Jeremy McCreary
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- Carlsbad, CA
Why weren't you out there chasing 'em on your bike?
Kinda looks like the track near Denver International. My old sports car club used to have track days there twice a year. Tons of fun!
Show us pictures of where you ride your ebikes!
Kinda looks like the track near Denver International. My old sports car club used to have track days there twice a year. Tons of fun!
rob feature
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I'd get out there on a motard.
It's at Centennial airport. I don't know when they whipped it back into shape, but it was looking rough not even a year ago - figured I'd never see it in action.
Jeremy McCreary
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- Carlsbad, CA
Wow, used to live just a few miles from Centennial and never knew that track was there.
Have you eaten at The Perfect Landing at Centennial? Forget everything you think you know about airport food. (Hint: They cater all the private jets.)
rob feature
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Yep - my favorite restaurant in the metro. And it's easy bikeshot. It's just soooooooooo cool. And the food ain't bad either. I do happy hour up there with some pals now & again. Dinner when friends come in and wanna do something different. They're always blown away.
Jeremy McCreary
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- Carlsbad, CA
Love suggesting to company that we go to the airport for dinner. The looks are priceless.
rob feature
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I never say where we're going. They don't usually realize where we are 'till there are all sorts of airplanes a few feet away. I live in the neighborhood - get a fair amount of F-15, 16 traffic at times - makes a helluva racket. Sometimes they park 'em up by the restaurant. I need to take some pictures while I'm in there one of these days.
DaveMatthews
Dave's not here. Cheating since 2018
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Had my bike in the shop for a regular maintenance visit. Along with that, when coasting the usual ratchet/pawl noise of the rear wheel had become louder and oddly pulsating.
Couldn't put my finger on it on the work stand.
In any case, got it back on Thursday including new rear brake pads.
Amazingly, I'm still on the original chain after over 6000kms!
Anyway, off for a couple of quick rides. The day was cooler than usual, but fantastic nonetheless...
Eeeehhh... What's up Doc?
Oh...
Super low tide... again...
Couldn't put my finger on it on the work stand.
In any case, got it back on Thursday including new rear brake pads.
Amazingly, I'm still on the original chain after over 6000kms!
Anyway, off for a couple of quick rides. The day was cooler than usual, but fantastic nonetheless...
Eeeehhh... What's up Doc?
Oh...
Super low tide... again...
Jeremy McCreary
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- Carlsbad, CA
Found on 4th Street, Encinitas today...
The zillion-dollar homes on this side of the street extend to the edge of the sea cliff just south of Moonlight Beach. Amazing views but probably uninsurable now due to the risk of cliff failure.
A few days earlier, rode a favorite 360 ft climb up the north side of Bataquitos Lagoon. This view looks back to the south toward the lagoon and the upper part of northernmost Encinitas beyond. The vantage here is Aviara Drive — a very steep, winding road through the Marriott Four Seasons development and Aviara golf resort. Very posh.
The marine terrace on the other side of the lagoon also rises ~400 ft above the water. More zillion-dollar homes on top.
The lagoon is the drowned mouth of San Marcos Creek, here seen entering at right center. The creek's a major drainage on San Diego County's western slope and flows year round.
Woodson Mountain (2,901 ft) — a prominent landmark 19 mi to theSSE ESE. Most of inland San Diego County is a patchwork of granite-like igneous rocks some 90-120 million years old. Woodson is a large body of resistant granodiorite in a "sea" of more easily eroded tonalite.
The zillion-dollar homes on this side of the street extend to the edge of the sea cliff just south of Moonlight Beach. Amazing views but probably uninsurable now due to the risk of cliff failure.
A few days earlier, rode a favorite 360 ft climb up the north side of Bataquitos Lagoon. This view looks back to the south toward the lagoon and the upper part of northernmost Encinitas beyond. The vantage here is Aviara Drive — a very steep, winding road through the Marriott Four Seasons development and Aviara golf resort. Very posh.
The marine terrace on the other side of the lagoon also rises ~400 ft above the water. More zillion-dollar homes on top.
The lagoon is the drowned mouth of San Marcos Creek, here seen entering at right center. The creek's a major drainage on San Diego County's western slope and flows year round.
Woodson Mountain (2,901 ft) — a prominent landmark 19 mi to the
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DaveMatthews
Dave's not here. Cheating since 2018
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My buddy has a very similar Studebaker truck like that. Same colour.
DaveMatthews
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I have not tinkered with the assist levels on my Stance, until this morning. I have been mostly running on level 2, sometimes 3, and rarely 4. Never use 1 or 5.
Bumped up the levels of assist in the first 3 levels to their limit, just to see what would happen. I left level 4 and 5 alone.
Headed out to Tynehead as I hadn't done it in weeks, so what the heck...
Found myself using level 1 almost exclusively on flats and minor inclines. That's a new one! Level 2 now handles decent inclines, so that's a bonus.
