Popular Post Bob Eisenman Posted February 6, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted February 6, 2018 Wow..... what a market drop......I mean Monster ride....! Geo Tracker app trace Google Maps timeline (Geotracker running as well) 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post The Fat Unicyclist Posted February 6, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted February 6, 2018 Enjoying some summer... 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
litewave Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 3 hours ago, The Fat Unicyclist said: Enjoying some summer... Looks familiar - I'm guessing Normandale-Maungaraki-Korokoro, overlooking Petone? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Eisenman Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 (edited) On 2/4/2018 at 3:57 PM, Marty Backe said: What's interesting (to me) about this photo is the submarine in the foreground According to the 'EB' (Electric boat) builder in Groton, CT and in Rhode Island, the production of Virginia class subs is ongoing. http://wnpr.org/post/electric-boat-looks-bright-hiring-future-federal-budget-clouds-picture According to Wikipedia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia-class_submarine the Virginia class sub https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:US_Navy_040730-N-1234E-002_PCU_Virginia_(SSN_774)_returns_to_the_General_Dynamics_Electric_Boat_shipyard.jpg replaces the older 'Los Angeles' class sub. I've taken the USS Nautilus tour at the submarine base in Groton about a dozen times. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Nautilus_(SSN-571) Any visitor passes through a submarine history building before exiting to the dock to walk board the Nautilus. In the museum each of the Commander in Chief's photo is on display in one area. So....Donald T's official Commander in Chief photo is now on display there in the submarine history building. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:USS_Nautilus_SSN571.JPG My Dad took me to the USS Nautilus dock area (sub related displays outside the history building)when I was submarine cadet-age material....but I don't think either of us was on the cadet application wavelength back then. It was just a place to go on his weekend off in the 1960s from a his new job in Connecticut in the Hartford area. 'EB'(Electric boat builder ) is just downstream from USS Nautilus. My memory of submarines as a school kid (1964 in 4th grade in Pennsylvania to 1968 in 7th grade in Connecticut) is kind of creepy. The submarine 'Thresher' went down a few hundred miles east of Boston and was lost with all hands on board. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Thresher_(SSN-593) Edited February 6, 2018 by Bob Eisenman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fat Unicyclist Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, litewave said: Looks familiar - I'm guessing Normandale-Maungaraki-Korokoro, overlooking Petone? Yes... From the top of Maungaraki looking south over the harbour toward Eastbourne... Edited February 6, 2018 by The Fat Unicyclist 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
litewave Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 6 hours ago, The Fat Unicyclist said: Yes... From the top of Maungaraki looking south over the harbour toward Eastbourne... <sigh> I will miss the New Zealand summer early this year. I have a dozen or so routes I have been planning to ride when I return for the holidays, and Maungaraki and Eastbourne are on the list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post meepmeepmayer Posted February 6, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted February 6, 2018 15 hours ago, The Fat Unicyclist said: Enjoying some summer... Can I get a ringlet of your hair (and Marty's while we're at it) for making some voodoo dolls? Because you people with your warm, summerly, pleasant riding weather make me jeeeeeeeeealous -- 2 pictures from an afternoon ride today. Cold and icy. Below 0°C it really gets unpleasant fast. But it was a maiden ride with new Flexmeters (at least they were kind of warm) and new phone (for better photos, I hope, and a battery that works for more than 2 hours) so a ride was necessary. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Backe Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 20 minutes ago, meepmeepmayer said: Can I get a ringlet of your hair (and Marty's while we're at it) for making some voodoo dolls? Because you people with your warm, summerly, pleasant riding weather make me jeeeeeeeeealous -- 2 pictures from an afternoon ride today. Cold and icy. Below 0°C it really gets unpleasant fast. But it was a maiden ride with new Flexmeters (at least they were kind of warm) and new phone (for better photos, I hope, and a battery that works for more than 2 hours) so a ride was necessary. That does look cold, but beautiful. There's no snow, so what are you complaining about 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post The Fat Unicyclist Posted February 6, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted February 6, 2018 37 minutes ago, meepmeepmayer said: Can I get a ringlet of your hair (and Marty's while we're at it) for making some voodoo dolls? What you don't realise is that my avatar does actually look like me... So a ringlet of hair might be difficult. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Backe Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 5 minutes ago, The Fat Unicyclist said: What you don't realise is that my avatar does actually look like me... So a ringlet of hair might be difficult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yourtoys7 Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 the snow in Canada, ON. is really starting to piss me off, lol.... I wanna start riding again. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yourtoys7 Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 All I see on the forum is beautiful weather in most places and most enjoying their rides..... warm weather come now! