Inn by the Trail, a weekend restaurant in Palmiry.
Zhur, nourishing soup full of white sausage and hard boiled egg.
Serving as many as ten pierogi is an unusual thing in Poland nowadays. Usually, it is only five or six of them!
It is how the Inn looks like from the outside.
To avoid riding unpleasant cobblestone, I made a detour by the remnants of the pre-WW2 Central Armament Depot. Unfortunately, we had to ride in deep sand, where my friend crashed once.
You wouldn't believe it! I tripped my own legs while walking my e-bike!
We could not stop laughing!An experienced fat-biker at Biker Pub. Of course, no motor. The bike was imported from the United States!
I was left with a little battery charge upon arriving home!
Ride Map. It was 75 km for the day.
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Watana Bob
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And you thought that rash from those bike shorts was bad, remember that dude has been practicing on dinosaurs.
Chargeride
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You seem to reach an age where onçe the fall starts you accept your fate and just relax for impact.KPN with Tommy. Vado Repair (Rear Tyre and Brake).
I should have worn merino long johns for the ride; it was a cold and windy day! I started my ride to Jacek at 9:02 and arrived there at 10:36. My brother first took a great care to vulcanise a patch inside my punctured Rhombus Pro tyre, and he also used a filler for the hole itself. Eventually, he discovered my Vado rear brake was installed wrongly (a mystery how that could have happened!) and fixed that, too. Meanwhile, Tommy joined us, riding fast from South Warsaw (I was impressed with his performance!)
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I was genuinely surprised to see my own initials on Jacek's tracksuit top until I realised I was not the only "S." in the family
Then I took Tommy for an easy ride in Kampinos National Park (KPN).
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At the former Atomic Warfare Command for Warsaw Pact, backup site. The site was abandoned in 1980s as the satellites made the concept obsolete. Now, the underground structures are the home for bats.
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The post-glacial nature of the KPN makes it formed by overgrown sand dunes interlaced with marshes. Only several years ago, there was a desert at the site. Now, the greenery is bravely occupying the sands.
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By 1945, the German speaking Hauländer community was a serious minority along the Vistula. Post WW2, only Germans who had intermarried with Poles were allowed to stay. (A grand grandmother of one of our family members rests here).
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We were riding a rail trail. Here, naïve art by a grocery store. The sculptures have been created by some elderly man who felt being an artist
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Tommy for the first time in the Inn by the Trail, a weekend restaurant in Palmiry.
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Zhur, nourishing soup full of white sausage and hard boiled egg.
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Serving as many as ten pierogi is an unusual thing in Poland nowadays. Usually, it is only five or six of them!
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It is how the Inn looks like from the outside.
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To avoid riding unpleasant cobblestone, I made a detour by the remnants of the pre-WW2 Central Armament Depot. Unfortunately, we had to ride in deep sand, where my friend crashed once.
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You wouldn't believe it! I tripped my own legs while walking my e-bike!
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An experienced fat-biker at Biker Pub. Of course, no motor. The bike was imported from the United States!
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I was left with a little battery charge upon arriving home!
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Ride Map. It was 75 km for the day.
If you watched my whole vid Stefan, you can see that Dan does that, Im still in the fight it stage, not sure which is better, I often stagger around to get my balance after ejecting.
Chargeride
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Well I just had to, the storm passes yesterday but the winds are still really high on the beach, so got up at 9am to clear the cobwebs.
Full power all the way battling into the 35mph winds
Every storm pulls out the tobacco waste that was dumped here in the 50s, the British Nicotine Company was allowed to dump thousand of tones of this stuff in the 50s, they
claimed it would stabilise the dunes, completely poisoned them actually, they will come and remove all of this.
Rode straight out for five minutes to annoy these birds
Do you live near the beach?
Sort of..
This area is full of handed down Victorian holiday homes for the super rich, probably more of a burden, who wants them?
There has been lots of rain so the sand is heavy and doesnt blow as much, but when it does its excruciating on exposed skin, its like a burn, when it passes its like someone has slapped you with a table tennis bat.
Going down here is the first time in all my storm rides where I actually got worried, I was being hammered with heavy sand and the bike was barely moving forward even in Turbo downhill.
