DaveMatthews
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Yeah, I've come close to hitting one a couple of times. Poor little guys just tryin' to survive...
Show us pictures of where you ride your ebikes!
Rome
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Lucky I live in Hawaii. No native snakes here.
I had a reticulated phyton kept in 100 gallon tank designed for pet reptile. Heated rocks and water supply the whole shebang. I was living in Glendale AZ. Early 1990's
Had this thing when it was only a foot half long. A year later it got fat and now 5ft. Some how it escape at the same time I also have a Mexican iguana very colorful very well trained it stayed mostly on a petrified tree trunk with branches.
Fed it regularly with fresh veggies.
One day I come home from school it was missing. Took me a couple days to figure out "Hebi" the phyton ate " Lizzy" the iguana.
I think gotten over my snake phobia.
I had a reticulated phyton kept in 100 gallon tank designed for pet reptile. Heated rocks and water supply the whole shebang. I was living in Glendale AZ. Early 1990's
Had this thing when it was only a foot half long. A year later it got fat and now 5ft. Some how it escape at the same time I also have a Mexican iguana very colorful very well trained it stayed mostly on a petrified tree trunk with branches.
Fed it regularly with fresh veggies.
One day I come home from school it was missing. Took me a couple days to figure out "Hebi" the phyton ate " Lizzy" the iguana.
I think gotten over my snake phobia.
fooferdoggie
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yep they are always small too.
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Jeremy McCreary
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My beach rides usually head north or south from North Ponto Beach (NPB) — one of the few places near home where I can easily ride right from the road to the water some 150 ft away.
Looking south along the Coast Highway. The NPB beach ramp is at the low point just beyond the lifeguard tower.
Parked above the ramp with protective rip-rap extending off to the left.
Now NPB and the adjacent Coast Highway (aka Carlsbad Boulevard, Hwy 101, US 101) are in the local news:
Carlsbad reviews recommendations to move street away from coast
Earlier this month, a city commission recommended moving a stretch of Carlsbad Boulevard to higher ground because of climate change.
www.kpbs.org
And the repairs are only gonna get more expensive.
Storm surf below the failing cliff.
At high tide, storm waves laden with abrasive rock and sand can smash directly against the cliff faces, here over 35 ft high. This is the primary cause of sea cliff retreat in SoCal.
In places, the crumbling and deeply gullied cliff edge is just inches from the road now. They're gonna have to move this part of the Coast Highway, too.
* EDIT: On closer look, the video in the linked news story shows the Coast Highway section recommended for relocation in red on a map at 0:34. The part on the failing bluff is included.
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DaveMatthews
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My beach rides usually head north or south from North Ponto Beach (NPB) — one of the few places near home where I can easily ride right from the road to the water some 150 ft away.
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Looking south along the Coast Highway. The NPB beach ramp is at the low point just beyond the lifeguard tower.
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Parked above the ramp with protective rip-rap extending off to the left.
Now NPB and the adjacent Coast Highway (aka Carlsbad Boulevard, Hwy 101, US 101) are in the local news:
Carlsbad reviews recommendations to move street away from coast
Earlier this month, a city commission recommended moving a stretch of Carlsbad Boulevard to higher ground because of climate change.
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View attachment 174678The NPB beach ramp and adjacent road are subject to both high-tide storm wave attack and gullying from stormwater runoff. As sea level rises and Pacific storms intensify — especially in the Gulf of Alaska, where most of our big swell and big storms originate — these threats are only gonna get worse.
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And the repairs are only gonna get more expensive.
View attachment 174681Oddly, the news story made no mention of the equally endangered Coast Highway segment on the edge of the failing sea cliff (upper right) between the NPB ramp and Terramar head to the north.
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Storm surf below the failing cliff.
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At high tide, storm waves laden with abrasive rock and sand can smash directly against the cliff faces, here over 35 ft high. This is the primary cause of sea cliff retreat in SoCal.
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In places, the crumbling and deeply gullied cliff edge is just inches from the road now. They're gonna have to move this part of the Coast Highway, too.
That erosion is concerning indeed!
Prairie Dog
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- Red Deer
Finally got a much-deserved break in the weather after a somewhat tumultuous week and a half as we experienced everything from flurries, rain, and 65 kph wind gusts. All of the local trails are now almost completely dry with the exception of a few spotty areas.
My second moose sighting in just over a week. This yearling which was munching away at a snow pile is just beginning to shed its winter coat. No sign of mama so I suspect it was driven away and is on its own now.
My second moose sighting in just over a week. This yearling which was munching away at a snow pile is just beginning to shed its winter coat. No sign of mama so I suspect it was driven away and is on its own now.
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DaveMatthews
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Beautiful!
