Stefan Mikes
Gravel e-biker
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- Mazovia, PL
"Practice makes perfect"You must be half gymnast & half ninja to avoid injury In a crash.
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Chargeride
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Just passing that American tank
Thought this was a pic for the books
Thought this was a pic for the books
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Sporting colours…
Green and gold, Australia's national colours, are taken from the wattle tree that blooms in late winter and early spring. On team kit the 'gold' usually ends up yellow, but that is actually more in keeping with the tree's flowers.
This photo was taken on the rail trail around nine kilometres from home. Fortunately for me, the BVRT is only two minutes by ebike from home.
Brisbane Valley Rail Trail
Wanora, Queensland
Wanora, Queensland
Green and gold, Australia's national colours, are taken from the wattle tree that blooms in late winter and early spring. On team kit the 'gold' usually ends up yellow, but that is actually more in keeping with the tree's flowers.
This photo was taken on the rail trail around nine kilometres from home. Fortunately for me, the BVRT is only two minutes by ebike from home.
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Chargeride
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one day
one day, hes going to take a pic out of focus and not perfectly composed
one day, hes going to take a pic out of focus and not perfectly composed
RabH
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I was woken by a torrential downpour this morning and any thoughts of cycling were quickly dispelled! When I finally got out from under the covers the rain had disappeared to leave a pretty clear sky, this certainly wasn't in the earlier forecast! I had some shopping to do so I decided to get that out of the way first and go for a walk at Drumpellier Loch which is pretty close to home, its always pretty quiet in the morning so it was a lovely relaxing walk!
Drumpellier Loch!
My plan was to go home and do some chores and grab an early lunch and then head out on the bike, by this time there were some clouds around but they didn't look too threatening! I looked at the forecast again and one had a weather warning for heavy showers in the afternoon, the usually unreliable Met Office were saying it would be mostly clear...it was neither!
Another look a the sky and I put my rain jacket on to be on the safe side and set off for Carnwath! It meant there was going to be a fair bit of climbing as I picked the tougher route this time, the beauty of this route would be a lovely 15mph tailwind on the way home!I was flying along despite my 110 miler last Friday, my legs were feeling good after my walk! I approached the big climb up towards Forth which is quite a climb and into the south easterly headwind, level 3 assist got me up it no problem and I turned off just before Forth on to the quiet back roads!
The wind turbines on the road to Forth!
It was so much fun on the downhill now, I mostly climb this road to enjoy the big descent down into the valley! Despite the headwind I was going great guns and loving the dry weather with no sign of rain!
The forest at the side of the main road where there is a small pond and the view down the main road!
I now turned off the busy road and had another lovely descent to enjoy on the back road to Braehead, not a bad view here also!
Then it was another climb into Braehead where I would enjoy a beautiful descent down into Carnwath, 9 times out of 10 I'm climbing this hill so it was awesome to fly down it today! I think I reached 35mph down here despite the headwind!
Just before arriving at my destination!
It was now time to climb again, up to Kilncadzow which is one of my favourite roads which leads to Carluke! I will never tire of the views from here, especially on a clear day! This is looking back towards Carnwath!
Although I was climbing this awesome road today, I now had the 15mph tailwind to push me along! I had a really wonderful descent to look forward to at the top of the climb!
This is why I love this road, it was resurfaced last year and its still in great condition!
I arrived in Carluke and it was time to turn north and head for home, lots of climbing to follow but once I was out of the town the back roads were a real joy to ride with very few cars to spoil things! I have been riding these roads since I was a teenager and I still love them 50 years on, especially since they have repaired a lot of the very rough back roads recently! They had been neglected for a very long time so it really was overdue and most welcome! I had such a great ride once again, cycling really is such a great sport and I hope to continue enjoying it for many more years!
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Chargeride
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Thats freedom there, only occasionally spoilt by a local doing 110mph in a pick up truck.
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YOU! Talking about me behind my back?
There now, the background's all out of focus!
Rainbow Lorikeet
Trichoglossus moluccanus
Trichoglossus moluccanus
And no silly comments behind my back about my 'clown suit'. We're always on the lookout for those making snide comments.
