Our Rides in Words, Photos & Videos

[kahn]

Australian cartographers have already started: all new maps from our perspective!

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You people have been standing on your head too long!!!!

What a great map.

 

[Nashcruiser]

So much of the US is so regulated, thats what struck me the most last time I visited.
Us brits are far more, do what you like a long as you are polite and sensible.
Our 'No.....xxxxxxx'.
Are more notifications that someone wrote a law once..but hes not here and no one seems arsed.

"long as you are polite and sensible" might be what’s missing over here.

 

[PatriciaK]

"long as you are polite and sensible" might be what’s missing over here.

Exactly what's missing over here!

 

[Chargeride]

"long as you are polite and sensible" might be what’s missing over here.

I found most Americans to be very polite, but I did visit Colorado Springs and New England.

 

[Chargeride]

"long as you are polite and sensible" might be what’s missing over here.

I found most Americans to be very polite, but I did visit Colorado Springs and New Eng

Enjoying 11th of November, or the Poland's Independence Day...

...in peaceful and remote West Pomeranian Wilderness. (Surprised so many stores seem to be working during the holiday, and the pizzeria performs flawlessly!) Meanwhile, Warsaw suffers yet another Independence March organized by our own variety of Nazis, with full blessing of the State

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Enjoying the Nature...

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They say all fungi are edible (at least once)

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Weather Predicting Stone (You know it: when it is dry it's not raining etc). Strangely enough, it was not raining yet the Stone was wet!

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And the most importantly, enjoying @Brix in her hometown!

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Busting the "gravity anomaly" myth, Magic Hill between Tuczno and Wałcz. There is an apparent ascent, with objects and vehicles rolling uphill there.

Until you use a level. It is a 0.6% descent not ascent!

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Problems memorizing TUCZNO? Think of TUCSON

I have no idea how these things are celebrated across Europe, we had a minutes silence today for the war dead., it is very well supported.

 

[Stefan Mikes]

I have no idea how these things are celebrated across Europe, we had a minutes silence today for the war dead., it is very well supported.

11th of November 1918 didn't only mark the end of WW I. On that day, Józef Piłsudski (who was released from a German prison) declared the independence of Poland in Warsaw, which we recognize until this day.

 

[Nashcruiser]

I found most Americans to be very polite, but I did visit Colorado Springs and New England.

Most are but to many walk around with guns and think rules don’t apply to them.

 

[Nashcruiser]

Fall colors are showing pretty good now. Here are a couple of snaps I’ve been able to get.

 

[ActionJackson]

So much of the US is so regulated, thats what struck me the most last time I visited.
Us brits are far more, do what you like a long as you are polite and sensible.
Our 'No.....xxxxxxx'.
Are more notifications that someone wrote a law once..but hes not here and no one seems arsed.

That depends on where you visit! The vast majority of the Natchez Parkway runs through Mississippi. There’s not much you cannot do in Mississippi. That National Park guide forgot to mention one thing though - you shouldn’t ride a bicycle through Jackson Mississippi - at anytime of the day.

 

[Chargeride]

Without your banjo.

 

[Chargeride]

Most are but to many walk around with guns and think rules don’t apply to them.

We have people like that too, minus the guns.

 

[reed scott]

11th of November 1918 didn't only mark the end of WW I. On that day, Józef Piłsudski (who was released from a German prison) declared the independence of Poland in Warsaw, which we recognize until this day.

Hey Stefan, Would you be willing to comment on what's really going on with the border clashes? I will understand if you decline.

 

[ActionJackson]

Without your banjo.

Today’s demographic in Jackson wouldn’t know a banjo from a violin. They’re good at gangsta though - Jackson has the second highest homicide rate in America. Ebonics is definitely the predominant dialect.

 

[Stefan Mikes]

I will understand if you decline.

I don't want to make comments on that.

 

[Chargeride]

Hey Stefan, Would you be willing to comment on what's really going on with the border clashes? I will understand if you decline.

I think Stefans correct that political discussions here wouldnt end well, and its a ebike forum.

 

[Prairie Dog]

There wasn’t much improvement weather wise on my ride today. Despite the forecast which was calling for sunny skies, the sun never made an appearance making it seem even colder than 2 C. Trails remain in excellent condition and the lack of deciduous foliage along the Bluff trail makes it that much easier to spot minor obstructions. Meanwhile, snow is in the forecast for Sunday but around these parts, weather is unpredictable.

As I was going about riding my normal loop, I spotted a couple of yearling moose just as I was about to enter the Pines single track. It appeared that they were licking the salt off the nearby frozen stream. With an abundance of parkland, moose sightings around here can be fairly common even though they are relatively shy creatures.

Oops, wrong pic. My moose-take!

Catching some air at Garden Heights.

As a a bit of a change up, I decided to head up a hilly trail that I’ve only ridden once before.

The Trance's torquey Yamaha motor has never disappointed.

 

[Chargeride]

I like those trail pics, they give me that..'can I climb this' vibe.

But moose...theyre just funny looking cows..not aggressive at all?
Am I right....please....

 

[Stefan Mikes]

But moose...theyre just funny looking cows..not aggressive at all?

Unless you get killed when hitting that wall with your car.
You can survive a crash with a boar, roe or deer (your car wouldn't) but a moose crash is typically fatal.

Our host in Tuczno was telling me stories of so many animal crashes he had in the West Pomerania... When I was driving for coffee to Człopa (early in the morning, at dark, and in fog), I was only driving at 45 km/h and was watching the road very carefully. I could spot a medium sized animal crossing the road in front of me. There are also wisents in West Pomerania, and these are as much as dangerous as the moose, only rare.

Large wild quadrupeds tend to stop in the middle of the road when blinded by car headlights, making the situation extremely dangerous. And these can often be met at the dawn where the woods just turn into farming fields because the beasts walk to feed themselves there. November is a very dangerous month, is it Poland or Scandinavia.

The car trip takes 14-15 minutes on a clear Summer day. It took me 30 minutes one way (you can see there are only woods around).

 

[ActionJackson]

But moose...theyre just funny looking cows..not aggressive at all?
Am I right....please....

I believe they can be pretty aggressive - I went on a wildlife photo excursion in Alaska and the operators were most nervous when we were up close with moose. They’re massive animals. We were told they’ll stomp you to death if excited enough. We did brown bear from the safety of a hooch overlooking the river though.

 

[Stefan Mikes]

We were told they’ll stomp you to death if excited enough.

Aye.
We get some moose in the Kampinos National Park (KPN), which is a large forest nearby Warsaw. On one night, we were returning with my wife and daughter from our vacation by car; we were on the main road that cuts through the KPN. Suddenly, I could see some commotion in the front of my car, so I stopped (and the whole traffic both ways stopped, too). It was an excited moose that was trapped between fences on both sides of the road. The beast was in panic and attacking the fence of the Circus School in Julinek, also running along the fence in both direction.

Eventually, we could leave the spot but we all were scared! Fancy a 500-700 kg animal running into your car!