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DaveMatthews said:
Cheers Art!
Usually I like to think most of my photos are a bit more... um... scenic... 🤣
I guess I just found it odd to see boots in the middle of sidewalks, and dayum... not even a matched pair!
And... regarding washed up appendages... here's a Canadian band called "A Foot in Cold Water"... :D
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You Toe-tally nailed it. Classic tune. Thanks for taking me back to the 70s, Dave! Some great Cdn bands during that decade…The Guess Who, April Wine, Trooper, and perhaps one group that might be closer to your heart and home…..Chilliwack.
 
DaveMatthews said:
Well dang it...
The past few days have either been a seriously sore back or crappy weather, but... yesterday I turned 68, and the weather was beautiful, and my back felt way better, so...
I wanted to try riding my age in kms.
Great idea, but ended with a crash, so came up a bit short. Oh well...
I left on a familiar route to Tynehead, but rode right passed it...



Tripped over this dilapidated outbuilding...



Took the little path on the right, which kept be heading East on 96th Ave in Surrey...





St. Oswald's church in Port Kells from 1911...



Dayum... that's cool!





Turned South on 200th street in Langley and came across Das Lonely Boot...



Didn't take but one block later for the other shoe to drop...



Going as far as the eye can see, and beyond...



Then turned West on 32nd Ave to head back to Surrey. There was construction along this road, and a couple of spots were dicey at best. No sidewalk, lots of traffic, big trucks...



Back in South Surrey...



Colebrook road... getting closer...





At 58kms I stopped at this familiar spot at the entrance to Watershed Park for some well needed water and Nuun.
3kms later I came to a familiar intersection, slowed down to get on the sidewalk and hit the crosswalk button. Thing is I blew it.
I felt myself leaning too far right, went to dab my right foot down at 1 or 2 kms speed and there was nothing there, so down I went and I went down hard. Bounced my head off the pavement, dented the helmet!
Took me a few seconds to get back up again, and then a minute or so to get my schlitz back together again. Dayum... The audience was entertained at least... Nice guy hopped out of his car and helped me right the bike etc. No machinery was harmed in the buffoonery, and I found my phone a few feet away.

The final 3 or 4kms were filled with grunts and groans interrupted by numerous expletives. Decided to just go home and lick my wounds instead of doing the 68...



Happy birthday dumba$$ Lol!
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Dave, sorry to read about your crash, but on the bright side your Garmin only thinks your 65 1/2 years old🙂. Crashing at our age (I hit 68 in July) is not a lot of fun. It’s been 5 weeks since I went down hard and I still have a sore shoulder and some sore fingers. I had vital circulatory fluid oozing out of multiple sites, always amazes me how well the body heals though. Hope that you managed to have a good birthday aside from your biking incident.
 
Watana Bob said:
Dave, sorry to read about your crash, but on the bright side your Garmin only thinks your 65 1/2 years old🙂. Crashing at our age (I hit 68 in July) is not a lot of fun. It’s been 5 weeks since I went down hard and I still have a sore shoulder and some sore fingers. I had vital circulatory fluid oozing out of multiple sites, always amazes me how well the body heals though. Hope that you managed to have a good birthday aside from your biking incident.
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Cheers Bob!
And sorry to hear of your spill too mate. Hopefully you're back up to snuff!
Not being quite as spry as we once were does have its challenges to be sure. The things I used to do should have created my demise on multiple occasions!
Birthday was capped with my son taking me out for a kick butt sushi dinner along with some hockey tickets for a near future game. Lovely!
Please do try and keep the circulatory fluid inside... I failed a bit yesterday but even though I'm on blood thinners thankfully the road rash was minimal.
Also, yeah... 65.5 sounds good about now... :D
 
Vrienden hierbij foto’s vanuit het vlakke hollland,geen bergen maar toch mooi pop mijn spesialized Como.
groeten van Rien
 

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New Lid Day!

Decided on a Smith Engage 2 helmet. MIPS, super comfy, and hoping I don't dent this sucker!





