Our Rides in Words, Photos & Videos

[Deleted member 18083]

And then it poured!

Memories, Stefan!

For a long time I worked in a 1970s building with those funnel-and-chain downpipes featured in your Biker Pub photos. A sensible design that never seems to have become popular.

In areas like ours 'saving every drop' – by running rainwater it into storage tanks – is considered environmentally responsible (because it is); however, 'chainpipes' do enhance the experience of a downpour without requiring excessive involvement!

 

[Nashcruiser]

Yes! First time back in the water. We decided to stay local and try out a river cruise. American Cruise Lines gets great reviews and the boat we are on is practically brand new. Neither of us have ever been to Memphis or Nashville. I kinda like country music too!

I haven’t been to Memphis in years and haven’t been to downtown Nashville in quite a while either but they sure do attract the crowds. Nashville is more than just country music but that is our biggest recognition. The cruise sounds great. Have fun!

 

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Memories, Stefan!

For a long time I worked in a 1970s building with those funnel and chain downpipes ('chainpipes'?) featured in your Biker Pub photos. A sensible design that never seems to have become popular.

I could see a similar design in Norway, too, David. Very reasonable thing.

 

[Deleted member 18083]

We cyclists in Poland actually suffer our Government policy of banning trade on Sundays. Only some small family run stores can operate (and petrol stations, too) on Sundays.

More memories: this time of growing up in the 1950s!

 

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Can Vado SL Be Ridden As A Straight Handlebar Gravel e-Bike? (Saturday, July 3rd, 2021)

Oh yes it can. Just replace stock tyres with Schwalbe Smart Sam 38-622, and you are good to go! Gravel, cobblestone or sand (choose one), fire-road, single track.

I chose riding (to see my brother Jacek) through the Kampinos National Park to avoid struggling nasty headwind.

Back to civilization. I hated the weather, hence my angry look Never buy Racktime Tour Box. Utter rubbish. The lock doesn't work due to poor workmanship. I wonder how the German company Tubus could have manufactured a box that cannot actually be closed because of too high wall elasticity.

"Brother, would you go to the nearest store and bring some no-beer for me?" -- Jacek remarked. "No-beer" is my own name for International Pale Lager, which I despise. Bud or Heineken would belong to the broad category of more than 95% of "no-beer" made worldwide. So I went to the store and brought some Danish Tuborg for my brother (no-beer can be worse or better anyway). Upon my return, my brother exclaimed: "Close your eyes! You are not going to see that! That was the reason I'd sent you out..." Jacek loves dismantling bikes and reassembling them! The greatest hobby of his... (Now we at least know there is a folded sheet of plastic in Vado SL headtube that prevents internally routed cables be rubbed by the steerer tube). Besides, the other brother Piotr (who joined us for awhile and had some "no-beer" with Jacek) told me the colour of my Vado SL was indeed not white but Dove Gray. (Piotr is another fan of motor technology).

The ultimate thing done by Jacek was wrapping my Bike in layers of transparent protection film. We all know how much of damage I do to my bikes, so it was appropriate to protect the paint against me scratching it.

It was past 6:00 pm when we were sitting at Jacek's kitchen, and I was sipping coffee. "Jacek! I must fly right now! It's @Brix birthday today! I need to be at my place before 8:30 pm UK time for her online birthday party, or I'm damned!"

I was not in hurry in the morning at all...

...But I was in big hurry in the evening!

 

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More memories: this time of growing up in the 1950s!

Did you have some Christian Government at that time?

 

[PowerflyLee formerly known as CheetahLee]

 

[PowerflyLee formerly known as CheetahLee]

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I'll post the vid on youtube soon. Long day, I'm knackered out...

 

[Art Deco]

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Congratulations on the century ride Lee.

 

[PowerflyLee formerly known as CheetahLee]

Got this off of my recent Fitbit feed.

Doing some neglected yardwork tomorrow, "Happy Trails to you"

 

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Lee, I seem to be missing your exploit on Strava yet
I intend to go for a night ride to avoid the heat.