Result? Noticeable battery usage improvement, yay!
Anyway, off to Tynehead...
Started wih 99% battery, and got over 15kms in 6%. That's new, but also a lot of descending...
Relaxing with water and Nuun tabs...
Gateway to nowhere...
Sunflower season ending...
I'd consider 18% battery consumption with 35kms and 315m ascent a win...
Bumped up the levels of assist in the first 3 levels to their limit, just to see what would happen. I left level 4 and 5 alone.
Headed out to Tynehead as I hadn't done it in weeks, so what the heck...
Found myself using level 1 almost exclusively on flats and minor inclines. That's a new one! Level 2 now handles decent inclines, so that's a bonus.
Result? Noticeable battery usage improvement, yay!
Anyway, off to Tynehead...
Started wih 99% battery, and got over 15kms in 6%. That's new, but also a lot of descending...
Relaxing with water and Nuun tabs...
Gateway to nowhere...
Sunflower season ending...
I'd consider 18% battery consumption with 35kms and 315m ascent a win...
DaveMatthews
Dave's not here. Cheating since 2018
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First day of a couple of weeks off, yay!
That said, my back has been killing me, and today was no exception. Weather looked good though, so I popped a couple of ibuprofen and let them sink in before heading out around 12:30pm for a Tour de Delta.
The nice thing was that my riding position was not a bother to my back. Getting off and trying to stand up straight is another matter...
Off we go...
Argy bargey...
Deas Island park. Hey those numbers equal the year my bike was made!
Fishing in the slough...
Heading under the Deas tunnel highway...
And into the hamlet of Ladner...
Interesting. Setting up for an event, and a big one as well. Some Canadian bands (local lads Loverboy, and Sam Roberts as well)...
From the other side with the stage in the background...
Averaging over 3kms per single battery percentage! Unheard of for me. I even tried a few kms with no assist at all using encouragement from @Jeremy McCreary
Birdland...
Headwinds and gravel were not as kind to the battery. Still good though, and needed to stop for water/Nuun and a power bar...
Hungry goats!
50kms on 20% battery. Best ever!
Done...
Time for a beerz...
That said, my back has been killing me, and today was no exception. Weather looked good though, so I popped a couple of ibuprofen and let them sink in before heading out around 12:30pm for a Tour de Delta.
The nice thing was that my riding position was not a bother to my back. Getting off and trying to stand up straight is another matter...
Off we go...
Argy bargey...
Deas Island park. Hey those numbers equal the year my bike was made!
Fishing in the slough...
Heading under the Deas tunnel highway...
And into the hamlet of Ladner...
Interesting. Setting up for an event, and a big one as well. Some Canadian bands (local lads Loverboy, and Sam Roberts as well)...
From the other side with the stage in the background...
Averaging over 3kms per single battery percentage! Unheard of for me. I even tried a few kms with no assist at all using encouragement from @Jeremy McCreary
Birdland...
Headwinds and gravel were not as kind to the battery. Still good though, and needed to stop for water/Nuun and a power bar...
Hungry goats!
50kms on 20% battery. Best ever!
Done...
Time for a beerz...
DaveMatthews
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Yesterday I went for a quick ride just to stay limber.
Finding it easier to be in level 1 assist these days on flats, which is a good thing.
You can feel the change in weather with slightly cooler temps, and visually it's starting to look like fall.
Fun with crunchy leaves...
Aha... it rained a couple of times over the last few days, and yup... Nemesis puddles are forming again...
And a second one...
And dayum, a third... More rain would likely find them combining to be last year's deep Nemesis lake...
Luckily they are not very deep... yet...
Down below the sharp/steep switchbacks that lead to the train track overpass...
Warm in the sun, but cool in the shade...
Couldn't even discern the waters edge...
Construction has closed the main trail. Had to turn around...
Impressed with getting 85kms with 53% left still in the battery! Adjusting the assist levels seems to have been a good idea.
Finding it easier to be in level 1 assist these days on flats, which is a good thing.
You can feel the change in weather with slightly cooler temps, and visually it's starting to look like fall.
Fun with crunchy leaves...
Aha... it rained a couple of times over the last few days, and yup... Nemesis puddles are forming again...
And a second one...
And dayum, a third... More rain would likely find them combining to be last year's deep Nemesis lake...
Luckily they are not very deep... yet...
Down below the sharp/steep switchbacks that lead to the train track overpass...
Warm in the sun, but cool in the shade...
Couldn't even discern the waters edge...
Construction has closed the main trail. Had to turn around...
Impressed with getting 85kms with 53% left still in the battery! Adjusting the assist levels seems to have been a good idea.
Jeremy McCreary
Bought it anyway
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- Carlsbad, CA
Beautiful photos! Where were they taken?
Jeremy McCreary
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- Carlsbad, CA
Bike trips to the nearby supermarket have a way of turning into coast rides around here. And coast rides have a way of turning into lunches at the concession stand at Moonlight Beach or the "Camp Store" at South Carlsbad State Beach Campground. On this fine early fall day, it was the latter.