The adjustment is easy to access and operate. Also nice increments to get to your preferred snug fit...



Beats my last helmet by a mile...



Here's hoping I won't need to replace this one anytime soon...
 
DaveMatthews said:
New Lid Day!

Decided on a Smith Engage 2 helmet. MIPS, super comfy, and hoping I don't dent this sucker!
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Sweet lid Dave. 👍A couple of buddies wear Smith helmets. Not only do they boast some of the best protection around they also look stylish. Decent number of vents too. Is that the hand held remote shown in the images for the heads up display. ;)
 
DaveMatthews said:
Or how about a Minority Report integration so I can avoid my next dumba$$ maneuver... :D
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Problem solved. You can thank me the next time you have a biff.

Bif - Verb

To crash or fall off a bicycle.

Example usage: I biffed hard and ended up with a few scrapes and bruises.

Most used in: Mountain biking circles.

Most used by: Mountain bikers and cyclists who ride on technical trails.

 
It takes a Village
After several days of sweaty inland hills, I decided to treat myself to an easy coast ride north to Carlsbad Village, just to poke around. The Village is Carlsbad's town center.

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First stop was my turnaround just past the Village at Buena Vista Lagoon, Carlsbad's northern boundary with Oceanside. This lagoon's mostly a tidal wetland. The Coast Highway crosses its west end on a causeway at far left in the upper photo.

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This pleasant little park's a nice spot to relax to the birdsong coming up from the wetland. Over 500 bird species call San Diego County home — more than any other county in the US by a factor of two.

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As you might imagine, the new Vado SL becomes a total chick magnet the moment I get off. Beach Street is a nearby beauty spa.

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This sign at the gate to the pedestian crossing into the Village train station isn't kidding. The COASTER commuter train always stops here, but the Amtrak Surfliner always blasts straight through at 60+ mph, horn blaring.

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Oceanside and San Diego proper are full of great murals. This one across from the station is one of the few in Carlsbad.

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This bench at the foot of Carlsbad Village Drive is another nice spot to chill on a gorgeous fall afternoon. The stairs lead down to Carlsbad City Beach, a tourist favorite. (Stopped this shot down to cut the glare off the water.)

Fall's my favorite time here — not least because the tourists are largely gone and the kids are back in school.

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Tamarack Beach. The Coast Highway isn't always right next to the water, but it is from the Village to southernmost Carlsbad. Never tire of the uninterrupted ocean views as I pedal south here.

A little farther south, the road passes a dozen or so volleyball courts on Carlsbad State Beach. On this afternoon, all were full of kids playing after-school matches — perhaps some kind of league — as the coastal SoCal equivalents of soccer moms and dads looked on.

Would've been a nice photo, but I was having too much fun pedaling to stop.

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For geographic context, Carlsbad (outlined) occupies the 7 miles of shoreline between Buena Vista Lagoon on the north and Bataquitos Lagoon on the south. Goes a similar distance inland, too — and gets very hilly fast as soon as you leave the shore. We even have our own little submarine canyon.
 

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Jeremy McCreary said:
It takes a Village
After several days of sweaty inland hills, I decided to treat myself to an easy coast ride north to Carlsbad Village, just to poke around. The Village is Carlsbad's town center.

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First stop was my turnaround just past the Village at Buena Vista Lagoon, Carlsbad's northern boundary with Oceanside. The lagoon's mostly a tidal wetland. The Coast Highway crosses it on a causeway at far left in the upper photo.

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This pleasant little park's a nice spot to relax to the birdsong coming up from the wetland. Over 500 bird species call San Diego County home — more than any other county in the US by a factor of two.

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As you might imagine, the new Vado SL becomes a total chick magnet the moment I get off.

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This sign at the gate to the pedestian crossing into the Village train station isn't kidding. The COASTER commuter train always stops here, but the Amtrak Surfliner always barrels right through at 60+ mph, horn blaring.

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Oceanside and San Diego proper are full of great murals. This one across from the station is one of the few in Carlsbad.