 

[Dallant]

We spent a wonderful weekend with our grandchild. What a blast! The Allant+7 is The Bike to him. He talks a LOT about grampa’s bike and when we stop for a water break he says “MORE grampa, MORE!”

 

[Stefan Mikes]

We spent a wonderful weekend with our grandchild. What a blast!

Dallant, you look a nice guy to me (even if riding a Bosch e-bike)

 

[Art Deco]

We spent a wonderful weekend with our grandchild. What a blast! The Allant+7 is The Bike to him. He talks a LOT about grampa’s bike and when we stop for a water break he says “MORE grampa, MORE!”

Love the trailer for the little guy.

 

[Dallant]

Love the trailer for the little guy.

It’s a Burley. We went about 8 miles, visited a playground and then it was nap time. For me too!

 

[PowerflyLee formerly known as CheetahLee]

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[kahn]

I had a proper lunch there (sour soup with white sausage,

I want to know what "sour soup" is? Is it made with sauerkraut or sorrel (sour grass)? When I was in the Dolomites I had this terrific sauerkraut soup. I tried a recipe I found online but it was not the same.

 

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I want to know what "sour soup" is? Is it made with sauerkraut or sorrel (sour grass)? When I was in the Dolomites I had this terrific sauerkraut soup. I tried a recipe I found online but it was not the same.

No, no. Żur (zhoor) or żurek (zhoo-reck) is a soup made of fermented rye flour. It has to include boiled sausage, and it typically served with hard-boiled egg. We also make the sauerkraut soup in Poland (kapuśniak) but these two soups are totally different. (Żur is not that sour, despite of its name).

Sour cereal soup - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Deleted member 18083]

Morning Ride …

Woody Point, Redcliffe Peninsula
Seen from Moreton Bay Cycleway, Sandgate​

Another cool start, nothing noteworthy by the standards set by our thread's northern contributors, but cool for us. No fermented rye bread or even boiled egg and sausage: I sat on the waterfront next to the cycleway and attempted, futilely as it turned out, to warm my hands around a mug (insulated cardboard!) of Fonzie's finest coffee. And a croissant (of course). Simple fare.

A pitiful sight greeted me when I arrived later at Woody Point. Were the owners aware of what had happened: their yacht must have dragged its anchor and eventually, for there are no anchorages around this part of the bay, fetched up on the rocks of Woody Point.

As far as I am aware, the pile of rocks (and some concrete slabs, too?) were dumped there to shore up Woody Point. Why? The apartment blocks visible in the first photo might hold the clue. (Wish I lived there.)

The second photo was taken looking straight back to Fonzie's café – a repurposed horse float, not a building! – where I had been enjoying my over-insulated 'mug' of coffee forty minutes earlier.

Woody Point Pier​

 

[reed scott]

Moring Ride …

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Woody Point, Redcliffe Peninsula
Seen from Moreton Bay Cycleway, Sandgate​

Another cool start, nothing noteworthy by the standards set by our thread's northern contributors, but cool for us. No fermented rye bread or even boiled egg and sausage: I sat on the waterfront next to the cycleway and attempted, futilely as it turned out, to warm my hands around a mug (insulated cardboard!) of Fonzie's finest coffee. And a croissant (of course). Simple fare.

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A pitiful sight greeted me when I arrived later at Woody Point. Were the owners aware of what had happened: their yacht must have dragged its anchor and eventually, for there are no anchorages around this part of the bay, fetched up on the rocks of Woody Point.

As far as I am aware, the pile of rocks (and some concrete slabs, too?) were dumped there to shore up Woody Point. Why? The apartment blocks visible in the first photo might hold the clue. (Wish I lived there.)

The second photo was taken looking straight back to Fonzie's café – a repurposed horse float, not a building! – where I had been enjoying my over-insulated 'mug' of coffee forty minutes earlier.

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Woody Point Pier​

Horse float ???