The errand started by going right past the supermarket to head south on this rail service road. The only thing I've seen on this siding is a track repair train. Probably long enough for the COASTER commuter train, too, but definitely not for the freights or the Amtrak Surfliner.
At the entrance to the siding, a rather curious suggestion.
I can carry my new Vado SL up these steps over Avenida Encinas, but for the heavy hub-drive that does all the shopping now, they're the end of the line going south.
So I turned north to end up on the Coast Highway nowhere near the supermarket. Just a matter of time till sea cliff retreat takes a bite out of the road.
Turning south again took me to lunch at the Camp Store. Watching the ocean from these old lifeguard chairs while you eat is pretty hard to take.
Just when I thought the day couldn't get any better, I found this at the order window! The genius who invented jalapeño poppers should get a Nobel Prize.
View south to the La Jolla Peninsula ~20 miles away. While waiting for my poppers and kombucha, commiserated about the weather with the owner of this Giant carbon fiber road bike.
All in all, got in 15 miles before ever setting foot in the supermarket. And that, my friends, is how to shop.
The errand started by going right past the supermarket to head south on this rail service road. The only thing I've seen on this siding is a track repair train. Probably long enough for the COASTER commuter train, too, but definitely not for the freights or the Amtrak Surfliner.
At the entrance to the siding, a rather curious suggestion.
I can carry my new Vado SL up these steps over Avenida Encinas, but for the heavy hub-drive that does all the shopping now, they're the end of the line going south.
So I turned north to end up on the Coast Highway nowhere near the supermarket. Just a matter of time till sea cliff retreat takes a bite out of the road.
Turning south again took me to lunch at the Camp Store. Watching the ocean from these old lifeguard chairs while you eat is pretty hard to take.
Just when I thought the day couldn't get any better, I found this at the order window! The genius who invented jalapeño poppers should get a Nobel Prize.
View south to the La Jolla Peninsula ~20 miles away. While waiting for my poppers and kombucha, commiserated about the weather with the owner of this Giant carbon fiber road bike.
All in all, got in 15 miles before ever setting foot in the supermarket. And that, my friends, is how to shop.
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Chargeride
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And still forgot the Cool Whip.
I didnt realise the road was so close to the sea, does it get washed out often?
I didnt realise the road was so close to the sea, does it get washed out often?
Jeremy McCreary
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Always forget something. But this time it was something far healthier than Cool Whip — potato chips.
Haven't heard of any washouts here, but the California Department of Transportation already has plans to move this vital stretch of Coast Highway inland. Where to is hard to understand..
Oregon side of the Columbia river in the gorge. Nice MUP but hard to ignore the constant roar of traffic on nearby I-84
Jeremy McCreary
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- Carlsbad, CA
Took a 20-mile round trip up to Calavera Lake today to give the new Vado SL 5's even newer tubeless hybrid tires a thorough offroad test.
Looming behind the reservoir is Cerro de la Calavera, el. 513 ft — an eroded volcanic plug erupted some 15 million years ago. The vertical striations in the dacite lava exposed to the right of the summit are textbook examples of a lava cooling pattern known as columnar jointing. The hard dacite was quarried to make the dam in the distance. You can read about the plug's geology here.
The offroad test involved ~6 mi of variably rutted and sand-covered packed dirt with stretches of deeper sand, embedded rocks, and loose coarse gravel. The new 38 mm Pathfinder Pro 2Bliss Ready tires passed with flying colors at 36 psi. Fast rolling on the paved stretches, too.
Walked the SL over the deepest sand and gravel pockets and the sharpest embedded rocks just to be safe. Otherwise, it handled the offroad with complete confidence. Love, love, love this ebike!
Tomorrow will mark 2 years of ebiking after some 25 yrs away from cycling. The new SL and my hybrid commuter have racked up 3,030 mi in that time.
Looming behind the reservoir is Cerro de la Calavera, el. 513 ft — an eroded volcanic plug erupted some 15 million years ago. The vertical striations in the dacite lava exposed to the right of the summit are textbook examples of a lava cooling pattern known as columnar jointing. The hard dacite was quarried to make the dam in the distance. You can read about the plug's geology here.
The offroad test involved ~6 mi of variably rutted and sand-covered packed dirt with stretches of deeper sand, embedded rocks, and loose coarse gravel. The new 38 mm Pathfinder Pro 2Bliss Ready tires passed with flying colors at 36 psi. Fast rolling on the paved stretches, too.
Walked the SL over the deepest sand and gravel pockets and the sharpest embedded rocks just to be safe. Otherwise, it handled the offroad with complete confidence. Love, love, love this ebike!
Tomorrow will mark 2 years of ebiking after some 25 yrs away from cycling. The new SL and my hybrid commuter have racked up 3,030 mi in that time.
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