Prairie Dog
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We decided to fit in one more ride today before the weather turns sour tomorrow. Conditions would have been perfect if were not for the wind gusts that never seem to want to play nice. It was a good day to be out for both motorized and non powered two wheelers.
Speaking of not playing nice, there are the usual d-bags in pickups that appear to have it in for cyclists. Nothing against the brand but drivers of Rams are generally the perps who we see the most in these types of close encounters. You could actually hear the truck’s exhaust note behind me seconds after my Varia chirped as he gunned his engine with the full intent to pass at a high rate of speed. Many of these idiots likely think that we have it coming to us since there is very little room on the shoulder to work with in the first place.
With that said, most operators of vehicles are congenial and provide a wide berth or slow down before overtaking.
It’s the few who believe that learning to share the road does not apply to them. End of rant.
Otherwise, the remainder of our ride was uneventful with the usual suspects prowling the rural roads.
Speaking of not playing nice, there are the usual d-bags in pickups that appear to have it in for cyclists. Nothing against the brand but drivers of Rams are generally the perps who we see the most in these types of close encounters. You could actually hear the truck’s exhaust note behind me seconds after my Varia chirped as he gunned his engine with the full intent to pass at a high rate of speed. Many of these idiots likely think that we have it coming to us since there is very little room on the shoulder to work with in the first place.
With that said, most operators of vehicles are congenial and provide a wide berth or slow down before overtaking.
It’s the few who believe that learning to share the road does not apply to them. End of rant.
Otherwise, the remainder of our ride was uneventful with the usual suspects prowling the rural roads.
Went on another quick weekend overnighter here, locally in the mountains of So Cal.
I met up with a bunch of backpacker friends up at Mt Pacifico Campground on 4/27/24. They took the Pacific Crest Trail for about 7 miles to reach the campground while I took the nearby fire road all the way to the top.
I met up with a bunch of backpacker friends up at Mt Pacifico Campground on 4/27/24. They took the Pacific Crest Trail for about 7 miles to reach the campground while I took the nearby fire road all the way to the top.
PCeBiker
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I found the perfect gravel road to ride on,..
There's no traffic at all except a few farm vehicles and the road is hard and smooth like concrete.
The township is gradually wrecking all the gravel roads,..
It takes a few weeks worth of traffic after the maintenance to get smooth patches again.
There's no traffic at all except a few farm vehicles and the road is hard and smooth like concrete.
The township is gradually wrecking all the gravel roads,..
It takes a few weeks worth of traffic after the maintenance to get smooth patches again.
6zfshdb
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- Northeast Pennsylvania
Jeremy McCreary
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- Carlsbad, CA
Love the San Gabriels! Have motorcycled Hwy 2 along the crest many times and would love to explore on ebike.
Guessing your fire roads were all decomposed granite. Any slippage on the steep sections with a loaded ebike on those tires, especially on descents?
My commuter's hybrid tires have only side lugs, and that works well enough for most of the offroad I'm willing to tackle here in coastal north San Diego County. We have our share of decomposed granite, and sand finds its way onto all trails. Find myself wishing for center lugs on the really steep sections, but not sure I'd have enough traction for safe braking even then.
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DaveMatthews
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Great pics! Man... I get those jerks coming too close almost every week. UGH!We decided to fit in one more ride today before the weather turns sour tomorrow. Conditions would have been perfect if were not for the wind gusts that never seem to want to play nice. It was a good day to be out for both motorized and non powered two wheelers.
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Speaking of not playing nice, there are the usual d-bags in pickups that appear to have it in for cyclists. Nothing against the brand but drivers of Rams are generally the perps who we see the most in these types of close encounters. You could actually hear the truck’s exhaust note behind me seconds after my Varia chirped as he gunned his engine with the full intent to pass at a high rate of speed. Many of these idiots likely think that we have it coming to us since there is very little room on the shoulder to work with in the first place.
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With that said, most operators of vehicles are congenial and provide a wide berth or slow down before overtaking.
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It’s the few who believe that learning to share the road does not apply to them. End of rant.
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Otherwise, the remainder of our ride was uneventful with the usual suspects prowling the rural roads.
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Yeah, we regularly go backpacking in the San Gabriels. But if there’s a fire road leading to camp, I’d rather load up my bike and meet my non biking friends at camp.
I have no slippage, even on the steepest parts. And these 2.3 tires are plenty wide enough for me on these types of terrain, no complaints.
Prairie Dog
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Yeah, I could hear him honking his horn at Sai who wasn’t trailing that far behind me. Sheesh!
Dmac
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Late to seeing this but wanted to reply about how terrible it is and I really hope they catch the criminal who did this.
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