Admit it: you're jealous of a sharp dresser.
[This little fellow fluttered down next to me on yesterday's ride; perched down about six or seven metres away—close enough to feel safe while letting me know that titbits were acceptable.]
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Keep left and don't block the path…
There wasn't anyone else to block, so 'causing an obstruction' didn't really matter.
South Brisbane MUP
There wasn't anyone else to block, so 'causing an obstruction' didn't really matter.
dodgeman
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Did about 15 miles today. Almost all my rides start and stop at my house which is Western Illinois farm country. I’m running out of barns to take pictures of so todays is an abandoned truck of the day pic. It’s sitting behind an abandoned house I posted a pic of several weeks ago.
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A curmudgeon in paradise…
A Moreton Bay fig overhanging the Moreton Bay Cycleway beside Moreton Bay itself…
Today's ride started badly. Not only had I neglected to charge the batteries—fortunately noticing this before pedalling too far—but, probably to calm my distress, I had picked up an early takeaway coffee.
Describing the brew as 'mediocre' would be too kind. To make it worse, the decadent delight which I had chosen to go with the offending coffee was not what was in the little brown paper bag when I stopped beneath this fig tree. What had happened was that I had ordered from the description/price card facing me which was for something else. Cafe owners: put your treats in the right place!
The trials of life (first world style)! Could it possibly be worse? Fortunately I had had the foresight to place the aforementioned purchases on the park bench beyond the tree, so preventing the mother and children from nabbing my seat!
Anecdotal: If you look carefully, you should see a little Welcome Swallow (Hirundo neoxena) flitting around just to the left of the fig tree: I didn't until I looked at this photo at home. (Must have been too absorbed grumbling to myself.)
A Moreton Bay fig overhanging the Moreton Bay Cycleway beside Moreton Bay itself…
Moreton Bay Fig
Ficus macrophylla
Ficus macrophylla
Today's ride started badly. Not only had I neglected to charge the batteries—fortunately noticing this before pedalling too far—but, probably to calm my distress, I had picked up an early takeaway coffee.
Describing the brew as 'mediocre' would be too kind. To make it worse, the decadent delight which I had chosen to go with the offending coffee was not what was in the little brown paper bag when I stopped beneath this fig tree. What had happened was that I had ordered from the description/price card facing me which was for something else. Cafe owners: put your treats in the right place!
The trials of life (first world style)! Could it possibly be worse? Fortunately I had had the foresight to place the aforementioned purchases on the park bench beyond the tree, so preventing the mother and children from nabbing my seat!
Anecdotal: If you look carefully, you should see a little Welcome Swallow (Hirundo neoxena) flitting around just to the left of the fig tree: I didn't until I looked at this photo at home. (Must have been too absorbed grumbling to myself.)
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dodgeman
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- Macomb, Illinois
Bought my Trek 1 year ago tomorrow, 2498 miles (4020 km) in that time. I wasn’t very good about documenting my rides this spring but I think I missed riding about 3 months for winter and early spring. I did 22 miles today and have a barn of the day picture. In this case I think it’s technically a corn crib. They used to pick corn on the ear and store it in these. There are openings between the boards to let air in and it’s hollow in the middle, big enough to drive a car through. There are hatches on top and they would put the corn in the top and it would fall down both side and fill up the walls
I grew up on an Iowa farm that had a double corn crib with an alleyway. Many cribs of this style (including ours) had a head house on the center of the roof that contained the mechanics for a vertical shaft elevator. There was hole in the floor at the center of the alleyway that served as a hopper where the ears of corn were dumped. The vertical elevator was a "string" of buckets on a chain drive that was pulled through the hopper to pick up the corn and carry it up into the head house where it was dumped into the crib. The elevator was usually powered by a long wide belt from the power take-off of the tractor. But my dad had taken and old Ford Model-T engine and transmission mounted on a skid and rigged it up to a pulley system that powered the elevator. Just a bit of midwest farm trivia from the 1940's and 1950's.
