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Bicycling Roots

I grew up riding trash bikes. I can recall the first time indexed shifting was offered. At that time, I still preferred turning that feature off, but the old style friction-shift is now actually more expensive than indexed shifting. Only … Continue reading

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Ride Photos 05

Looking back from the south bank River Trail, this is the Portland Avenue bridge. This is the turn-around point for one of my most frequent loops. I ride across this bridge at least once per week as one of my … Continue reading

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Ride Photos 04

A very nice homemade stock fence; this is strong enough to contain horses, but I’ve never seen any in this pasture. The upright posts between the welded frames are made of cedar, a tree that grows abundantly wild here in … Continue reading

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Ride Photos 03

I finally got a taste of dewberries this season. These are in the fence along the promenade trail on the NW corner of Draper Lake. As you can see, they have just begun to turn ripe (black). Meanwhile, the blackberries … Continue reading

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Random Ride Photos

Collected random photos from rides the previous week or two — this one is a protected cove on Hefner Lake. I rode past the lake twice and this was the better shot that came out. I did my 50-miler Friday … Continue reading

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Ride Photos 2 Days

Along the River Trails on the south bank I spotted what was left of this wooded area. There were a couple of excavators around, having gotten this much done. This wooded area had hosted homeless people for many years. I … Continue reading

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Harrah-Wilshire Loop

This is not so much the pictures as the adventure of taking a ride I haven’t done in several years. I went out Reno Avenue east to Dobbs Road (long and very hilly), north to NE 10th, through Harrah to … Continue reading

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Images from Long Rides

I took some longer rides this past few days. The first was the Grand Boulevard Trail and connecting to the River Trails. This is the new catch basin built to help reduce the threat from Lightning Creek. It was here … Continue reading

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Odds and Ends 11

1. I’m still riding my bike; I’m keeping up the maintenance. I recently replaced the drive chain and the rear tire. If nothing else, the economic troubles will require it as a primary means of transportation from time to time. … Continue reading

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Odds and Ends 09

Today they are cleaning the blood off the streets in places like Chicago, Baltimore, etc. It’s not entirely new, but it’s the scale of things that speaks to us. This is how it will go, I believe. I’m not expecting … Continue reading

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