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This bench at the foot of Carlsbad Village Drive is another nice spot to chill on a gorgeous fall afternoon. The stairs lead down to Carlsbad City Beach, a tourist favorite. (Stopped this shot down to cut the glare off the water.)

Fall's my favorite time here — not least because the tourists are largely gone and the kids are back in school.

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Tamarack Beach. The Coast Highway isn't always right next to the water, but it is from the Village to southernmost Carlsbad. Never tire of the uninterrupted ocean views as I pedal south here.

A liitle farther south, the road passes a dozen or so volleyball courts on Carlsbad State Beach. On this afternoon, all were full of school kids playing matches — perhaps some kind of league — as the coastal SoCal equivalents of soccer moms and dads looked on.

Would've been a nice photo, but I was having too much fun pedaling to stop.
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Sounds and looks like your having the time of your life. 👍
 
Jeremy McCreary said:
It takes a Village
After several days of sweaty inland hills, I decided to treat myself to an easy coast ride north to Carlsbad Village, just to poke around. The Village is Carlsbad's town center.

View attachment 183049View attachment 183050
First stop was my turnaround just past the Village at Buena Vista Lagoon, Carlsbad's northern boundary with Oceanside. This lagoon's mostly a tidal wetland. The Coast Highway crosses its west end on a causeway at far left in the upper photo.

View attachment 183052
This pleasant little park's a nice spot to relax to the birdsong coming up from the wetland. Over 500 bird species call San Diego County home — more than any other county in the US by a factor of two.

View attachment 183058
As you might imagine, the new Vado SL becomes a total chick magnet the moment I get off. Beach Street is a nearby beauty spa.

View attachment 183053
This sign at the gate to the pedestian crossing into the Village train station isn't kidding. The COASTER commuter train always stops here, but the Amtrak Surfliner always blasts straight through at 60+ mph, horn blaring.

View attachment 183054
Oceanside and San Diego proper are full of great murals. This one across from the station is one of the few in Carlsbad.

View attachment 183055
This bench at the foot of Carlsbad Village Drive is another nice spot to chill on a gorgeous fall afternoon. The stairs lead down to Carlsbad City Beach, a tourist favorite. (Stopped this shot down to cut the glare off the water.)

Fall's my favorite time here — not least because the tourists are largely gone and the kids are back in school.

View attachment 183056
Tamarack Beach. The Coast Highway isn't always right next to the water, but it is from the Village to southernmost Carlsbad. Never tire of the uninterrupted ocean views as I pedal south here.

A little farther south, the road passes a dozen or so volleyball courts on Carlsbad State Beach. On this afternoon, all were full of kids playing after-school matches — perhaps some kind of league — as the coastal SoCal equivalents of soccer moms and dads looked on.

Would've been a nice photo, but I was having too much fun pedaling to stop.

View attachment 183048
For geographic context, Carlsbad (outlined) occupies the 7 miles of shoreline between Buena Vista Lagoon on the north and Bataquitos Lagoon on the south. Goes a similar distance inland, too — and gets very hilly fast as soon as you leave the shore. We even have our own little submarine canyon.
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Great pics!
 
Yesterday my knee felt good enough to get back on the steed for a test run. Still hurt a bit but whatevs...
Also wanted to try out the new lid and it was a nice day after 2 days of rain, so...

Wandered down to the entrance to the Delta greenway and headed in...



Hmmm... looks like the wind must have blown some small trees down, so I pulled most of it off the trail...





Nope... not gonna fight with this one, so lifted the bike over it and carried on...



Until this. A hiker had told me the trail was flooded (he had plastic bags on his feet!), and he was NOT kidding. I was not feeling up to testing this out, so turned around...



Major construction in the area...



Then today with the knee feeling almost 100% I went out for another shorty.
Memories...





If you zoom in on this pic you'll see the name of the company on the van is "Neat Gardening" Bwahahahaha...







Anyway, I feel like the crash is behind me now. Also, last three rides have totaled a little over 102kms on one charge with 36% still left in the tank. That is pretty good IMHO...
 
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