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Some of Jamie's hills are bigger than Everest in my experience.
In Jamieland hills aren't measured by height, but by the amount of wind coming from them.k-rod":18w4s0kv said:"big hill" ...
If that is what you call a big hill, you might consider spending some time cycling through BC, Canada (we'll show you some 'big hills' !!) ...
Some of Jamie's hills are bigger than Everest in my experience.
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lol - makes sense to me !!
epicyclo":1qerawis said:In Jamieland hills aren't measured by height, but by the amount of wind coming from them.k-rod":1qerawis said:"big hill" ...
If that is what you call a big hill, you might consider spending some time cycling through BC, Canada (we'll show you some 'big hills' !!) ...
Some of Jamie's hills are bigger than Everest in my experience.
lol - makes sense to me !!
Yeah, it's all relative
Even in my world it's not a big hill but like the one down the hill from home it's the biggest around in a land that has not many rises from flat. Also in the picture it was really a descriptive turn of phrase as it is the biggest around. The wind though is made all the worse for no trees anywhere. Head slightly south into the Highlands though and we're into the good stuff
Maybe the west coast of Scotland but nothing up here to compare to BC. West coast is a bit like if you deforested BC
Pushing the Big Dummy with a load of gear or groceries and the little man on the back from town 13 miles away makes any hill a big one
Jamie
Even in my world it's not a big hill but like the one down the hill from home it's the biggest around in a land that has not many rises from flat. Also in the picture it was really a descriptive turn of phrase as it is the biggest around. The wind though is made all the worse for no trees anywhere. Head slightly south into the Highlands though and we're into the good stuff
Maybe the west coast of Scotland but nothing up here to compare to BC. West coast is a bit like if you deforested BC
Pushing the Big Dummy with a load of gear or groceries and the little man on the back from town 13 miles away makes any hill a big one
Jamie
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Very pleasant 30 miles on the roadster this afternoon, pretty windy (haven't spent such a long time in low gear ever!) but at least it was headwind out and tailwind home...
I'm sure I say this about every season but this really has to be my favourite time of year out on the bike - that warm wind laden with the comforting, appetising bakery smell of ripe grain (OK, and the clouds of dust and straw from the combines in the fields by the road.)
Very pleasant 30 miles on the roadster this afternoon, pretty windy (haven't spent such a long time in low gear ever!) but at least it was headwind out and tailwind home...
I'm sure I say this about every season but this really has to be my favourite time of year out on the bike - that warm wind laden with the comforting, appetising bakery smell of ripe grain (OK, and the clouds of dust and straw from the combines in the fields by the road.)
Hello fellow Macretros
Hope everyone is gearing up for a nice weekend, even though the forecast is looking a bit iffy.
Postman delivered a package today that starts a new chapter for the Dummy and for hauling the dog about, as well as cargo.
Caleb and I couldn't wait and had to get it together and mount it. Am away tomorrow but hopefully by Monday will have a wooden base in and then build it up from there. Can set it to be either rigid or so it tilts and keeps three wheels on the ground. Should be fun.
Jamie
DSC_0212 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
DSC_0214 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
DSC_0220 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
DSC_0222 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
Hope everyone is gearing up for a nice weekend, even though the forecast is looking a bit iffy.
Postman delivered a package today that starts a new chapter for the Dummy and for hauling the dog about, as well as cargo.
Caleb and I couldn't wait and had to get it together and mount it. Am away tomorrow but hopefully by Monday will have a wooden base in and then build it up from there. Can set it to be either rigid or so it tilts and keeps three wheels on the ground. Should be fun.
Jamie
DSC_0212 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
DSC_0214 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
DSC_0220 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
DSC_0222 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
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Novel alternative use for quill stems.
Friends of ours fitted a sidecar to their tandem when their 2 girls were wee, 20 years or so ago. It was 2nd hand and looked the same as the old fashioned almost boat shaped ones that people had on their motor-bikes in the 30s-40s-50s.
Hope you guys have fun with yours.
Intrigued as to how it tilts, are there bearings where it is mounted to the quill stems and does it have any spring mechanism/damping to stop it bouncing up and down when it's not loaded?
Novel alternative use for quill stems.
Friends of ours fitted a sidecar to their tandem when their 2 girls were wee, 20 years or so ago. It was 2nd hand and looked the same as the old fashioned almost boat shaped ones that people had on their motor-bikes in the 30s-40s-50s.
Hope you guys have fun with yours.
Intrigued as to how it tilts, are there bearings where it is mounted to the quill stems and does it have any spring mechanism/damping to stop it bouncing up and down when it's not loaded?
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