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Backe Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 On 1/29/2018 at 10:49 AM, meepmeepmayer said: "I can't believe the sun is actually out" ride #4. Not only was it sunny with no wind, the temperatures were even closer to 10°C than 0°C! Did a little mud run with the ACM, through some forest access roads. Because staying clean and on pavement eventually gets monotonous Mud! The strategy is to go right through the puddles because there the ground is firmest and you don't slide sideways (into the puddles, on the slippery stuff) or get pushed off track by the mud barriers. Some puddles were deep, though, slightly above pedal level. But it worked out well. No involuntary step offs! I had overtaken a horse rider some time earlier, and on the photo break she caught up with me. The horse was a beast, 2m shoulder height. I kind of want a horse now. Horse riding also explains why the ground is so uneven. Hooves. More fun. More mud. On the pro side, no need to look for something to lean the wheel against, just let it stand where you want. Horse lady came back the way she had gone. And more mud! Had to carry or push the wheel occasionally. Eventually the forest path ended. Later on the ride, I came by a group of people flying their RC aircraft on a field. Somehow EUCs and flying seem to overlap, the topic comes up quite often here. They had two 1:3 scale model paramotors with actual people puppets in them. The puppets arms move to control the paraglider like a real person would. They did some nice maneuvers, even loopings. Watchers. We talked a bit about their stuff, the EUC, and unnecessary overregulation of certain hobbies You can also see a model airplane. And here it is starting. More paragliding. You start them with a controlled throw, more or less. Are you telling me that you actually did ride the ACM on the mud trail. Kind of hard to believe, and horrible if you did. I think you're just playing with us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post meepmeepmayer Posted February 7, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted February 7, 2018 2 hours ago, Marty Backe said: Are you telling me that you actually did ride the ACM on the mud trail. Kind of hard to believe, and horrible if you did. I think you're just playing with us ? The only reason to stop riding and start pushing is when you can't ride because you'd get stuck or slip due to the mud pushing you off your track. So I did what I could. Why not? Not horrible, just more interesting than safe pavement only! The quoted picture was where I had to push it, though but this e.g. I could ride through quite easily. It's fun. Today I quickly cleaned the shell's inside before my ride, and half of the swamp came out of there 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Backe Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 10 minutes ago, meepmeepmayer said: ? The only reason to stop riding and start pushing is when you can't ride because you'd get stuck or slip due to the mud pushing you off your track. So I did what I could. Why not? Not horrible, just more interesting than safe pavement only! The quoted picture was where I had to push it, though but this e.g. I could ride through quite easily. It's fun. Today I quickly cleaned the shell's inside before my ride, and half of the swamp came out of there Man, I would absolutely love to see a video of you traveling through something like this. Next time stick a camera on the side of the path and capture a little of the action for us 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fat Unicyclist Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 3 hours ago, Marty Backe said: Man, I would absolutely love to see a video of you traveling through something like this. Next time stick a camera on the side of the path and capture a little of the action for us I second that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post meepmeepmayer Posted February 7, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted February 7, 2018 11 hours ago, Marty Backe said: Man, I would absolutely love to see a video of you traveling through something like this. Next time stick a camera on the side of the path and capture a little of the action for us 8 hours ago, The Fat Unicyclist said: I second that! There's really nothing special to it. Maybe instead of mud run, one should call it a mud avoidance run, because where you actually ride there isn't too much mud, and that's kind of the challenge and fun in it - to see what you can get through. All you'd see is a guy balancing along a path through some muddy puddles and trying his best not to have to stop. Which is the trick - never stop. If you stop (or if you go through deeper mud that can push you off course or if your tire slips sideways on an incline) not only do you have to step into that crap or even run off, the wheel might also lose balance and do the Gotway dance right in the worst place (luckily, never happened) and you'd have to ride home on what looks like a ball of mud So you go into something and can't stop until you're out, and you're not exactly sure if you can - it's great! There's a similar path nearby, and it feels nice going through that dirthole without ever having to step off, with spotlessly clean shoes and pedals like you were never anywhere else but on pavement Here's some clarification where I did ride. Much of the other pictures are actually spots where the mud is too bad (too deep and no puddles or otherwise semi-solid ways through it). In the first picture, I think that's my tire track above the puddle where I left out the red path for a meter. As for video, right now it's below 0 and snowing. Maybe I'll do a quick run anyways one of these days, just to see how the place looks like now. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Backe Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 1 hour ago, meepmeepmayer said: There's really nothing special to it. Maybe instead of mud run, one should call it a mud avoidance run, because where you actually ride there isn't too much mud, and that's kind of the challenge and fun in it - to see what you can get through. All you'd see is a guy balancing along a path through some muddy puddles and trying his best not to have to stop. Which is the trick - never stop. If you stop (or if you go through deeper mud that can push you off course or if your tire slips sideways on an incline) not only do you have to step into that crap or even run off, the wheel might also lose balance and do the Gotway dance right in the worst place (luckily, never happened) and you'd have to ride home on what looks like a ball of mud So you go into something and can't stop until you're out, and you're not exactly sure if you can - it's great! There's a similar path nearby, and it feels nice going through that dirthole without ever having to step off, with spotlessly clean shoes and pedals like you were never anywhere else but on pavement Here's some clarification where I did ride. Much of the other pictures are actually spots where the mud is too bad (too deep and no puddles or otherwise semi-solid ways through it). In the first picture, I think that's my tire track above the puddle where I left out the red path for a meter. As for video, right now it's below 0 and snowing. Maybe I'll do a quick run anyways one of these days, just to see how the place looks like now. I have ridden muddy trails (but not this bad) and really hated it. Very slippery. Maybe it's fun for a couple of miles but the day I did this I had to get through 15-miles. That made me never want to do it again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post meepmeepmayer Posted February 7, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted February 7, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, Marty Backe said: I have ridden muddy trails (but not this bad) and really hated it. Very slippery. Maybe it's fun for a couple of miles but the day I did this I had to get through 15-miles. That made me never want to do it again. Of course, too long is not fun, but some variety for a few km is great. Slippery is fun. -- This is why I love this forum, makes me go out and ride when I normally wouldn't have. I visited the spot, expecting more mud and wetness. But i was mostly frozen. Nothing nicer than going on smooth, pristine snow only to suddenly get a crunching sound and realize you're going through a puddle with ice on top. Same mud spot like in the photo 2 posts above, but frozen now. So crunchy A few meters further. You can find the green arrow on the tree on the older photos, too. Hello, frozen puddle! No longer uncrunched ACM lies there for lighting, no spin out (but I had a few on frozen mud-ice). Looks fresh and pure. All the smooth stuff is frozen puddles, you can see the lots of water behind the path too. Crunchtastic! Also, horse riders again. I learned that Offroad riding in various conditions is just so much fun! My new phone does not make good photos at dusk I need @Rehab1-style spike pedals, once the grip paper stuff gets wet or stuck with snow, it's very slippery. Edited February 7, 2018 by meepmeepmayer 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rehab1 Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 1 hour ago, meepmeepmayer said: I need @Rehab1-style spike pedals, once the grip paper stuff gets wet or stuck with snow, it's very slippery. You would like those pedals. They really lock your shoes in place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Backe Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 2 hours ago, meepmeepmayer said: Of course, too long is not fun, but some variety for a few km is great. Slippery is fun. -- This is why I love this forum, makes me go out and ride when I normally wouldn't have. I visited the spot, expecting more mud and wetness. But i was mostly frozen. Nothing nicer than going on smooth, pristine snow only to suddenly get a crunching sound and realize you're going through a puddle with ice on top. Same mud spot like in the photo 2 posts above, but frozen now. So crunchy A few meters further. You can find the green arrow on the tree on the older photos, too. Hello, frozen puddle! No longer uncrunched ACM lies there for lighting, no spin out (but I had a few on frozen mud-ice). Looks fresh and pure. All the smooth stuff is frozen puddles, you can see the lots of water behind the path too. Crunchtastic! Also, horse riders again. I learned that Offroad riding in various conditions is just so much fun! My new phone does not make good photos at dusk I need @Rehab1-style spike pedals, once the grip paper stuff gets wet or stuck with snow, it's very slippery. Very cool before and after pictures. Still waiting for the video 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kasenutty Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 I believe in Meep. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post meepmeepmayer Posted February 7, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted February 7, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, kasenutty said: I believe in Meep. Haha, at least one guy does believe Thank you. 3 hours ago, Marty Backe said: Very cool before and after pictures. Still waiting for the video Video of what? I have a short video where I go along the path and there's some nice crunchyness from a puddle at the end. Is this what you want? Might take some time to upload with my very shitty upload speed... I'll see if it works. edit: 70 minutes or more. I actually have another video of the specific puddle in the photo, but this one crunches nicer (I can upload the other one too if you like) edit: Edited February 8, 2018 by meepmeepmayer 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Master Blaster Posted February 9, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted February 9, 2018 Was riding/gliding home from the grocery store on my 16S and had to snap a quick foto of this radar speed sign......kinda made me giggle a little. The pavement is a little rough there so I couldn’t go flat out, but next time I go by I’ll try for >20 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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