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Prairie Dog
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Hard at work
Since we're on the subject of farming, these somewhat cumbersome combines, driven by their operators, make their way along the same rural township road where we cycled today and were no doubt headed towards the next ¼ section to be harvested. The detachable headers/threshers are removed and usually towed behind or transported separately as they are too wide to permit even traffic flow along the narrow country road. You can see another off in the distance beyond where my better half is riding up ahead.
Since we're on the subject of farming, these somewhat cumbersome combines, driven by their operators, make their way along the same rural township road where we cycled today and were no doubt headed towards the next ¼ section to be harvested. The detachable headers/threshers are removed and usually towed behind or transported separately as they are too wide to permit even traffic flow along the narrow country road. You can see another off in the distance beyond where my better half is riding up ahead.
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pmcdonald
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Here too! I've gotten swooped every morning this week. No photos alas. One day I might steel myself to get a shot
Stefan Mikes
Gravel e-biker
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- Mazovia, PL
Tyres for Jerzy
Another 80 km full power Vado S-Pedelec trip. As my friend Jerzy told me his old tyres were worn, and I had a pair of hardly used Specialized Nimbus 2 in his wheel size, I decided to make a gift to him. I chose the big Vado to ride faster and benefit from riding with traffic (as improbably it might sound it was true!) I started the ride at 8:03 am.
September. When I was zooming in Aleje Jerozolimskie outside Warsaw, the temperature was as low as 8 C! Fortunately, the temps reached reasonable 19-21 C in the course of the day. It still felt chilly!
This is how you transport bike tyres on an e-bike The new jersey (with detachable long sleeves) was excellent! Protecting against cold wind, and pleasantly cool during the warm and sunny daytime. (A very expensive one, I admit).
As I reached Jerzy's place, we started riding together. The Southern Bridge, a stop at META bar (sausage and non-alcoholic beer), and then we rode into the Kabacki Forest...
Kabacki Forest is only seemingly simple. Make a wrong turn once or twice, and you will leave the woods in a totally inappropriate place! As we did, haha!
It was a good ride though. Because of my work and constant travelling (leaving me very little time for cycling), Jerzy is now over 300 km ahead of me this year!
Another 80 km full power Vado S-Pedelec trip. As my friend Jerzy told me his old tyres were worn, and I had a pair of hardly used Specialized Nimbus 2 in his wheel size, I decided to make a gift to him. I chose the big Vado to ride faster and benefit from riding with traffic (as improbably it might sound it was true!) I started the ride at 8:03 am.
September. When I was zooming in Aleje Jerozolimskie outside Warsaw, the temperature was as low as 8 C! Fortunately, the temps reached reasonable 19-21 C in the course of the day. It still felt chilly!
This is how you transport bike tyres on an e-bike
The new jersey (with detachable long sleeves) was excellent! Protecting against cold wind, and pleasantly cool during the warm and sunny daytime. (A very expensive one, I admit).As I reached Jerzy's place, we started riding together. The Southern Bridge, a stop at META bar (sausage and non-alcoholic beer), and then we rode into the Kabacki Forest...
Kabacki Forest is only seemingly simple. Make a wrong turn once or twice, and you will leave the woods in a totally inappropriate place! As we did, haha!
It was a good ride though. Because of my work and constant travelling (leaving me very little time for cycling), Jerzy is now over 300 km ahead of me this year!
Chargeride
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Everyone you passed must have thought you take punctures very seriously indeed.
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Chargeride
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Awwww, bye bye Lizzie.
Wont be the same, 13 presidents, first PM was Churchill.
Wont be the same, 13 presidents, first PM was Churchill.
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Keeping the seabirds at bay…
It's good to know that others are getting as much enjoyment from their pastime as we do from ours.
Beside the Cycleway
Redland Bay, Queensland
The sailboats were covered in tarpaulins and bird netting, but the wooden rowboats were ready for their next outing on the bay. Some people live in paradise!Redland Bay, Queensland
It's good to know that others are getting as much enjoyment from their pastime as we do from ours.
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