Only 12 people on the whole beach, I bet if you interviewed them they would all be a certain personality.
Full power all the way battling into the 35mph winds
Every storm pulls out the tobacco waste that was dumped here in the 50s, the British Nicotine Company was allowed to dump thousand of tones of this stuff in the 50s, they
claimed it would stabilise the dunes, completely poisoned them actually, they will come and remove all of this.
Rode straight out for five minutes to annoy these birds
Do you live near the beach?
Sort of..
This area is full of handed down Victorian holiday homes for the super rich, probably more of a burden, who wants them?
There has been lots of rain so the sand is heavy and doesnt blow as much, but when it does its excruciating on exposed skin, its like a burn, when it passes its like someone has slapped you with a table tennis bat.
Going down here is the first time in all my storm rides where I actually got worried, I was being hammered with heavy sand and the bike was barely moving forward even in Turbo downhill.
Only 12 people on the whole beach, I bet if you interviewed them they would all be a certain personality.
Stefan Mikes
Gravel e-biker
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- Mazovia, PL
That's why I come out unscathed
If Dan held on his bike (hands on the grips, feet on the pedals, bum on the saddle), he wouldn't probably break his thumb.
stompandgo
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- USA
It's a classic line from Die Hard.
Mulezen
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A fine Sunday morning with mid-60s and no wind to speak of.
this WAS a farm...still looks like it but a new generation has changed Rockville Farm to Innovation...IDK what that even means.
I'd seen this new establishment (and new home in front) the last few years and today was riding past when I saw the Potter himself putting out the open sign. Fred graciously gave me a tour of his shop including the wheels and kiln. He explained the different clays and showed me his process. fifty years at it mostly in Wisconsin (north US)
this WAS a farm...still looks like it but a new generation has changed Rockville Farm to Innovation...IDK what that even means.
I'd seen this new establishment (and new home in front) the last few years and today was riding past when I saw the Potter himself putting out the open sign. Fred graciously gave me a tour of his shop including the wheels and kiln. He explained the different clays and showed me his process. fifty years at it mostly in Wisconsin (north US)
RabH
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Storm Amy passed through on Friday and Saturday with 70mph gusts in my area, today it was showing gusts around 35mph so I just had to get out! It was a really nice morrning but a bit chilly, 4 layers for the first time in a while! The wind was a direct westerly so I just had to head east to enjoy the tailwind and enjoy it I certainly did, I arrived in Dechmont with an average speed nudging 19mph!
That was about to change though as I started up the big climb at Burnhouse road!I was glad to reach the top and start descending again, had to be careful with the crosswinds though! This was the main reason I chose to climb Burnhouse road, going down would have been beyond scary today!
At the end of the road I turned left to get some photos of the Beecraigs valley!
I then turned back to head east again, its a nice road with smooth tarmac and well protected from the wind!
Some nice views along the way also!
Forth bridges in the distance, no way was I crossing there today...
At the end of the road I turned north for Threemiletown, its a big descent to start with and I had a very strong crosswind from the left and it was way more than 35mph! At Threemiletown it was time to turn west directly into the wind and I had to up my assist level to 2 instantly! Even on level 2 it was hard going but manageable, after a couple of miles I turned off the main road to get some photos of the Union Canal!
You wouldn't believe how strong the wind was on this bridge, it was insane!
I was just about to head off when this old 1968 Morris Traveller crossed the bridge, I just got my phone back out in time to catch it passing!
I made my way back to the main road again and battled the wind into Linlithgow, I'm sure it was close to 50mph at times! The town was quiet for a Sunday much to my delight, I think the wind was keeping people indoors! At the far side of town I took the back road under the Linlithgow Viaduct!
Another photo of the viaduct from the western side!
The main reason I chose this road is due to very good tree shelter for a few miles, I crossed over the Union canal again! I had to change batteries here at only 35 miles, that wind was taking a real toll...
I then took the back road to Avonbridge, passing through Standburn and enjoying the awesome rollercaster road all the way to Avonbridge! The final part is a big descent where I would normally be doing well over 35mph but struggled to hit 25mph today! From Avonbridge I continued west towards Limerigg, another well protected road thankfully! I stopped for a snack and a break and grabbed a few photos looking north!
