Today's Ride

[MattiThundrrr]

Have I ever shared this place with you? Tires were not up to the descent in, legs not up to the climb out. The bike's new attitude is going to require some experimentation with tread. Once again, the Duck has become my only working trail bike

 

[reindeer]

Today I rode through the north part of black forest up to 1000 meters altitude. No signal, not a soul around but me, only the wind in the trees and a few birds, wonderful

 

[Deleted member 69416]

Local loop on the racing tractor shopping trolley

 

[Hombre]

Thanks to my wife who raised the idea to spend the weekend at my parents' vacation-house, we had a great two days of mostly hiking and a short(er than usual) ride for me.

I took my old 45650B, my do-it-all/ride-anywhere bike, which is like a trustworthy jeep, but I can see a more gravel-oriented bike in my future, which could be much more suitable for this roads. Perhaps...

 

[Mattlodi]

Last ride in the countryside

 

[br0qn]

Same loop. The rain stopped and it hasn't gotten too hot so still in bloom for now.

 

[enc]

Same loop. The rain stopped and it hasn't gotten too hot so still in bloom for now.

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wheres that dude?

 

[br0qn]

wheres that dude?

Kenneth Hahn state park in Los Angeles

 

[CassidyAce]

It was a mild and sunny spring day, and excellent cycling weather. I was intending to go for a there-and-back-again coastal ride but the coast was so busy with people walking, dogs off their leads, and unpredictable children that I changed plans and made a loop of the ride by taking the country lanes back to base.

Flowers and guns—I'm sure there's a metaphor for humanity in this:


Reculver. It was eighty years ago, in April and early May 1943, that Barnes Wallis stood by the ruins of St Mary's Church (pictured here) watching the testing of the bouncing bomb. As a deeply religious, peace-loving and family man, it's ironic that he's best remembered as one of the progenitors of precision bombing; while others celebrated 'success', he was wracked with doubts about the human cost of his developments.



The return journey through this 'green and pleasant land':

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

It was a mild and sunny spring day, and excellent cycling weather. I was intending to go for a there-and-back-again coastal ride but the coast was so busy with people walking, dogs off their leads, and unpredictable children that I changed plans and made a loop of the ride by taking the country lanes back to base.

Flowers and guns—I'm sure there's a metaphor for humanity in this:
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Reculver. It was eighty years ago, in April and early May 1943, that Barnes Wallis stood by the ruins of St Mary's Church (pictured here) watching the testing of the bouncing bomb. As a deeply religious, peace-loving and family man, it's ironic that he's best remembered as one of the progenitors of precision bombing; while others celebrated 'success', he was wracked with doubts about the human cost of his developments.
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The return journey through this 'green and pleasant land':
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Nice pics and bike. Geodetics or geodesics were possibly just as well known. A very clever man.