2026 - Our Rides in Words, Photos, Maps and Videos

[Chargeride]

Russian is a great language, they just need to use proper letters instead of wingdings

 

[JGcycle]

A few pics from this morning's 24km ride:

 

[Chargeride]

Thought that said woke, I was like how strangely polite

 

[Stefan Mikes]

I'm Russian. That is what my father taught me.

If it helps, I learned Russian at the schools and in the University and then used the language in real life. Your Father was addressing you as his son (informal, by "Ty" = thou). You wouldn't say the same to a Russian mafia member, where the formal address (Vy = you) is required.

Just to make it light. I could see a Facebook reel where a man was explaining how to say several phrases in Russian. Something was wrong with his Russian. "I guess Russian is not your first language?" I asked. He confirmed it wasn't but he was very proud of his softening of "L"'s the Russian way. Guess how I caught him? There is a Russian word "плохо" (badly). He pronounced that very word "plokha" while it should be "pwokha". A simple thing that matters so much...

There was a time I was most of the year on business car, railway, or air trips between Southeast Europe up to Scandinavia. Wherever I was, I was trying to pick up some local language, was it Bulgarian or Romanian or Slovak or Czech or German or Danish or Swedish or Norwegian... Once, I had an online training given to our (then) "man in Moscow". As his English was very weak, I agreed to do the training in Russian. All went well until I asked for a coffee break. I said something like "Padazhdeetye Tamash, ya sdyewayu syebya kavitschku" (Wait Thomas, let me make some coffee) to which he uncertainly answered "Shto eta kavitschka?" (What is it?) then brightened up and exclaimed "Ah, KOFYE!" Turned out, I used the Slovak word for a wee coffee

 

[RabH]

I had a ride planned in my head last night, I was going to head east into the wind and enjoy a tailwind on the way back but I quickly changed my mind this morning when I felt the chill from the ENE wind! So I opted to head south into East Ayrshire instead and I was glad I made the change, yes I had a tailwind for a good part of my 40 mile ride down to Muirkirk but I would be battling a headwind most of the way home! By that time it was going to be much warmer so it all worked out perfectly! I headed south into the Clyde Valley at Garrion Bridge and headed up the back road to Netherburn, it starts with a beast of a climb up Manse Brae where I had to use level 2 assist!

From Netherburn I continued south to Kirkmuirhill where I joined the excellent cycle path to Lesmahagow!

Then it was SW to Douglas where I stopped for this photo of Douglas Water!

From there I continued SW to Glespin, its such a great road!

Some nice views of the hills also!

I then passed Glenbuck Loch and stopped for this photo!

Just 4 miles from Muirkirk now on amazing roads, some rough parts though but you can't have it all...

From Muirkirk I headed north towards Strathaven, another fantastic road that never disappoints!

Some nice scenery along the way also!

Glengavel Reservoir then came into view and I grabbed quite a few photos!

The road into Strathaven!

From Strathaven I headed back into the Clyde Valley at Garrion Bridge and made my along the valley to Crossford, stopping for many photos along the way!

The River Clyde has dropped quite a bit after the recent dry spell, lots of recent rain hasn't been enough to replenish it just yet!

From Crossford I turned NE up the big climb into Braidwood and on to Carluke before heading north to Allanton and Hartwood and up the very tough climb to Kirk of Shotts, on the back road to Allanton I caught sight of a very rare Albino calf in one of the fields! I believe its like a million to 1 chance of a cow having an Albino calf!

Near the top of the climb I took the back road to Hareshaw, the main reason I took on the big climb! I reckon my average speed would have been close to 25mph with a lovely 20mph tailwind all the way along this awesome road! I arrived home with 86 miles in the bag and both batteries almost spent, my first battery lasted for 51 miles but the second took a pounding into the headwind and the climbs! With just 14 miles needed for another imperial century I wasn't going to waste the opportunity! So I grabbed my third battery and did a little 18 mile circuit near home! What a brilliant day it turned out to be, I definitely made the right choice changing my route! That was imperial century #19, only 3 short of last years 22 with 4 months left in 2026!

 

[dodgeman]

We are visiting Maine and rented e bikes in Acadia, a national park. We rode 26 miles and 1800 feet of elevation gain, a lot for us. We were on Cannondale’s which had a lot of assist. Only class I bikes were suppose to be in the park but of course not everyone followed that. They called them carriage roads and were a fine gravel, very nice. They had some old stone bridges, one was dated 1917.

 

[Jeremy McCreary]

We are visiting Maine and rented e bikes in Acadia, a national park. We rode 26 miles and 1800 feet of elevation gain, a lot for us. We were on Cannondale’s which had a lot of assist. Only class I bikes were suppose to be in the park but of course not everyone followed that. They called them carriage roads and were a fine gravel, very nice. They had some old stone bridges, one was dated 1917.



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Looks like a fabulous ride! Nice bikes, too.

 

[Jeremy McCreary]

I headed south into the Clyde Valley at Garrion Bridge and headed up the back road to Netherburn, it starts with a beast of a climb up Manse Brae where I had to use level 2 assist!

From Netherburn I continued south to Kirkmuirhill where I joined the excellent cycle path to Lesmahagow!

Always interesting place names on your rides! Around here, a netherburn is what you get at a nude beach.
;^}

 

[fooferdoggie]

this is my daughters favorite. it has worms or veins on it.

 

[fooferdoggie]

Saw these two kids at most 10 years old riding mini gas motorcycles in traffic.

 

[fooferdoggie]

Now this is some crazy advertising.

 

[DaveMatthews]

Saw these two kids at most 10 years old riding mini gas motorcycles in traffic.

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That's insane!

 

[fooferdoggie]

 

[Jeremy McCreary]

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No good can come of this game. It will encourage children to fart with complete abandon like animals. These children will grow into freely farting adults. Soon there will be widespread disregard for all social norms. Civilization as we know it will collapse.