I had a big climb now but lots of shelter all the way to Limerigg, where I stopped for a couple of photos of the Black Loch!
The road from Limerigg to Caldercruix is very exposed so I turned north for Slamannan and enjoyed 2 big downhills before turning west again at the village! I then joined the back road to Longriggend and I was expecting the wind to make things spicy into Longriggend but much to my amazement the gusts had finally subsided! It was still very windy but no big gusts, what a relief that was! I passed through Longriggend and decided to take the big descent down into Upperton, this road was closed for weeks recently so I was expecting some nice new tarmac into Upperton! They had already resurfaced the road at the Longriggend side, this part would have been very scary if the wind had still been gusting!
I arrived in Upperton and much to my disappointment they had only resurfaced about 50 yards of the road, the worst part mind you but what were they doing all that time? Anyway I continued through the village and joined the back road to Lenziemill to find this road had been resurfaced, well most of it until I hit a massive pothole as I rounded a bend! My fault as I should have been going a little slower, no damage done anyway! I then had a big climb up past Palacerigg Country Park before the final big descent into Lenziemill! Then I made my way to Luggiebank and took the back road to Glenmavis, I hadn't used this road for a couple of years and forgot how good it was! I passed this amazing estate on the way!
I was just about to set off when the gate opened!
I was expecting a car to appear but I must have triggered the sensor, luckily nobody chased me...
I was only a few miles from home now and thankfully my second battery still had 35% remaining, if that wind had continued it may have been another story! Despite the wind I had a fantastic day on the bike, it was so good to get out again after 6 days off the bike! One final thing before I go...beam me up Scotty!Attachments
Chargeride
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Moggy Minor Traveller!!View attachment 200436
Storm Amy passed through on Friday and Saturday with 70mph gusts in my area, today it was showing gusts around 35mph so I just had to get out! It was a really nice morrning but a bit chilly, 4 layers for the first time in a while! The wind was a direct westerly so I just had to head east to enjoy the tailwind and enjoy it I certainly did, I arrived in Dechmont with an average speed nudging 19mph!
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I was glad to reach the top and start descending again, had to be careful with the crosswinds though! This was the main reason I chose to climb Burnhouse road, going down would have been beyond scary today!
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At the end of the road I turned left to get some photos of the Beecraigs valley!
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I then turned back to head east again, its a nice road with smooth tarmac and well protected from the wind!
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Some nice views along the way also!
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Forth bridges in the distance, no way was I crossing there today...
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At the end of the road I turned north for Threemiletown, its a big descent to start with and I had a very strong crosswind from the left and it was way more than 35mph! At Threemiletown it was time to turn west directly into the wind and I had to up my assist level to 2 instantly! Even on level 2 it was hard going but manageable, after a couple of miles I turned off the main road to get some photos of the Union Canal!
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You wouldn't believe how strong the wind was on this bridge, it was insane!
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I was just about to head off when this old 1968 Morris Traveller crossed the bridge, I just got my phone back out in time to catch it passing!
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I made my way back to the main road again and battled the wind into Linlithgow, I'm sure it was close to 50mph at times! The town was quiet for a Sunday much to my delight, I think the wind was keeping people indoors! At the far side of town I took the back road under the Linlithgow Viaduct!
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Another photo of the viaduct from the western side!
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The main reason I chose this road is due to very good tree shelter for a few miles, I crossed over the Union canal again! I had to change batteries here at only 35 miles, that wind was taking a real toll...
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I then took the back road to Avonbridge, passing through Standburn and enjoying the awesome rollercaster road all the way to Avonbridge! The final part is a big descent where I would normally be doing well over 35mph but struggled to hit 25mph today! From Avonbridge I continued west towards Limerigg, another well protected road thankfully! I stopped for a snack and a break and grabbed a few photos looking north!
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I had a big climb now but lots of shelter all the way to Limerigg, where I stopped for a couple of photos of the Black Loch!
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The road from Limerigg to Caldercruix is very exposed so I turned north for Slamannan and enjoyed 2 big downhills before turning west again at the village! I then joined the back road to Longriggend and I was expecting the wind to make things spicy into Longriggend but much to my amazement the gusts had finally subsided! It was still very windy but no big gusts, what a relief that was! I passed through Longriggend and decided to take the big descent down into Upperton, this road was closed for weeks recently so I was expecting some nice new tarmac into Upperton! They had already resurfaced the road at the Longriggend side, this part would have been very scary if the wind had still been gusting!
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I arrived in Upperton and much to my disappointment they had only resurfaced about 50 yards of the road, the worst part mind you but what were they doing all that time? Anyway I continued through the village and joined the back road to Lenziemill to find this road had been resurfaced, well most of it until I hit a massive pothole as I rounded a bend! My fault as I should have been going a little slower, no damage done anyway! I then had a big climb up past Palacerigg Country Park before the final big descent into Lenziemill! Then I made my way to Luggiebank and took the back road to Glenmavis, I hadn't used this road for a couple of years and forgot how good it was! I passed this amazing estate on the way!
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I was just about to set off when the gate opened!
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I was expecting a car to appear but I must have triggered the sensor, luckily nobody chased me...
My dad had one.
RabH
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My late brother had the standard Minor, he was approaching a roundabout in the centre of town and the front suspension collapsed blocking the roundabout at rush hour!
It was a common fault...
Jeremy McCreary
Bought it anyway
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- USA
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- Carlsbad, CA
Wood-paneled station wagons like that were the surfboard transports of choice in SoCal in the 1960s and have been much coveted by surfers and car nuts ever since. We call them "woodies".
Still coveted here, but the ones still on the road now are mostly driven by old rich guys who can afford to restore them. Just don't get stuck in the god-awful exhaust fumes at a light.
At 1:48, "In my woody, I'd take you everywhere I go."
I was 15 when this song came out in 1963. Driving a woody with a pretty blonde surfer girl in a bikini beside me was my highest aspiration. Well, 2nd highest. And still high on the list at 77.
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Chargeride
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Yes, the Morris Minor's creator, Alec Issigonis, was influenced by American car designs, a fact he admitted decades later, including a nod to the seminal Buick Y-Job for the original Minor and the popular American "woodie" station wagons when designing the Traveller model.
I’ll start off my days ride with a photo just upstream along the Niagara River from my usual point on my ride from home where I pedal to the Shoreline Trail and either head North (downstream) towards Niagara Falls or in todays case South (upstream) towards the City of Buffalo. In the background are two smoke stacks from the shuttered Huntley coal powered generating plant that at one time in it’s past produced 1,150 megawatts of power per day:
The Shoreline trail gets diverted along a city street (Niagara Street) for a bit. Arguably the best bike lanes in the city since it’s curbed and safe from cars except for the street intersections:
Theres a point along the trail where I can cut over to Unity Island (known as Squaw Island from war of 1812 till 2015) which is 160 acres in size and sits between the Black Rock Canal and Niagara River. On the north end is what is known as International Swing Bridge circa 1873 (owned and operated on US soil by CNNR which is a Canadian rail road entity) and on the south end is accessed by the West Ferry Bascule style bridge circa 1913:
Heading further upstream is the Peace Bridge which spans between the USA and Canada:
View of the mouth of Lake Erie (210 miles long by 57 miles wide) which becomes the Niagara River:
At this same point is where Frank Lloyd Wright's Fontana Boathouse was constructed. Designed in 1905 but never built until 2007 when a group was assembled to gain the right to the design:
The Shoreline trail gets diverted along a city street (Niagara Street) for a bit. Arguably the best bike lanes in the city since it’s curbed and safe from cars except for the street intersections:
Theres a point along the trail where I can cut over to Unity Island (known as Squaw Island from war of 1812 till 2015) which is 160 acres in size and sits between the Black Rock Canal and Niagara River. On the north end is what is known as International Swing Bridge circa 1873 (owned and operated on US soil by CNNR which is a Canadian rail road entity) and on the south end is accessed by the West Ferry Bascule style bridge circa 1913:
Heading further upstream is the Peace Bridge which spans between the USA and Canada:
View of the mouth of Lake Erie (210 miles long by 57 miles wide) which becomes the Niagara River:
At this same point is where Frank Lloyd Wright's Fontana Boathouse was constructed. Designed in 1905 but never built until 2007 when a group was assembled to gain the right to the design:
